[geoschmo]

Jourin,

Criticism of SEIV is encouraged here I think. I dont think anyone was attacking you for your opinion that drones should have "move to" ability. In fact many of us agree with that opinion.

A design flaw or poor coding would be defined as a bug by just about anyone. The difference is here that drones not having "move to" is neither of those.

This is not a bug anymore than fighters not being able to warp, or units not being able to carry cargo are bugs. These are things that many of us would like to see implemented, but they aren't bugs.

I don't think anyone was hostile to the idea of drones having recon ability. Some have disagreed with it, but most of them even agree it would be nice to have as an option in the settings. Some people may have expressed the opinion that it is unlikely to be changed, but the only opinion there that matters is Aaron's, so it's not worth getting upset over.

Many of us on the beta team asked to have drones given the ability to do recon. In fact drones in the original beta patches couldn't even be given new attack targets when the first target was destroyed. I do not know whether that was a specific decision on his part, or an "unintended consequence", but either way that was changed. Now if the original target is destroyed they can be given a neww target to attack.

If anyone got defensive at you it was not because of your opinioin, but because you seemed to be personally attacking MM's programing ability or his intelligence. It appeared as if you felt that drones HAD to have recon ability, and if they didn't they were broken, and anyone who felt otherwise was a rube. Of course you didn't say that, but that was the impression people were getting from your comments.

It's good that we can now discuss this without all the empotions. That is the way to get things done in a constructive manner.

Geoschmo