Fog of war

[Cross]

A another thought about the right click unit info.

Being able to see the number of crew, to determine if the tank is damaged, may not be an exploit. In real life we'd probably agree that sometimes tank damage is visible, sometimes not. The more seriously the tank is damaged, the more likely the damage is visible.

In SP you can damage a tank without any crew becoming casualties; so crew losses are not a foolproof way of determining if a tank is damaged. But the more the tank is damaged, the more likely that crew will be missing. Therefore, checking unit info for missing crew could be considered a 'realistic' reflection of whether you can tell if the tank is damaged or not.

However, I do think unit info gives away too much weapon info, especially for infantry sections.

While on the topic of AFV damage and FoW. I like the damage notification ** or **** . It's possibly not the most realistic aspect of the game, particularly as it even lets you know the likely extent of the damage, but it's very satisfying Though I'm sure a case can made that experienced gunners can guesstimate how hard they just hit something.

I lean well towards the realism side of things, but in the end this is a game, and it has to be fun.

It's not like the old SPWaW spidey sense * that let you know when you were spotted. That was unrealistic and annoying.

cheers,
Cross