Explored Sites in Fog of war

[ashen river]

This was like a cheat in Aow3 and planetfall,
when opponents are exploring sites in fog of war i could see sites animation changing (or disappearing in case of pickups) which indicates the location of my opponent even tho i dont have a scout there.
maybe we could have a fix for this?

because of this cheat it is very important for competitive players to constantly check sites in fog of war which is very time consuming and annoying

[timid trellis]

And maybe have it that you cannot see over mountains and through cave walls. Maybe have a feature to turn off or on the normal way of sight and the new version which will prevent units from abusing the sight mechanics

[harsh lichen]

If that's not in the game, I don't see how they could find the time to implement it.

[timid trellis]

maybe a DLC?

[harsh lichen]

Sure, but it is also a pretty far reaching design decision a completely new feature never before seen in the series and in a way I would argue runs contrary to many other already existing systems while adding very little tangible benefit.
Also I don't see how you can be calling the sight mechanics "abusing". This is how they're intended to work. Scouts scout, they see further and it's a fixed value. Sure it doesn't make that much narrative sense in places like underground, but this is simply a real life aspect that the game chooses not to simulate. What you get instead is a much more predictable pattern for scouting, because your unit vision is constant.

Like it's a cool idea, but perhaps for a different game.

On the other hand I am 100% in agreement with you about the changes in FOW. It does feel more like an unintended consequence of coding and systems interaction, rather than a feature.

[timid trellis]

I can see this idea being a thing in a specific climate or realm that you choose when making the map

[rose tide]

Am I mistaken, or did the cave dungeons in the first AoW game have proper line of sight?

Not the underground layer itself, just a specific kind of neutral battle dungeon.

I know it had fog of war, but I don't recall if it had line of sight.

[timid trellis]

I never played the 1st game so I don't know, I did play the 2nd and 3rd quite a bit, and it always bugged me that the line of sight mechanics let's you see through the cave walls or over mountains like your units had x-ray vision, either way I can see how not being able to see through walls or mountains could make a fun and different experience. =}

[rose tide]

Video games are funny.

[harsh lichen]

They did.