Feedback So Far

If I wasn't autistic, I'd hug you! Thanks for this!

Spacebar pauses the game.

Thanks, that'll be handy.

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1. The slow panning at the beginning is a bit annoying and sometimes it feels like the panning has acceleration and deceleration.

This was removed from all missions but Limbo in yesterdays update.

2. Lack of voice acting, but I assume this'll be added in the future.

Yeah, coming soon.

3. Archives are incomplete (I like the idea of it and the back stories for the characters)

Definitely, we are focusing on game play first. But I'm so glad to hear you are checking them out.

4. The Icarus SAM has the wrong icon.

You mean the selected portrait. Yes we need to add one.

5. Helios Beacon has no icons.

Helios Beacon was removed from the game.

6. Scavenger Module has no icons.

Yes we need to add a selected portrait for it.

7. Milton has no vision on dark maps (maybe that's intentional.)

It was intentional, but dark maps have been removed.

8. Milton's move icon doesn't look finished.

True, it's on the list.

9. One button/key to instantly pause would be nice.

Space bar or the pause button pauses/unpauses the game.

10. Can't seem to see the health of the metal refineries (maybe I'm missing something obvious).

Good point. I will see if we can get that added to the stats.

11. The Abomination's explosion effect had a lot of artifacts and gave massive FPS drops. 

I will check it out.

12. One mission didn't finish, it thought there were a few enemies remaining.

Any idea what mission this was?

13. I'd like to be able to zoom out more.

I think you are probably right, ill play with it.

14. Mini map would be nice.

Added (and you are right, it made a big difference).

15. Mouse cursor is a bit small in 4K, mouse cursor scale like Ashes would be useful.

Agreed, we need to update that.

16. It's not always obvious where the first wave will come from.

Minimap helps with this. You can also mouseover the wavepanel icon to see where all waves will come from.

17. Mission 4 has a typo in the description, it should say "Distant paths which require new strategies to defend" instead of "Distant paths with require new strategies to defend".

This will be fixed in the next patch.

18. Minos Cannon should say it has a "long recharge" instead of "long recoil".

This will be fixed in the next patch.

19. Waves start to spawn before I've had a good look at the map.

Short term, you can pause to checkout the map.

Long term we are going to change it so you don't start accumulating metal, radioactives and no spawns start until you either place a tower, use an orbital or hit rush. That way players can checkout the map.

20. The Amplifier is missing the percentage symbol after 20 in the build menu.

Fixed in yesterdays update.

21. The Amplifier's model looks a little "dark" in comparison to other models.

You are right, I'll ask an artist to check it out.

22. The upgrade icon overlapping the building icon doesn't look great.

We updated this last week so it didn't overlap as much.

23. I'm not sure how to feel about the cyan/blue icons, I'd nearly prefer the way they're done in Ashes.

You mean the portraits? We are going to play with a different treatment.

24. If you click on a building that has an upgrade, the upgrade icon stays up if you select an enemy unit immediately after.

You are right, I will get that fixed.

25. The Metal Refinery has the wrong icon.

Yes we need to add a selected portrait for it.

26. The single unit of Masochist is using the Punisher's icon.

Yes we need to add a selected portrait for it.

27. The Overmind's icon appears to be backwards.

I'll check it out.

28. The air transports were having trouble navigating on the last map.

Let me know if you still see that.

29. Stats on weapons and units should be easier to see.

In yesterdays patch we added an improved breakdown for abilities and weapons.

30. I'd like to upgrade multiple turrets at once.

Hold shift to select multiple at once and hit the upgrade button.

31. Metal received from scavenger should change depending on the unit that's destroyed.

Yeah, we need to play with balance here. Scavenger tower is currently godlike when you are slaughtering reaper hordes and nearly useless against bigger enemies.

32. Nexus icons are off on most if not all maps.

You are right, I'll check it out.

33. The minimap (map preview) is unfinished for missions 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12.

These should be all fixed in the latest update.

34. Wave of Reapers got stuck at spawn point on mission 5 after EMP orbital was used (was away from the spawn point though, maybe unrelated). Some couldn't be hit as a result.

We noticed this too. We had a fix for it, but had to revert it before yesterdays update because the fix broke some other things.

35. Would be nice to cancel buildings that have been placed while paused.

We don't currently have any plans to do this.

36. The stats bars for the Icarus and Falcon anti airs are the same, even though their stats are different.

This will be fixed int he next update.

37. Corrupted healers are annoying to deal with.

There hit points have been decreased significantly in yesterdays update.

38. Marty wave entry point in the wrong place on mission 6.

Looks right in the current build.

39. I'd like it to be easier to see where exactly building can be placed.

We are working on this. Agreed its a bit frustrating right now. In an earlier version of the game there were specific points where you could place towers. But it was much more fun to allow players to place where they wanted. We just have to make it less fidgity.

40. Turrets can't be built on platform at the north entrance on mission 9.

Should be fixed in yesterdays update.

41. Better looking shields would be nice.

Agreed.

42. Last wave on mission 11 only shows a Dreadnought, but also has Reapers coming from all 3 sides and Punishers from the north.

We have pulled this mission for now while we rebalance it.

43. The overcharge orbital is much more effective if the game is paused while it's applied (gives extreme fire rate to some, if not all turrets).

This will be fixed in the next update.

44. Icons on the mini map for metal refineries would be good.

Agreed.

45. Humming/buzzing sounds of some Substrate T1 units are too loud and are quite noticeable when paused.

Which units in particular?

46. Mission 12 description and map shown in the preview need to be updated.

We have pulled this mission for now while we rebalance it.

47. I think the reinforce orbital should have less units and buff the remaining ones to compensate. 

We changed this in yesterdays update exactly as you described.

I probably should just make a new post after each update, think my post ended up being unnecessarily confusing. I put a strikethrough on anything fixed or if I figured something out after a bit more playtime.

Just after playing through the eight missions with the new update. I really like the changes made to them, great to see you guys take everyone's feedback and implement changes so fast.

Yeah, it's the portraits I wouldn't be a big fan of. I think the Gliding Crane's portrait in the archives looks nicer than the others and I'd be fine with the units in game using that style.

I don't think the Gliding Crane or Abomination are currently in any missions, so I'll just wait for the next update or I'll put them in myself if I get the time.

The artifacting is less frequent now and has way less of an effect on FPS, but I've seen it happen sometimes with the Nexus, Clutch of Eggs and the Heart of The Phoenix's Egg.

With that said, I guess it's time to annoy you with more of my observations

• The Retributor portrait appears to be backwards too.
• Preview for mission eight needs to be updated.
• The upgrades for the scavenger are gone. (maybe intentional)
• Health for the fission reactor isn't visible.
• Gamecore changes need to invalidate leaderboard scores.
• Sometimes the visual for the overcharge ability carries over from one mission to another.
• Walking animations need to be improved.

I'll update this post if I find anything else and when I narrow down which SS T1 unit's sounds in particular I have issue with. Edit: The Reaper is definitely one of them

Thank you for continuing to add your feedback here bbc.