Vet system - issue and potential improvement

Ninrai

Hi,
current vet system is counterintuitive and acts in unexpected ways:
Instant significant HP boost is bad game design. Attacker does not know if it is smart to push with units or if oppo ACU is about to get insta HP by OC-ing a t3 unit and render the rest of the attack nothing but a mass gift. This is not strategy but luck.

Possible improvements:

Significantly increase HP boost for a short period of time when vet is reached, don't have x amount of HP given instantly.
Make it visible as to how close ACU is to next vet level. We already have access to some information on oppo team (building status of units/buildings, energy level [e-storage].). Maybe something could be implemented which indicates how close to the next vet level the other ACU is (vetting bar oppo can see)?

Kilatamoro

Best improvement would be to remove it.

Caliber

I agree that the instant health boost from vet is a poor machanic to have in game, possible improvements

increase total health but not current health
increase regen more

i like the idea of being able to see oppo vet level as a progress bar but i dont believe they would ever introduce it as you also cant even see oppo shield health

and seing the current vet level of enemy units would be cool just like you see the faction relevent 1,2,3,4,5 star level of your own units.

Jip

@Caliber said in Vet system - issue and potential improvement:

i like the idea of being able to see oppo vet level as a progress bar but i dont believe they would ever introduce it as you also cant even see oppo shield health

The UI to see a shield health bar (similar to health bar) is determined by the engine. It's not something that can be changed trivially, even' if they (who's they in this context anyway?) wanted to. The one custom progress bar that is available (used for building, reload time, etc) has the same limitations.

@Caliber said in Vet system - issue and potential improvement:

and seing the current vet level of enemy units would be cool just like you see the faction relevent 1,2,3,4,5 star level of your own units.

This may be possible, I'm not sure.

Caliber

@jip forgive my ignorance in these matters Jip I lack the understanding and technical skills you have and so i generalize quite a bit when talking about faf, by "they" i just meant those who have the authority to make these changes, no insult was meant.