Showing Waypoint target location

[Stratego (dev)]

I play on a big map and was frustrated not knowing which unit goes to what direction.

so i thought when you select a single unit to show the waypoint location by a strainght (blue) line (from the selected unit to the target location, line lasts for 3 seconds).

what do u think of the idea?

[warlock]

Yes please.

[Sombrar +1]

I also think it's good, it's complicated when the game is already well advanced, especially on larger maps, as it's hard to remember where all the markers go.

[warlock]

Have further related thoughts on rally to leader tupe function. Will articulate point by point when have time tomorrow.

[warlock]

Nevermind, I have posted on the AoS discord server.

[Stratego (dev)]

please post here on forum ifyou want me to put in anything, i am not following discord to see everything. (i also checked on discord now and could not find your text)

[b2198]

Well... I don't use waypoints at all ... but this also seems like a good idea for me.

[makazuwr32]

Well... I don't use waypoints at all ...

Same here. I do not use waypoints and instead i prefer to manually move every unit.

[Stratego (dev)]

not using waypoints sounds unbelieveably painful to me, especially in end game - but ok
(i literally use on every factory when i need to transfer produced units from a far TC to a warzone)

[makazuwr32]

not using waypoints sounds unbelieveably painful to me, especially in end game - but ok
(i literally use on every factory when i need to transfer produced units from a far TC to a warzone)

I just move factories closer to warzone.

[Stratego (dev)]

not using waypoints sounds unbelieveably painful to me, especially in end game - but ok
(i literally use on every factory when i need to transfer produced units from a far TC to a warzone)

I just move factories closer to warzone.

yes, but TC-s can not be moved - i wrote about TC-s.

[b2198]

not using waypoints sounds unbelieveably painful to me, especially in end game - but ok
(i literally use on every factory when i need to transfer produced units from a far TC to a warzone)

I use roads, wagons, rams and posthouses, to optimize a bit the speed at which they get there... and yeah, it gets a bit painful to do with huge amounts of units... but I find it fun anyway XD

Usually when I have turns of more than 130 units or so I tend to split my playing sessions for that match in 2 or 3, so that I don't need to move all those units in a single session.

[Stratego (dev)]

and what about cases where you already see you won but opponent does not resign?
that case i only manage frontline units and ALL other units and factories uses only waypoints.

and i am in this situation in many many games, so i can say i always use them in winning games, on the other hand on a levelled or a losing game every little can count, so yes there i use them rarely.

[makazuwr32]

I remember one match in which i was loosing badly and my opponent began using waypoints and that is exactly what i used for comeback and to win the match in the end.

Since waypointed enemies move on their own, use abilities randomly, shopt randomly then if i perfectly calculate their possible movement and prepare in advance for it i would be able to kill his supplies which are attacking my frontlines and after kill his frontlines.

[Stratego (dev)]

that player was not paying attention - this should be an exceptional case, and the example is not degrading the "waypoint" usage itself but the player.

[b2198]

and what about cases where you already see you won but opponent does not resign?
that case i only manage frontline units and ALL other units and factories uses only waypoints.

and i am in this situation in many many games, so i can say i always use them in winning games, on the other hand on a levelled or a losing game every little can count, so yes there i use them rarely.

Yeah, that's a valid case where I should've been using them, but never thought about it. Usually when a big match is a few turns from ending (and I'm winning) I stop moving a lot of units far from the frontlines, like builders and such, and only move like 3 or 4 times the amount I'd need to ensure victory.

[Stratego (dev)]

also funny but i use waypoint to make myself "reminders" between turns (as those can be days between)
so if i feel i might forget that i wanted to build something here and there, i chose a worker and set waypoint to that to remind me that is ment to go there. same for other cases where i feel there are multiple alternatives where to go - so i remember which i selected.