Commander upgrade animation disappearing when upgrade paused

[A8uz4t0r]

Well I just had this thought, maybe when you pause an upgrade on your commander the "upgrade animation" should be stopped as well, at least because it technically isn't upgrading anymore.

Appart from "realistic" considerations, it could become a small tactical option : for example by pausing the commander upgrade when you see a scout approching, you make your commander look idle to enemy and therefore avoid being rushed at once because they know you can't move, overcharge, etc. It could also prevent enemy scout from discovering if you are upgrading gun or T2, and thus avoid that they react accordingly.

[FunkOff]

Well I just had this thought, maybe when you pause an upgrade on your commander the "upgrade animation" should be stopped as well, at least because it technically isn't upgrading anymore.

Appart from "realistic" considerations, it could become a small tactical option : for example by pausing the commander upgrade when you see a scout approching, you make your commander look idle to enemy and therefore avoid being rushed at once because they know you can't move, overcharge, etc. It could also prevent enemy scout from discovering if you are upgrading gun or T2, and thus avoid that they react accordingly.

Yeah, but then you could pause it and let your engineers finish it without unpausing.

[A8uz4t0r]

Then in this case, even if upgrade is paused on commander, the animation should stay if engies are helping it.

[Gowerly]

I am unsure as to whether an ACU can know whether there are assisting units.
Paused or not, you are still "upgrading" simply with 0 build power.

[A8uz4t0r]

I am unsure as to whether an ACU can know whether there are assisting units.
Paused or not, you are still "upgrading" simply with 0 build power.

True.
Anyway this idea just came from a realistic point of view : seing all that glowing and spining light arround the commander when an upgrade is paused just didn't seem right. But it's definitely not an issue and the tactical remarks I made were only secondary thoughts... If the change is not easily doable let's just forget about this !

[noobymcnoobcake]

It should stay. Then if you see somebody upgrading you can get your T1 artilley and do a lot of damage to it. Upgrades on comm are powerful and own T1 hard. I think a counter should be to attack when comm is upgrading. This means you have to make sure comm is safe before upgrading.

[Plasma_Wolf]

I agree. As soon as you've completely spent the 800 mass, it can start paying off. The about 16 tanks are then easily dealt with to break even in mass cost. TO have your ACU being unable to do something for 90 seconds seems like a fair deal to me in terms of the temporary drawback.

[Treble]

You can move the ACU while upgrading. You just have to queue up a building where he is standing and he moves automatically. A good way to avoid TMLs if you have enough of an advanced warning and you dont want to stop your upgrade.

[Mr Pinguin]

You can move the ACU while upgrading. You just have to queue up a building where he is standing and he moves automatically. A good way to avoid TMLs if you have enough of an advanced warning and you dont want to stop your upgrade.

Wow. I didn't know that.. It seems a bit exploity, but clever nevertheless. I'll have to use that the next time I'm upgrading and panicked because of incoming danger..