Mobi visibility change

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(11-29-2012 12:05 PM)worldfamous Wrote:  I haven't decided whether or not I like the change, but I don't necessarily agree with your bomshell analogy. It's more analogous to showing the bombshell when it fires, which it does already. Mobi teleporting is the same as bombshell firing, or scramble scrambling. As it is now, all units are exposed when taking any action other than moving, even when in the fog. This seems fair to me. I suppose bramble has a slight advantage since his action is only reported audibly.

I wouldn't compare a Mobi teleport to a Bombshell attack. Whereas a Bombshell attack would be painfully obvious (units would take 1 damage from a ranged attack), and Snipers reveal themselves when firing, the new Mobi behavior gives your opponent information he wouldn't have deduced otherwise.

While I can understand the intentional effects, for example, revealing Mobi as a Sniper lunges halfway across the map, there are also the other side effects, such as losing the ability to "fake" a move (having a Mobi-port mimic a normally possible move), and revealing that you're moving units around behind your lines, which both reveals that you've spawned a Mobi, and that you most likely are pushing around a Sniper or Heavy. It's a lot of guesswork we're saving for our adversary.