Swap spaces movement?

[The RawkHawk]

(02-15-2013 11:25 PM)Necrocat219 Wrote:  It could have interesting consequences such as sniper shuffles to take out units and then retreat behind a soldier, but I think it would make flanking much much harder and encourage turtling. And think about what it would do to bombshells! Or scramblers being able to convert then 'tag out'. And the mobi would have an even scarier range than before! And goodness knows what the bramble would do

Not a bad thought process but I think it would encourage turtling 'break' the mechanics of the game and would overcomplicate things.

Hm - I might be misreading the OP's idea -but it sounds like the 'swap' feature would be part of a units movement. Meaning that a unit cannot swap with another unit if it has already moved that turn. So I don't see this being as big an impact to turtling as you say.
I *do* think that this idea would have an impact on what constitutes a 'good' formation for attacking and defending. Your hypothetical with the retreating sniper is a good example of this.

Still - swapping units would be an interesting change that mixes up how people play - but I think it is an unnecessary addition. Especially when considering all the other potential improvements that could still be made. I really enjoy the gameplay mechanics of Outwitters - why fix what isn't broke?