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(08-06-2012 11:27 PM)Kamikaze28 Wrote:  That's the replays purpose - displaying last known positions of units in the Fog of War is tricky. Say you discovered a Soldier at some position on turn 39 - your enemy destroys your Runner on turn 40 (the discovered Soldier and the unit send to destroy the Runner will now be displayed in the Fog somehow to mark their last known position) - on turn 41, you move a Soldier in the direction of the Runner, you discover an enemy Soldier, is it the same Soldier you discovered before or is it a new one? The game knows the answer to that question but it should never tell you this in any way.
I think the replay functionality is way better than to display shadows of units in the Fog of War. These shadows can become quite confusing as well once they pile up.

The replays certainly provide more information, but it is also a rather slow way to present information. A metaphor would be watching a video compared to reading a book.

There are of course some complicating factors (like, with the Mobi it is possible that a unit moves and is then transported), but after the opponent has moved a sniper, killed something and then ended up in the fog of war again, I definitely wish that there had been a shadow to tell me it's there.