I don't know who designed this or why it was done, but it was not really a good idea. Seriously, it makes no sense, no matter from what angle you look at it:1.) It does not make sense physically. Infantry blocking a vehicle? Yeah, right.2.) It does not make sense from a military point of view. Such a tactic simply does not exist in real-life warfare.3.) It does not make sense within the game's own logic itself. Either any unit blocks the path for other units, or none does. The distinction between friendly and enemy units is complete bollоcks here.Actually, I wonder why we even have hex tiles at all. Those are a characteristic feature of round-based strategy games, but C&C Rivals is no such game. It is real-time. The old C&C games never had any tiles. Do we actually need them in this game?So please, let's get rid of this nonsense for good. C&C Rivals will be a better and more consistent game when this is removed.

It's really easy. The line is where it messes up game balance and fun. This isn't supposed to be the ARMA of RTS games.The whole game revolves around controlling the missile platforms. Think of gameplay balance in that lens. Not strictly from real life or past C&C games.

@iLikeToSnipe21 wrote:I think the only change that should be made in this area is that a unit that is moving on a pad cannot control or contest it. Would get rid of people just spamming air units to fly over it. And it would give a drawback to a unit driving back and forth to occupy two tiles.It would make for some interesting mechanics if you had to have at least one unit remain still for a minimum amount of time before it is considered held or contested. Likewise, as soon as the unit starts to move, it is no longer held / contested. This might encourage more fierce fighting for pad control.

This is a very integral part of play.

@Marine_CorporaI wrote:There is also no double harvester in real life or a resign button.That explanation will be get interesting, why is there no "double Harvester" or "resign button"? You can be sure there's examples:double harvester = industry and finance sector in real Liferesign button = come on, capitulation?If you now going to say, but that's a different, microing is also different to blocking...

Can you make mammoth run over infantry directly when you click on the infantry rather than you have to click a hex behind?

Can we please get rid of the silly tile blocking now?

29 Replies

Killa2321
6 years ago
This is a very integral part of play.
Mister_Crac
6 years ago
@Killa2321 wrote:
This is a very nonsensical part of play.
I fixed that for you. 😉
EA_dance210
EA Staff (Retired)
6 years ago
Hiya @Mister_Crac,

For the tile blocking, are you referring to the fact that a unit is able to stop an enemy unit from going onto the platform, by microing? Or simply the fact that enemy units can't occupy the same hex as your unit?

If it's the latter, that does make sense to me - you would allow allies to move past while attacking/blocking enemy units. And while it's good to pull from real world examples, strategies, etc. this is a game and we need to do what's best for the game, even if it doesn't translate directly to real world scenarios.

The decision to use hex tiles for gameplay was made based a lot of testing of hex-based and non hex-based gameplay, so the simple answer to that one is that yes, hex-based was the way to go.
Marine_CorporaI
6 years ago
There is also no double harvester in real life or a resign button.
AcidSnowScArab
6 years ago
My low cost, and slow moving infantry units often get micro-movement blocked by faster moving buggies/hummers, so I can never occupy the tile, they just keep moving their unit back and forth... Gets mildly annoying sometimes, but it was my choice to use a slow unit (same applies to when I use a GDI tank, they are slow but beefy).
iLikeToSnipe21
6 years ago
I think the only change that should be made in this area is that a unit that is moving on a pad cannot control or contest it. Would get rid of people just spamming air units to fly over it. And it would give a drawback to a unit driving back and forth to occupy two tiles.
TeutonicVvarrio
6 years ago
@iLikeToSnipe21 wrote:
I think the only change that should be made in this area is that a unit that is moving on a pad cannot control or contest it. Would get rid of people just spamming air units to fly over it. And it would give a drawback to a unit driving back and forth to occupy two tiles.
It would make for some interesting mechanics if you had to have at least one unit remain still for a minimum amount of time before it is considered held or contested. Likewise, as soon as the unit starts to move, it is no longer held / contested. This might encourage more fierce fighting for pad control.
incia
6 years ago
When using artillery units I do like the hexes, I can strategically place my artillery to cover an area and I can exactly see how far it will reach (3 hexes), without hexes it would be harder to see this fast.
MarcT22186
6 years ago
@Marine_CorporaI wrote:
There is also no double harvester in real life or a resign button.
That explanation will be get interesting, why is there no "double Harvester" or "resign button"? You can be sure there's examples:
double harvester = industry and finance sector in real Life
resign button = come on, capitulation?
If you now going to say, but that's a different, microing is also different to blocking...
Marine_CorporaI
6 years ago
@MarcT22186 wrote:
@Marine_CorporaI wrote:
There is also no double harvester in real life or a resign button.
That explanation will be get interesting, why is there no "double Harvester" or "resign button"? You can be sure there's examples:
double harvester = industry and finance sector in real Life
resign button = come on, capitulation?
If you now going to say, but that's a different, microing is also different to blocking...
You can make metaphors for anything. Tile blocking could be legal hurdles. Avatars could be Giants in Westeros. My point is that it's a game. You also don't spawn units with money out of one building in real life. Missile men in real life will take out a whole team of rifleman. Attack bikes wouldn't be able to carry unlimited ordinance.
It's a game.