Unit Damage/Armor Upgrade Icons Change Now :)

[Nottoway]

I have been saying this to myself since day 1 of the beta, whenever a unit got a damage/armor upgrade, the upgrade indicator within the unit information should change the picture to reflect that (Ex, Once you upgrade the tier3 weapon upgrade for infantry, the icon within a Marine would be that badass red/fire colored). Because I just felt that it would really help with quickly analyzing an opponents upgrade rate.

I just feel kind of humbled that an aesthetic idea of mine that I never mentioned anywhere actually found its way into the game.

[TunaFish]

edit: actually i'm not sure what you mean

[Nottoway]

I played a lot of wc3, the upgrade icons within the areas you upgrade them (graveyard, warmill, blacksmith, huntershall) progressively change, but within the unit information, it just shows a number increase.

This is a first within a Blizzard RTS that there is an image change to indicate damage/armor upgrades.

[ArcherofAiur]

Yah i first noticed it on the hellion. I thought it was a glitch at first when my hellion started spewing blue flames. They put allot of work into this patch.

[Dragoonx]

Everytime you research Ground Weapon damage or Armor, the icon in the research building changes to a more intensified art. Before you had to hover over a units stats to see how upgraded they were. I'm guessing now he means that you can simply glance at the art and know right away, assuming your familiar with it.

Edit:

So according to Archer its also reflected in unit art?? Wow

[Nicol Bolas]

So according to Archer its also reflected in unit art?

Well, that's pretty much analogus to Marine combat shields or Zergling speed: the models get a physical change to match the gameplay effect. Here, Infernal Pre-Ignighter makes Hellions spray blue flames.

[Nottoway]

Everytime you research Ground Weapon damage or Armor, the icon in the research building changes to a more intensified art. Before you had to hover over a units stats to see how upgraded they were. I'm guessing now he means that you can simply glance at the art and know right away, assuming your familiar with it.

Edit:

So according to Archer its also reflected in unit art?? Wow

You didn't have to scroll over it, it displayed the upgrade tier (1,2, or 3) but those numbers are small and can be quite annoying if you just want to quickly asses their tech status. Now that its color based along with image change, it helps so much imo.

[Hav0x]

They also changed the mouse cursor for the protoss and zerg to fit in with their UI better.

[Nottoway]

They also changed the mouse cursor for the protoss and zerg to fit in with their UI better.

Yeah I noticed that too, I'm a sucker for aesthetic upgrades =/ They always make me happy.

Whenever iTunes upgrades and changes its layout, I'm like....OH YEAHHHH

[Josue]

Holy... this is getting better and better, makes me thing even Carrier model and other lackluster models such as stalker (why that shield on one side? it should be in the back!) will be upgraded!