Many say that they don't want colors plastered on their units, and thats fine. What I suggest (to avoid seeing regulus in bright shiney pink) is to be able to use the interface toggle mini flags/warbanners that fly above the units body/behind their backs. On 1v1 when this is not an issue we can toggle it back off. Stop me if theres something like this in-place.

Thats not a bad compromise there. Very bipartisan of you (!). I wouldn`t want to see the usual team colourations simply because every other rts does it that way... . I would rather distinguish between faction elements by virtue of the elements themselves, thus my suggestion elsewhere to give each Demigod their own types of the base units. Demigod has a certain laudable atmosphere that would be mitigated by team colours plastered on the units.

Korialstrazs, if you want to see what units are attacking you... take a look (!)... . Ditto to figure out where they are, as coincidentally if they are within your field of view they will certainly be... attacking you (see previous point).

A color scheme for each demigod might not be a bad idea; i.e., each has a specific piece of clothing (like Torchy's cape) that changes color, or maybe just the overall hue of the model changes tint.  Not to a ridculous degree, of course; a bright pink Rook running around the field would be...interesting. ^^; 

Or, maybe a player can choose/upload custom colors or signs?  Like a small picture file that would be applied to the model, like a sigil pasted across the Rook's torso, or something like that.  Could be an iteresting way of customizing the play experience.

Well thats fine if we determine friend/foe primarily through black vs. white color schemes. In this case I would like a way to tell one black enemey Rook from another without having to mouse-hover over everything.

A minimap is a step in the right direction, but as you saw in WC3 they made the dots for heroes huge so when they're right next to each other the colors merge and it makes it difficult to tell the difference. Another disadvantage is having to look down on the minimap the whole time to tell which Rook is coming at you.

Again, I suggest toggle-able flags/banners because it enhances gameplay but does not ruin the character art by awkwardly recoloring them.

Jebobek, the use of the minimap need just a few games of practice - we shouldnt make the game THAT easy so you can learny any tricks and the 100% effecitve usage of the UI in just a day. Else there is too less diffrence between real good players and beginners.

Banners on the other hand would be also cool, but i'd say moveable flags etc. use more RAM than a plain colorbackground or a little shimmer. Or like you said black vs. light.

Just make the one side a little bit darker. So the light side rook looks more golden + bright, while the dark side rook looks more like a ruin :> I'd like that.

So long, Aspartem

Well, my problem comes from this, there are three torchbearers, two enemies and one ally. I'm in the middle of a battle, and I dont know where my ally is because I dont have a minimap to find him. I run back towards my base and see a torchbearer at the middle base, continuing on my way, trying to target him but not really seeing a difference when I curser over him, he turns and freezes me. Continues to launch a fireball and I die.

Thanks for linking the threads so I can learn more about the discussion.

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There's a box at the top of the forum that says 'Search'. It is your friend.

I can understand that. Thats why I`d agree with a button that while pressed displays faction symbols above units or just the Demigods themselves.