Comment #2 originally posted by aurel.bily on 2010-10-28T21:13:06.000Z:

I would just say that this IS making it unbalanced, although just a little bit. Because - if you are the orange player, you do never have to care about orange ships - they are yours, an intelligent (:D) AI controls them - they attack the enemy ships, not you. You will only care about the ships of the enemy player - the ships of the other color. And - if both players have Aud Cruisers, it would normally be balanced (same army size in this case), even WITH the holograms - both players can produce them. BUT when one of the players gets an orange hologram even when he's not supposed to, he has a slight disadvantage - it fails to do the trick that is to confuse the enemy, BUT ALSO it confuses HIM because it seems orange player has even more ships.

Comment #3 originally posted by sfiera on 2010-10-28T21:49:51.000Z:

That's not how colors work in Ares multiplayer. There is not "an orange player and a blue player" in an Aud-vs-Aud match. Each player seems themself as orange and the enemy as a chosen color, and both friendly and enemy holograms will always appear as friendly (orange), regardless of colors picked. Hence, players are equally subject to the bug.

Comment #4 originally posted by aurel.bily on 2010-10-29T12:28:52.000Z:

Oh, right. It's equal then.