Hey all,
Firstly, I've got to say, along with a lot of other people I think, that this game is phenomenal. Very much looking forward to the next release (already), and of course, the completed version.
I was just thinking though, doesn't it really annoy you when you're aiming the weapon (a good example would be the sniper rifle, or single-shot equivalent) at an alien, and the top of a chair, or a piece of building support wood gets in the way? When clearly, the soldier is more than able to shoot the alien.
Could perhaps a higher starting point for the weapon projectile (such as near the eyes or shoulders, rather than stomach; which, for most weapons would be logical) help out in a lot of the cases? Or maybe (and i know this would require a lot of work) make the crosshairs available to aim at any point on the body? For example, the cross hair would cling (as it does at the moment) to any solid surface, but instead of having to aim at a single square, could aim at variable points in the square. So. moving the pointer along the body of an alien would move the crosshair (in much the same fashion as a real-life sniper moving laser targeting along someone) along the alien's body.