976dave

can someone explain masking to me? how do i turn it on, is it necessary? what does it mean?

turnip

Attribute Masking (a.k.a. Fog Of War) hides the attributes of players the game assumes you wouldn't have knowledge of.

The practical result of this is that your scouts have to go out and look at players so that you can see their attributes. The recent patch changed it so that once you play against a player, his profile is cleared.

The option is toggled when you start a new game, check for a Tick Box in the lower-right of the screen (I think). Attribute Masking is, by the way, an essential part of LLM play.

976dave

very good. thank you.