so you don't have to bum people when you want to heal them; so you can heal people and not have it interrupted when they move, so you can heal people without blocking them from moving towards you (which may be back into cover), so you can heal people running away from you.
I wouldn't want it huge, but I don't see an issue with like, the length of a prone person or something, being the range. Or maybe the width of a turret.
it could make healing upgrade very attractive. no idea if thats good or bad though - has pros and cons ...
Try using the search. Of course telling you this is probably as pointless as telling someone with down syndrome to stop acting retarded. http://forums.empiresmod.com/showthread.php?t=6986
Actually, what if healing upgrade did that. What if it extended the range hugely, like the length of a jeep. That would make it a really solid skill, especially if paired with revive. Also, lol @ that thread. I could tell who made it before it even loaded anything other than the title.
width of a turret, exactly. With the problems I've mentioned in the OP, why has this not been addressed?
That's kind of a stupid question. There's 10000001 things that haven't been addressed in Empires. It's not as if we have 20 coders and unlimited time. Some things are just lower priority than others. Maybe Beerdude will take a look, but if he doesn't, it probably won't get done.