Fungus not hurting formers

[azpops]

Is it intended in the latest beta that fungus no longer hurt formers? It still damages combat units that end their turn in the fungus, but formers are no longer damaged when sitting in a fungus hex.

[ErissN6]

Fungus do hurt formers, until a research protect formers.
Or you mean formers are never hurt now? (I did not verified)

[azpops]

Or you mean formers are never hurt now? (I did not verified)

My formers are never hurt by fungus. They have no armor and do not heal automatically. They used to be damaged when in fungus, but now they are not damaged at all.

[jdmillard]

I can confirm that this is the case in my current game. My formers don't get hurt by fungus. But this may have been done on purpose because on Marathon games, the terraforming rate is increased meaning that formers will die before they ever clear a hex of fungus.

My current game is Marathon pace. I haven't been counting the turns for terraforming stuff, but it's noticeably longer (which I don't mind).

EDIT: I just looked at the change log:

* Formers no longer suffer damage from fungus after completing the fungus cultivation advancement.

I'll add again that this doesn't bother me for the reason I stated above.

[Belanos]

I was keeping an eye on this in my most current game and my Formers were indeed taking damage.

[jdmillard]

I'll just quote myself quoting the change log.

* Formers no longer suffer damage from fungus after completing the fungus cultivation advancement.