[Balodoth]

Actually, S-E consistently makes things easier for us. The fact remains that this changes none of the dynamics of the game. It's just a nice way for S-E to answer one simple question: Has the bonus on this weapon kicked in or not?

Of course, by extension if latents change color, so should other conditional bonuses such as in area (not) under nation control bonuses.

Now if somebody were to say they wanted an /echo to pop up telling them when the latent starts or stops, then I would definitely agree we're asking for too much.