WD #3 - Ridiculous Balance Ideas
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While a unit/building is being captured, it can't be control-Ked (or if that would be too powerful, don't allow it to be ctrl-ked after already has a certain percentage of capture. E.g. if the building is at least 50% captured, ctrl-k is disabled. so it's not impossible to ctrl-k it before it gets captured but the defending player has to move quickly and the ctrl-k frees up the engineer/ACU to move on to their next target sooner.)
reclaiming a building won't prevent a volatile explosion IF the building's hp drops below -10% (so if it gets hit with a big weapon like a strat bomb or percival shot, it is likely to explode, but small weapons like mantis shots or beam weapons like novax won't do that). With beam weapons it might be easier to kill the engies first anyway.
-10% would be: for a UEF t1 pgen, that has about 760 hp, so if it drops to -76 or below, it would still explode. for a UEF t3 pgen, 9000 hp, would need to do 900 "extra" damage beyond killing it, to force an explosion. Which is very doable with a percy or a strat bomber.
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UEF T3 transport can pickup enemy ACU
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Aeon ACU gets a hat propeller upgrade allowing it to jump a far distance. The modeling for this upgrade is essential.
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Sera ACU is invisible when not moving, only the eyes can be seen.
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Cybran laser doubles in range and damage every second, with the penalty it causes increasing overheat damage to itself.
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Unban exploits
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Give satellites insane crash dmg
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Add land units exclusive subterranean theater of war.
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Double all transporters capacity.
Double t2 transport health.
Make t1 and t2 ships transportable
Units can survive transport crash (but take damage)Fast moving tender ships/subs that can repair and reclaim
All factions get commander leg upgrade options:
- Straight armour upgrade
- 'Overcharge' legs to move faster temporarily
- Blink ability for short range teleport for energy cost
- err... knee based SAM launchers?
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Make a t3 air unit that one shots mexes and can only be killed by other t3 air units.
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Commander can vet indefinitely
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@brannou .. and the ACU gets bigger with vet
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@deribus I actually tried setting the Fervor to direct fire. It's Insanely OP.
Otherwise, ignoring the rules I have ideas for navy
- Torpedoes are universally ammunition style weapons, having a use or autouse toggle like overcharge. Torpedoes now do tons of damage, no homing, and have a cool splash effect when they hit something.
- Subs now have a silent/deep running modes and auto stealth when not moving (like selen auto cloak, but no power draw). Silent running mode cuts movement speed, but preserves sealth. Cyb moves fastest. UEF have low hp and huge deck gun damage (surface and attack ambush style). T1 subs retain late game usefulness by being able to reclaim seafloor mass.
- Ships can 'repair mode' or disable drive and weapons to regen faster. Or 'mothball' state that generates a tiny amount of mass and power.
- "Fleet Tender" class ships with regen or repair bonuses. Can also assist torpedo production. Perhaps cybran is submersible?
- Larger ships are broken down and modularized like ACU/sACU. Example-battleships, with gun enhancement, shields, speed upgrades, HP upgrades.
- Aircraft carriers made to actually carry aircraft. Their three module slots each have an aircraft type that can be selected. ASF, Bomb, Torp. Building it generates a squad of drones that dock at the ship, and go out and attack targets in it's radar range.
- Aeon Frigate increased in effectiveness. Easily beats any other frigate. Barely loses 2v1. Cost/build adjusted to compensate.
- Cybran corvette exists and given kamikaze 'ram' ability.
- Naval veterancy increases range slightly, as to assure higher vet ships get the first shot advantage (seems like something a better trained crew would be able to do)
- Homeworld games imported in their entirety. Vagyr and Higarian campaigns set in space. Entire engine overhauled.
- Execs at Sqweenix assassinated with orbital laser. SC IP purchased by nonprofit FAF association. Supcom 3 confirmed.
- Supcom now an olympic sport.
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Firebeetles jump at enemies before exploding. They can also jump over small hills, gaps, etc.
Loyalists have a "final stand" after dying, where they shoot but do not move before exploding.
Titans are as large as GC's and are now T4's. Makes sense...
Pillars are grey rectangles... Wait, this isn't a change. Lets make them vertical!
Experimental units (T4's) have a limited lifetime before they expire. They are prototypes after all.
Engineers need at least 5 goons looking and watching them work before they are able to actually build anything.
The harbinger should hold a scythe and have a 1 range attack that insta kills a unit, and the harbinger.
Seraphim Yolona Oss should be renamed "Wrath of God". Its nuke cannot be shot down unless an aeon player uses the sacrifice ability to build an asylum shield, anywhere on the map.
ACU's need to loudly and obnoxiously scream "It's over 9000!" when using over 9000 energy for an overcharge.
Whenever a SACU gets built, it needs to be under a ally AI's control. If no ally AI is available, one will be created for you. -
Lol those are good
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Gifting your ACU to a teammate.
~ Stryker
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Each ACU gets a temporary super mode similar to Quake/Doom
Cybran - 4x damage
UEF - 4x shield
Sera - 4x firing rate
Aeon - 4x vision and regen -
Temporary gifting of units that return back after a set period of time.
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ACUs can be upgraded arms from dead ACUs.
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Bringing in the Hunker ability for ACU's from SupCom 2.
I disliked the game but I can't deny that that feature was pretty cool, though.
~ Stryker
