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    • ValkiV
      Valki
      last edited by Valki

      Cloaking ability that requires 10k energy (requires 12k mass in power plants)?

      Maybe throw in 1 minute charge up to prevent abusive cloak blinking micro.

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      • DeribusD
        Deribus Global Moderator @Tex
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        @Tex said in Monkey Lord - roleless T4 that needs a Buff:

        If you didn't like my speed buff idea you could just say so 😞

        Oh no I didn't mean it like that. A speed buff was also one of the first things that popped to mind upon reading the OP

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          ANALyzeNoob
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          I like the idea of a movement speed buff, and while we are at it could we consider increasing it's turret turn speed? The monkey is especially frustrating when it is attacking different useless targets on opposite sides of it, which require a very long time for the turret to turn. This is especially critical when you are just getting in range of what you really want to attack (e.g. acu) with a move command but it takes an extra 5 seconds to actually start attacking because it was focusing on some t1 tanks behind it.

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            ANALyzeNoob
            last edited by ANALyzeNoob

            https://replay.faforever.com/14222198
            https://replay.faforever.com/14222278
            Replays for anyone who would like to see just how incredibly easy it is to [edit: receive a Monkeylord mass donation] with an equivalent amount of mass invested into a few bricks and shields, with and without any acu overcharge.

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            • ArranA
              Arran
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              If, and I stress IF, the Monkeylord is underpowered, perhaps a solution would be allowing it to climb steeper terrain (like a spider can) to allow for more tactical deployment?

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              • Ctrl-KC
                Ctrl-K @Arran
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                @Arran sounds like a nightmare...

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                  Tagada Balance Team
                  last edited by

                  I am 99% sure that something like this is not supported by the engine.

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                  • JipJ
                    Jip
                    last edited by Jip

                    It is supported 🙂 , but it would break on all of my maps where I use the 'unpathable' terrain type to cover some holes in the mountains that allow units to get on top 🙂
                    edit: I believe Madmax even made a unit as part of a tournament for that. Its in the vault

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                    • ValkiV
                      Valki
                      last edited by

                      Why would a 10k energy cloak toggle not work?

                      It prevents the Monkeylord from being discovered randomly by ASF, bombers, and raiders. Now it remains invisible until it approaches your omni radar, unless the opponent has set up a good T3 air scout patrol.

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                      • Dragun101D
                        Dragun101 @Tagada
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                        @Tagada said in Monkey Lord - roleless T4 that needs a Buff:

                        I am 99% sure that something like this is not supported by the engine.

                        It is and is not. But it can be done. I do it in SCTA even

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                          Tagada Balance Team
                          last edited by

                          Good to hear, the problem is that maps are not designed around this feature so it's not really a feasible solution anyways.

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                          • MadMaxM
                            MadMax @Jip
                            last edited by MadMax

                            @Jip can confirm this is the case, it works right up until unpathable terrain type is used then its broken, admittedly the majority of maps don't use terrain types, until you start getting to the top 10% of maps it's certainly a case of the edge cases defining the rule tho. Edit I am thinking of adding that ability to all "spider tanks" in my mod at some point........ soon tm lol

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                            • epic-bennisE
                              epic-bennis Banned
                              last edited by epic-bennis

                              I like a speed buff of ~ 8% and a bt reduction of 20%.

                              That would significantly increase its value as a surprise weapon without increasing its combat effectiveness a lot so it doesn’t gain mass efficiency vs other units but gets stronger at its actual role.

                              I wouldn’t change turret turn speed because it’s got a big ‘ol laser on its back and lore wise I think it makes sense this thing turns slowly.

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                                humanpotatoe
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                                    humanpotatoe
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                                    the monkeylord couldn't be as strong as other experimentals because the brick and loyalist were directly superior to other races comparable ground BEFORE nerfs, Now the monkeylords escort units are weaker and it has actually received a price and build time increase making its role more clouded as per original post, i would support a health and price increase to balance the monkeylord better not a dubious stealth or movement speed buff

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                                      soulgamer31 @epic-bennis
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                                      @big-bennis-magic said in Monkey Lord - roleless T4 that needs a Buff:

                                      I like a speed buff of ~ 8% and a bt reduction of 20%.
                                      That would significantly increase its value as a surprise weapon without increasing its combat effectiveness a lot so it doesn’t gain mass efficiency vs other units but gets stronger at its actual role.
                                      I wouldn’t change turret turn speed because it’s got a big ‘ol laser on its back and lore wise I think it makes sense this thing turns slowly.

                                      Agreed, the biggest strenghts of the Monkeylord is it surprise factor and its (possible) spammability. Improve on those aspects and you make the ML more usefull without making it more powerful. Making it less expensive would be a good idea as well imo

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                                      • ResistanceR
                                        Resistance @Tagada
                                        last edited by Resistance

                                        @tagada kindda lost the track but if you speak about the cloak spider than it's perfectly supported by the engine,can take a look at total mayhem,some units have the same mechanic and it works just fine 🙂

                                        "I am 99% sure that something like this is not supported by the engine."

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                                          Tagada Balance Team @Arran
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                                          @arran said in Monkey Lord - roleless T4 that needs a Buff:

                                          If, and I stress IF, the Monkeylord is underpowered, perhaps a solution would be allowing it to climb steeper terrain (like a spider can) to allow for more tactical deployment?

                                          Was referring to this.

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                                          • Dragun101D
                                            Dragun101
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                                            So elaborate, basically we'd have to give monkeylord a unique footprint. For sake of example 4 by 4 Amphib. And Make sure no other mobile unit is inheriting. But each additional footprint added adds additional stress on gamepathfinder due to nature of how the game does pathfinding/pathfinds.

                                            I’m a shitty 1k Global. Any balance or gameplay suggestions should be understood or taken as such.

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