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    • MajorTroubleM
      MajorTrouble @Exselsior
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      @exselsior this sounds amazing but hard to implement-did they also discus increasing the cost? I don't mind its brokeness as much if it was expensive to implement like a stealthed and cloaked cybran com with laser and t3 suite

      sure that will crush most anything that doesn't have built in omni or isn't in omni range but the power costs to both upgrade that far and run it are simply crippling

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      • DeribusD
        Deribus Global Moderator @MajorTrouble
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        The proposed Chrono rework is here

        The stun time difference and whether or not there will be a cost change is up to the balance team.

        Also I don't think maser is a good comparison point for com upgrades since it's really only made for telemaser.

        Cloak is only made if you are in your 50th minute on Seton's and have "fuck you" eco.

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        • ValkiV
          Valki
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          Is there a reason by the way why the chrono dampener stuns?

          Constantly slowing down all enemy units and projectiles in range would be less oppressive than a stun mechanic while still powerful, rewarding micro. Stun seems to be out of favor in any game nowadays.

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          • JipJ
            Jip
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            I think it stuns because it is both easier to implement (get all units in radius X every Y seconds) and easier to understand (they're stunned - immediately recognizable)

            A work of art is never finished, merely abandoned

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            • MazorNoobM
              MazorNoob @Deribus
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              @deribus said in About the Chrono Dampner ACU Upgrade:

              Also I don't think maser is a good comparison point for com upgrades since it's really only made for telemaser.

              no

              @deribus said in About the Chrono Dampner ACU Upgrade:

              Cloak is only made if you are in your 50th minute on Seton's and have "fuck you" eco.

              It's half the cost of tele. It has some niche uses, you can use it to bait and defend an experimental push for example.

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              • ValkiV
                Valki @Jip
                last edited by Valki

                @jip I disagree on the effect, it is just a 0.5 second debuff to speed, acceleration, turret rotation etc for units applied every 0.5 seconds.

                Affecting projectiles properly would be more difficult I guess.

                Visibility requires a good volunteer artist I agree.

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                • veteranasheV
                  veteranashe
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                  Just watched a replay where a cloaked maser com took out a gc(or spider) and a bunch of t3, maser and Chrono are not even close to the same

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                  • MazorNoobM
                    MazorNoob
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                    Cloaked mazer, which is 2.5 times more expensive. Regular mazer com can be kited and killed by 2 percies.

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                    • K
                      keyser @veteranashe
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                      @veteranashe it cannot take out a gc, since it has omni

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                      • veteranasheV
                        veteranashe
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                        Yes it was a spider. I went and found it and checked, there is 2 very good maser events in this cast at 31 mins and at 40 mins and is very entertaining.

                        https://youtu.be/tG2ittNwfQc

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