I am a bit new to this game and community and I've noticed that there is a very interesting kamikaze mechanics in the game in form of Fire Beetle.
I very much like the idea of a single use high-skill high reward units. But it seems to be a bit "unfair" that only one fraction has this type of unit. I know that Aeon has mercy but they are more like loyalist ability - slightly usefull against T1-T2 spam and useless otherwise.

It would be nice to have some sort of kamikaze unit in each fraction.
for example I propose for Aeon a T2 plane with name "Resurrection"
with

• ~300 mass cost, 6k energy cost , buildpower requirement of around 2k
• vision around 15
• speed 10
• 3min fuel
• 2400 damage single non-missable kamikaze attack

Also for seems like kamikaze buildings aka mines suit UEF well and maybe a kamikaze sub for Ceraph?

@phong
I see your point, it makes sense. Although I can hardly say that T2 UEF air is capable of "sniping" rather than "steady tickling to death".

For me it always was an intentional difference between races:

• UEF has only damage over time
• Aeon has only alpha damage
• Cybran and Seraph are in the middle
  (talking aboun air to ground damage here but Aeon is about alpha damage in many different places)

Now Aeon air seems to be very strange:
Mercy is a one-use Janus and Specters cost more than Stingers, have twice less dps but in alpha-damage form (aka extremely bad).

I don't say I know what to do with Mercy so they become useful but balanced, but seems like this direction just makes them obsolete.

@Xiaomao not talking to you, go bully someone else on twitter

@tryth

| Bro wants a 2 shot uef gunship at t2 stage

Can you please elaborate, I can not parse what you wanted to say.

I am taking calculating units dps from the Units tab in FAF, so there might be some inconsistency with the current game state. I've tested actual dps values, they are the same for Aeon and UEF. So the gunship point is invalid, but the "one time Janus" point holds.

@tryth

| Bro wants a 2 shot uef gunship at t2 stage

Can you please elaborate, I can not parse what you wanted to say.

I am taking calculating units dps from the Units tab in FAF, so there might be some inconsistency with the current game state. I've tested actual dps values, they are the same for Aeon and UEF. So the gunship point is invalid, but the "one time Janus" point holds.

@Xiaomao not talking to you, go bully someone else on twitter

@phong
I see your point, it makes sense. Although I can hardly say that T2 UEF air is capable of "sniping" rather than "steady tickling to death".

For me it always was an intentional difference between races:

• UEF has only damage over time
• Aeon has only alpha damage
• Cybran and Seraph are in the middle
  (talking aboun air to ground damage here but Aeon is about alpha damage in many different places)

Now Aeon air seems to be very strange:
Mercy is a one-use Janus and Specters cost more than Stingers, have twice less dps but in alpha-damage form (aka extremely bad).

I don't say I know what to do with Mercy so they become useful but balanced, but seems like this direction just makes them obsolete.

I am a bit new to this game and community and I've noticed that there is a very interesting kamikaze mechanics in the game in form of Fire Beetle.
I very much like the idea of a single use high-skill high reward units. But it seems to be a bit "unfair" that only one fraction has this type of unit. I know that Aeon has mercy but they are more like loyalist ability - slightly usefull against T1-T2 spam and useless otherwise.

It would be nice to have some sort of kamikaze unit in each fraction.
for example I propose for Aeon a T2 plane with name "Resurrection"
with

• ~300 mass cost, 6k energy cost , buildpower requirement of around 2k
• vision around 15
• speed 10
• 3min fuel
• 2400 damage single non-missable kamikaze attack

Also for seems like kamikaze buildings aka mines suit UEF well and maybe a kamikaze sub for Ceraph?