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Have recently been thinking on this, right now introducing a friend to FAF also, I have been exclusive ladder player so far, and quit for a few years up until november 2020... some thoughts:
The mercy basically replaces the bomber of Aeon, it fits quite nicely, a mercy deals twice the damage of a normal T2 bomber in one run and is incapable of making a second or third. This fits Aeon theme of doing everything better.
Sadly however, because they are such good ACU snipers they are nerfed into the ground and still good because they can still snipe ACU. Lets remove the snipe and make it a fun bombing unit to snipe eco etc like normal T2 bombers except kamikaze.
Mercy:
Why is everyone going nuts on the hidden global rating? For most of its existence Starcraft 2 has hidden it.
Sure, they show it now, but hiding it can only be considered sensible if they did it.
If those decals don't matter for gameplay, is it possible for one player to play without the decals while the other does?
In that case, make a normal and high res version of each map where the latter has no or small size decals.
Automatcher only ever downloads normal versions. With a button you can download all high res maps at once.
I thought you said merge them into support factories, would that not be a solution?
Allow Aeon and Seraphim engineers to "Garrison" into T2 and T3 (support) factories, just like with air transports. For example 16 T1 engineers into T2 factory and 32 T1 into T3 factory. (and offcourse T2 and T3 engineers to ratio)
All "Garrisoned" buildpower is made available to the Factory.
@BlackYps said in Why would you have left FAF?:
Well do you want it? Being toxic is already forbidden behaviour, but you need to actually report the people or nothing will happen.
I think nice people will generally feel it is inappropriate to report people for "not being nice".
If this actually needs to be reported then say so:
Absolutely, not just for engineers.
If you could assist to a military unit too then you sort of have a mobile army waypoint where a factory can just reinforce an army wherever it is
@archsimkat Being able to separately (multi-) queue for 5x5, 10x10 and 20x20 random maps would be great... (long term) - I like them all but for which ones I queue would depend on my time. 5x5 queue would be great for during work-breaks
Language barriers basically prevent teamwork, or restrict it to a few pings, while there is an easy solution available. Having a chat wheel or list with standard messages translated into all needed languages.
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@ftxcommando said in Make t3 navy more exciting!?!:
Except subs still have a game usage beyond alt clicking at a battleship and seeing who wins the boxing match.
That is your (justified) concern, we do not know for sure that will happen. However, I hope you too can admit that the current ground-fire meta is silly on face value. Again, some silly things are kept for skill reasons or otherwise, however, we should just try if we can remove the silly things.
To re-iterate my point, with some clarification:
Sub Grounf Fire Nerf
The following change is implemented:
Near future:
@tagada said in Fix blazes so you can disengage them.:
If you "fix" hover unit movement (the ones without turret) some of them will become OP like aurora and fobo since it's a huge buff to the kiting ability of those units that already have more range then other tanks.
Can't you fix them first and nerf their stats later? I would rather have a reliable 140 hp Aurora with 21 dps that behaves fluent like a Starcraft 2 unit than the current 155 hp Aurora with 23 dps and its movement quircks.
@thomashiatt said in Rating sigma should increase over time:
If people are playing for rating instead of fun then they should be stopping playing.
This is precisely for people who want to have fun. The current system preserves your rating, this new system suggested by @Emperor_Penguin will increase the chance a returning player has fun.
Having lost 50 rating means you have to lose like 4 fewer games, possibly none, before you play at your level again?
@veteranashe said in Mercy simple suggestion: reduce damage vs ACU:
I believe that's cheaper than a tml.
Interesting comparison, the more because at one point at least Aeon TMD would attract Mercy missiles.
We could do 2 things, either: A. Accept that defending against Aeon T2 means having interceptors ready to intercept Mercies eco snipes, while saving on TMD. B. Make the mercy projectile officially a Tac Missile so TMD (deliberately) shoots down the projectile.
@veteranashe I tried something else, 1 T2 mex and 1 Flak vs a T2 Fighter/Bomber.
1 flak fails to defend against Corsair or Notha, both taking 2 passes to destroy the mex and releasing their second bomb before being destroyed. Janus gets the mex below 50% before it is destroyed by flak.
Aeon taking 1 pass to destroy it, despite 1 flak, with a suicide unit, doesn't look that bad.
@veteranashe What situations would you propose I test? I already assume it will kill any unshielded structure it has sufficient damage for if it is not intercepted.
Are you concerned that it is too good at sniping T2 mex and T2 pgens?
@zeldafanboy Personally I feel dirty when I kill an ACU with it, which I do every opportunity offcourse.
I would trade that in for a stronger snipe unit for buildings and big units.
@veteranashe but isn't that the same for a corsair that deals 1200 damage? It is quite difficult to stop 1 or 2 corsairs, they are faster, have more hitpoints (1100) and their weapon range is greater with 40 vs 25.
This 1 Mercy will get more damage from first pass, but if you get 3 passes out of a corsair it is already more mass-efficient (not 2, as it costs more mass).
@tagada cool, didn't know that was still in progress.
Not meant as a suggestion but maybe motivating... if the splash dot is big enough to cover a 4 mex starting position then it would be the first weapon meant to snipe T1 mexes.
@tagada said in Mercy simple suggestion: reduce damage vs ACU:
The new mercy would either be balanced and not used
I can definitively say that lacking your knowledge of the game I would definitely try to use them a lot
For the same reason I cannot argue the rest of your post.
If you are right then it is a question of do we want a useless mercy that can sometimes snipe an ACU, or do we want a useless mercy that is very occasionally useful for sniping something unshielded and exposed?
Nice idea however I doubt it would be used because in most scenarios you would just make gunships.
I'm not sure what you mean... the Specter gunship has 65 dps and price is similar to Mercy. It will take a Specter 35 seconds to deal as much damage as a Mercy (2300 damage) deals if it gets to the target. That is a lot of time for your opponent to prevent the damage being dealt.
Also, you generally try to preserve your gunships with air escorte, and fight from air cover.
Mercies after this change you would often want to use with a multi-prong surprise attack. You only need to get to the target, you'll need like 1 second for it to fire? And no return trip needed.
They will also deal slightly ok with T2 and T3 tanks and bots, 1200 mass worth of Mercies for 1 brick worth 1280 mass. 1 Mercy for most T2 tanks worth 200 mass. You only need a second for such an engagement. Very different from gunships again? They compare better to T2 bombers, but Aeon doesn't have those.