I've been playing constantly for the last two weeks and thought I'd give my balance impressions. Overall balance seems pretty awesome atm, or at least the trolls havn't figured out what to abuse yet.

Firewalker
I thought it would be OP, but actually not sure it is. The only problem I have with it at present is that it brutally counters the whole shieldfac unless the shields huddle under an apsis.

Pyro
still needs standardised projectile that only damages each target once per projectile

Scorcher & Ravager
Scorch & Ravager feel pretty weak nowadays. I think this a product of not just the scorcher HP nerf (which made them much worse vs light defences), but the buffs to missile targeting and numerous skirmisher type units in general - scalpels, ducks, slashers, wolverines, moderators, firewalkers, banishers - these kind of units punish vehicles with their slow turn circles. LV meta now seems entirely focused on creeping with wolverine and slasher, which I find a bit sad given this factory used to be about balls-out Ravager led aggression.

Recluse
Having used spiders a lot recently, I don't think the Recluse cost 300 -> 280 has improved them enough. I'd still rather build rocko, rogue, scalpel, slasher, wolverine or moderator than Recluse.

Panther
These seem pretty bad.

Tremor
These also still seem basically useless. The firewalker does the same job (area bombardment/denial, making shieldballs and light defences cry) but more reliably, with more mobility, and for half the price.

Peace.

imagine a tremor with pillager shots. such wow.

quote: I think it might become a powerful assault when Jack become a 200-300m unit.

Lol now you can rush 2 jacks on green haven!

Sumo will be a good assault again after you get struck by lightning, hit by a meteor, and win the lottery at the same time.

Must resist reciting the plan where sumo is the assault and jack is replaced with a riot

Crap, i failed

I've only played a handful of games since new-firewalker, but can't the shieldbots just disarm it?

Anarchid:

Not Placeholder replaced by riot? Add some damage to the black holes and nerf it in other ways.

Again, my dream Sumo: 800 jump range, long hang-time so it can't hit mobiles, thousands of disarm-damage from stomp, and high-trajectory cannons. The ultimate weapon against shielded porc.

And as for Tremor, I've always thought such a utility unit should be lower-weight. Focus on its ability to smooth terrain, decloak targets, and crack shields not destroy targets and make it cheap-enough to be worth building for this secondary-support stuff.

quote: the scorcher HP nerf

420 for life blaze it

Pyro cannot be used in large groups, I think that this is great.

Scorcher HP has been 420 since October 2010.

Tremor could probably be improved. It has barely been touched and looks too expensive for what it does.

quote: violating lightning/disarm/emp rules

These being?...

Visual style? They all look like lightning which Venom also does. Venom is fatter but that is to convey AoE and not damage type. Colour is not fully consistent already (both Tick with its pure EMP and Zeus with its mixed damage are blue, for instance).

Ratio of EMP to real damage isn't constant either but I agree that Venom is outside the typical range.[Spoiler]

That said, Venom real damage is a pre-Redback solution so perhaps being pure EMP again could be given a try.

quote: Blue lightning damage-lightning. Yellow lightning painless lightning

Und dann: Tick.