"Unit composition" for porc

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Topkack

7 years ago

Idea: turn stingers reload into a charge-up mechanic, getting rid of the alpha and making it less of an allrounder while not nerfing its dps.

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Topkack

7 years ago

Who ran zone?

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Skasi

7 years ago

I don't think Stinger can be considered an allrounder. Just kill it with a Flea or a Glaive, pff.

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Oflameo

7 years ago

That would make Stingers too close to Gausses which is in the same price range.

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Skasi

7 years ago
(edited 7 years ago)

Oh since we're talking about Stinger, make its predicted shot shoot at where it will definitely hit the current target.

In this example, where the circle is a fast unit and the arrow the direction its moving, make HLT shoot the GREEN dot instead of the current RED dot. There's no reason to be shooting the red dot. I understand why it's done technically, but the logic behind it is fault and doesn't make any sense. The green dot is a far better point to be shooting.

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[Fx]Drone

7 years ago
(edited 7 years ago)

Stinger should be an alternating twin barrel laser beam turret with a shorter reload time and slightly less damage, also change the laser to green while youre at it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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[XIV]Floris

7 years ago

and that sounds a bit like "gaat gaat!" when it shoots

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mojjj

7 years ago

Strange that noone demanded leveler sidearm yet.

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CaptainKlutz

7 years ago

Obviously, we need a turret with a leveler sidearm as its weapon! Fill in the gap between stardust and DDM ;)

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GoogleFrog

7 years ago

What exactly is a charge up mechanic? If it is like the Void Ray in Starcraft II what is to stop you from force firing the ground to maintain full charge? I have thought a bit about charge up mechanics and I don't think anything standard that I thought of would fit. I don't want to open the can of worms that is weapons which care about the identity of their targets. Currently it doesn't matter what a weapon is firing at once it is allowed to fire (weapons can't target arbitrary points in space, AA can't attack ground units).

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4hundred

7 years ago

Drone, that would suck, half the fun is distracting the stinger shot and manuevering around before it recharges, micro timing, else you may aswell make it a super llt.

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Topkack

7 years ago

With charge up i mean reverse reload, stinger needs to aim for 5 seconds before it can fire its first shot

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GoogleFrog

7 years ago

What does it need to aim at for 5 seconds?

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Skasi

7 years ago

Just replace "aim for 5s" with "warm up for 5s" or like Topkack already said "charge up".

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GoogleFrog

7 years ago

Does it have to aim in a fixed directly for 5 seconds or are unit targets somehow special? If it switches targets does it need to re-warm up for 5 seconds?

If not then it should aim at the ground for 5 seconds before the target comes into range.
If so then it should aim at the back of a pack of units because it is better for it to aim at enemies that are occluded by other enemies. Alternately it should predict where the enemy will be in 5 seconds and aim at the ground.

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Lynx

7 years ago
(edited 7 years ago)

I like the idea of the frightening single shot, slow fire gun. A dramatic and terrifying charge up sound and BOOM, any moving target obliterated.

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katastrophe

7 years ago

Have you tried Dante?

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Anarchid

7 years ago

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I like the idea of the frightening single shot, slow fire gun. A dramatic and terrifying charge up sound and BOOM, any moving target obliterated.

Also it should have red color. And look like a scorpion tail. And be called Obelisk of Light.

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