The Next F2P Tank After Heavier Tank

[waxen sentinel]

Every time you level up, there has always been a premium and a free variant for tanks during the level you are one.

Light tanks, medium tanks

Heavy tanks, super tanks

Heavier tanks, mega tanks

Light Arctic tank, heavy Arctic Tank

Light Chem Tank, Heavy Chem Tank

However, when you eventually unlock plasma, there is no free version for frontline units at all. Plasma units are great and all but they are not really frontline units. Plasma tanks on top of that are premium units which is fine.

I suggest that this could be a nice opportunity for Madrona to make a new unit from scratch.

A light plasma tank. Lower hp and damage but relatively cheaper that survives frontline.

There is no rush for them to do this as they do have 20 more levels to cover so I think it is doable.

[rigid vessel]

What about laser and railgun

[waxen sentinel]

Not as effective. Everything shifts to plasma if they keep stats the same

and afaik both said units are nanopod units

Laser is way to easy to dodge. My super tanks dodge them lol

[errant shard]

Idk about easier to dodge, the point of lasers is that they pierce armor.

Railguns are much the same.

[exotic ore]

New unit
OR, hear me out, The HEAVIEST Tank.
An evergreen name that surely wont be dated

[errant shard]

Useless Tank, a decoration you cannot build, and one of those "temporarily" added things Z2 added between patches for swagger.

-# https://battlenations.fandom.com/wiki/Useless_Tank

[pastel ibex]

Lightning, Laser, and Railgun Tanks are weird in that they’re clearly not trying to compete with the Heavier, Mega, or Plasma Tanks for that mainstay frontline position

It’d be nice to have a free equivalent of some sort but it doesn’t feel like one’s missing in those cases

In the Plasma Tank’s case, though, it absolutely feels like there’s a void there

[hasty bronze]

also those are premium so far F2Ps the heavier tank is still the pinacle of tanks

[jolly onyx]

Why do we want more boring cookie cutter imperial standard tanks anyway? When was the last time you ever actually used a tank shell?

[mighty niche]

What about a new prestige tank?
An elemental tank capable of unleashing the power of fire, acid, ice and lightning!
Or something similar maybe.

[rigid vessel]

I've long advocated giving tanks different shell attacks so it's not just a direct line of sucession

[exotic ore]

The less time the Emperor spends on boring tank designs, the longer they can spend on ACTUALLY important matters, like importing fabergé eggs and depriving natives of drinkable water.
It's like you didn't learn anything in Imperial Dominance 101

[weak geyser]

I’m ok with an up-armored heavier tank with light plasma weaponries

So it has roughly the same tankiness as plasma tank but weaker offensively

Will be a great f2p upgrade

[exotic ore]

In all seriousness though, it would be nice to get more FTP frontline units that aren't just "Imperial tank, but bigger". Maybe branch out the Silver Wolves catalog or add the Raider tank mammoths as a side grade to Megas/Heaviers

[rigid vessel]

One issue with another f2p tank. Heavier caps at 840hp, plasma 950. So this next tank would be what like 900? Unless it serves a role other than "bigger wall" it'd be same issue as a lt tank vs heavy

You'd just skip the heavier for this new tank

[gusty flume]

It would come with Plasma though

Which takes a good chunk of time to actually get online

[weak geyser]

Costing rss outside of gears/widgets to repair would make it a good option for f2p, like plasma

[waxen sentinel]

You do forget that hp alone is not enough.

Resistence and dodge also play a major factor for a unit.

A max ranked veteran has no armor and 500ish hp but insane dodge and resistances making him tough to be taken down. Normally front line units have some amount of armor on them.

Playing around with these stats behind damage and health can still make the unit unique.

[wind adder]

Veteran has no resistances. It's purely dodge + hp than carries him.

A F2P plasma tank would just be the heavier tank (maybe +5 or +10 hp too) with the plasma tank's quirky res values. Defensively it'd be a side grade (better except when crushing damage is on the field), much like the plasma tank vs mega tank.

The attacks is where it gets complicated. Per the mega tank vs heavier tank situation, this F2P plasma tank should only have two attacks: a plasma shell (same as plasma tank, but with 250 avg dmg at 100%), and a filler machine gun attack. Except the plasma tank has no machinegun attack. Which is the complicated part: should they omit the machine guns (leaving it with only one attack), add it in (to match with the mini-light-heavy-heavier tank line), or replace it with the plasma tank's cross splash attack tuned down to 240 dmg?

[wind adder]

Tbh 250 may be too high. Per the heavier vs super/mega, this F2P tank shouldn't out shoot the previous frontline nano tank. 200 or so would fit better.
Issue is, it having notably less damage than the plasma trooper - a unit that should unlocked at around the same time - would be even worse.

Really Madrona should rebalance the entire frontline tank progresssion before working on a plasma tank. But that's a completely different suggestion.

[weak geyser]

Idk I could care less abt its attacks as long as it is defensively slightly better than the heavier, and is a sidegrade in healing costs