fluid kernel
Hello All,
i suggest to buff CORTEX's Catalyst Tactical Missile Launcher
the reason is because it offers liitle payoff for the cost to build it
Issues with the defence building
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Range of 2250 is short compared to its counterpart Paralyzer (3650)
which means catalyst needs to be build next to your frontline which is not safe considering you have to wait for it to stock up missiles -
75 seconds to build 1 missile compared to Paralyzer at 65 secs
this downtime after building where it has no effect compared to traditional defences such as Artillary makes it useless -
when you manage get the missile finished and fire
the AOE effect is very Small at only 380 AOE killing one or 2 defences at most -
Some T2 units and most T3 units can survive the catalyst 4000 damage
making this defence useless the longer the game goes on
at that point its better to buy a normal nuke which is relevent throughout the game
Suggestion to Buff the Catalyst
i suggest one of the following buffs to increase its viability
Note: if you add more then one of these buffs it has the potential to be OP
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Increase Fire range to 3250
this is so that its still within frontline but would not be ON the frontline it self
players would be able to construct more to deal with the damage and damage issue -
decrease the Stock up of missile time to 35 seconds
this would be the balance to the short range and small AOE it has
by allowing more missiles to be fired this is because of the 4000 damage per shot
is not enough to deal with some of the heavier T2 units such as SUMOS and mammoth who has more then 4000 HP
this is balanced by the energy drain it takes to make the missiles in said 35 seconds
which can be painful for the player's economy
- increase AOE and Damage
Alternatively increase the AOE and damage to make it viable to fill its roll as MINI nuke
increase AOE to 800
increase damage to 8000
balance this by increasing metal and energy cost by 50%
neon pond