Pocket Merics

[thorny belfry]

You can already kinda manipulate which units get healed or not with army controls

[deft patio]

that would make the Meric always target that unit

and his AI to follow that unit specifically

[thorny belfry]

?

[thorny belfry]

???

[deft patio]

instead of the Meric healing the most wounded unit in his range, indepedently of who is nearby, the meric will always heal whoever he is told to heal

and when the specified unit walks Meric would follow it around

[thorny belfry]

I feel like that'd be too complicated

[deft patio]

how so?

[thorny belfry]

And you can kinda already do that with army controls

[mint lynx]

use heavy healing wisp

and buff meric AI/healing priority

[deft patio]

cooldown + costs crystls

[thorny belfry]

A single meric is 2 times more expensive than HHW...

[mint lynx]

I don’t see much reason to have merics focused targeting other than being too extra and easily abusabke mechanic

[deft patio]

yeah but no cooldown

[thorny belfry]

Just make them not follow UC units

[mint lynx]

thats completely against the point of this idea

[deft patio]

i mean

having like 3 Merics heal your general and your general only

[mint lynx]

or you could go with Thera having that ability for her merics

[deft patio]

it wouldnt be too op

[thorny belfry]

HHW also doesn't take up pop and can be a quick heal for your tanks

[thorny belfry]

You can already do that with army controls

Just keep the merics and the general away from the main army so that only the general can be healed

[mint lynx]

I don’t want an abusable mechanic integrated to a unit by default

[deft patio]

what if i want the general to go frontlines

[thorny belfry]

Your problem, the tanks need healing more, the merics will heal the tanks

[deft patio]

"if too unbalanced make it exclusive to Temple Upgrades or make it an Enchantment"

[thorny belfry]

That won't fix the balance of it, just make it more unbalanced

[mint lynx]

see? your goal is to get a general healed during fights, which id say is extremely powerful

[deft patio]

yeah but that would make the nearby units NOT be healed by the merics

making them more vunerable

[thorny belfry]

It's the problem that HHW has, it's able to heal the spear general by a lot

[mint lynx]

and, its exactly what the devs are avoiding, turning merics to battle healers

[deft patio]

aren't they battle healers??

[thorny belfry]

Just cycle through units and then make merics heal the other units once your general is healed enough

[thorny belfry]

They're healers, but not exactly battle healers

[mint lynx]

yes, but what i mean are healers that excel during combat

merics should excel outside combat

[deft patio]

i mean that for only 1 SINGULAR UNIT wouldn't be that op man

[thorny belfry]

HHW proves that wrong

[mint lynx]

we have generals and giants

they are singular

[deft patio]

Generals usually die last in battle anyways

• Opponents can just Control a unit to kill the merics

if they want to

or use spells

[lunar yacht]

fan ideas gay

[mint lynx]

yeah, requires the enemy extra effort to win against you while you have this mechanic on merics for free

sounds fair?

[thorny belfry]

Because people HAVE to keep them safe from damage to benefit from them, with this feature, they'll be able to benefit from the melee general's stats and still get healed to being able to backline snipe again

[deft patio]

having merics by your side already makes it an extra effort to kill you

[thorny belfry]

Depends

[mint lynx]

applies to you too because pop and cost

[thorny belfry]

Also, if your general even dies in battle, you're doing something wrong, your general shouldn't be dying at all

[lunar yacht]

What's the health stat of midnar?

[mint lynx]

500

[lunar yacht]

How though

Like editing it beforehand?

I'm a literal Modder and I do understand where you're going but

[thorny belfry]

That's another problem I brought up

It'd be too complicated

[deft patio]

when clicking on a Meric mid game, you can select a button which would allow yo click another unit

the unit clickedd would be the one the meric follows around

[lunar yacht]

The SW2 Modder of the Council has been confused

[thorny belfry]

Besides, something similar to this is possible in the game while also having a fitting downside

[lunar yacht]

Hmm

[deft patio]

what is the downside of manipulating army controls

minmaxxing?

[lunar yacht]

Bruh

It's the control

you can essentially superbuff units

[thorny belfry]

You'll have to keep both the merics and the general from the actual battle, so you won't benefit much from the general's stats (unless ranged) and if you have mana burst, meric sacrifice will be harder since the meric will be far away

[thorny belfry]

This too ^

[thorny belfry]

And this requires genuine effort and skill too

[deft patio]

ok i have a soltution

[thorny belfry]

"I have a solution"

original message was deleted

[lunar yacht]

solutition

bruh

2 AM

I swear the European timezone is easy to memorize

[thorny belfry]

We all messed up