Instead of turning the Dox into a Grenadier

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by stuart98, April 1, 2014.

  1. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    Use that unused T1 artillery bot model for it. Moar rolez OP.
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  2. tehtrekd

    tehtrekd Post Master General

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    Yeah, that kinda weirded me out too.
    I'm just guessing that the Dox replacement is temporary.
  3. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Not sure how I feel about the Dox's new high arc with its fire. That means it's now terrible against other units.
  4. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    Please don't forget that they were just doing an experiment. If you want, discuss crazy ideas like this in the balance forum. I think we should assume every experiment like this will never make it out of the uber office, but it is ok to discuss hypotheticals in the balance forum.

    Talking about it here as if it is a certainty is pretty dangerous because people are going to panic about experiments they don't agree with.
  5. Dementiurge

    Dementiurge Post Master General

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    Garat worried that Grenadiers can't take on turrets because they're popped too easily? I have a recommendation....

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  6. duncane

    duncane Active Member

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    I agree; it should be a different model and be an arty style bot. Leave the dox as infantry.
  7. Dementiurge

    Dementiurge Post Master General

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    I'd like to point out that the "unused" T1 artillery bot model is actually the old T2 artillery bot model from early Alpha, which is a bot with two side-mounted artillery guns.
  8. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    Its files are under "bot_artillery"; in contrast the Gil-E's files are under "bot_artillery_advanced". It's the T1 artillery bot.
  9. Dementiurge

    Dementiurge Post Master General

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    Yyou can see the two models at 8:30.
    The single-barrel model to the left is the one the Gil-E currently uses. The double-barreled model to the right is the other artillery bot model.

    I'd like to think that what I say has more heft than the name of a filepath...
  10. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    Although the naming convention doesn't indicate this, they were both built by the advanced Bot Factory (back when they were buildable).
  11. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Give the Dox a sword. Make him a ninja.
  12. fabiotche

    fabiotche New Member

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    And then suddenly, you get yourself asking: "Where's my doxes?"
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  13. ace63

    ace63 Post Master General

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    Which in their current state are also completely useless against turrets...
  14. iron71

    iron71 Member

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    Yes I believe a basic artillery bot would be a better idea than changing the role of another unit. But I'm pretty sure they won't keep the dox this way.
  15. jaykat77

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    I'm really not a fan of changing the dox's roll from a skirmishing direct fire unit into a lobbing grenader. I feel like this roll would be better served by adjusting the ant, which is suppose to be your long range, lobbing higher damage unit.

    That said, personally i'd like to see a new unit taking on this roll. The unit roster still feels pretty bare compaired to the 100+ units that were promised.

    Just my two cents.
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  16. FXelix

    FXelix Active Member

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    It was just an experimental playtest, only to say it again, we will see what will happen to them.
    Personally I would not like to see them shooting in an high range, they were already changed once and now I'm really okay with the role as 'sniper'.
  17. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Can we swap it's gun with that of the tanks?

    Get a real TA vibe from suggesting that, although the range boost is a little strange for them....id much rather have a HP boost to fight turrets!
  18. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Yeah. I'm not really a fan of the Dox change.

    I'd be fine with a new grenadier unit. But the dox was an excellent unit as it was.

    Turrets are just way broken.
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  19. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Well unbalanced maybe, but not broken.

    Let's not blow them out of proportion, it was a buff that changed them, and id rather not see them be totally invalidated or really made much weaker.

    I love stronghold, both on the attack and defence.
  20. nick2k

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    What happened to pew pew from the kickstarter D:? (lasers)


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