Re: 0059 Feedback and Critiques
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:30 pm
Just had an interesting idea today. I'm not completely in love with it, but here goes:
The Engineer would no longer build the Territory Claim, Sweatshop, Oil Pump, or Sentrygun. Instead, he would build Prospectors. The Prospector is a somewhat weak building that can lift-off and build the aforementioned four buildings as add-ons. As add-ons, they would carry the same placement restrictions as they currently do, necessitating the same expansion mechanics. What this would add is the ability to harass and shut down the buildings by killing the weaker Prospector, or even capturing the buildings by destroying the Prospector and building/moving your own onto the location. This would open up a unique strategy against turtling wherein Sentryguns could be turned against their maker.
The downside to this idea is that it adds an extra step to the economy and more micromanagement. If we can find out how to increase the "Resource Depot redzone" range, then I would increase their effectiveness to compensate, evening everything out but with the benefit of fewer actions to net the same result.
The Engineer would no longer build the Territory Claim, Sweatshop, Oil Pump, or Sentrygun. Instead, he would build Prospectors. The Prospector is a somewhat weak building that can lift-off and build the aforementioned four buildings as add-ons. As add-ons, they would carry the same placement restrictions as they currently do, necessitating the same expansion mechanics. What this would add is the ability to harass and shut down the buildings by killing the weaker Prospector, or even capturing the buildings by destroying the Prospector and building/moving your own onto the location. This would open up a unique strategy against turtling wherein Sentryguns could be turned against their maker.
The downside to this idea is that it adds an extra step to the economy and more micromanagement. If we can find out how to increase the "Resource Depot redzone" range, then I would increase their effectiveness to compensate, evening everything out but with the benefit of fewer actions to net the same result.