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    • A Offline
      Aulex
      last edited by

      Make the mercy an anti air weapon that has massive AOE and can take out huge blobs of ASFs and intis. Really make air play spicier and more frustrating. /s

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      • FtXCommandoF Offline
        FtXCommando
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        bro they are in front of my commander r u trying to tell me because an aeon has a t2 air fac i must always keep my acu 500 m behind t1 maa so it doesn't die?

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        • ZeldafanboyZ Offline
          Zeldafanboy @FtXCommando
          last edited by

          @ftxcommando

          I would say the distance you need to park them is around twice the build range of the ACU, it's not really that far. Less distance if you have radar coverage.

          put the xbox units in the game pls u_u

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          • TheWeakieT Offline
            TheWeakie Balance Team
            last edited by

            and what if the RARE scenario occurs when twice the buildrange of your acu happens to be inside an enemy army?

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            • FtXCommandoF Offline
              FtXCommando
              last edited by FtXCommando

              the point here is that aeon has the ability to simply lose u any game situation where you need to have acu v acu combat in teamgames through no fault of your own, you could have scouted it 30 seconds ago, built the correct counter, but just lose cuz the turret cant turn fast enough to kill the mercy in time

              saying "oh just dont have your acu there" is like saying "oh just lose the game"

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              • veteranasheV Offline
                veteranashe
                last edited by

                Vakli if mercy has hp it will 100% kill on the first run

                It's not the same with T2 bombers.

                Look up how to mod, it's easy, change the hp and try it out.

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                • ValkiV Offline
                  Valki
                  last edited by

                  @veteranashe What situations would you propose I test?
                  I already assume it will kill any unshielded structure it has sufficient damage for if it is not intercepted.

                  Are you concerned that it is too good at sniping T2 mex and T2 pgens?

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                  • ZeldafanboyZ Offline
                    Zeldafanboy @TheWeakie
                    last edited by

                    @thewheelie said in Mercy simple suggestion: reduce damage vs ACU:

                    and what if the RARE scenario occurs when twice the buildrange of your acu happens to be inside an enemy army?

                    That’s why we make interceptors kids

                    put the xbox units in the game pls u_u

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                    • ZeldafanboyZ Offline
                      Zeldafanboy @FtXCommando
                      last edited by

                      @ftxcommando

                      But t1 maa aren’t the optimal counter to mercies, t1 interceptors or t2 flak are

                      put the xbox units in the game pls u_u

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                      • ThomasHiattT Offline
                        ThomasHiatt
                        last edited by

                        Flak is not optimal it has too low of a muzzle velocity.

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                        • veteranasheV Offline
                          veteranashe
                          last edited by

                          Change the mercy hp to whatever you think, Ive tested 50-200, change the range if you want. It works don't to range 6 I think.

                          Then load the game non faf with your mod, enable cheats, give yourself a mercy and the enemy a t3 pgen, Omni and 1 flak. Have the mercy target the flak. Add more flak till your happy.

                          Lol once I gave the mercy like range 2 and it would fly over and not target then circle back to it and activate. At 200 hp 1 flak couldn't stop it even flying over twice

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                          • ValkiV Offline
                            Valki @veteranashe
                            last edited by Valki

                            @veteranashe I tried something else, 1 T2 mex and 1 Flak vs a T2 Fighter/Bomber.

                            1 flak fails to defend against Corsair or Notha, both taking 2 passes to destroy the mex and releasing their second bomb before being destroyed. Janus gets the mex below 50% before it is destroyed by flak.

                            Aeon taking 1 pass to destroy it, despite 1 flak, with a suicide unit, doesn't look that bad.

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                            • veteranasheV Offline
                              veteranashe
                              last edited by

                              I believe that's cheaper than a tml.

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                              • KaletheQuickK Offline
                                KaletheQuick @veteranashe
                                last edited by

                                @veteranashe So it's potentially viable?

                                You must deceive the enemy, sometimes your allies, but you must always deceive yourself!

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                                • ValkiV Offline
                                  Valki @veteranashe
                                  last edited by

                                  @veteranashe said in Mercy simple suggestion: reduce damage vs ACU:

                                  I believe that's cheaper than a tml.

                                  Interesting comparison, the more because at one point at least Aeon TMD would attract Mercy missiles.

                                  We could do 2 things, either:
                                  A. Accept that defending against Aeon T2 means having interceptors ready to intercept Mercies eco snipes, while saving on TMD.
                                  B. Make the mercy projectile officially a Tac Missile so TMD (deliberately) shoots down the projectile.

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                                  • O Offline
                                    Olezha1
                                    last edited by

                                    Mercy doesnt need any changes

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                                    • KaletheQuickK Offline
                                      KaletheQuick @Olezha1
                                      last edited by

                                      @olezha1 what make you say that?

                                      You must deceive the enemy, sometimes your allies, but you must always deceive yourself!

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                                      • veteranasheV Offline
                                        veteranashe
                                        last edited by

                                        It's already strong and at the same time weak. The only thing I'd like to see is that you could have some dmg so you could take out groups of tanks or clouds of unties/asf, and make volatile so they could chain blow up and ruin a attack

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                                        • ResistanceR Offline
                                          Resistance
                                          last edited by

                                          this unit is weak when you have 25125151 aa,radar coverage,intie coverage,only x10 res to counter it,yes,very balanced

                                          queuing with a newbie to show him the beauty of tmm and meeting tagada be like:
                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLcRpdZ0Xb0&ab_channel=Tomoko

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                                          • KaletheQuickK Offline
                                            KaletheQuick
                                            last edited by

                                            I really would like it to be more useful. I just hate when units are so rarely used that I practically forget about them.

                                            Like the shard, mercy, fire beetles, and aeon sacrifice ability.

                                            You must deceive the enemy, sometimes your allies, but you must always deceive yourself!

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