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    Will TML ever be balanced?

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    • CaliberC Offline
      Caliber
      last edited by Caliber

      @TheWheelieNoob the mavor reference was just a joke, I was interested to see how it would compare to the most powerful unit in the game mass for mass, no need to rage over it lol.

      let me ask you this question

      if a tml is mainly used to kill t2 mexes at 2000hp why does it do 5000 damage

      is there an calculable reason that it does 5000 damage or is it just a randomly generated number?

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        Firv @Caliber
        last edited by

        @caliber said in Will TML ever be balanced?:

        @TheWheelieNoob the mavor reference was just a joke, I was interested to see how it would compare to the most powerful unit in the game mass for mass, no need to rage over it lol.

        let me ask you this question

        if a tml is mainly used to kill t2 mexes at 2000hp why does it do 5000 damage

        is there an calculable reason that it does 5000 damage or is it just a randomly generated number?

        it does 6k damage so you can 2 shot any unupgraded commander

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        • FtXCommandoF Offline
          FtXCommando
          last edited by

          In practical games you won’t kill a uef acu with 2 tmls because regen happens every tick.

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          • veteranasheV Offline
            veteranashe
            last edited by

            Uef4life, 6 million mass in snoops is 500,000 snoops or 1 mil DPS

            Thanks for the numbers on Corsair. I still think it's mostly fine and definitely a excellent addition to the game over ta.

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            • S Offline
              snoog
              last edited by

              I still maintain the primary reason TML is OP is because of overkill destroying the wreck of t2 mexes.

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                Nuggets
                last edited by Nuggets

                Regarding the TML overkilling t2 mex, i don't think this is OP at all because it is easily counterable with tmd. What does make TML OP is the fact that if you have a wide area of targets you need lots of tmd. Same principle with nuke.
                Not sure how you would balance this. Maybe increase the required buildpower?

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                • CaliberC Offline
                  Caliber
                  last edited by

                  1 Idea would be to increase the loading time for missiles and possibly reduce storage capacity so that it would give the player more time to make TMD over a large area and not lose all t2 mex in 20 seconds.

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                  • veteranasheV Offline
                    veteranashe
                    last edited by

                    Increase tmd range

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                      SainseRow @Caliber
                      last edited by

                      @caliber cybran tml already has a capacity of 4, making it even less is stupid

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                      • CaliberC Offline
                        Caliber
                        last edited by Caliber

                        I have just created a mod that rebalances the tml.zgdhnbsdhjnsrt.jpg

                        problems with the tml as I see them;

                        6k damage for very little cost
                        no risk vs reward factor, if tml doesnt work you risk/lose nothing and can reclaim the tml
                        tml can be fired way too quickly and kill an opponents whole base in about 10 seconds
                        spreading tmd around takes time

                        Key changes;

                        -Missile energy cost's have been increased significantly to create a risk factor of energy stalling when making tmls."
                        -Missile mass costs have been slightly increased.
                        -Missile damage has been reduced to 2k so that it doesnt kill the reclaim but still enough to snipe t2 mexes
                        -Capacity has been reduced to 1 other than cybran as their launcher has 4 launch tubes so makes sense
                        -TML build rate has been increased so that assisting is less powerful.
                        -TML explosion damage has been increased to match missile damage at 2k, so dont stand near it if it gets destroyed, again creating a risk factor for tml use."

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