Sumo seems a little bit too good.

quote: My guess is that after this demonstration sumo is going to get abused the crap out of in teams

It already does since weeks.
- Sumo denies crabe very good
- very cheap unit to rush and very powerful in early game with support
- can pull -> push krow into own porc
- can tank a good amount of damage


aaaand it can hold off (other unsupported OP sumos :D

I've read that HP is independant from weight, so it could actually be possible to adjust weight without changing anything else in the balance.

You might want to clarify the difference between 'health' and 'max HP'.

Does mass scale linearly with max hp? If so, shouldn't it be scale with some power of hp? Since we expect mass to scale with the volume or surface area of the unit, but "toughness" to be sorta proportional the thickness of the armour to an extent. Although it occurred to me that if it's something like max hp * cost that's basically hp squared since those two are quite well correlated...

The root (^0.6) inherently makes gravity more valuable vs expensive units D:

Feel free to suggest a better equation.

Remember that mass also affects Valk transportability though, and it's probably the more important mass-derived stat.

Are you sure? I looks like x + x^0.6 to me rather than x^1.2

I think the equation should be fitted such that it describes the desired game effects, so it may be useful to list them in terms of what units a single Sumo should be able to throw, which to drag, which to merely slow down, and which to be useless against.

Also a variable to consider is that the unit's own velocity may affect its ability to fight gravity weapons as long as it's not unglued from surface (or can propel itself in air).

Here's my initial take on that list.

Scythe, Pyro, Hermit: thrown (propelled with enough acceleration to detach from ground)

Ravager, Scallop, Halberd, Felon: thrown in rare situations, pulled in most

Reaper, Crabe: pulled (moved against will but not accelerated enough to detach from ground and fly unless falling off a cliff).

Wyvern, Krow: pulled or held, perhaps respectively.

Grizzly, Goliath: held (cannot attack into a pushing, non-slowed Sumo; cannot retreat from a pulling Sumo)

Dante, Funnelweb, Scorpion: slowed down or unaffected

Bantha, Detri: unaffected

Perhaps if it behaves at least mostly like that, that's enough. After all, some units are going to have intermediate behaviours anyway.