please list your balance problems/solutions.. even if they are 'do nothing'.

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Just a list.. Nothing more.. Probably not the best solutions.. Probably not going to be changed.. Probably not even a problem/answer to everyone.. Might be a few gems here and there.. I may have missed/misunderstood some mentioned ideas please inform me if you feel so.. You decide if you like any of the answers.. And oc post whatever you want to =)
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If a solution is contended or uncertain it is presented in '?(question-mark)?' brackets

If a problem is mentioned on multiple occasions it is proceeded by an '!(exclamation-mark) or " !! " if it is a major concern.

Balance suggestion is indicated by a " + " ~(buff) or a " - " ~(de-buff)
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<|Possibly unbalanced|>

!. + Tridents
.. + Scrubber
!. + Panther
.. + Black dawn
.. + Gnat
.. + Blastwing
.. + Racketeer------(smart targeting)
.. + Faraday
!. + Swifts--------?(faster~(d-gun)/speed)?
.. + Spider fac----?(speed/raider)?
.. + Hermits--------(cost)
.. + Flea-----------(dps/Turret turn rate)
.. + Infiltrator----(sight range/speed)
.. + Archer
!. + Vulture--------(hp/regen)
.. + Placeholder----(targeting)
.. + Crane----------(speed)
.. + Dirtbag--------(cost)
!. + Hacksaw--------(reload)
!. + Gause---------?(range/regen)?
.. + Djin----------?(cloak/cost)?
.. + Detriment------(cc area walk damage)
.. + Bertha--------?(accuracy .. alternate slow accurate fire)?
.. + Shields--------(unlink)
!. + Sumo----------?(guns/jump)?
!. + Newton--------?(multi-target/Range/hp/cost)?
.. - Defender------?(range/cost/reload/hp)?
.. + Gremlin

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!! + pheonix------?(stack/napalm~bombs/alternate-fire)?

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Raven (slow dive speed vs units/shielded targets _@ equivalent bandit speed_)


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!! - raven-------?(cost/reload-time/split-roles/targeting/dive-speed/hp/weapon)?
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Light transport -> athena
Radar tower -> morphs to adv radar tower
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*{changed/possibly fixed}*
*Raven,, split roles: 1#.divebomber/aa/amphib-murderer and 2#.flying~ravager
*Raven,, re-purposed to be specialized
*Raven,, unable to hit moving targets
*Planes,, role related bomber classes: anti-unit/anti-building
*Planes,, role related bomber classes: 1#.heavy~bomber and 2#.light~bomber
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Pheonix,, alternate fire~napalm bombs~(fire walker)
Pheonix,, small number of well spaced napalm bombs
*Pheonix,, straight line bombing (already possible)
Pheonix,, direction controllable bombing
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Gremlin,, changed from AA class to scout
Hawks,, ranged A10 Thunderbird attack
Thunderbird,, stun bombs
Hawk,, re-purposed as moving target bomber
Eclips
Flying battleship
Vulture,, long ranged radar
Wyvern,, shield~(d-gun)
Planes,, flares~(d-gun)~anti missile
Gunships,, anti-submersible

I think raven is fine, except it looks bad because of being a melee plane.

Problem: Spammable super-allrounder, was recently buffed even though it was already op and dominating tournaments.
Solution: Undecided. Either cost increase or range down (to stop it from dominating LLT/defender wars) or reload time up (to nerf a weakness) or reducing HP (to nerf a weakness) or anything else.


Problem: Spammable super-allrounder, ruins raidergame.
Solution: Current reload time of 5s up to 10-15 seconds (to nerf a weakness). Alternatively cost up or complete overhaul to reduce allroundishness (new word!).

(and napalm in general, but Phoenix is the biggest issue here)
Problem: 1) Napalm doesn't stack properly. There's almost no difference between using one or ten napalm bombers. 2) Whether a unit is set on fire is determined at random.
Solution: 1) Make fire's damage-over-time effect stack. Use diminishing returns if it would lead to problems without. 2) Remove randomness, replace it with a weaker fire effect that grows stronger when units are hit multiple time (eg by Pyro) or a similar solution.

Note: I didn't play ZK a lot recently, nor did I test how exactly it currently works so some of this fire-stuff might be out of date. Please let me know if that's the case.

quote: air spam was a wanted

Do you have any evidence to back this up?

Also besides these units, things that need buff are :
Hacksaw--------( never saw it behaving well)

Gause turret---( kind of useless, needs more range in my opinion )

Djin-----------( cost reduction pls and cloack when not moving)

Detriment------( give it damn aoe dmg to its feet, its kind of weird to see detriment killed and attacked by fleas)

Bertha-------( i suggest 2 types of fire for it- standard not so precise shot and the accurate shot where you have 3X time reload speed for it[this will make berthas more useful])

Shields------the unlink ability

Failer its not my problem when @Googlefrog split the ravens into to. Before that 1 raven cost 450 metal and did 1.5X dmg. With 2 of them you could snipe a bombard, support and recon commander. Its his problem that instead of 2 planes ( that counter raids hard) he made 3 of them with same health.

So blame who made the balance not the planes itself.

i think i better apologise in advance.. coding this game cant be easy ..especially since its free.. i guess we could come across as demanding and ungrateful.. i think ill just say i love this game and if nothing changes ill play it np.. but if balance is on the agenda the community has some good ideas.

also i would really like it if placing pylons in a build-que showed coverage area while shift is held.. so that i can better place them.. since otherwise i have to wait for the con to start construction to know.. maybe like a light shaded area that shows potential (cued) power coverage..

quote: !WHO HAS THE POWER TO FIX THEM AND WHO HAS THE POWER TO STOP THEM BEING FIXED!

The power is yours.

This definitely won't devolve into a neon-shitstorm of half-baked ideas.

That would go against CA's design principles.