Time to balance the fuckin Licho

Licho range was nerfed in next release.
Also Copperhead is anti-gunship AA.
Against Licho use spider AA or hover AA.
And don't group them together or Licho will blow them all up with 1 shot no matter their type.

you are worried about:
fleas
skuttles?
lichos


I think Licho is fine, but it should get a lower bomb range and should be a little bit faster to compensate it.

I also think AntiGunshipAA and AntiAirAA should get more spezialised:

someone pointed out that the licho "throws" its bomb, making it not as succeptable to aa. It is also very agile. Maybe increase turn radius, or make it drop its bomb.

What about making it so Licho fires an emitter/attractor/transducter/signaller that triggers a weapon in outer space, firing a very powerful beam, or lightning at the bombs position. There could be a little delay before the trigger (the signaller/source charge up or whatever).

I imagine awesome effects and some tension based on the short delay.

This would massively increase survivability of fast untis (eg. Jethro) IF there is enough space to dodge (->strategic value), while still being just as efficient versus large, slow and especially immobile targets.

The big and important benefit would be more uniqueness among bombers.


Licho's idea of switching throwing and dropping would probably also be more fitting.

MeetTheLulz, I think you are referring to my thread on Lichos and EMP bombers when you say "someone pointed out Licho throws its bomb, making it less susceptible to aa.". I am your clanmate, dang! Don't refer to me as someone! Use 'Someone awesome' or whatever.

What if: Represent Licho with a special icon on the radar, so that you can react to it quicker? I mean: if you knew it is coming then you can rally your Copperhead there.

a line of 5 moderators and 20 aa bots (the missile ones that look like emmanuel designed and animated them) could not kill the licho, and once again its that it throws the bomb.

What ever happened to the implosion bombs? Or laser bombing?

Maybe instead of burning the arm/core logo into the ground (i believe this is what it used to do), it could write text into the ground input with a lua widget of up to 5 characters.

Okay, that was silly, but laser bombers was a cool thing, and i am pretty sure i remember some sort of implosion effect from some time in the past that dropped like a normal bomb.

Finally: Prec bomber throwing its bomb would be interesting, could make it OP, but it could also make it interesting as an anti-aa bomber. as long as a hacksaw could still kill it.

A anti AA bomber againnst what?

Hacksaw < 3 bomb drones
screamer < ( stockpille ) of bomb drones + ???
Razors Kiss - wtf - you can't kill it?
Chainsaw - it's long range AA and it has a reason to exists

And if you cloack your AA it can only be bombed by much micro if it is mobile

Licho costs 2k metal and is relatively easy to kill. Balance exists.

er i messed up the wording of my clever counterpoint, basically im saying ur wrong.

Oh I nearly forgot that: We had a lot of discussion regarding air- and anti-air units a year ago or so. The conclusion was that the best defense per se are fighters. To really dominate the airspace it needs fighters, static- and mobile ground based anti-air weapons.

The goal was to make it hard to really deny air units. I think that applies.

It's kind of the same for ground. You (might) need cloakers, shields, artillery, assaults, skirmishers, static stuff and whatnot.