Tick UP

Hi. First I would like to talk about the tick. The tick needs to be changed. Why?

Well for starters. The tick is obsolete when compared to the roach. For starters you can't use more then 1 tick without the rest getting emped by the first tick that gets shot. Unlike the roach where it sets off a explosive chain reaction. I feel most times the tick is a liability to itself.

Next point. The tick emp is quite underwhelming. Why use a weak emp when you can use a roach or a group of them to "blow everything up"

I thought maybe a good way to get the tick to be useful would for it to be a "emp cloud" that creates a mini lightening storm where everything that passes it, takes emp damage. It lasts for around 30 seconds.

What do you guys think? ticks won't emp each other straight away. You can use more then 1 to increase the emp effect. It can be a useful weapon with it own twist.

Well It not really a buff i would like to see. I would like to see a more distinguished role for the tick.

Right now it is underwhelmed and it very existence is threatened by the superior German roach war machine.

Tick should be oppressed no more! no more being in the shadow of the popular german roach war machine! rise up tick and stand proudly side by side with the german war machine.

Oh one more reason to use Tick instead of Roach:
Tick only emps and a Glaive followup is more likely to create wreckages than Roaches (which would create debris), so 2x reclaim.

15:23] princereaper what you think of a "emp cloud"
[15:23] princereaper like a lightening cloud
[15:23] Anarchid it's silly and noone will walk in
[15:23] princereaper any unit in the cloud takes emp damage
[15:23] princereaper you can send in more then one tick.
[15:23] Nyvrem emp doesn't work in seconds, does it?
[15:23] princereaper to stack the emp damage
[15:23] princereaper since it doesn't insta emp all ticks, after 1 tick is set off
[15:23] Nyvrem look just what I am saying say the enemy got a strider, you set up a group of like ticks, detonate them then send in zeuses to stunlock the strider and kill it.
[15:23] princereaper you be able to use it more effectively against heavies
[15:24] princereaper plus it would be a nice area of deniel
[15:24] Nyvrem You can use ticks at the same time if you turn of their auto attack and give them an attack order near them when they are near the enemy.
[15:24] Skasi Nyvrem I doubt Ticks are viable against heavy units like striders.
[15:24] Nyvrem Fyi.
[15:24] princereaper "bitch raiders, stay away from my llt :D"
[15:24] Nyvrem Skasi, how much do ticks cost?
[15:24] Skasi they might be viable in early game where teams dont have lots of cheap units to scout versus ticks
[15:25] Nyvrem Skasi
[15:25] GoogleFrog 120?
[15:25] Skasi but late game theres too many units and debris flying/running around to decloak ticks
[15:25] Nyvrem then they are viable against striders
[15:25] princereaper Plus ticks are easily countered by fleas
[15:25] Skasi 120m for tick, 160m roach
[15:25] princereaper with a emp cloud it could emp the fleas
[15:25] Nyvrem cause like I said you can detonate them at the same time.
[15:25] princereaper and even dirtbags
[15:25] Nyvrem Prince, roaches are also countered by fleas
[15:25] Nyvrem just like mines
[15:26] Skasi Nyvrem, you Sloris?
[15:26] Nyvrem Skasi, you Sloris?
[15:26] princereaper so what you think? of the idea?
[15:26] Skasi no, I'm Skasi
[15:26] Nyvrem Well I'm Nyvrem.
[15:27] Skasi only?
[15:27] Nyvrem No I am multiple people obviously.
[15:27] Nyvrem OBVIOUSLY.
[15:27] * Nyvrem sighs
[15:27] Skasi yea its so obvious :-/
[15:27] Skasi soz I will shut up now
[15:27] Skasi how is Flaxtoth..
[15:28] Anarchid [5:24:40 PM] princereaper "bitch raiders, stay away from my llt :D"
[15:28] Anarchid princereaper: they already do just that
[15:28] Anarchid just place tick under LLT and see what happens to poor sods who try to swarm it.
[15:28] Nyvrem Skasi if a detriment takes max emp damage how long does it take for the detriment to get to move again?
[15:28] princereaper only for the current raiders
[15:28] princereaper if they get caught in the blast.


TLDR version.

Basically you could use the emp cloud version of the tick to restrict enemy movement and could be used against even flea or dirtbag spam. Lastly you could even use the emp cloud on a porc and then send in the zeus army to quickly emp the half emped stuff.

@princey, you should join the balancing dev-team. alter the values and test them, then argue and proof the issue, then you convince someone to commit changes to the game. done.

Oh? What sort of bug was this?