New unit idea: Blink

I have an idea for a sort of mine sweeper unit. The unit belongs to the cloakbot factory but does not come with its own cloak. It has a slightly larger radius than a Phantom and has the ability to "blink" burrowed units out of cloak. This ability is activated the same way that bombs can be detonated manually however this unit will not attack by itself and also has no offensive abilities to keep itself alive. The Blink unit will basically sweep the entire area within its radius and force any burrowed units to temporarily reveal themselves for around 3 seconds. The blink ability has a charge up time of 10 seconds within which the unit is not allowed to move at first but gradually regains its ability to move over the next 10 seconds of its recharge timer. Also its metal cost should be around the 300 to 500 I feel like (and the unit is also relatively slow, a little bit faster than a phantom).

This is purely a concept and since I can barely draw and also cannot create any models other people will have to do that should it be accepted into the game. If there is a unit already designed/used for this purpose please do tell me.

In a nutshell:
- Name: Blink
- Factory: Cloakbot factory
- Metal cost: 300 - 500
- Personal cloak: No
- Speed: About 5% to 10% faster than a Phantom
- Ability radius: Slightly larger than a Phantom
- Ability usage: Manually activated
- Ability charge up: 10 seconds with gradually reducing movement penalty (0% to 100% movement over 10 seconds)
- Ability description and usage: Blinking all burrowed units inside its radius out of hiding for 3 seconds.

I don't see why you wouldn't want an outlaw instead.

Some counter to cloak that doesn't require copious amounts of squishy units or setting fire to everything would be great.

In old times Athena had seismic sensor that let you "see" cloaked units. Red pings on map or something. Not sure if any unit have it anymore.

In what world are badger mines such a problem that you'd need something other than outlaw or some assault units?

I don't really see a middle ground for this between "is useless" and "deletes the cloak mechanic from the game". Neither of those seems like a great outcome.

Okay, rephrase: I don't really see a middle ground for this between "is useless" and "effectively deletes from the game the standard usecase of Imp/Snitch as currently designed". Neither of those seems like a great outcome.

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Have you tried using Imp / Snitch? It's not so easy to make cost as you might think.

I've never found them overly frustrating. Area cloak on the other hand - where your opponent's entire army disappears on the frontline* - I could do without; but I don't think a special counter unit is the correct answer.

* I think it's a great mechanic for clever raids and strikes, much less fun when used to hide a defensive line.

If there was to be a unit, that can effectively (without using many apm) uncloak approaching units, it needs to have a trade-off. What about a unit, that would cover large swathes of land around it with a special (distinctly coloured, eg. blue) fire, that would deal very little damage (1 hp in 10 sec?) to all units, and by that I mean even allied units? So that you would prevent enemy from approaching you with snitches, but you would not be able to use cloak in that area either. And that unit would have to be fairly expensive.

How about a salvage unit?

You tell the unit the area to search for wreckage. (Like when building mass extractors) You then give it a rally point.
The Salvage unit will then hunt for wreckage and drag it to the rally point.

The idea is for the rally point to be in a safe location. Then you can either suck up the mass, or ressurect it in the comfort of your safe location.