2013-08-23, 20:24:52
Thanks for reading and your oppinion on this matter.
Regarding raider:
Shortening the time would not change it's power, but make it very hard to build up damage by casting it multiple times on the same target. For the heal - saying that a tank can be killed is not an argument for proving that a skill isn't overpowered
You have to think it like that: raider costs less than 2k and is able to have heal of 7k+ hp without losing a single inventory slot. Oh, and it's instant heal, so that also makes it better than a repair pack.
killing a 10k tank in 3 seconds doesn't change anything about heal - if you only enable it as soon as you get attacked you're doing it wrong most of the time anyway. It's normally not a problem if you activate the skill, wait a second or 2, and then use ulti to jump onto enemy, maybe even activating thorns. In that case you have dmg reduction + 7k+ heal + free port (with automatic back port) + damage from ulti. I think that's okay, except for the 7k heal, which you can have as early as 25 mins into the game - show me how you kill a 10k hp tank in 3 seconds at that time
Reg. Ulti: You can't get back by using it. It's not a one way porter after all - and that's also what most people do wrong when starting to play raider. That skill is very seldom usefull for escaping (there are situations where it might be, but generally it's an agressive skill for attacking)
Distributor:
I agree with you that it's about strategy, and also, that the tank is very cool in terms of promoting team play. Problem is, what you say can only be applied when playing on a lane - in mid, you aren't playing vs a single player. For the rest I don't really get how it pertains to distributor? Or did you just mean that as a general statement? (ofc every spell has advantages and disadvantages - but it's about cost/effect relation averaging all applicable situations)
Regarding raider:
Shortening the time would not change it's power, but make it very hard to build up damage by casting it multiple times on the same target. For the heal - saying that a tank can be killed is not an argument for proving that a skill isn't overpowered
You have to think it like that: raider costs less than 2k and is able to have heal of 7k+ hp without losing a single inventory slot. Oh, and it's instant heal, so that also makes it better than a repair pack.killing a 10k tank in 3 seconds doesn't change anything about heal - if you only enable it as soon as you get attacked you're doing it wrong most of the time anyway. It's normally not a problem if you activate the skill, wait a second or 2, and then use ulti to jump onto enemy, maybe even activating thorns. In that case you have dmg reduction + 7k+ heal + free port (with automatic back port) + damage from ulti. I think that's okay, except for the 7k heal, which you can have as early as 25 mins into the game - show me how you kill a 10k hp tank in 3 seconds at that time
Reg. Ulti: You can't get back by using it. It's not a one way porter after all - and that's also what most people do wrong when starting to play raider. That skill is very seldom usefull for escaping (there are situations where it might be, but generally it's an agressive skill for attacking)
Distributor:
I agree with you that it's about strategy, and also, that the tank is very cool in terms of promoting team play. Problem is, what you say can only be applied when playing on a lane - in mid, you aren't playing vs a single player. For the rest I don't really get how it pertains to distributor? Or did you just mean that as a general statement? (ofc every spell has advantages and disadvantages - but it's about cost/effect relation averaging all applicable situations)
Getting used to the Sand everywhere. At least it brings us map updates.