Earthrobot - pls buff it somehow

[DerSatan]

koshen's aluding to the fact that althend's statement is false

hmm, sorry, thats not the reason, simply because the statement is obviously true. if you want facts, lets think about it:

A -20 % is the same as if you add 20% to your hp, you need 10k hp to get a bonus of 2k... Is it really great?

on level 13 (requirement for having transparent armor lvl 5, its even more crappy earlier), earth robot has 8475 HP.
now lets assume he spends most of his time fighting other tanks, so we can calculate with the 20% instead of armor values.



the earth robot now virtually gains 1695 HP for transparent armor lvl 5. this is comparable to an upgraded iron hull, worth 2119 gold.

if you say that he gains basis HP beyond level 13, thats true. on level 25, he got 9375 HP, so he gains incredible 1875 HP (virtually). thats almost a steel hull, and worth 2344 gold.

if you say the armor buff against physical damage is more effective than the magical damage reduction, thats true. if you spend most time sitting in the direct fire of laser towers instead of fighting enemy tanks, this skill is what you want.

and if you say the bonus also applies to other hulls the earth robot buys, thats also true. if you get a gold hull for example, you get an additional 800 HP for free, thats worth 1000. thats not bad, but if you plan on taking real advantage of this by buying hulls, you maybe did better getting a tank which brings useful skills for itself.



so if i compare it to... for example... the jet propulsion skill (+150 speed on level 5) of the helicopter. that skill is worth plain 3000 gold on level 5. additionally, its worth 600 gold on each level, and is not worth less on level 1 or 2 because you got less "base speed" or something like that.
it also is worth 3000 gold without collecting hulls, fighting against creeps instead of tanks or waiting for tank level 25. this skill is plain better, although the earth robot costs 7.5 times as much as helicopter.

there are more skills like jet propulsion which are normally just better than transparent armor. another example would be defensive systems of the scout (!).



woo sorry, i forgot the transparency effect, but this is just annyoing, and skilled players can handle it by pressing the ALT key.