2007-09-22, 04:21:43
New endgame tank idea: Behemoth
General Tank Specifications
Tank Name/Class: Behemoth (Cosmetically, I'm thinking of an enlarged Heavy Tank or Demon Tank skin with slight red tint if possible)
Cost: 25,000
Base Hitpoints: 27,000 (+400 per level)
Size/Collision Detection: I'm thinking Goblin Tank, twice as big without limiting ability to traverse areas like Control Point ramps.
Armor: 27
Movement Speed: 220
Target Classifications: Normal, Ground, Hero
Other Effects: Cannot use any speed-boosting items. If there's a way to disable the speed-boosting effect on some items without simply disallowing the Behemoth to pick them up that would be nice.
Abilities...
Terminal Velocity: While active, the Behemoth's movement speed is increased by 100/200/300/400/500* and magic resistance (resistance to tank weapons and abilities) is increased by 7%/14%/21%/28%/35%. Drains 1/2/3/4/5 energy per second while active. (apply more drain to effectively cancel out the Behemoth's innate energy generation) If possible also make it so the Behemoth can traverse all terrain and change the weapons that can target it to Normal, Air, and Hero.
Has a five second cooldown to deactivate, and a further five second cooldown to activate it again upon deactivation to prevent bringing up a strong defense (example: lava shot) as necessary at little to no cost.
A simple animation for the effect would probably be a (red) Immolation appearance.
*: While 300 would effectively max the speed, it may or may not counteract the few slow effects in the game.
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Power Armor: This ability passively reduces all physical damage taken by 30/60/90/120/150 in addition to granting the Behemoth 10/20/30/40/50 bonus hit point regeneration per second. Any damage taken cannot be reduced past 18.75/15/11.75/7.5/3.75. (or if there's an absolute minimum of 5, just stick with that.)
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Devastate (Ground Only): The Behemoth fires a projectile at a range of 2,000 (The range of the Demolisher's shot, this ability also functions the same for targetting purposes), dealing 700/1,400/2,100/2,800/3,500 damage in a medium area of effect (similiar to what the Frost-Robot's Blizzard has) and completely disabling any enemy ground tanks caught in it for two seconds (as in stuns them and locks their weapons up, like the Antigrav's ultimate without the invulnerability). This ability would have a cooldown about a third of the norm, but an energy cost of the norm.
The reasoning for the fast cooldown is the Behemoth has no other *reliable* nuke. Ultimatum can be interrupted and Devastate doesn't even hit air. For that matter, Devastate isn't a matter of point-and-click like other abilities, you must calculate your target(s) trajectory and fire accordingly. The only out-of-the-box ability the Behemoth has to cripple air is heaps of hit points.
An ideal animation would probably be a giant Lava Shot, if not possible an enlarged Demolisher shot.
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Basic Cannon: The basic tank cannon we all know and love that only tinkers and exploders don't have. Passively fires a projectile at a random hostile every second that deals 60/120/180/240/300 damage at a range up to 900.
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Ultimatum (Ultimate): Upon channeling for three seconds, the Behemoth sends out a shockwave of destruction up to a range of 2,000 with a width of 500, dealing 2,000/4,000/6,000/8,000/10,000* damage to everything caught in its path, including allies. This ability can only be used with Terminal Velocity active (if possible) and has a typical cooldown and energy cost for an ultimate. Does half damage against buildings.
Another aspect specific to this ability is you only need to click it and it begins channeling to fire in a certain direction, no manual targeting is needed.
*: Yes, the damage is huge. But with a three second window to evade this ability, if not stop it entirely with a stun, I'd say overall it's pretty fair considering what stage the game would be in by the time this tank is available. 5,000 damage against buildings might seem like a lot, but I'm sure we've all seen a Heavy Tank or Siege Pack could do better.
As for cosmetics with regard for this ultimate... I could see the Big Bad Voodoo animation working for channeling time, and an enlarged Shockwave for the projectile.
General Tank Specifications
Tank Name/Class: Behemoth (Cosmetically, I'm thinking of an enlarged Heavy Tank or Demon Tank skin with slight red tint if possible)
Cost: 25,000
Base Hitpoints: 27,000 (+400 per level)
Size/Collision Detection: I'm thinking Goblin Tank, twice as big without limiting ability to traverse areas like Control Point ramps.
Armor: 27
Movement Speed: 220
Target Classifications: Normal, Ground, Hero
Other Effects: Cannot use any speed-boosting items. If there's a way to disable the speed-boosting effect on some items without simply disallowing the Behemoth to pick them up that would be nice.
Abilities...
Terminal Velocity: While active, the Behemoth's movement speed is increased by 100/200/300/400/500* and magic resistance (resistance to tank weapons and abilities) is increased by 7%/14%/21%/28%/35%. Drains 1/2/3/4/5 energy per second while active. (apply more drain to effectively cancel out the Behemoth's innate energy generation) If possible also make it so the Behemoth can traverse all terrain and change the weapons that can target it to Normal, Air, and Hero.
Has a five second cooldown to deactivate, and a further five second cooldown to activate it again upon deactivation to prevent bringing up a strong defense (example: lava shot) as necessary at little to no cost.
A simple animation for the effect would probably be a (red) Immolation appearance.
*: While 300 would effectively max the speed, it may or may not counteract the few slow effects in the game.
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Power Armor: This ability passively reduces all physical damage taken by 30/60/90/120/150 in addition to granting the Behemoth 10/20/30/40/50 bonus hit point regeneration per second. Any damage taken cannot be reduced past 18.75/15/11.75/7.5/3.75. (or if there's an absolute minimum of 5, just stick with that.)
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Devastate (Ground Only): The Behemoth fires a projectile at a range of 2,000 (The range of the Demolisher's shot, this ability also functions the same for targetting purposes), dealing 700/1,400/2,100/2,800/3,500 damage in a medium area of effect (similiar to what the Frost-Robot's Blizzard has) and completely disabling any enemy ground tanks caught in it for two seconds (as in stuns them and locks their weapons up, like the Antigrav's ultimate without the invulnerability). This ability would have a cooldown about a third of the norm, but an energy cost of the norm.
The reasoning for the fast cooldown is the Behemoth has no other *reliable* nuke. Ultimatum can be interrupted and Devastate doesn't even hit air. For that matter, Devastate isn't a matter of point-and-click like other abilities, you must calculate your target(s) trajectory and fire accordingly. The only out-of-the-box ability the Behemoth has to cripple air is heaps of hit points.
An ideal animation would probably be a giant Lava Shot, if not possible an enlarged Demolisher shot.
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Basic Cannon: The basic tank cannon we all know and love that only tinkers and exploders don't have. Passively fires a projectile at a random hostile every second that deals 60/120/180/240/300 damage at a range up to 900.
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Ultimatum (Ultimate): Upon channeling for three seconds, the Behemoth sends out a shockwave of destruction up to a range of 2,000 with a width of 500, dealing 2,000/4,000/6,000/8,000/10,000* damage to everything caught in its path, including allies. This ability can only be used with Terminal Velocity active (if possible) and has a typical cooldown and energy cost for an ultimate. Does half damage against buildings.
Another aspect specific to this ability is you only need to click it and it begins channeling to fire in a certain direction, no manual targeting is needed.
*: Yes, the damage is huge. But with a three second window to evade this ability, if not stop it entirely with a stun, I'd say overall it's pretty fair considering what stage the game would be in by the time this tank is available. 5,000 damage against buildings might seem like a lot, but I'm sure we've all seen a Heavy Tank or Siege Pack could do better.
As for cosmetics with regard for this ultimate... I could see the Big Bad Voodoo animation working for channeling time, and an enlarged Shockwave for the projectile.