Defuser is it worth it?

[Prog]

I also think mine defusal pack (not remote fuse), should be changed to a kind of "defusal pulse" something like: "upon activation defuses all mines and explosives within a 1000 range of the tank." It would make it easier to use and give an incentive to get the defusal pack instead of just remote fuse.

That is just way too powerful, even with smaller range. I agree with 091846, that it would ruin the life of mine users.

Exodus, what about using the AoE of the defuser but not casting it on enemy or yourself but on ground (same mechanic as for mines) to make a -visible- defuser area? as there are two different ways you can script it something like: [if theres no mine exploded or in the AoE of the item cast the defuser area]. is this possible? for the animation/realism "which is, I concede, not a strong argument - Prog" you can take some kind of circle with small mechs inside ^^

edit: to make it clear i mean: only inside the area the counter is aborted. if the exploder explodes outside of this area the radius can still damage units inside it. duration, cd, radius of the defuser area is balancing stuff and this is your part

This is way better than the previous suggestion, because it allows some counterplay. If the area is small the exploder can teleport right next to it and still gets the damage done.

Nevertheless Exodus' point still stands. It deviates from the intuitive use of the defuse as a tool that instantly explodes mines at an area.



Overall I think we should wait a bit to see how the current changes to interactions with explosives (with stuns) and the defuser (with breaker/detector) plays out. Those are still in beta and we cannot say how much use they will see in the future.