2008-05-07, 22:00:47
They are not imba, they rather suck, as Prog has explained. It is not hard to deal with them, especially in mid, as their rate of fire is, as you have recognized, very low. Of course you might be unlucky a couple of times and receive the hit that finishes you off if you already were low on hp, but that does not make the weapon imba, the same can happen with Bombarding Rockets. You can indeed flee, because if you did not screw up yourself, you will have some of your own creeps around you, and there's a good chance that they are hit and you get away, and the low rate of fire of course helps the retreating player as well. The fact that the weapon has such a high damage is easily made up for by the disadvantage in creeping, you are much worse off than your opponent with a standard weapon. You might have a slight advantage during the early stage of the game, but as soon as the enemy (I'm referring to a 1on1 on the lanes) gets a hull plus a second weapon or a tank with more hp, it's pretty much over for the player with long range weapons. In conclusion, I agree: there's absolutely nothing to change.