2008-06-17, 17:02:24
I did push your 8k 1300 range example to the extreme...
It would do 24,000 damage once every 1 minute. With hero only, it would drop to 18,000...
It's the hero only stat that makes this look awesome... the same cannon at 24,000 would have a VERY poor killing and VERY poor farming rates. Hero only concept in a game such as BT is obviously someone you have to keep in mind...
If you want to push the hero only concept to an extreme... Make that:
DPS = 8000/15*1000/4000*.75 = 100 DPS
DAMAGE = 100 * 120 seconds (2 minutes) 12,000... there you go, you can 1shot heavytanks and demontanks at a rate of 1 per 2 minutes within a 4,000 range (higher then teleport range)... Now remove hero only and this weapon ain't worth mentioning... it will most likely kill 1 creep per 2 minutes and that's it.
Bursts of damage would be useful if they actually could allow you to '1shot' people... fact and the matter is you do not 1shot people as soon as everyone got tier 2 tanks... energy torpedos can still kill heavy tanks... but it takes for ever and unless you are able to get the tank in a situation where he pushed too far from his next creep wave... this won't happen.
Quite honestly, I don't care so much, I just think slower weapons need some love, specially is BT is all about farming.
It would do 24,000 damage once every 1 minute. With hero only, it would drop to 18,000...
It's the hero only stat that makes this look awesome... the same cannon at 24,000 would have a VERY poor killing and VERY poor farming rates. Hero only concept in a game such as BT is obviously someone you have to keep in mind...
If you want to push the hero only concept to an extreme... Make that:
DPS = 8000/15*1000/4000*.75 = 100 DPS
DAMAGE = 100 * 120 seconds (2 minutes) 12,000... there you go, you can 1shot heavytanks and demontanks at a rate of 1 per 2 minutes within a 4,000 range (higher then teleport range)... Now remove hero only and this weapon ain't worth mentioning... it will most likely kill 1 creep per 2 minutes and that's it.
Bursts of damage would be useful if they actually could allow you to '1shot' people... fact and the matter is you do not 1shot people as soon as everyone got tier 2 tanks... energy torpedos can still kill heavy tanks... but it takes for ever and unless you are able to get the tank in a situation where he pushed too far from his next creep wave... this won't happen.
Quite honestly, I don't care so much, I just think slower weapons need some love, specially is BT is all about farming.