Gyle wrote:
Kennels are one of those things that just aren't really useful unless your playing on a 40-80k map in some 1-2 hr game. Although such games are incredibly rare I think we need to think carefully before trying to force such a unit to be viable in smaller games. Essentially its the same argument as that for the mavor.
Kennels are one of those things that just aren't really useful unless your playing on a 40-80k map in some 1-2 hr game. Although such games are incredibly rare I think we need to think carefully before trying to force such a unit to be viable in smaller games. Essentially its the same argument as that for the mavor.
Maybe, but the Mavor is a T4 game ender that you would only see in big maps with lots or resources. The Kennel is a T2 structure and to only see them in large map / high resource games makes their situation worse, they also won’t win you the game. I would expect to see Hives and Kennels mid T3 game after the first T4 units have made an appearance. I think a comparison to the T2 mass fabricator is a much better comparison than the Mavor, i.e. T2 structure that gives you little return for your investment when compared to more efficient alternatives.
I have also been thinking about the valid case that has been mentioned that the Kennel’s BP is not constrained by range. The cases I have seen where Kennels were deployed is when they assist construction of T4 units and T3 factories, the placement of the Kennel each time was adjacent to the build site so they were no more effective than Hives in that job. The other use I have seen is to send them out to reclaim a T4 wreck but this is a high risk play, one enemy interceptor will chew up all that BP in seconds. Continuing to play devil’s advocate to my own argument another plus point for the kennel is that drones can easily assist a Navy factory; Hives might have a problem with that depending on distance from the land.
There are probably some other unique cases where the drones can be deployed but I have found their use outside of friendly territory is limited when they come into play.
Rienzilla wrote:
(suggestions welcome)
I feel the cost needs to be similar to the Hive which is a far more viable option which at face value seems nicely balanced in my opinion. Maybe the drone’s BP could be reduced to 20 BP from 25 BP as the unit is not constrained like a Hive?
Statistics: Posted by X-Peri-MENTAL — 31 Jul 2013, 10:42
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