seraphim acu, nano repair upgrade

[Voodoo]

Hi all,

i have a problem with the nano repair upgrade from the sera acu. For me it feels like "omg this acu can't die".
I played a game on wonder and i tried t3 sniper bots and t2 gunships vs this acu, but it looks like it's total imba.
I will upload the replay too. I hope we can change it a bit.

[laPPen]

yeah i was very surprised aswell
i stood under heavy fire and got nearly no damage.
did u change something about it in the last patch?

[Ze_PilOt]

No, it was always like that.
Maybe the regen wasn't stacking with veterancy before, but I'm not even sure of that, and if it's the case, was fixed in 3603 or 3604.

[Ghoti]

That ACU sure did tank a few shots.
I can hear the calls that this is unfair, but... shouldn't there actually be worth while upgrades for an ACU that don't relate purely to hiding at T3? When does the cost of an upgrade, the risk of using it, and its effect balance out?

side note: just before minute 11 an interceptor intercepted a strat bomb. If blackscreen would of just ran, I bet he would of survived.

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[Icy]

Nano is already the weakest defensive acu upgrade in terms of raw survivability. Nano 1 gives +6k hp and +75 regen. UEF and Aeon shields give +24k and +29k with 35 and 37 regen. Nano is also 500 mass more expensive than the personal shield upgrades.

The only real advantages of Nano are healing acu damage, and it doesn't go away when the power goes down. But its not very good at stopping a snipe compared to shields.

[Voodoo]

I agree it's not a good upgrade when you want to survive a snipe, but if you want to attack it's perfect.

[Softly]

When shields go down they start regenning at 130 hp/s, so theres only a small interval in which the nano would be better

[uberge3k]

It took how long to notice this?