Quick Idea

[Korbah]

Go try my othuum rework mod in the vault.

Less drastic than what you've proposed but works really nice in game.

[yeager]

To Briang: love the idea, but you kinda just described a sniper not with a shield over it didn't you?

To korbah: name? Is that the one that has 0 wasted dps?

[Korbah]

othuum rework mod v1

[JaggedAppliance]

I don't think a main battle tank that has to deploy is a good idea.

[Exotic_Retard]

with the current toggle mechanics that would be a nightmare to handle, if you mean for it to be toggled that is

[Exotic_Retard]

http://forums.faforever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=10556 see this for issues regarding toggling in supcom
also bear in mind that starcraft players have a much higher apm and need to concentrate on far fewer things at once than in supcom - microing armies takes a greater portion of their time.

not to mention that this isn't exactly noob friendly

[Zoram]

Why does it have to be noob friendly?

to make it possible to renew the playerbase ...

On the idea itself, maybe it could be automated, like for T3 arti. There is no toggle, they just enter firing position when stopped.

[Zoram]

Having it be automatic might not be a bad idea. I think we are past the point of renewing the player base.

Supcom is in palliative care right now, it is a matter of keeping it comfortable and fun for the people still playing, we're never going to be gaining more players than we are losing, that time is long gone.

I agree, I should have said limiting the attrition
Not renewing but still, that prolongs the life of the game a little.

[yeager]

You could give it a similar mode to the selen, undetectable until it moves, but that would probably be OP. maybe you could make it only active after 20 seconds or something, another idea would be if an othuum stayed stationary for 10 sec it gains a small restoration field, effecting itself and nearby units, it could be maybe 50hp/sec with a field the size of 10 or so.

[Mechsangoku]

It would be fun ye