Rejected New ability for defense of units.

[ajja]

Reason

New game features for the army.

Details

The unit would have a 50% chance of not being hit and therefore zero damage from the first hit.
We know it from the movies, when a hologram of an object is created to fool attackers.
An identical object is created on the map according to the original.

For manual combat, the following would apply:
The original would be damaged when he hit it, and the hologram would be destroyed at the same time.
The original is not damaged when the hologram is hit by a bullet but only the hologram is destroyed.

Balance

I don't know.

Abuse Prevention

No

Summary

It is interesting ?

Have you looked to see if this has already been suggested?

yes

A new ability for defense for military units :
Holographic camouflage

 

[MJ Artisan of War]

Had You included a poll i would vote no.

 

[Emberguard]

So.... basically a variation on what the Rogue does.

Is this intended to be a City Defense Great Building ability? Or something automatically applied to all units on defense no matter what it is?

What would happen with this Holographic Camouflage in relation to the Rogue unit? Would that prevent the Rogue from transforming on the first hit, meaning you'd have to hit it twice for it to transform?

 

[CrashBoom]

Had You included a poll i would vote no.

all ideas automatically have a vote
(this poll is new after the forum change and different to the old poll or polls in other parts of the forum)

 

[CrashBoom]

So.... basically a variation on what the Rogue does.

a bad rogue

that has 100% of not getting damage on the first hit and not only 50%

What would happen with this Holographic Camouflage in relation to the Rogue unit? Would that prevent the Rogue from transforming on the first hit, meaning you'd have to hit it twice for it to transform?

it is a new ability
so it would be for new units

but they won't add this to the rogues
so it can't prevent the rogue from transforming
because the abilites from the unit the rogues transform into can only be applied after transformation

 

[Emberguard]

it is a new ability
so it would be for new units

The way it's worded had me wondering if they meant for it to apply to defence in addition to a units normal abilities

 

[Pericles the Lion]

So.... basically a variation on what the Rogue does.

Is this intended to be a City Defense Great Building ability? Or something automatically applied to all units on defense no matter what it is?

What would happen with this Holographic Camouflage in relation to the Rogue unit? Would that prevent the Rogue from transforming on the first hit, meaning you'd have to hit it twice for it to transform?

The OP seems to have an interesting idea. If I understand it, the new unit will show up on the battlefield as two similar units. One would be the actual unit itself (subject to normal damage if attacked). The other, a decoy, would be the "hologram". It cannot strike and, if hit, would be killed immediately. Basically, the new skill would provide the unit with a 50% chance of no damage on the first strike. Depending on the designed strength of the actual unit this might be over-powered though. An army with 2 of them and 6 rogues would be very formidable.

 

[CrashBoom]

Depending on the designed strength of the actual unit this might be over-powered though.

would it be over-powered if all units of the new age will get it ?

could replace keen eye (which many players don't like)

 

[Pericles the Lion]

would it be over-powered if all units of the new age will get it ?

could replace keen eye (which many players don't like)

If all units of a particular age got it, then it would add no benefit. All units on the field would just have a 50% chance of no damage on the first strike. The outcome would depend on the RNG, just like keen eye.

 

[CrashBoom]

so only one unit get his keen eye replaced with it

that would also balance it
it would take more hits to kill it (on average) but makes less damage (on average because no keen eye)

The outcome would depend on the RNG

every random ability depend on RNG

 

[Pericles the Lion]

so only one unit get his keen eye replaced with it

that would also balance it
it would take more hits to kill it (on average) but makes less damage (on average because no keen eye)

That could work. The thing is that an army of 1 or 2 of these units combined with Rogues would be interesting. When hit, the rogues would transform into the regular unit (along with one hologram for each. In theory, after the initial strike the morphed army becomes 1-2 regular units (with their own holograms), 6-7 transformed regular units and their 6-7 holograms. The player could then advance the holograms out to become targets for the defender's second wave then attack everything. I'm thinking this army would be nearly invincible. It would be fun to watch though.

 

[Velvet Thunder]

Due to a lack of support this has been rejected.