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Post subject: Other ways to heal units?  Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:31 pm |
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So my friend and I were wondering if there are any other ways to heal a unit once you run out of heal cards. Are there?
During the tournament last night, I had a few artillery units standing back that were on fire and I had already used up my heal cards and wanted to keep them out of battle since there were fighter planes occupying the middle of the map.
Since they were just sort of sitting there damaged, one thought was that it would be cool to be able to repair them at least partially by bringing them back to the starting position back at the base. Or maybe there could be some sort of repair building or unit that you could create? In Warcraft II you could have a peon repair certain types of units/buildings, and I think that could be a cool element to add to Battle Dex.
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Post subject: Re: Other ways to heal units? Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:09 pm |
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Interesting idea, isn't it? This has been brought up before, but hasn't been implemented and tested to see if it could work. This could be something to watch for...
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Post subject: Re: Other ways to heal units? Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:25 pm |
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and to prevent it from being too overpowered, have it take a moderate amount of resources to repair. Something in the 1/4 to 1/2 cost of the unit.
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Post subject: Re: Other ways to heal units? Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:49 am |
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I agree with this, need to create either an engineer type support unit, that can heal.
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Post subject: Re: Other ways to heal units? Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:56 am |
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You should be able to repair units in your starting area. As of now, the cards EVAC are completely useless. What's the point of bringing a unit back to base? It does you no good for the Gs it cost. If you can repair units for a moderate cost, it actually brings up the micro level and hence the skill level of the game, along with strategy. It's definitely something the dev team needs to consider!
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Post subject: Re: Other ways to heal units? Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:07 pm |
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Solid you would use evac to get your units back to your base in case of a rush. It is better then spending 2 or 3 turns taking damage if you could just have 3 units appear there. I think of Evac as a defensive card. Would I use it? No but thats the reason I think it is there
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Post subject: Re: Other ways to heal units? Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:02 pm |
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When I saw the EVAC Card I thought this was why it was made.
But then it did nothing back on the start, so I learned.
But Healing say 25% at the base with an option to heal full by spendiing points might help out with the run away game and give an underdog a chance.
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Post subject: Re: Other ways to heal units? Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:01 pm |
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Or if not Healing at the base, perhaps a Trade In worth some % of the Unit.
That will make Evacs possibly worth using as it denies your foe a Kill and Upgrade and saves you some cash.
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Post subject: Re: Other ways to heal units? Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:42 pm |
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Cooldown, can you read my post above and get a response on this?
By adding this feature, you're also balancing out other cards, such as advanced training, which has no use right now.
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Post subject: Re: Other ways to heal units? Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:46 pm |
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We've talked about this but haven't seriously considered putting heal-at-base in the game at this point, mainly because it would allow for more units on the board at once, which creates a clutter problem and could contribute to a "war of attrition" approach. Evac cards are very useful for units you've spent a lot of cash buffing and want to bring back in later, possibly with an Overhaul card that would've done you no good while it was getting hammered by enemy units. I've seen the Evac cards used masterfully and they have won matches for people in the past. Advanced Training is also very useful for creating a Veteran/Legendary unit early in the game. You learn to appreciate its value after you're on the receiving end of a good Training strat. 
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