It's going to take me a bit to reply to the other stuff, so I'll put this SCUD Bug reply here...


http://www.wikihow.com/D...6C-Generals-or-Zero-Hour

That SCUD-Bug seems crappy. Thank god I've never had that problem.

I can understand that for sure, but that's the only problem I have with the Chinese. Early game you're not that prepared unless you're ready to start pumping out defenses and rocket troops to put in the bunkers, which can be expensive.

I like your idea with the Mini Crossbow, but unlike the other two heroes she's completely useless against vehicles unless she sits on the ground and tries to power one of them down, but even then that doesn't last long and isn't normally worth the time unless its one vehicle in your way.
Maybe you could change that power to something better to use, maybe an EMP Bolt? Fire it at an enemy vehicle and it temporarily disables it.
Maybe you could also put a mini-laptop type of device on her other wrist? Change the other powers while were at it so she has a different bolt for the occasion. Hit the building with the bolt, switch to her laptop and she starts stealing cash, capturing the building, whatever.

Well, maybe the building could come built with a gattling cannon? If you want RPG troops build a bunker next to it?

If you want to do it like that maybe you could just take the script from that GLA building (Memory of the name isn't coming) and modify it a bit?

I'd say just get rid of the laptop and give her a laptop that goes on the wrist / forearm.
Maybe not even get rid of it just...Make it smaller and put it on her arm.

Poison / Flare darts? That brings up the idea of her attacks being DOT instead of straight up damage, which I like. She IS the sneaky type, so why not?
But then again, that's yet again a way to give away that she's there. "Oh, my units are dying via DOT, time to pump out Radar Vans / Scan the area with that free U.S.A. ability that I forgot the name of." The entire point is so that they don't know she's there until she actually does something that could screw you over.
Maybe just make it so that she can Insta-Kill any infantry unit, but she has a wait time before she can do it again?

While I agree with you on it being implausible, I should have to bring up that there are a lot of implausible things that go on in this game lol. Helix's that can be armed with a napalm bomb but dont disastrously explode in a cloud of napalm? Colonel Burton armed with tons of ammo and an assault rifle, climbing mountains and planting bombs, yet he's invisible? Logic!

I agree on that, I don't expect my imaginary, made up world of what Generals should be to become a reality.

Sounds good to me.

I guess you have a point, but I guess it doesn't really matter seeing as there isn't a single infantry unit in the game that can detect stealthed units anyways, so I guess if you're going to be attacking with her then your objective to steal buildings is more of a secondary option.

Well, according to Generals logic, the Chinese weapons got turned into Miniguns just because they were under the orders of General Fai, so I guess his weapon could be anything. But I see it as an assault rifle because he shoots 3 bullets, stops, shoots 3 more, ect. Sounds like a 3 round burst assault rifle to me.

Just make sure there are lots of explosions.

Eh! I guess I didn't think about the Pathfinders because I figured they were like Jarmen Kell, and I don't usually classify the 'Heroes' as the 'Infantry', so that's why I didn't list Lotus.

Eh. General Townes being my favorite American general (Because Lasers) I can see how he's balanced, but at the same time I can see him being overpowered as it is. He's a boss. But I would like to see his aircraft get lasers.

Take that explosion and multiply it by 50. Then I'll be happy.

The only thing I hate about Prince Kassad is how hard he is to defeat on Challenges. I don't think it's the fact that he's stealthed, I think it's the fact that he's GLA and already has a crapton of Stinger Sites all over the map, meaning No bombing or anything like that. Frustrating.

Well, unless you're planning on only working on the Chinese faction, is there anything else you have planned on trying to do?

I like it, but at the same time Fai's Mini-Gunners are also a lot stronger (Or faster? Both?) than a normal Ranger, so the fairness of that is a bit off, but at the same time I dislike how the Chinese are the only one who don't have a, what I call a "Building Special", like how the GLA have holes that can rebuild the structure after a while, and the U.S.A. get troops from their buildings being destroyed. At the same time, however, these arn't all that important, seeing as Rangers arn't that big of a threat to tanks destroying buildings, and the same thing goes with the Holes, which can easily be destroyed by just about anything. So if you're going to give the Chinese a "Building Special", it shouldn't be something as powerful as Mini-Gunners, who I have used over and over again to defeat my opponents without the use of tanks or RPG troops unless I was playing the defensive.



As far as the Snipers go, it's a decent idea but I think we should stick with who the GLA actually are. You don't look at GLA and think "Oh crap, they've probably got snipers and a whole bunch of cool stuff sitting around!" You think "Oh god, they're going to attack us as soon as they possibly can and get it over with." When I play GLA, I don't think the best way to defeat my opponent, I think "Okay, my defenses suck but my vehicles arn't that expensive. Weak in terms of armor, but cheap. Good for swarming. Make a bunch of technicals and tanks, fill the techs with RPG troops and throw them onto the battle field."
I don't think it's a BAD idea, especially since they already have Jarmen Kell, but with how fast GLA produces income, spam queuing snipers while you're rolling in 50k of cash doesn't seem very fair in any way that I look at it personally. I hate Pathfinders as it is.



Might need a bit more detail on this idea.



General Fai already has this kind of vehicle, minus the stealth and the Gattling gun, but at the same time, the Assault truck, which is loaded with 8 Mini-Gunners, is a lot stronger than a single Gattling Gun, especially if you were to put them up against the original vehicle that the original Chinese faction has. Not only that, the vehicle has Propaganda.
So as I see it as "General Fai has more than enough Bullet Firepower", I also think that the Mini-Gunners are kind of like General Fai's trademark unit, so why not provide something that gives those units a bit of a boost? Obviously, they're strong, but fragile. Maybe a support vehicle?



Sounds good to me



Also good



I find that the Lasers are pretty decent Anti-Tank weapons, so along with the defenses you'll obviously already have in place around, and possible even inside your base, you're already going to be good in the terms of defense. I'm not saying I support the idea, but it's like you're giving away an extra defensive system when you build certain buildings. Some of these buildings could even have more Hit Points than the Laser Defense Systems, and then there would be absolutely no point in building the defense systems at all except for early game defense.
Maybe to make it a bit better, instead of a laser we give certain buildings a "Microwave Tank Beam" effect. Gets rid of at least 1 tank for the time that the building is still up. For example, an overlord. That's a bunch of firepower you just took away from them over a laser.



I didn't realize he didn't have the Superweapon...Now I have to go look. I'll edit this part after I think about it.



I'm not really into the whole "Zombie Apocalypse" hype, so I'm generally not the person you should be asking about this.



Yes, yes yes, and yes.



Yes, yes yes, and yes.
Except, however, I wouldn't give them any other special abilities or any extra firepower, seeing as they're already strong as it is, especially if you get them up 3 ranks.



Always a yes.



Same thing about the Zombies idea above. I would get somebody else' opinion on this.



Who doesn't like blood in a computer game? More explosions!



Do you mean this as in a Drop Pod? I like the idea, as cool as it sounds, but obviously you'd have to set a fair countdown limit to it, and at the same time, you can have unlimited Red Guard Robots just by purchasing 1 Helix. Think about how many youll get with 20 Helix's.

Edited by user Sunday, October 19, 2014 10:07:33 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Not a problem.



There's always going to be something that needs balancing. I've never in my entire life played a game that was balanced except for older RPG games like Baldur's Gate.



That sounds like a good idea, but being it an explosion, would it hurt units around them?
Maybe they should only self-destruct if they haven't been killed in battle, and if they do then it should be more of a power shutdown?
Either way, I can see how handling that kind of unit would require more strategic maneuvers, but at the same time it comes with a risk to your own units, which I dont think any other unit has in the game: A risk, which would make people not want to use it in the first place.

Edited by user Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:14:15 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Ignore my deleted messages above, I accidentally quoted one of my own comments and posted it on accident when I was trying to edit "unbalanced" to say "balanced". Oops!



I'm not really sure about this, to be honest. It could make General Townes completely invulnerable to missile troops.



While I agree that the Assault Troop Crawler is way too slow, giving it speed AND armor seems like an overpowering move. In my mind, it's just a transport vehicle that infantry can shoot out of, so it shouldn't really be that armored to begin with. Thinking logically, if it was originally fast, and THEN you add a bunch of armor to it, that armor is going to slow the vehicle down. Maybe give it the speed it needs, and then add a new Upgrade that allows you to add armor to it at the cost of some speed, that way players can choose whether they want a highly mobile assault vehicle that zooms past their units / defences, or if they want to have a nicely protected assault vehicle that sits at the front lines and mows people down.



I don't know. Kassad is overkill as it is. Tunnel networks in your base, the ability to create stealthed infantry in your base, and along with that he's constantly sending rocket buggy's your way to take out your defences. If you add this, the next thing you have to worry about is 5 Jarmen Kells and a Quad Cannon that can instantly kill all your infantry. It MIGHT be a bit fair if he was the 2nd to last person you fight in Challenge mode, but him usually being the 2nd to 5th general you fight, I don't seem it quite fair.



If you do this, my suggestion is that you at least give him a longer reload time after shooting all 4 times, to the equivalent of having to reload after each shot, except 4 times.
That or just take that away and just give him a faster rate of fire.

Fai buildings spawning Mini-Gunners:


Maybe just the Red Guard Bots because if they blow up around the Mini-Gunners...Then what's the point of the Mini-Gunners? They'd just get blown to bits if the enemy general knows what he's doing and attacks the Bots first.



I don't like the idea because it's a USA specific thing. Besides that, when it comes to Fai, any tanks you use are basically going to be for Utility, like clearing out a building or helping you take down planes and defend the base, so there's no real reason to have them gain ranks to begin with.



Sounds good to me, then.

Edited by user Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:51:30 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

What about if I gave Fai the USA Rangers? Sure it might not make a lot of sense at first, but what if he had stolen tech and stuff from other factions to augment his infantry with? If I gave him Rangers, I could logically make his buildings spawn Rangers when they blow up.

What about a Toxin Rebel while we're at it? And a Terrorist?