The pre-req research for composite..why not have it buff the team's standard armour by 20 hp or so? Weaker than every other armor (maybe except abs), yet still much better than standard. This way, mech-first isn't a terrible, griefing way to research.
I don't like the idea of arbitrarily changing armors mid-game. I doubt the change would be communicated well. Noobs wouldn't understand.
If you change the research name to to "Upgraded Armor", change the armor name, and then change the icon, it'll work. Either that, or make a new icon/armor.
Ok, that's not bad if the armor is replaced with an armor that has a different name and icon. But then it's still just like a cheaper, less effective compo...
Just make composite a viable armor choice. Armor should never be balanced by price. A player will buy a 1000000 res tank 90% of the time if the res is there, no matter the consequences.
Absorbant[sic]: Anti-AP sorta-kinda things Reactive: Anti-explosive & anti-bio Reflective: TACTICAL TURNING Regenerative: MORE TACTICAL TURNING Composite: Good at all, best at none. If only. If only.
Comp is actuality a halfway viable armor in the current version, especially for BE if you have unlimited res. But it boils down to do you use 840 res tanks or 1240 res tanks that takes 20% less damage? Also, regenerative is tactical spining, not turning.
That's probably not a bad point. I love how we are all trying to make Empires easier to balance by simplifying it. It's just funny how these things work.
Well the reason I mainly suggested this is that Composite in anything but the late-game is financial suicide. This game is not a representative of the U.S. government - we can not go over a trillion res in debt.
Fucking brilliant feature idea. Let the commander increase the debt ceiling so he can borrow more res! Both teams will borrow from Spec, which will get filthy rich. Spec is so fucking OP...
I actually made an ion cannon particle. I should really stick it ingame somehow :D On the subject of balancing by cost, it's not so much that armor is easier to balance with one less variable, it's more that people simply don't give a shit about the cost of an armor plate.
make a map with an ion cannon in it. First team to capture a middle point long enough destroys enemy base with prototype ion cannon.
