All minelayers QOL

[Novaras]

I've definitely discussed this before, but

All of the 'limitations' on minelayers (tech price/time, unit caps etc) come from people wanting to discourage people using minelayers to turtle (i.e igbo's old mine curtains).

This is understandable - this type of playstyle is non-interactive and frustrating to play against.

However, the current state of minelayers is just poor; buried all the way at the end of tech trees, usually for a high price, and then they struggle to do any dps before being sniped (long build times also).

I'm gonna try this on the test mod:

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Minelayers

todo

• Build time:
• HW1: 35 => 27 (-22.8%)
• HW2: 45 => 35 (-22%)
• Movespeed:
• HW1, Hgn: 233 => 320 (+37.3%)
• Unit caps: 4 -> 6 (+50%)
• (if necessary?) Mines cost ru: 0 => 10
• More units can clear mines: (any anti-strike unit should be able to do this)
• Research:
• HW1 time: 100 => 80 (-20%)
• Vgr:
• Time: 100 => 80 (-20%)
• Cost: 1500 => 1100 (-20%)
• Weapons:
• HW1 Mine movespeed up: 200 => 300 (to match hw2)

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faq:

• Q: hgn and vgr mine tech is not aligned (due to adv. module etc)
  • A: not a real issue to be honest, stuff like this is extremely negligable - over playtesting duration may try to align better but at the bottom of my prio list
• Q: how is this different from just buffing dps?
  • A: These changes only encourage using mines during battles and as harassment units, mine curtains will be extremely niche due to mines not being free, as well as extra anti-mine coverage
• Q: won't this be OP?
  • A: almost certainly not, nobody is making minelayers right now, this unit needs a rework. Playtesting is ongoing anyway