MatthewMarinets
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1 month ago Discussion goes through these topics around here:
I'm still not a fan of Rogue Forces, it is one of the upgrades I always exclude. I think that one upgrade completely destroys the balance of the mercenaries and significantly limits their design space
Summary of a discussion from the discord:
Rogue Forces
Talk point There is some concern that this item is too powerful, to the point that some players choose to disable it. Notes Making it a progressive upgrade that adds charges, with the Rogue Forces we know being the last step should work. One must be careful with giving too many charges. Otherwise, it wouldn't make a difference in practice between having the Rogue Forces and a lot charges.
Cooldowns
Talk point There's been suggestions for an item that may reduce the cooldowns to call mercenaries. However, there is no agreement on how much is a reasonable amount. Notes A flat amount benefits shorter cooldowns while percentual amounts benefit longer cooldowns.
Special Units
Talk point Some desire the possibility of having mercenaries that are good "out of the box" and be more than just a "unit with better stats". The amount of each type of special units should be limited to one per map (like a mothership). Notes Some want to move existing mercenaries (Jackson and Jotun) to this category and give them some changes. Note that a unit type (for example a Battle Cruiser) could have both a Special (ie. Pride of Augustgrad) and Regular (ie. Sovereign Battlecruise) rmercenary variants.