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and a binary cheer was rapidly circulated across the Titan comm-net.
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They nerfed ants?

Haven't been on in a bit, so sorry if I'm out of the loop.

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There was an in-game message to that effect, resurface bonus from 6 to 4 to support or improve (can't remember the wording) game balance.
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Well, titans probably rein supreme on Dead Monk now.

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indeed. vengeance is best served methodically.

seems already updated in-game (they can do that from server side?) Surfacing underling on plains vs. assimilator on base... -8.
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This is such a noob balance update xD.
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you saying (a) only noobs encounter a khral/titan imbalance or (b) only noobs would think ant resurface is an important factor? I think (b) is debatable and somewhat map driven, but resurface can be a pretty significant factor both in large walker siege situations as well as in tight small maps like Dead Monk. (Which do you disagree with? I know for example iluvkim doesn't use underlings heavily but he chooses maps where mass aerial + levi or wyrm are enough.)
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This seems like a pretty good nerf. Before on Dead Monk, fending off those Krahl ants were incredibly hard, if not impossible. The more mechas I made, the more ants my opponent made, until I finally decided to make some walkers, which led to my downfall. Those ants also took care of my plasmas pretty quick, with a resurface/wyrm combo.

Waxoid, how much damage does a resurfaced ant do to a assimilator on the same terrain? I'm guessing 9...

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Still a guaranteed 1-hit if the bonuses are equal (e.g. both on plains). To 1-hit the point delta needs to be 10; ants are 6 vs. ground light +4 resurface, so by default they just make it. Now though, any bonus in favor of assimilator means it lives, e.g. both on forest might hit for 9. (Because of the round down and 6x rolls it's extremely unlikely to do 10 points of damage if the attack delta is only 9... you have to roll a 20-sided die 60 times and never roll a 0.)
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