simsverd wrote:We have made some changes to the amphibious units prior to their release.
Salamander get air attack 2
Fuze get air attack 1 (down from 3)
Mantisse get air attack 2 (down from 4)

This will improve the salamander and also make khral air pretty effective vs the fuze and mantisse.

We will consider other changes after more experience with them.

  dr. pepper wrote:

Is this why Apple hasn't approved the release? Were the amphibious units being made available in ranked games or only in unranked games (similar to the roll-out of the blaster units)?

  dr. pepper wrote:Can you select a particular race on a "random ranked" game? If that's an option, can someone let me know how you do it? Or must you be a random race?

  Duaneski wrote:

There are two ways to start a random ranked game.

The first is automatically - this is dictated by a setting at the bottom of your profile "available to random games: 1" for example.

If you changed that to zero, for instance, you would no longer be automatically matched to any random games.

The other way to start a game is to click on the Play sign and then click "start random game" - once you do that you can hit the check box that says "random race" and THEN you will have the option to select your race.

  dr. pepper wrote:

And so I'm assuming the ability to choose your race on the first option is not available. If it is, I've never figured it out.

  StarryBlink wrote:Many interesting ideas here. And mostly I agree with you guys.

Major concern in my opinion are :

1) Kharl become weaker & weaker now like you said.
Mainly because swarmer was nerf too much and boffly too weak to be useful in the real battlefield.

2) Tank of all races are declining in their presence. And are heading down toward extinction.
Yeah the old Uniwar has a problem when both players build a wall of tanks and a few artilleries behind. Then the game is last for an eternity.
New blaster units do solve this problem. But tanks deserve some place on Earth to stand too.

3) New units create inequality in this game.

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So my suggestions (mostly copy from previous comments) are :

1) Increase swarmer attack against ground-light and maybe ground-heavy.

2) Definitely buff the boffly someway & somehow.
How about transforming it into Starcraft Zerg's guardian ?
Let boffly able to move then attack. With a range of 3 only, like bopper.
Increase its cost. Decrease its defense and attack strength a bit.

3) Decrease guardian and bopper attack vs ground heavy a little.
To create a fine balance which tanks have some place in the battlefield.
While they're not too strong and cause a stalemate like before.

4) Make all new units a bit less in cost-effectiveness compare to original units.
New units should be use only in some spacial situations.
While most of the time players can prosper building only an original units.
Then its possible for people to win without buying any new units.

  dr. pepper wrote:

I have to agree with your #2 concern. The tank busters make Plasma Tanks, Tanks, and Pinzers niche units whereas Tank Busters make up a large part of my army due to versatility and cost effectiveness. Although I'm also learning this isn't as true if the tank busters don't have a forest or mountain to attack from. Without the attack bonuses, the original 'tank units' perform their role quite well.