There will be 5 new units...

[glythe]

Can one of them be a chaff unit that has an upgrade option for near fire immunity? This should NOT be related in any way to photon coating but rather a lasting benefit for the unit.

Fire is still problematic in that you can just clear the board of chaff with a few units like Vulcans/Stormcallers and a single 300 point investment.

[Avallach]

Hoverboard upgrade! Takes ground fire out of the equation, but I think any immunity to direct fire attacks would be a bit much.

[glythe]

Originally posted by Avallach:

immunity to direct fire attacks would be a bit much.

This game is essentially paper rock scissors based. The problem is that currently alll ground chaff units get obliterated by 3x Vulcan/stormcallers.

Crawlers are the best chaff unit even after they got nerfed. You make the new chaff unit lose to crawlers but give it a tech upgrade so it ignores fire on the ground (asbestos coating). This allows someone to build chaff that cant die to fire instantly. The downside is that they lose to crawlers.

[�[Dire_Venom]�]

Neat ideas here already, 2c - Sandworm has shown that there can be units that behave very differently when moving vs attacking.
A lot of potential ways this could be applied to other units, from Chaff that stop to shoot, and hover (avoids ground effects) to move.

As for fire, crawlers with underground can survive pathing through it. Not immune, but best we got for now

[glythe]

Originally posted by �Dire_Venom�:

As for fire, crawlers with underground can survive pathing through it. Not immune, but best we got for now

Except they dont path "underneath" if an enemy unit is nearby. So you're right and wrong at the same time.

[83athom]

Wasps are already a chaff unit that's immune to fire.

[glythe]

Originally posted by 83athom:

Wasps are already a chaff unit that's immune to fire.

While wasp are used as chaff to block more expensive air units but they are not chaff.

All chaff units :

1) unlock for free
2) cost 100 points per unit