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I think that current build rates (if they haven't changed) allow spamming the fixed artillery way too much. Additionally only things that can destroy them successfully are bomber planes, flamethrowers and artillery. The game kinda turns into a fixed artillery spam and I don't think that's cool.
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ok!

i plan to increase concrete AA damage, and yes we can increase some build rates too.
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For 80hp fixed artillery in AoG I use 0.6 bonus mending when constructing and 1 bonus mending, and the engineers have mend rate 10. I propose similar here, tho you can change them as you see right.
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i changed these
1. added 1 extra action (total 2)
2. modified mend bonus on constructiong from 4 to 3
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i still feel that engineers are making only fixed artillery if all factory buildings are built up already. (at least i use them to do that)

any other suggestion than increasing the build time of artilleries?
- eg, i dont see walls/trenches used in games, are they weak or wrong?
- should we make some "army" units that can be built by engineers (like catapult and ships in AOS/AOF)? - eg. some light tanks?
- maybe an option to turn engineers to regular infantry?
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2 and 3 don't seem like a good idea.
About the first.... Why do we even have walls? I guess they can be useful for some maps (maybe) but we a war unit it that period... They don't seem to useful.
Do we even have trenches in game? I didn't actually play it for a while. Trenches would be preferable alternative. Same as bunkers, that we have. I think bunkers are underused because they can't attack on their own, while both bunkers and concrete artillery can store units. So, I have two suggestions:
1) Make the concrete artillery not able to store units (it should let units thru) - I don't think there is a place for that. At very least, make unit inside not able to attack.
2) Make bunker cheaper - I don't think that will be needed if we implement the 1). It could also interfere with the balance of sandbox bunkers. So I recommend the first suggestion.
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Make the concrete artillery not able to store units: it already can only hold infantry, that is good imho, will not be less used if nothing can go in - also AI could get into trouble and stuck in its own TC-s because of it.

bunker less costy: ok, i made it constr.bonus=1.8 instead of old 1.2

trenches: we have them, yes

concrete artillery cost: i have reduced constr.bonus to 2 (from 3 - the original was 4 few weeks ago)

but i still feel we need something else to build (eg i played japan recently - so i get all missing things for them - and i detected it has lack of some things - eg Mega structure to build - that is why i spam those artilleries as nothing else i can build.)

so we need some more things to build imho.
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Are bunkers able to store anything else than the infantry and artillery? And well, if you can use infantry from it it still does give them some bonus defensive capacity, combined with its own attack I don't see a reason to build bunkers over concrete artillery, besides cost. I think it would be more diverse if we did go with the first version. Also I said they could let the units to go thru (like gates), so second argument seems invaild.
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ok, i still not feel any difference, i would still build my one hundred artillery after i am ready with all buildings to build :)

so we need something else.

interesting that in AOF / AOS i never face anyone build too many towers - as in most games you dont have time to build all buildings (factory+catles), also u have there the catapult andship building possibility.

so i feel some mega buildings could solve the problem apart from these i did above.
or u have any other idea in pocket? (apart from restricting infantry from artilleries)
or anyone else have?

thanks!
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new idea:
- building artillery guns on field? (the movable ones)
- or railways? would be cool
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The second one came to my mind but it seems completely unrealistic.
The problem with railways is how would they work. I don't think currently we can represent them in game.

Well trenches - buildable buildings with, like, 2 carry capacity (only infantry and artillery), that would give + 4/4 armor or something as an 0 range aura (like the eleven outposts in AoF do with range), so it effects only unit in it, and also if there are unit in it, you deal damage to them, but it they are empty, you can capture them - like tcs or ruined fortresses in AoF, would be a good alternative I think. I'm not sure if they are in game and of they work as described, but if not then we should start a new topic for that I guess.
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We should allow engineers to build jeeps/ rocket laucnh pads, so we don't have to waste 3 production turns in getting them on the field.
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what is a rocket launch pad? a new structure?

also idea!

i might build that many engineers because i can not move them easily, and on every move i build "something".

what if i make them to be able to turn to "van" form so i can easily move them around he map and transform back to engineer form - and instead of training engineers everywhere i would u se the original few - thus i will only build what is needed. - i think i got a good idea now - what do u think? :)
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also i gave attack to
sandbag bunkers (1 shot of machineguns)
bunker (2 shot of machineguns)
bunker complex (3 shot of machineguns)
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Transport trucks already do fast transportation for engineers.
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ok but i feel i would not build that much engineer and also not so much defense everywhere - if i could MORE EASiLY transport them.
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It's a fine idea, but transport trucks can already do that, and I use them with anti air to beat plane spammers.
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How about if you can only build a certain number of solid artillery, or from number x, the production costs are increased.
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neither is easy to make , we need some other ways.

is it still a problem?
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Jasondunkel wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:50 pm How about if you can only build a certain number of solid artillery, or from number x, the production costs are increased.
I like ur idea! The free amount should be restricted to maybe doubled number of tcs, or even from number of tcs up building them should take way more time.
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Jasondunkel wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:50 pm How about if you can only build a certain number of solid artillery, or from number x, the production costs are increased.
to make that a little more specific with the suggestion.

it is possible to divide the total number of cities and this can then be the maximum number of the two things

if you have 70 cities as an example in the game, you can make a maximum of 35 fixed aa and at on each side
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