Gameplay improvements master topic

[xezon]

This report provides an overview over all Gameplay related topics.

1. Fix Gameplay bugs & flaws

Some game bugs affect Gameplay. Fix them if so possible.

1.1 General

• Stealth units and buildings are undetectable while in disabled state. #238
• Fix: Extended Range Exploit #285
• USA A10 Strike and China Artillery Barrage do not grant Experience Points for kills #291
• Ranger, Rebel and Red Guard get different amount of XP for capturing buildings #399
• Should all tech buildings give xp?  #406
• Change: Reduce XP reward for regular ground tanks by 30% #412
• Fix: Scaffolds Delete Money Crates #443
• China Helix and USA Comanche do emit sound in fog of war #452
• Napalm MiG, Tactical Nuke & Alpha Auroras Do Friendly Fire When Attacking on Cliffs & Vs Air Units #564
• Locomotor makes units move faster diagonally #650
• China Outpost and GLA Battlebus passengers engage targets on close distances only #858

1.2 USA

• USA Spy Drone is selectable by Q (Select All Units) #40
• USA Supply Drop Zone Cargo Planes are attackable #79
• USA Spy Drone (General Power) is selectable and exploitable #115
• Selecting all Aircrafts (W) selects Spectre Gunship #148
• Fix: Pilots no longer have Chemical Suits and Advanced Training cameo and no longer slow down #160
• Aurora Alpha Fuel Air Bomb detonation does not grant veterancy #283
• GLA Stinger can be attacked by USA Sniper but not by USA Flashbang #302
• Fix: Laser Turret Has 1 Extra Shot When Assisting Or Engaging Airborne Targets Than Intended #373
• USA Hellfire Drone and Scout Drone do not grant XP on kill #398
• Fix: Non-Vanilla USA Avengers Benefit From Composite Armor #407
• Paladin has less HP than Crusader (with Composite Armor upgrade) #409
• Change: Make Hellfire Drone Kills Reward XP Like Battle Drones #414
• USA Tomahawk Missiles disappear when the targeted unit dies #613
• USA King Raptor does not gain armor buff from Countermeasures upgrade #677
• USA Aurora has a strange distribution of EXP #717
• USA Tomahawk has large discrepancy between EXP given and required #720
• USA Raptor has relatively long reload time when parked on Airfield #746
• Smoke effect of USA Airforce Comanche is visible when damaged and stealthed #762
• Change: Increase USA Paladin Composite Armor bonus to match with USA Crusader Tank bonus (200) #777
• Should Laser Tanks require power? #859

1.3 China

• Re-evaluate the Minigunner crush fix #130
• Empty China Overlord + Gattling Cannon can reveal all stealthed units #147
• Fix: Nuke Cannon May Change Targets While Unpacking #269
• Inf China Minigunner in Helix has extended firing range when attacking air unit together with a grounded Minigunner #300
• Nuke China Battlemaster can kill GLA Demo Trap with one shot #305
• Fix: Minigunner Uses Gatling Tank Sound When Aiming At Airborne Targets #315
• GLA Sneak Attack can be abused with China Neutron Shells to make Tunnel Networks unusable for long periods #361
• China Troop Crawler and China Outpost do not grant XP on kill #549
• Should Frenzy reveal the map? #591
• Fix: Non-Vanilla China ECM Tanks Automatically Engage Enemy Vehicles #631
• China Inf Hacker can be heard hacking by opponent player while stealth #753
• Change: Add XP reward of 5 to China Outpost and China Troopcrawler #778
• Change: Add China Propaganda Center to Prerequisite of Internet Center #833

1.4 GLA

• Fixed issue that prevented a stealthed and attacking GLA Palace to reveal itself
• Investigate GLA Toxin Terrorist issue, where they kill themselves instead of applying the suicide damage #30
• GLA Toxin Terrorists apply less damage after Gamma Upgrade is acquired #31
• When Rocket Buggies are ordered to attack an enemy unit, they sometimes drive very close instead of attacking at the first possible chance #52
• Anthrax Bomb and Toxin Tractor Contamination can be cleared by enemy Poison and Radiation Clouds #55
• GLA Quad Cannon doubles DPS when vet 1 and becomes weaker when scrapped and vetted #56
• Fix: China Minigunner crushing proximity #97
• Fix: Demo General Battle Bus Is Deleted Without Dealing Damage When Suicided #102
• Fix: Demo General Combat Bike With Demolitions Upgrade Deals No Damage When Destroyed By Gamma Poison #104
• Fix: Demo General Technical Has To Recenter Turret To Suicide #164
• GLA Terrorist in Guard mode will auto target units in Fog #196
• GLA Bomb Truck can disguise into USA Spy Drone #204
• Fix: Stinger Site Automatically Engages Buildings #296
• Fix: Car Bomb May Bug Out And Be Unable To Attack #307
• Fix: Match Demo Terrorist suicide flags with flags of other faction Terrorist #316
• Heroic Quad Cannon can never be disabled by ECM Tanks. #396
• Fix: Demo Traps Are Triggered By Nearby Enemy Poison And Radiation Fields #440
• GLA Saboteur can be used to detect Fake GLA Markets #455
• EMPed Tunnels and Sneak Attacks can still evacuate Units #459
• Demo GLA Terrorist dies on mines without applying damage #502
• Demo GLA Terrorist can be crushed by vehicle without applying suicide damage #503
• Demo GLA Terrorist applies no damage to other friendly units #504
• Fix: Stealth General Saboteur Cannot Disable Internet Centers And Destroy Fake Buildings #544
• Change: Let Saboteurs Enter Supply Drop Zones And Black Markets (Steal $1000) #547
• GLA cash bounty activated with just a CC scaffold #590
• Fix: Flashbangs Can Damage Stinger Troopers #636
• Reduce RPG Trooper Vision Range? #651
• Fix: Toxin terrorist suicide extra damage and glitches before Anthrax Gamma upgrade #695
• Change: Separate crushable death from suicide death for all GLA Terrorists and apply a bit of damage when crushing them #697
• Fix: Remove 200 extra damage prior Gamma Upgrade from Toxin Terrorists #699
• GLA Hijacker gives large amount of EXP when killed #716
• GLA Rocket Buggy has large discrepancy between EXP given and required #719
• Damaged stealth buildings are visible due to smoke effects #736
• All Anthrax Bombs drop Anthrax Beta, regardless of owning the Beta Upgrade #756
• GLA Battle Bus will enter bunkered mode at 50% health left when shot with Toxin and Radiation weapons #761
• Change: Decrease ambient audio loop range of Helix helicopter to reasonable distance #765
• Change: Increase required XP of GLA SCUD Launcher by 50% and decrease required XP of GLA Rocket Buggy by 25% #727
• GLA Demo Bike applies damage to ALLIES before Demo Upgrade #775
• Fix: Remove Demo GLA Terror Combat Bike suicide damage to allies before Demo Upgrade #783
• GLA Toxin General is very strong #806
• GLA Tunnel unit repair stacks with every additional Tunnel #838
• GLA Bomb Truck reveals itself before reaching its attack target #855

2. Tweak underused things

Some faction units and generals powers are very rarely or never used. Implement improvements to make them more attractive.

• Fix USA Sentry Drone attack issues #46
• Should Stealth Fighter no longer require General Promotion? #643
• GLA Hijacker requires General Promotion and Palace and is never used #644
• USA Paladin Tank requires a General Promotion, but is not better than Crusader Tank #645
• Should GLA Marauder no longer require a General Promotion? #646
• USA Paradrop Generals Power is very rarely used #705
• Emergency Repair Generals Power is very rarely used #707
• China Cash Hack Generals Power is very rarely used #708
• China Frenzy Generals Power is very rarely used #709
• Toxin GLA SCUD Launcher is rarely used #784
• GLA Bomb Truck Bio Bomb upgrade does not grant any practical benefit #800
• Toxin GLA Demo Trap is not practical in regular match #802
• Sentry Drone is rarely used #862

3. Tweak overpowered things

Some units and structures are often banned in noob, semi and pro games as per player agreement. This mainly concerns GLA Demo Upgrade, GLA Demo Bikes, China Nuke Migs, USA Auroras and Superweapons. Implement tweaks if necessary.

• Make demobikes create an explosion big and powerful enough to destroy other demobikes in close range on death. #138
• GLA SCUD Storm structure has no animation that reveals whether or not it is ready #235
• Demo GLA Bike Explodes, Deal Damage After Rider Evacuates #584
• Make GLA (Demo) bikes less fire resistant #604
• Should double scrapped Marauder and Technical be touched (nerfed)? #647
• USA Aurora cannot be destroyed when it locks on target #655

4. Weaken USA

USA, especially USA Air Force, has a rich weapon arsenal and can dominate both China and GLA. Implement tweaks to weaken USA where possible.

• Anti Air units have difficulties targeting USA Humvee or its Drone as they alternate between these two targets #154
• USA Humvee kills reward little XP because passenger kills reward no XP #397
• Reduce effectiveness of USA Airforce Point Defense Laser #638
• Reduce effectiveness of USA All-In Humvee rush #640
• USA Pathfinder is very strong #690

5. Strengthen China

All Chinese factions, except for China Infantry, struggle to compete against USA and GLA factions. Implement improvements to strengthen China where possible.

5.1 China Early Game

• Fix: China Tank and China Nuke Listening Outpost attack behavior #4
• Change: Updates China Dozer's locomotor behavior #6
• When an Outpost is destroyed, the Rocket Men inside will walk a while without responding to attack commands #51
• China ECM tank behaves differently between China factions #108
• Killing Elite China Battlemaster grants a lot of XP #395
• Allow china Supply trucks to reverse move #435
• Should China Helix with Gattling Cannon be able to attack air units? #463
• Review factory door times #464
• Helixes do not get XP for kills they make using the Gattling Cannon attachment #507
• Should trucks and dozers leave scraps? #592
• Infantry Helix Can't Transport Vehicles #611
• Shall USA and China be able to collect scrap? #641
• Scrap crates can be removed by placing scaffolds #648
• China Helix and USA Chinook repair at half rate #745
• China Mig has relatively long reload time when parked on Airfield #747
• Change: Decrease China Mig reload time by 50% before Upgrade #751
• Change: China Command Center door time from 3000 to 1500 ms #785
• Change: China War Factory door time from 4000 to 3300 ms #786
• China Battlemaster is rarely used #819
• Change: Add Airfield or Warfactory Prerequisites to China Speaker Tower #834

5.2 China Late Game

• Discuss whether or not China Tank Emperor Subliminal Messaging bug should be fixed #21
• China Internet Center has little armor #223
• Fix: Emperor Overlord Incompatible With Subliminal Messaging #236
• China Nuke Superweapon is ineffective against GLA buildings #237
• China Nuke Missile does not apply sufficient damage when buildings have a certain distance to the core of the explosion #280
• China Nuke Cannon needs to have better deployment handling #337
• Change: Make Nuke Missiles Destroy GLA Holes #410
• China Black Lotus vehicle attack range is lower than attack range of most vehicles #415
• China Black Lotus does not get XP for attacking vehicles #416
• Upgraded Vanilla Overlords should be as fast as Nuke Overlords? #649
• China Hacker gives large amount of XP when killed #689
• China Black Lotus requires and gives more EXP than other Heros #718
• Change: Lotus XP Requirements And Rewards (#413) #725
• China Hacker is vulnerable and provides insufficient income #754
• Change: Decrease Tank China Hacker build cost from 780 to 625 #768
• Change: Decrease China Hacker build time from 20 to 15 seconds #769
• Change: Decrease China Hacker experience reward from 50 100 150 400 to 50 60 80 100 #770
• Change: Decrease Regular China Hacker required experience from 0 100 300 500 to 0 100 250 400 #771
• Change: Decrease Regular China Hacker hack interval in Internet Center from 1800 to 1600 ms #772
• Change: Increase China Hacker movement speed by +25% #773
• Change: Decrease China Hackers pack and unpack times and time variations #774
• Change: Enable Speaker Tower On Propaganda Center #839
• China Nuclear Missile has small effective damage radius #846
• China Satellite Hack One is not useful #854