Is anyone else as excited about this as I am? Combine this with another of Jerome’s passive leader powers that gives all new units veterancy 1, you will by default have three 1 star Spartans and can build 1 star Scorpions. From what I have tested myself with veterancy Alice in Isabel’s tanks, they have a huge armor and damage increase. Jerome is shaping up to be a callback leader to the first Halo Wars much like the Arbiter is.
Side note, I really hope all of these Spartans have unique assassinations. I really want to see Leon-011 vs an Honor Guard or Ripa himself. Energy sword duels are sick!
EDIT Just played with Jerome. Several things have changed from the gameplay at e3. That passive power that buffs small armies is now 40 population and upgrades to 60, and Omega team now costs 30 pop instead of 36, 10 pop per Spartan.
You can build Jerome, 3 Scorpions, and 1 Gale and still be under that 60 limit. Just took on a heroic ai with this setup. The tanks drive super fast thanks to the Spartans passive morale boost, and they took down a condor so easy irbid was bonkers. The added veterancy power made this even more crazy. This seriously might work late game. Will have test in 3s.
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> As Spartans, each member of Omega Team has energy shields and the ability to Hijack enemy vehicles.Is anyone else as excited about this as I am? Combine this with another of Jerome’s passive leader powers that gives all new units veterancy 1, you will by default have three 1 star Spartans and can build 1 star Scorpions. From what I have tested myself with veterancy Alice in Isabel’s tanks, they have a huge armor and damage increase. Jerome is shaping up to be a callback leader to the first Halo Wars much like the Arbiter is.
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> Side note, I really hope all of these Spartans have unique assassinations. I really want to see Leon-011 vs an Honor Guard or Ripa himself. Energy sword duels are sick!
what if all infantry unit will be replaced with Spartans wielding the same or different weapons from the units they replaced
why does omega team have 3 Spartans now
omega team have 6 Spartans in halo wars 1
My question is; what happens if you lose 1 omega Spartan? Can we use the ultimate to replace a single Spartan? If we can, will the price scale accordingly? Or will we have to stomach the full price?
Either way, a jacked Mastodon with 3 Spartans riding shotgun will be a sight to see.
I stand corrected. On further examination, it seems field promotion is not a passive and instead an area of affect power that you cast. Still cool but sorta bums me out. Maybe would’ve been too OP if all units you produce come out the gate with veterancy.
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> I stand corrected. On further examination, it seems field promotion is not a passive and instead an area of affect power that you cast. Still cool but sorta bums me out. Maybe would’ve been too OP if all units you produce come out the gate with veterancy.
It would be OP yes. Nevertheless, his army is going to be very strong especially once it falls below 45 or 35 population. Unsc units are already stronger 1 for 1 compared to the banished and Jerome is turning out to be the unsc version of decimus.
Yeah omega team coupled with veterancy upgrade plus 18 different ways to inspire seems like his army will be very formidable and in top of that that falling debris leader power does a ton of damage and can be upgraded
Noticed a slight issue with it: For a Spartan hijacked Scorpion you’re looking at 19 pop cost. For all of them you’re sitting at 57 pop which is more than 8 Scorpions without Omega team.
Is a Spartan hijacked Scorpion able to win in a 1v3 fight? I can’t really imagine so.
Edit: Hell two Scorpions with Omega team is an Ultimate unit. Two Scorpions aren’t going to be winning any fight vs a Colony, Decimus or Atriox Scarab. =(
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> Noticed a slight issue with it: For a Spartan hijacked Scorpion you’re looking at 19 pop cost. For all of them you’re sitting at 57 pop which is more than 8 Scorpions without Omega team.
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> Is a Spartan hijacked Scorpion able to win in a 1v3 fight? I can’t really imagine so.
Great job pointing that out. Just checked, omega team costs 36 population! That’s massive. I was hopeful they would be under the total pop required for Jerome’s passive buff to armies less than 45.
Are they really good enough to cost 12 pop each? That is an excellent question.
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> > Noticed a slight issue with it: For a Spartan hijacked Scorpion you’re looking at 19 pop cost. For all of them you’re sitting at 57 pop which is more than 8 Scorpions without Omega team.
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> Great job pointing that out. Just checked, omega team costs 36 population! That’s massive. I was hopeful they would be under the total pop required for Jerome’s passive buff to armies less than 45.
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> Are they really good enough to cost 12 pop each? That is an excellent question.
I can’t imagine so and then they also make his earlier leader ability worthless. With nothing but the Spartans and a vehicle for each of them, they still come over that ability in pop.
Personally it seems like the pop. cost is way too much when you can build an army that would crush them for the same cost.
This is rediculous… 12 pop a Spartan? They better be ungodly OP for that cost. I’ll seriously riot if they are utterly trash like the rest of the UNSC Heros…
The population cost for the leader ability alone could very easily cost you the game… 36 pop for 2000/2000?
I have trouble seeing how 3 Spartans can equal the same pop count (more or less) as a Scarab or Condor. Certainly, I doubt that three Spartans could bring down either one on their own.
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> I have trouble seeing how 3 Spartans can equal the same pop count (more or less) as a Scarab or Condor. Certainly, I doubt that three Spartans could bring down either one on their own.
I don’t think they’re intended to do that, even Erradication has never been a one-shot vs Super Units. Why three Spartans should?
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> > I have trouble seeing how 3 Spartans can equal the same pop count (more or less) as a Scarab or Condor. Certainly, I doubt that three Spartans could bring down either one on their own.
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> I don’t think they’re intended to do that, even Erradication has never been a one-shot vs Super Units. Why three Spartans should?
Eradication doesn’t take up more than a 4th of your total population by themselves and half of the total population when hijacked.
Edit: If they didn’t cost population or at most 7 pop a piece, then they’d be playable.
Well you have to think about the hijack ability. Yes 12 each is huge, but if you go into a battle with three tanks loaded with spartans and you are going against wraiths/locusts/grizzlies/other scorps, if you battle them for a bit, do some decent damage, and then hijack the vehicles that you didnt damage, you successfully destroyed their army, and you still have three spartans that are now in another fresh vehicle. Combine this with heading to their base and as soon as they pop a few vehicles or air up, you should be able to hijack those vehicles and decimate them. The real power of them will come from vehicle bouncing, in my opinion. The current spartans arent great now but if you micro them you can take out the enemies heavier vehicles/air, so with three spartans, with proper micro, you should be able to work wonders on heavier armies. This playstyle may force your enemy to go infantry or mass air and vehicle (banshees, marauders, hornets, hogs) instead to prevent the spartans from taking half the army. It’ll be interesting to see what happens when someone with good micro skills gets a hold of omega team, maybe even in teams with their teammate being jerome too, boom thats 6 vehicles you can jack right off the bat. Just something to think about, dont use the 3 spartans as a one time jack in your own vehicles.
36 pop? They better be better than Superman, Batman, Iron Man, Terminator, Robo Cop, The Incredible Hulk, Hulk Hogan, Spider-Man, Gandalf, Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee and every single Power Ranger rolled into one.
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> Eradication doesn’t take up more than a 4th of your total population by themselves and half of the total population when hijacked.
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> Edit: If they didn’t cost population or at most 7 pop a piece, then they’d be playable.
This. Well we can start making the list now for July’s balance update XD
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> As Spartans, each member of Omega Team has energy shields and the ability to Hijack enemy vehicles.Is anyone else as excited about this as I am? Combine this with another of Jerome’s passive leader powers that gives all new units veterancy 1, you will by default have three 1 star Spartans and can build 1 star Scorpions. From what I have tested myself with veterancy Alice in Isabel’s tanks, they have a huge armor and damage increase. Jerome is shaping up to be a callback leader to the first Halo Wars much like the Arbiter is.
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> Side note, I really hope all of these Spartans have unique assassinations. I really want to see Leon-011 vs an Honor Guard or Ripa himself. Energy sword duels are sick!
The only thing is Omega team is 36 pop 2000/2000. That’s a Condor pretty much.
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> > As Spartans, each member of Omega Team has energy shields and the ability to Hijack enemy vehicles.Is anyone else as excited about this as I am? Combine this with another of Jerome’s passive leader powers that gives all new units veterancy 1, you will by default have three 1 star Spartans and can build 1 star Scorpions. From what I have tested myself with veterancy Alice in Isabel’s tanks, they have a huge armor and damage increase. Jerome is shaping up to be a callback leader to the first Halo Wars much like the Arbiter is.
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> > Side note, I really hope all of these Spartans have unique assassinations. I really want to see Leon-011 vs an Honor Guard or Ripa himself. Energy sword duels are sick!
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> The only thing is Omega team is 36 pop 2000/2000. That’s a Condor pretty much.
But they can jack 3 vehicles at a time, so take 3 vehicles from your enemy, kill some of their stuff, once hijack is back take 3 more.
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> > > As Spartans, each member of Omega Team has energy shields and the ability to Hijack enemy vehicles.Is anyone else as excited about this as I am? Combine this with another of Jerome’s passive leader powers that gives all new units veterancy 1, you will by default have three 1 star Spartans and can build 1 star Scorpions. From what I have tested myself with veterancy Alice in Isabel’s tanks, they have a huge armor and damage increase. Jerome is shaping up to be a callback leader to the first Halo Wars much like the Arbiter is.
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> > The only thing is Omega team is 36 pop 2000/2000. That’s a Condor pretty much.
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> But they can jack 3 vehicles at a time, so take 3 vehicles from your enemy, kill some of their stuff, once hijack is back take 3 more.
In the mean time you have 57-63 pop when you hijack a decent vehicle and they’ll get wrecked by equal amount of pop. You can have a Scarab and 6-7 Engineers or 4 Hunters for the same cost and nothing for them to Hijack.