Is the Hunter’s Beam upgrade really worth replacing the standard Assault Cannon? I mean, AC has splash which can prove useful against Infantry. Which is better in the end?
Beam is never worth it. It prevents you from attacking while moving, so you can’t chase down enemies. If you are microing, the default canon is better in every way. You also lose on splash damage which reduces your effectiveness V infantry. It’s more worth it to invest into either more hunters or a global infantry upgrade with those recourses.
although if you have a bunch of them fully upgraded, they essentially act as pre-nerf locusts except they can’t shoot and move at the same time.
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> Beam is never worth it. It prevents you from attacking while moving, so you can’t chase down enemies. If you are microing, the default canon is better in every way. You also lose on splash damage which reduces your effectiveness V infantry. It’s more worth it to invest into either more hunters or a global infantry upgrade with those recourses.
They fixed it so it can move and shoot at the same time. The hunter also gains additional range and the beam does splash damage (bonus damage). It does not do more damage than the standard shot but it doesn’t miss. Although the price of 900 seems a bit steep for what it does.
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> > Beam is never worth it. It prevents you from attacking while moving, so you can’t chase down enemies. If you are microing, the default canon is better in every way. You also lose on splash damage which reduces your effectiveness V infantry. It’s more worth it to invest into either more hunters or a global infantry upgrade with those recourses.
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> They fixed it so it can move and shoot at the same time. The hunter also gains additional range and the beam does splash damage (bonus damage). It does not do more damage than the standard shot but it doesn’t miss. Although the price of 900 seems a bit steep for what it does.
Interesting, I did not know that was patched. However, in what I’ve seen recently, default hunters will kill upgraded hunter in a 1 on 1 engagement. I’m not sure if it’s splash damage? The beam hits all units in it’s path, but does not deal splash on the actual target I think. Perhaps that could have something to do with it?
Personally I much prefer the spash damage of the basic attack, and I honestly just don’t feel like the beam is worth it. Sure it does damage to everything along it’s path, but I feel like its single target damage is not as high
damn maybe hunters should be able to kite and shoot similar to locusts with constant beam? they are already so slow at least give them constant dps?
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> damn maybe hunters should be able to kite and shoot similar to locusts with constant beam? they are already so slow at least give them constant dps?
This gave me a thought. Maybe Hunters should use their shield against infantry at close range.