I’m seeing people giving Kodiaks a bad rap, citing that they can’t do anything substantial against heavier units and that they take too long to set up to use them aggressively. I personally find them useful even in 1v1 games as long as they’re escorted, but I can see why people dislike them: they prefer mobile armies.
Still, that doesn’t mean Kodiaks should suck. I think what they might need is a new upgrade, something that gives them a late-game edge. Here are a few ideas; note that they’d be mutually exclusive.
Smart Servos: Transforming takes less time. - Airburst Shells: Increases blast radius. - DU Shells: Targets directly struck by the Kodiak take bonus damage. Splash damage is unaffected.Which of these do you think would be most appropriate? I’d personally lean more toward the DU Shells upgrade, as I feel the slow transformations are an intended weakness of the Kodiak, so instead its firepower should be devastating. Making it deal more damage on direct hits would make it much stronger against tanks and buildings, but not that much better against infantry.
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> I would personally prefer the faster unlock time upgrade. Also 343 said that they buffed Kodiaks anti-hero damage, has anyone seen this to be true?
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> a kodiak buff needs to be cautious though, as Anders and Serina could be put over the top by their improved kodiaks.
You could just swarm them with air units, which Kodiaks are defenseless against. Wolverines might make that hard, though.
I would like all three upgrades. I miss having multiple upgrades for each unit, had more feeling of progression in a match.
For example an extra Marine gunner on the body of the Scorpion for the mini turret, a volley upgrade for the Wolverine to have a splash damage attack on ground targets, chaff pods for Hornets, side passenger for Warthogs, etc.
Those upgrades are not a bad idea and I wish the Kodiak got more love. Aside from Anders’ and Serina’s upgrades, they’re hardly worth an investment unless you can build multiple of them.
Another upgrade I’d suggest is this:
Ordinance Training: Kodiak cannons have a faster rate of fire.GH
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> I would like all three upgrades. I miss having multiple upgrades for each unit, had more feeling of progression in a match.
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> For example an extra Marine gunner on the body of the Scorpion for the mini turret, a volley upgrade for the Wolverine to have a splash damage attack on ground targets, chaff pods for Hornets, side passenger for Warthogs, etc.
Seriously, I really miss all units having access to upgrades. The global unit upgrades don’t compare at all.
In my opinion the kodiaks unlock and lockdown pretty fast so I don’t think they need that, but that’s just me. However I agree with the other two upgrades. Kodiaks deserve some love and are heavily underused. The only instance that I ever use kodaks are with Anders(who I never use) and serene. If they received the upgrades I’d be more willing to use them and implement them into my army
Anders is definitely doing better with her Kodiaks and siege turrets. I played a bunch of 3s tonight as she had some pretty lock down defense. Not to mention on close maps like bedrock the turrets completely shred infantry armies.