Please buff the NOVAX

[flaminius]

I have posted my thoughts on the nomad faction thus far and wanted to follow it up with one request for the main game.

1. The Novax Sattelite system badly needs to be buffed. As it stands there is no more useless experimental than the Novax. It really is a joke.
Could we have the DPS of the system doubled and the base structures hp halfed to make it a viable experimental?

Id also like to see more colours available for selction in the main game. Its something minor but it would nice to be able to pick a unique colour for myself that i can stick to in both 1v1 and custom games. Even if it is just another shade of green Surely this cant be difficult to implement?
40 COLOURS?

[Bhaal]

I have posted my thoughts on the nomad faction thus far and wanted to follow it up with one request for the main game.

1. The Novax Sattelite system badly needs to be buffed. As it stands there is no more useless experimental than the Novax. It really is a joke.
Could we have the DPS of the system doubled and the base structures hp halfed to make it a viable experimental?

Id also like to see more colours available for selction in the main game. Its something minor but it would nice to be able to pick a unique colour for myself that i can stick to in both 1v1 and custom games. Even if it is just another shade of green Surely this cant be difficult to implement?
40 COLOURS?

You are joking right? Did you ever stop 10 novax? I think its overpowered.

[Ze_PilOt]

Novax is clearly not UP, and I have a lot of replays proving it.
Also, even without fireing, remember that it give you an large vision radius (more or less the aeon eye) + a nice omni range !

[ColonelSheppard]

+ you can f*** nukes with it, including sera super nuke

[Voodoo]

The NOVAX system is well ballanced. I never thought it's op or up in any game.

[Koecher]

Watch this replay and think again about if its UP. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2620&start=0#p26162

Infact, together with the recent shild nerf, its pretty strong in the lategame.

[Combo]

It had a buff not too long ago making it considerably cheaper with higher dps (i think -50% and +33%?).

One novax can take out a t2 cruiser in a single burst, so it can be useful vs unshielded navy. Also, 3 novax can take out a t3 mex or t3 pgen in a single burst, and start to harass even shielded structures.

I haven't tried novax since the latest patch (with the shield nerf) but as koecher pointed out that should make it even stronger.

Pretty well balanced imho.

I like the idea of adding more colors.

[Lyr]

Yes I always wondered why black was removed. It was the coolest colour. Seems stupid.

[Ze_PilOt]

Black was hard to read, giving some advantage to the player.

[Lyr]

Black was hard to read for a small minority of players who refused to adjust the brightness settings on their monitors. Also, if memory serves, there were mods back in the day that made black show up as bright pink for them.

Given that there are colourblind members of the FA community, it seems like a weak complaint. Besides, if a player has trouble reading blak, it should be considered that PEBKAC. We don't make allowances for bad CPUs, why should we for bad monitors?