Nanites

posted on July 25th, 2010, 12:26 am

I dont want to jump the gun here, but from the few times I encountered the new nanites, they seem very very very strong to me. They basically trap whole squads of ships in place (slow them down to a very slow crawl) and even cloaking doesnt work against them...

Considering this is an ability which can be used fairly often, has a huge area of effect, affects whole fleets at a time and you cant exactly escape from it and works at range, it seems a bit overpowered to me. Especially if you compare it to other engine disablers (it basically does that as it prevents any sort of micro), you see it has a lot of advantages over the Sovie or the Defender specials.

As I said, I dont want to jump the gun, but I think it would be wise if we at least discuss it and get a few more opinions about it.

posted on July 25th, 2010, 1:31 am

I personally find it okay due to the limited number of Borg ships, and the limited number and tech-point of the ships that can do it (as in, late game).  If it was possible to field the number of ships that any other faction can, it could be a real issue, but it doesn't seem so to me.

posted on July 25th, 2010, 3:05 am

Right now it affects 2 units per second and is actually reduced in affect from previous patches  . I still would like to do more testing with it so I'm not going to say one way or the other right now 

posted on July 25th, 2010, 8:52 am

Yeah I know its reduced in effect, but its area of effect (compared to the graphical marker) is still very large. Also Id like to point out that this problem (if it is a problem) is only present in team games on big maps where u can tech up a lot easier. Id imagine in 1v1 it isnt as problematic.

Let me also present the reason I wrote this post. Yesterday I encountered the thing in 2 games, the first time they used it on me, it basically prevented me to micro but because I had a much stronger fleet it didnt matter so much(other than being very annoying). The second time however, I was Klingon with dual engine upgrade fielding a fleet of Vorchas and Neghvars (it was very late game) and I decided to do a little run through the enemy mining. I didnt see the cube right away, but when I did, I decided to run (there was also a huge fed fleet comming). They put down the nanites and basically prevented me doing so. From the original fleet of 7 Neghs and 4 Vorchas, I was reduced to 1 Vorcha and 1 very badly damaged Neghvar.
Remember, I had dual engine upgrade and I was very easily cought up by a cube and a shitload of E2s -.-

Another use this special could see is to make escape possible. A very important thing with the slow Borg ships.

Im not saying its OP yet, but I will say this: When I'll play the Borg next time, Ill definitly be researching that

posted on July 25th, 2010, 10:31 am

yep the current nanites are still placeholders, and we have some interessting ideas for the future. the first phase of the borg redo has just begun