GDI base defenses concept.

[WimeSTone]

Subject:

GDI base defenses concept. Idea with using TS component tower.

Description:

OK, let's start :) I suggest to bring back TS component tower, but a bit modified. New component towers can merge with each other, gaining some buffs. At Tier 1 base, towers can't merge. At Tier 2 base, merged base defense building allowed to have 2 towers, and at Tier 3 base, merged base defense building allowed to have 3 towers. This ability is only an option, you decide - to merge or not to merge. (lol Hamlet...) See more at media section.

Positive Effect:

- adds some variety to build orders, strategies, etc. ;
- makes base defenses a better investment;
- balance: as you can see HP increases by 150%, not 200% as it seems to be.

Negative Effect:

- and again, may make gameplay more complicated... but isn't it fun?
- needs some more balancing, but everything needs more balancing, a bit hard to talk about balance while you don't see the whole picture. :(

Media
My quick concept art, Paint.NET rules.
If idea will be approved, I make better concept art.
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[You_Lose112]

I dont see a problem with it.

[Klandri]

I dont see a problem with it.

I do.
The towers in TS were horrible due to the fact that when one wanted to make a defense he's effectively making 2 buildings which can feel quite pointless.

[GeneralSGJist]

Sure,
but you would need to build the extra towers, and imo, if they are meant to be treated with the same health, like you attack the entire segment, y not just have one tower, but 3x more powerful? seems rather redundent if you can't target different segments.

[Commander_McNash]

Component towers were somehow pointless in TS, that's something everyone agrees, they could have just removed them and make GDI defenses work like Nod, now if you could actually switch the weapon at the tower (buying individual upgrades per tower, including health), then it would be very useful.

[WimeSTone]

Seems that you didn't catch the idea... For example, if you want to have T3 tower, you got to build 3 towers separately and only then you can merge them. You can't build T2 and T3 towers, the only way to get them is to merge T1 towers. Merge process isn't instant and free, plus while merging defenses are offline. Towers with different weapon types can merge. You can change each tower's weapon, if necessary. (EARTH 2160 had such mechanics, when you could switch base defense's weapon) I know that word "realism" sounds a bit weird in Tiberium University, but fact that one little tower would be archpowerful looks quite like a nonsense. This is a reason why did I suggest merging.


if you can't target different segments.
I didn't mention it, oops... Of course you can. But you'd probably ask, what's the point in merging then? It's simple, your defenses gain buffs.