Cruiser Command

Ever since the boarding patch came out, on a few occasions my ship would disappear after I would dock. Basically, I would dock and the icon for my ship would turn grey as if it is not there. The game does not report the ship is MIA until a few minutes later. Leaving and returning to the console does ...

Stromahawk , thank you for your suggestions.

However, this is a cooperative game, in which communication and supportive team actions are paramount. The Chomper does not require a boost to its survival. If you think it does, then you are using it incorrectly, and are probably pissing your ...

Since blink on a chomper can be OP, I thought of a few ideas that can give the chomper a survival skill.

Every ship has a survival skill (except destroyer but it does a ton of damage). A miner can warp out, corvette has reflective shield, and a wraith can strafe which allows it to gain a lot of ...

I just don't see what it brings to the game. As people have already mentioned, it's fine as it is. I don't see what problem you're trying to solve.


The problem is that it is very very slow and needs to be either very close to the BC or have an escort or it will die. If it mines out an area near ...

How about 3-4 chomper lengths? That visual there was really helpful. It could have an animation letting the wraith pilots know that this ability is about to be cast as Whyte_Dragon suggested. Cooldown could also be increased to 25 seconds.

I forgot about the HotS part. The animation then could be a ...

Not sure what you mean by lore friendly.

Ok, instead of 11 range how about 6 chomper lengths with a 20 second cooldown? Instead of using a blink animation, it could use the warp animation from the Mira Horner Mission in the HotS campaign (forgot the name), so technically it won't be blinking but ...

How fast was the BC moving?

It was standing still

I am not quite sure how 11 range translates in distance in CC world but it should be enough to get out of shooting range for a few seconds. Also, keep in mind that wraiths do have EMP to keep abilities from being cast. A corvette will not get ...

Instead of this, it could be something like an upgrade.

Perhaps 'Catapult Bay' which launches chomper at turbo in a direction the BC is facing. That would get chomper to places, but would still need cover from others getting back.

Could also make it like a miner ability. Catapult bay will not be ...

I predict this would lead to the ability being not just used for escape, but as a method of transporting next to an enemy ship and chomping them.

That's why the somewhat short range and lengthy cooldown. If the enemy ship is standing still that it gets caught by a chomper, honestly, it probably ...

Before you shoot this down and call it OP, hear me out.

It should be a purchasable upgrade (50 yellow, 50 blue, 75 red?). It will have 11 range (that's less than a siege tank) and a 20 second cooldown. A good wraith pilot can dodge it. A noob one will die to a non blink chomper. This will allow the ...