Hi all! I'm a long time lurker on these forums, and i absolutely love this game. Seeing that ground combat has received some attention lately (i lost my smeg when i saw the post detailing titans), I'd like to throw in a succession of my own
Artillery has been a major part of warfare for most of human history and i find it weird that these types of units are not properly represented in game. While one could disregard the issue by assuming that artillery is already a part of existing unit types, such an assumption is totally unrealistic as modern-day heavy artillery are usually organised into battalions at the very lowest level.
What I'm proposing is that Steve will add a new type of unit, the Artillery Battalion, which will have the following characteristics:
-can be researched for 5000RP.
-50%-75% of race combat power on the attack, zero defence
-instead of attacking like other ground units, it bombards them. This bombardment attack can be directed at opposite units like a regular attack, but the Artillery battalion does not take any damage from the engagement.
Seeing that Steve has implemented a bombardment mechanic for Titans, i do not think that it would take much work to add this unit type in (although i may be mistaken since I'm not a programmer)
Also, sorry for my bad grammar and lack of capitalised i's
i typed this all up on my mobile