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Exploding Penguin -> Bunker Buster (7/5/2013 17:41:14)
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This is a thread for thoughts on the skill as I'm quite interested in other people's ideas and opinions about this. Since this is in the general discussion, it should not be focused on balance at all and should just be relevant to uses of the skill, its abilities, etc...
Here's my thoughts:
Summary:
Bunker buster is a unique and strategic skill which can be used for ensured kills, "invisible" threats, psychological pressure, and a solid damaging skill that improves with a very useful stat. It has many advanced strategies which can be applied with it, but only if used correctly. One of these advanced strategies is the psychological threat that bunker presents.
Special Properties of Bunker Buster:
-The 25% fixed critical hit chance can be used for "invisible" threats, as mentioned before, to catch opponents off-guard in clutch moments and get the crit to do considerably more damage and win. A low-level bunker that crits on an opponent can easily take half of their max HP if they're a tank-type build.
-Psychological pressure can also be applied with bunker buster because people are afraid of the potential high critical hit chance and will do whatever they can to avoid a death from it. This could include healing early and wasting a portion of the recovery skill/core, or unnecessarily buffing, debuffing, or taking energy. This psychological pressure can be used as a strategic point for mercenaries to misdirect the attention of the opponent and catch them off-guard with another skill such as a surprise stun from maul, a sudden berzerker, or an unexpected rage, especially if adrenaline has been invested in as well.
-Bunker buster has very solid damage with a large damage range, meaning that it can be used freely to simply deal a lot of damage while not consuming that much energy, particularly at lower skill point investment levels such as levels 4 and 5. Mixed with static smash, a level 7+ static smash on a focus merc can easily replenish enough energy for another use of bunker again at these lower levels.
-Bunker buster also increases with technology, a very useful stat that increases the resistance of a player while also increasing their deflection chance. However, the damage does not scale at an extremely fast rate so raw investment into technology typically isn't worth it if it's simply for increased bunker damage.
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