It certainly does add micro, having to hover over it to see if you need to activate it etc., and were it gone I wouldn't miss it at all. But you would indeed have to do something beyond just removing it as the Dreadnoughts would likely be too weak otherwise. Anything more than a minor buff would seem to have balancing and potential knock on issues, it would have to be thought through carefully. The problem with any kind of significant healing mechanic though, is that you think you can take the dreadnought out...and then suddenly you can't. That can add unpredictability which isn't always bad but in this case seems to be not so fun.

-I would prefer a heal for costs of quanta like regrow in WOW (burst heal and heal over time) with a couldown long enough to be not abused. (Maybe we have a circle to cast it. Within the circle the dread with the lowest hp will be healed (maybe drones searching the right dread(maybe named emergency drones)) in order to reduce precise clicking -> the ammount of clicking is 3 instead of 2 (what I say vs current system))

-Otherwise making them invulnerable for a period of time with heal over a period of time could help (in the same circle way).

(maybe u can use one for sub and one for phc (invulnerbility for phc and and heal for sub would make the most sense if you consider healing after fights but maybe not so much gamewise -> if we consider invulnerbility for sub maybe the name could be shield overload (maybe reloads shields over time and makes them invulnerable for a period of time)

 

I think its more predictable if you know that your opponent can only use it one time because of the long cooldown. I think this could be overall a nice improvement to get rid of "I cant click" and it "heals the third time" and you have a "new ability" and maybe a "new building" for advertising and now "you can scout if you opponent has the ability ready" and they are "slightly different" by "nearly the same effect" (what people want).

True!
Instant heals are stupid and not fun to play with, I never even use it, it may be a life saver for a dreadnought but its not fun or realistic....

I do recommend you to give the dreadnought more power per lvl to see a difference with its addons.

And yes I will love to see some kind of Tech Tree in the game (Maybe ala sins)

 

I actually like the dread healing.

 

Actual mechanics aside, I just see it as the dreads becoming tougher and more chewy.

 

It just makes the dreads more of a challenge.

 

It makes the prospect of taking down a dread seem more epic -- a real accomplishment.

 

You really need to beat them mercilessly into oblivion.

 

It makes the dreads more useful as stand-alones.

 

I mean, you certainly pay enough for them. 

 

 

It is a nice gamble mechanic. Makes the player think - can I charge this army with my dread and hope to get lvl-up before I get killed or not. In my opinion the instant heal is one of the few notable advantages making it worthwhile to use dreadnoughts. Both PHC & Substrate have enough potential in their T2 units to wipe dreads rather quickly and effeciently and it should be either instant heal (as is) or increase in (doubling of) dread HP starting lvl 1.

Only gamble there is how low will player allow dread to drop before pressing magical button. Implying that without it players don't think about whether or not their dread going to survive...

It goes easily only if it completely outnumbered by larger force.  Which leads to questions why did it happen? Dreadnought isn't solo warrior but meant to be in the lead of force. If it got cough alone it's should be punishable. However I'm sure that Hyperion capable to defend himself against force of t1/t2 in same price range.

Much or slightly? I mean there is all this lvl upgrades and quantum upgrades... aren't you should be using them for that?

Might as well delete upgrade system and just make it auto heal when it gets low...

 

However I do think there is problem with dreadnoughts sustain later in the game. Simply because Weapon Damage upgrade more effective on numerous units and overall more effective than Unit Health.

Weapon Damage  should be split between buildings and units. And both Weapon Damage and Unit Health should give higher boost to dreadnoughts.

 

 I mean there is all this lvl upgrades and quantum upgrades... aren't you should be using them for that?

Uh.. those effect all units, right?

Not just dreads?

So dread abilities are above and beyond the normal?

 

Ohhh.... so you are just supposed to leave the upgrade opportunity active and unselected until you are ready to use it?

 

THIS definitely needs some clarification in the tutorial.

 

I've been hitting the wrench right away!!!

 

(also, note that in the other thread, you just told me that you didn't need to activate the abilities...)

 

 https://forums.ashesofthesingularity.com/478806/page/1/#3644429

It says so in it description, and even more it's not just dreds HP

I answered that before I saw your query in this thread. I answered interpreting your question as best I could, at that time I did not anticipate someone would not realise the heal was a one off use for that upgrade level.