[Merc] Nova

(gg2ez) #1

”In a matter of five seconds I can propel 20 micro-grenades forward by sixty feet and have them explode all at once on the sixth second. If you’re planning on running, do it now.”

Fire Support, 90HP, 450SP.

Bio

  • Before the DB conflicts, Nova was rescued by Jackal from the Bedford Hills Supermax Prison under the conditions she would work for Jackal exclusively. Nova lied. She now floats from PMC to PMC wherever the money tells her to go, thus joining the Dirty Bomb crew in their crusade for credits.

Primary Ability - Cluster Gun

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[*]Nova draws a Bruger & Tommet GR-06 model single-shot Grenade Launcher and proceeds to load a Cluster Grenade into it. When the Cluster Gun is fired, the Cluster Grenade inside it is propelled forwards for 4 seconds before splitting into twenty low damage sub-grenades. Sub-grenades are scattered in a wide circular pattern and do 40 DMG each, the sub-grenades have a fuse time of 2 seconds that activates when they split off the Cluster Grenade. Cluster Grenades regenerate once per 25 seconds.[/list]

Secondary Ability - Ammo Station

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[*]Standard Ammo Station.

Weapons

  • Primaries:
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  • Rhemburg
  • Ahnulds
  • Blishlok
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  • Secondaries:
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  • MP-400
  • M9
  • Tølen MP
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  • Melee:
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  • Beckhill
  • Stiletto
  • Kukri
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(HunterAssassin5) #2

can you shorten the “fuse” of the cluster bomb to 2 seconds instead? im imagining it being used as a mini-airstrike of sorts, firing it upward and splitting apart midair and the bomblets to spread outwards and explode on the ground in a wide area

if you want to go extra-nasty, set say that not all the bomblets detonate on contact and are set on a timer instead, so when enemies think its safe to go back out after things have stopped exploding, the timed bomblets detonate and kill anyone feeling brave.

other than that, it seems a solid merc. the cooldown’s okay, weapons are good, if curiously weak primaries for a fire support

(gg2ez) #3

[quote=“TheRyderShotgun;141655”]can you shorten the “fuse” of the cluster bomb to 2 seconds instead? im imagining it being used as a mini-airstrike of sorts, firing it upward and splitting apart midair and the bomblets to spread outwards and explode on the ground in a wide area

if you want to go extra-nasty, set say that not all the bomblets detonate on contact and are set on a timer instead, so when enemies think its safe to go back out after things have stopped exploding, the timed bomblets detonate and kill anyone feeling brave.

other than that, it seems a solid merc. the cooldown’s okay, weapons are good, if curiously weak primaries for a fire support[/quote]

It’s not really meant to be used as a mini-airstrike but moreso as a floorsweeper. You shoot the cluster Bomb at the enemy, wait for it to scatter the Bomb and you’ve basically got a big circular explosion doing 40 Damage (80 Damage where the explosions intersect).

Yeah, the primaries are a bit weak for a fire support but that’s die to the fact that her cluster can f*ck everyone up enough to be a quick kill :lol:

(HunterAssassin5) #4

how about make it so it splits open on contact with a surface?

(gg2ez) #5

I dunno. That would make her a bit more limited close-mid combat. Since she’s a sweeper, she should have good access to areas via bouncing projectiles.

(3rsh) #6

(gg2ez) #7

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(HunterAssassin5) #8

@gg2ez yo dawg, i heard you like spam

(gg2ez) #9

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(Naonna) #10

Visual points aside, Stoker has an AOE which seems rather reasonable: an in-doors-y airstrike-like ability also is appealing. cough: underground If the ability isn’t as lethal as arty, then it could be quite a nice change. As long as said ability is not 1-shotting squishy mercs and has a slightly longer cool down than Fletcher’s stickies, then all’s well. (Feel free to point out why I’m wrong down below.)

(gg2ez) #11

@Naonna Is the ability as lethal as Arty’s? It has a wide AoE but the damage is quite small compared to an Artillery Salvo. I think I might increase the cooldown to 30sec (from 25sec) though in order to make the merc a bit less spammy.

(RazielRMA) #12

So basically nader and skyhammer had a baby and named it Nova. 40 damage isn’t a small amount of damage when there are 20 of them. There are a few loose ends here. For starters, what is the blast radius. Basically you’re talking about a hand held carpet bomber. Not just that, but it’s basically an indoor airstrike. To me this would make more sense if it had an initial explosion on impact rather than a timed explosion then the grenades are launched from there. It’s really hard to say what this skill would need without actual testing. There are alot of variables to adjust though which would be useful for fine tuning the skill.

Honestly though I like the idea.