Nova Discussion Thread

I think she's relatively amovey (if you don't go for lots of starport units). I also think she's not that hard carry. I don't think I failed many missions when grinding other recent commanders to lev15, but have had few issues now if ally doesn't do much. Specially the scourge/bane/ling/aberration combination seems overwhelming sometimes as she doesn't have very good anti ground aoe (edit: tbh I forgot about shotgun mode when I faced this so nvm:>), except the too expensive top panel option. And just in general dmg output and ability to max her armies due to long cooldowns is slow.

I "only" got her to lev10 so maybe opinions still change with upcoming upgrades. As it is she's not as strong by default as Aba/Alarak were when they were introduced. I also haven't found reason to use assault mode as clearing mid level enemies from afar with snipe seems too important to miss. Cooldown seems too long now, maybe it feels OK @ lev15.

I dislike how costly the top panel options are. I'd like the griffin (1000 minerals one) getting its dmg reduced by 50% and price as well. You rarely have 1k minerals laying around when the "oh shit" situation comes. It also feels such waste to use it before you're maxed even when you have the money.

Enjoying general macro play, she's not my cup of tea really. I keep looking to make more units 5 times before I'm allowed to. And as you don't get punished for missing a cycle due to 2 charges, she seems like 0 macro commander. I guess that's OK, if you go for heavier micro army with a lot of casters. I guess now with anti-structure libe upgs, might start trying them out more.

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