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[Interrobang87]

So I was about to fall asleep last night and this thought popped into my head, let me know what you think.

Replace the orb item with a portable repair bay. It's an item that sets itself up just like the turret items and will increase the repair rate of a mech that repairs next to it. Unlike the turrets it has a limited duration.

This way there is still an accessible way to repair and get quickly back into the fight and can't be abused mid fight

[Merl61]

No one would use it. The problem with orbs does not lie in mechanics. It lies in the imbalance of health vs other items. Make the orbs give you 60-70 health. That balances them just fine.

[MomOw]

I'm not a great fan of the gameplay around orbs but I must admit that it works pretty well.

 

I would have prefered yellow orb gathering as EU and that the amount of orb gathered increase the health regen rate when you repair, but that would be a different game.

 

On other topics some I've written or seen interesting ideas (sorted from the easiest to implement to the more complicated) :

- limit how regen rate stack (when using extractor)

- destroyable orbs

- change the items MK to cooldown instead of number of use

[M4st0d0n]

Orbs value in absolute number is absurd. There is three classes of health pools in this game AFAIK.

[talon70]

Techs should leave a larger orb. Killin techs should also be counted like notches in a gun belt.

[CrimsonKaim]

Or maybe you can't heal from orbs when you are in combat? (atleast 2 seconds without RECEIVING damage)