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Gyrocopter (Rocket Pods)

Ever wanted a group of Apache Helicopters in your Warhammer Fantasy game to just blow ever loving sh*t out of an enemy with a barrage of rockets? No? Well now you can!

Adds a Gyrocopter variant to the dwarfs that is mounted with prototype Helstorm Rocket Pods capable of firing off a massive barrage of rockets at the enemy.

Basic Unit Details:
Recruit Cost: 1600
Upkeep: 325
Recruit time: 3 turns
How to obtain: Engineer's Workshop (T4 Engineer building)

Mechanical Summary:
- 4 Gyrocopters
- Only 1 volley of ammo - each volley from each copter fires 6 rockets (Total 24 rockets in a single volley)
- You must manually reload the unit with the Reload (4 uses) ability, which takes 45s and slows the unit down whilst active.
- Whilst each volley is devastating, ammo is limited, so use this unit to eliminate key threats quickly (like a vortex spell)
- The angle of the enemy and distance from which you fire your rockets can make a huge difference on how much damage you do.

IMPORTANT: Make sure to turn off fire at will on this unit unless you want your precious rocket ammo to go into something useless.



Compatibility: Should be compatible with everything.
SFO version: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?edit=true&id=3352819665


Now before you write this off as another poorly balanced, OP mod unit, I have actually done my best to make this unit not only balanced, but interesting and fun to use.


Unit Design Analysis
This unit is designed to be used like you would with expensive vortex spells. You find the right opportunity and the right target, and you send these guys in to absolutely obliterate that target, and then get out.

The rocket pods have VERY low ammo, having only 5 volleys in total, and requires the player to manually reload them with an ability that takes a long time (45s) and slows them down to a crawl. This also means that ranking up doesn't affect these units much since it doesn't reduce the time it takes for the Reload ability to finish.

Can you still get insane value out of these guys? Yes, absolutely, but their sustained firepower is extremely limited and has a very real hard cap on the amount of enemies it can kill, as opposed to something like an organ gun, which can rack up 100s and even 1000s of kills in the right conditions. Target selection is critical when using the Rocket Pods, otherwise you'll barely make back your value with these fairly expensive units. Also, the angle and distance at which you fire these rockets at an enemy will make a big difference on how much damage you will do.

TL;DR - They're basically the dwarven version of vortex spells that can absolutely obliterate units but have limited uses.


FAQ:
Q: Can't you circumvent the reload mechanic with master engineer's restock ability?
A: Well yes, but actually no. The engineer's ability restores 30% of a unit's ammo cap, and internally the Rocket Pods actually have 6 ammo, its just on the UI it says 1 because it shoots in volleys of 6. In this case, the engineer ability only restores 2 rockets even though the UI says 1, so the copters will only fire 2 rockets each.

Mod Thumbnail Attribution:
Photo: Staff Sergeant Mike Harvey/MOD, OGL v1.0OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons