Medivac Energy to Healing Ratio

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i mean its much better to have a platoon medic and a flying medievac

 

Oh, but then they would overlap, plus the normal medic would only be useful for early game.

 

humm your`e right.. i agree

 

Idea:
Units heal while flying in the medivac, causing it to heal more units, but use more energy. The medivac flies away for a short time, then back with the units at full health.

 

here's another idea: the medivac should have a second mode. terrans are known for their transforming units already.

air mode: standard dropship + beam healing that costs energy.
land mode: immobile, essentially a temporary field hospital. healing takes no energy. allows the medivac to continue healing while recharging, sacrificing its movement/transport capabilities.

when it lands, it automatically unloads all its cargo.

 

maybe just bring back the original medic but with cliff jump ability, maybe

 

Yes but then It could land, heal up units with no cost, then turn back into air mode and keep a-flyin'. There wouldn't really be a use for the air mode healing.

 

For the record, it's 1e for 3hp in the current beta and it heals pretty fast.

Also relevant is that marauders can stim pack and it costs them 20 health.

A few medivacs won't make a huge difference in a large battle, but they work well with fast skirmishes using stimpacks to win quickly and then the medivacs can heal everyone up before the next fight. But you can't really replicate the old M&M balls where the whole ball could heal itself in a few seconds if it had enough energy left.

And of course they're still perfectly fine dropships too.

Seems good to me.