Black Relic wrote:SS used to be a decent range and melee combatant with better melee but worse range. It was ok but not great.
I would like psy bolts change the range weapons of the units to kraken_pvp damage and then allow them to have their old psycannnon weapon upgrade back so OM can get some range sup again. But that role is now the purgation now i think.
The psycannon upgrade was one of the worst weapon upgrades in the game. Its existence in the place of something more specialized was a large part why SS were considered a garbage unit for so long.
it was around 13 sustained dps with no burst damage. it hit like a wet noodle, was terrible to kite with, terrible to chase vehicles with and traded unfavorably against the weapon upgrades of pretty much every other race. A classic case of trying to do everything only to end up being terrible at everything.
The result was a unit that scaled very poorly in to t2.
Honestly this is still true. I usually only purchase strikes begrudgingly because storm troopers really cannot hold ground at all and I still struggle to find a reason to invest in SS moving into t2. Their melee is good i suppose.... when fighting infantry armies.. But their lack of versatility in such a surprisingly expensive unit is a little vexing .