OTA Division Enhancement Ideas

[Pit]

We could easily add to current OTA divisions and let them fill the role similar to HELIX and Grid for CPs, for example ECHO units are always going to be present during any sweep so why not give them the items a HELIX has access to, just improved variants perhaps. Maybe along with the capability to carry more than one health vial (which coincidently would be nice to use on others)

The OTA GRID division could easily be an upgrade of the MACE division. Giving access to Biolocks, Combine field gates, (Don't think cam repair kits would be needed.), EOW ability to deploy a CMB standing turret during JWs which can get knocked over or destroyed after enough hits and looted.

The OTA Ranger is good but they could stand to possibly have a bit more to them not much but a bit perhaps maybe outlands exclusive Claw scanners that deploy hopper mines (with despawn timers and deploy max of 2-3 hopper mines) Hopper mines would be something that can be EMPed using either a rebel EMP or vort-essence and looted. Another addition to the Ranger Division would be a sidearm of somekind maybe a 357?

Sentinals could also stand to be given healing equipment if in the event the CA or they ever get injured and need immediate medical attention. Instead of crawling all the way back to a med station.

A final suggestion that is possibly the most questionable but I shall mention it none the less. OTA KING division being able to deploy OZ and Sewers exclusive Hunters during JW, maximum of 1 Hunter deploy per JW if it dies that's it no more.

 

[DarthSidious.exe]

adding to that, it would be nice to give the ability to the combines to use vehicles such as APCs, transport APC, trucks, chopper and such. of course it would be WL.
maybe it could be handled by a specific division of OTA and CPs could get some sort of WL that allow them to use trucks, transport APC ect ect

 

[localcpunit]

the rebels would prob complain about it being too op

 

[DarthSidious.exe]

the rebels would prob complain about it being too op

the hunter ?

 

[localcpunit]

the hunter ?

no, more of the entire suggestion. They'll prob start complaining

 

[DarthSidious.exe]

no, more of the entire suggestion. They'll prob start complaining

not really surprised but yea i can see why

 

[Pit]

no, more of the entire suggestion. They'll prob start complaining

Problem is you can't seem to suggest anything for one side without the other complaining.

I could expand on the counters to everything I just suggested so the rebels get some love too.

 

[Jeffy]

I think a rework adding HL:A overwatch additions would be cool.

Introduce the Combine Grunt as the entry level OTA division and rank at 500xp. (Also a good way to introduce the Pulse SMG, although balancing issues could occur with it being a Pulse based weapon like the AR-2, maybe having it be slightly weaker than the MP7 so that Echo OWS still has an incentive to use over Grunt when reaching that threshold.) Grunts are less augmented than standard Overwatch soldiers, possessing less armour, so something like a 50 point suit charge could suffice.

Increase Echo and OWS rank xp requirement between Grunt and Mace

Introduce specialisations for Combine Charger (Wallhammer) and Combine Suppressor. Most likely higher XP requirements and maybe whitelist (although not as strict of a process as other whitelists such as leadership roles).

and this is a personal nitpick but can we change the Overwatch Commander model. It's really cringe and doesn't fit with the aesthetic. I think a better model would be the Combine Ordinal model in Combine Elite colours (white and red), rather than the cringe black and red emo model we use rn. I'd advocate for basically anything other than the current model that fits with the aesthetic properly.

 

[LifetimeThiccness]

Im all for more OTA variety, and fancy toys but in their current state, they're already overwhelmingly powerful as they are.

You want more toys, and less rules restrictions? You need to make OTA a faction thats actually fun to fight. Id love for them to be used much more frequently, but not in their current state.

 

[Pit]

Im all for more OTA variety, and fancy toys but in their current state, they're already overwhelmingly powerful as they are.

You want more toys, and less rules restrictions? You need to make OTA a faction thats actually fun to fight. Id love for them to be used much more frequently, but not in their current state.

I can certainly agree to that. But I can't be the only person to think the RANGER division needs some form of sidearm. At the very least.

 

[localcpunit]

I can certainly agree to that. But I can't be the only person to think the RANGER division needs some form of sidearm. At the very least.

Pretty sure the main weakness of ranger is it's inability to defend itself in close-quarters