Nova - Teleport - Bad design

Co-op Missions Discussion
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Co-Op Nova-s teleport is badly designed, because it teleports also mate’s army.

This can lead to mistakes or for example teleporting into lava is teamkill.
Also if used properly (for defense purposes) is still very annoying! You loose the control of your own army …
So please modify Teleport ability !

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I don’t really mind it as is tbh. Very rarely do I see this get abused. Most Nova’s will play this in good faith. And there is some very good applications of this. Like for example. I was playing as Dehaka once and Nova teleported one of my pack leaders to an enemy group that they couldn’t have reached in time. Giving the pack leader more value.

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Obligatory “there’s no more development on Coop” line, so then we move on to…

I always saw it as a feature, not a bug. This way, it facilitates dealing with objectives where you both need to be there, like on CoA, and L&L.

It’s also a force multiplier to have not just her, but her ally’s units with them as well popping in!

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I’ve been playing Alarak P3 for so long but remind me, does mothership teleport only affect Alarak’s army? If no, then it really is a feature albeit one that can be used for nefarious deeds. That said it is hilarious to fit 2 whole armies into a small stealth ship that’s basically only run by a special ops crew.

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A few other great uses of Nova’s teleport.

  1. Helping a team member catch up to an area they are far from and you know they want to get there.
  2. Saving them from a devastating attack. In the Nuclear mutation I frequently used this on Nova to save units from being wiped out.
  3. Helping timed units get more milage before they expire.

People who abuse it are few and far between. You can after all team kill people too. But 99.9% of the time that doesn’t happen in coop. Not counting times people do it as a game is about to be lost or already won.

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This has been my experience. I’ve only had my army dropped in lava twice since this mode started and it was all post completion just for giggles.

What I do get more of though is when I’m playing Alarak, out of the blue or after mission complete, they focus Alarak so he ends up eating his whole army. Even worse is if they do it mid game for no good reason.

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Normally, it teleports ally’s units as well. But yeah, the P3 (-) says it doesn’t…
Mass Teleport now has a 60 second cooldown and no longer teleports allied units.

Also fits capital ships and T3 units like Carriers, BCs, Thors, Brood Lords, etc. Everybody just cram into a “midsized”, gunship :smiley:

Same thing with Tychus when Vega MC’s those same units… they can all be medivac-ed instantly, into a relatively small ship :smiley:

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Right when in real scale those are like 10 and 20 times larger respectively. Y’know what, that’s just breaking my immersion now, nerf that tele to only nova units.

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Well, Nova can also instantly transport Liberators, Banshees, and Ravens all the same.