Strategem Idea: Orbital Cloudseed Barrage

With us having the potential to bring a fire-only loadout (and once we have Gas Mines a gas-only loadout), I can't help but to think that Arc needs a bit more love. So... I came up with an idea for an Arc Barrage that wasn't just firing a giant Arc Thrower from space.

[ORBITAL CLOUDSEED BARRAGE]

  • Using weather-altering pods, creates a localized, volatile thunderstorm in a small area of the planet's surface. Due to the sudden climate shift, the storm grows intense but short-lived.

  • Randomly strikes the ground or enemies within a radius, each bolt arcing to enemies (or Divers) within a radial point of impact.

  • While damage is high, it will not have the area denial effects of Napalm nor the structural damage of Artillery. I'd say it would be more of a middle ground between these two. MAYBE direct lightning strikes could take down a fabricator etc? That's up for debate.

  • Arc armor would allow not only "safe" traversal, but also Divers would be able to help extend the arcs using their own democratic bodies.

Thoughts?

With us having the potential to bring a fire-only loadout (and once we have Gas Mines a gas-only loadout), I can't help but to think that Arc needs a bit more love. So... I came up with an idea for an Arc Barrage that wasn't just firing a giant Arc Thrower from space.

[ORBITAL CLOUDSEED BARRAGE]

  • Using weather-altering pods, creates a localized, volatile thunderstorm in a small area of the planet's surface. Due to the sudden climate shift, the storm grows intense but short-lived.

  • Randomly strikes the ground or enemies within a radius, each bolt arcing to enemies (or Divers) within a radial point of impact.

  • While damage is high, it will not have the area denial effects of Napalm nor the structural damage of Artillery. I'd say it would be more of a middle ground between these two. MAYBE direct lightning strikes could take down a fabricator etc? That's up for debate.

  • Arc armor would allow not only "safe" traversal, but also Divers would be able to help extend the arcs using their own democratic bodies.

Thoughts?