Playing with the new mechabellum unit TARANTULA

[@SurreyEZ]

I show tarantula techs and test it in testing grounds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqXJmJWHg9tgjdE More Tarantula games: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJfRq6Gqn65lgcU

[@Freecell82]

I'm mostly excited for this unit now because it turns out "tarantula" sounds awesome in a Finnish accent

[@SurreyEZ]

[@Sandblaze1]

The sound design for the Tarantula is great

[@codyyoutz]

Tarantula just seems like a slightly different arclight to me

[@leozaboudi8005]

I think it has potential as a tank too, due to its upgrades

[@xever61]

Yeah I feel like it needs to have a few more key difference compared to arclights to have a place in the game

[@Don_Corben]

Its kinda middleground between arcs and sledges

[@antares3030]

@@xever61 it's a tankier arclight that has a higer firerate and can spawn stuff

[@SteveB-nx2uo]

that was my first thought as well

[@Skiddla]

i like your commentary, learned a lot, subscribed

[@SurreyEZ]

glad you enjoyed it! welcome!

[@Simon-xt8mv]

I usually get a few arclight early so I might start using the tarantula instead. I will probably switch the loadout on the arclight, might add armor on them, will have to see how I can specialize both.

[@cubandarknez]

ooh, so nice to see them changing up stuff so much!

[@SurreyEZ]

big patch coming !

[@h12ollih12]

first game you got crushed by till :D but you always show the winning games

[@xCurionx]

Q&A with Woof Factory, the great maker of woofs (loosely translated): Q: "Are woofs patented?" A: "No, but I will growl at anyone who copies the woof"

[@Drone_101]

Looking forward to trying the new units out! A little worried that Bearlike has said multiple times now that units will generally be deployed at a below average power level to avoid causing problems - which means experimenting with the new units can be quite punishing day1 but we'll see :D

[@SurreyEZ]

yea, it really felt a little bit underwhelming. Let's see when it releases

[@Syfa]

With how tanky the tarantula seems field maintenance on them looks really, really good. They should be able to chew through crawlers, fangs, sledges, mustangs etc. Might even have some potential against giants when leveled with their spider mines.

[@jakesecreto]

They really like to pick animal names for the units XD

[@grandlancer]

So how does the Tarantula compare to 2 Arclights (outside of 1 vs 2 deployments)? The seem to fill the same role.

[@SurreyEZ]

a lot more health in the tarantula, and one arclight clears as fast as one tarantula. So tarantula is just an arclight with different techs and a lot more hp

[@dai8217]

A bit worrying to see that in a game with both sides starting with Tarantula all tarantulas end up being sold

[@HolgFromHell]

yeah, as a preview of a new unit that match doesn't make sense.

[@SurreyEZ]

i am sorry, you can't use every unit every time. Played like 6 or 7 games and this happened on all of them. Can't really just force a unit against stuff that its bad against and then you just lose in 2 rounds. Played some more today though and have same more tarantula matches !

[@dai8217]

@@SurreyEZ Oh, no need to apologize, not like I'm blaming you or anything. More that I'm worried about the release state of the unit.

[@MrDestroyerPrime]

Tarantula = Better than an Arclight worse than Fire Badger; but, you can build them any time you want. Anything that gives guaranteed crawler clear is good imo.

[@SXsoft99]

I find archlinght better at clearing mobs. I found it a bit annoying to deal with untill I went to marksman turned into shotguns with double shot

[@FatedToFail]

Beep boop doing my part

[@SurreyEZ]

thank you robot

[@tillgeberth]

GG! 😘

[@SurreyEZ]

ggs!

[@thuperman5228]

Tar-Ant-Ula although taran-tula has a ring to it

[@cichlidhybridmartel8798]

makes me wunder if we will guet like an artilery titan in the futur

[@pontusvongeijer1240]

Ive got balls of steel!

[@Arbeta10000]

Weird how they removed the phoenix as one of the starting units, feels like you'd get more round 1 variety by having more units that can be randomly picked, but maybe there's some reasoning behind it that I've not thought of?

[@SurreyEZ]

they dont want air units to appear too early

[@Arbeta10000]

@@SurreyEZ That makes sense I suppose

[@MJR1133]

Is this on a play test server or something? I havent got an update, dont see tarantulas, and pheonix are still very much starting units. Am I missing something? Dx

[@SurreyEZ]

comes out tomorrow

[@MJR1133]

@@SurreyEZ Thank you rat man!

[@M1K14U2]

11:46 - to each their own!

[@SurreyEZ]

[@emperorthebest477]

1st game was very sus Nvm second one just became sus as well

[@SurreyEZ]

:D

[@deanitis]

What’s the point of the arclight now?

[@SurreyEZ]

yea, a bit overlapping roles

[@luka188]

I hope they bring back carry arcs, so they at least have some niche and don't overlap as much with the Tarantula.

[@playlessNamer]

Till will upload same game from the other side maybe.

[@SurreyEZ]

yea he did already !

[@krel3358]

is this a PTR game?

[@SurreyEZ]

yes, coming out on Thursday i believe

[@GroBoiD7777]

Playing for a week after Grubby, already hate melting spam

[@SurreyEZ]

you encountered it quickly! its getting nerfed

[@brent-z3l]

i wish they would just leave the game a lone and work on balance

[@flaccidactyl804]

More item nerfs? Don't you love how they are still trying to balance shit around the free units??

[@SurreyEZ]

well i think the items were very imbalanced from the start