Hello,
I am talking about the first 2 tiers of UAVs. Not the stealth UAV, he's perfectly fine.
Requirements to build:
Air base Lv3. Secret Weapons Lab Lv1. (Arms Industry Lv1.)
Cheap in research and building.
Usage:
Scout foreign land when in peace and cause diplomatic rows over it.
I think the requirements are a little bit high for the low usage you get. The good thing is, they can actually reveal the exact units numbers. But only during peace time. During war time it gets shreddered in no time. Its very squishy. Once you fly over AA, any AA, it will be shot down. Since even the maxed UAV only has 5 HP. In case you were to look at enemy positions to see where he has how many troops, even if he is offline, your UAV is most likely to get shot down passively by AA. It limits your operations by a lot. If the enemy is online, its enough to send 1 plane to shoot down the UAV.
To reveal the enemy, you even have to fly the UAV really close to the unit so that even mobile Anti Air (no rockets) can shoot down the UAV.
Well, you could scout the enemy before the war, so his AA wont shoot it down. But that will anger him and disrupt peace, most likely getting shot down soon enough^^. For the money, ressources and time invested to check what kind of units others are using, you could also browse the newspaper, check his homeland cities, buy some intelligence spies and get a general idea of your enemy.
Since they have no radar, it makes it even more time consuming to check out the enemies territory.
To give UAVs a little bit more usage, I suggest this little change:
Game mechanic wise UAVs to be treated like helicopters, even if they are not helicopters. This way, Mobile SAM Launchers and TDS won't shoot down the UAVs anymore. It gives the UAV a higher chance of surviving. Especially during war time where there are lots of SAMs.
Furthermore, or as an alternative, make the UAV harder to spot xD. Somehow. So if I fly my UAV over hostile territory, the enemies do not see my UAV immedeatly, only if they look very closely.
I am talking about the first 2 tiers of UAVs. Not the stealth UAV, he's perfectly fine.
Requirements to build:
Air base Lv3. Secret Weapons Lab Lv1. (Arms Industry Lv1.)
Cheap in research and building.
Usage:
Scout foreign land when in peace and cause diplomatic rows over it.
I think the requirements are a little bit high for the low usage you get. The good thing is, they can actually reveal the exact units numbers. But only during peace time. During war time it gets shreddered in no time. Its very squishy. Once you fly over AA, any AA, it will be shot down. Since even the maxed UAV only has 5 HP. In case you were to look at enemy positions to see where he has how many troops, even if he is offline, your UAV is most likely to get shot down passively by AA. It limits your operations by a lot. If the enemy is online, its enough to send 1 plane to shoot down the UAV.
To reveal the enemy, you even have to fly the UAV really close to the unit so that even mobile Anti Air (no rockets) can shoot down the UAV.
Well, you could scout the enemy before the war, so his AA wont shoot it down. But that will anger him and disrupt peace, most likely getting shot down soon enough^^. For the money, ressources and time invested to check what kind of units others are using, you could also browse the newspaper, check his homeland cities, buy some intelligence spies and get a general idea of your enemy.
Since they have no radar, it makes it even more time consuming to check out the enemies territory.
To give UAVs a little bit more usage, I suggest this little change:
Game mechanic wise UAVs to be treated like helicopters, even if they are not helicopters. This way, Mobile SAM Launchers and TDS won't shoot down the UAVs anymore. It gives the UAV a higher chance of surviving. Especially during war time where there are lots of SAMs.
Furthermore, or as an alternative, make the UAV harder to spot xD. Somehow. So if I fly my UAV over hostile territory, the enemies do not see my UAV immedeatly, only if they look very closely.
