User blog:Somebody'sBackUpAlt/Golden Ranger

Description

Another golden tower concept, Golden Ranger is to be considered as a "SUPER TOWER" for UAH. It is EXTREMELY overpowered but it is similar to a high risk high reward tower despite it being a direct upgrade to the ranger. Since ranger is already a good dps tower at the first place the high risk high reward mechanic is to balance its already massive dps, requiring something in return for its reward for massive dps.

Its mechanic is that Ranger cannot shoot unless if all towers stops shooting and you need to aim Ranger instead. Although it is only visible at lvl 3+ and Ranger cannot be buffed by any other buffs by any means.

Upgrades

WIP

BASE LEVEL

DMG : 200
Fire rate : 6s
Range : 75
DPS : 33.33
Cost : 9000$
Sell Price : 3000$

Lvl 1 - Fast Hands

6s --> 4.5s fire rate
DPS increased from 33.33 --> 44.44
Cost : 3000$
Sell Price : 4000$

Lvl 2 - Sniping Effeciency

200 --> 350 damage
4.5s --> 4s fire rate
DPS increased from 33.33 --> 87.5
Cost : 10000$
Sell Price : 7333$

Lvl 3 - Turret Railgun

4s --> 16s fire rate
2.5s time of charge up
350 --> 1600 damage
Explosion radius of 3 with explosion damage of 400 (has no second circle that halves its damage)
DPS increased from 33.33 to 111.11
Ability : OVERCHARGE
- CD : 5s
Cost : 36000$
Sell Price : 19333$

Lvl 4 - Destructive Interplanetary Erasure

16s --> 22s fire rate
2.5s --> 3s charging time
1600 --> 10500 damage
400 --> 1500 explosion damage
DPS increased from 111.11 to 480
Cost : 135000$
Sell Price : 64333$

Table Stats

Levels	Total Cost	Damage	Fire Rate	Range	Exp Radius	Exp Damage	Charge Time	DPS
0	9000$	200	6s	75	N/A	N/A	N/A	33.33
1	12000$	200	4.5s	75	N/A	N/A	N/A	44.44
2	22000$	350	4s	75	N/A	N/A	N/A	87.5
3	58000$	1600	14s	75	3 (15 if mised)	400	2.5s	121.21
4	193000$	10500	22s	75	3 (20 if missed)	1500	3s	480

Ability

OVERCHARGE

Level 3+ • 5s , 30s

Golden Ranger makes all towers stop shooting as immediately Golden Ranger completely skips its fire rate duration. The player can aim where the Golden Ranger want to shoot at and locks in. The charging duration will be reduced by twice before the Golden Ranger shoots at said position (1x1 studs hitbox). If the Golden Ranger hits then it'll do normal stats.
However if it were to miss, Golden Ranger is incapable of doing direct damage instead makes its explosion larger. Depending on the level from 15 (lvl 3) to 20 (lvl 4) and all enemies inside of this explosion gets percentage damage of 20% of their health (maximum increase of 4000. This percentage damage cannot be affected by bosses).
Another mechanic is also when Golden Ranger is in the middle of charging up or the player aiming, Golden Ranger is highly vulnerable to stun at this time and if were to be stunned it cannot use its ability for the next 30s.

UAH's intentions

Golden Ranger is a ridiculous concept as I myself don't really believe an expert tower or an already high dps tower to have a golden skin. However despite that, Golden Ranger here I tried my best on balancing it and making it. Golden Ranger's early levels are good for mostly high health enemies as its quite cost effecient for its price, especially until lvl 2 which does quite a lot of damage, however it can only be used at midgame and early late game as the placement limit of 2 prevents level 2's effectiveness at lategame. Golden Ranger at lvl 3 and 4 is where it gets special abilities. Level 3 is simply a more grounded version of lvl 4 where it is cheaper to use it and has a bit lower requirement however at level 4 is where you need to start predicting and strategizing. Golden Ranger's ability is only specified at the right time, despite its large range it is not immune to stun meaning it is quite useless when stunned. Even more, its range cannot increase neither its dps since GR cannot gain any buffs at all by other towers but it doesn't mean it could be stuck in stun abuse. Placing it at a right spot and timing OVERCHARGE can deal a lot of damage however if you did not then massive consequence will happen nevertheless.