Steam Tank (WIP) by schtruklyn

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Steam Tank (WIP)

By: schtruklyn
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2016
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Steam Tank (WIP)

Just The Two Of Us!

Tank has a lower part and the upper part.

Lower part: has a fixed machine gun, so the driver must rotate entire lower part in order to aim the machine gun.
Upper part: has a grenade launcher, that can rotate freely regardless of the position of the lower part.

Alliance Steam Tank:



Tank parts are controlled by two different players. One player controls the lower part, the other controls the upper part. Both tank parts always tend to face the direction pointed by a mouse cursor, automatically.

Both tank parts shoot medium range ammunition. However, lower part shoots more rapidly, but much smaller bullets. The upper part shoots more slowly, but much larger grenades. Both bullets and grenades travel for a brief while before falling down to the ground. This way, enemies can avoid projectiles if quick enough and far enough.

Lower part can push enemies periodically away frontally. Upper part can push enemies periodically away from the rear.

So, the thing with the Steam Tank is: both players here control movement: lower part and upper part can rotate independently!

Difficulty: Very hard!

Combat Trait

1
Twerk It!
Alliance Steam Tank is operated by two heroes! The lower part is operated by the dwarf Grygram Steelcrag:



It's very hot in a tank, you know... That, plus some fine dwarven brew!

The upper part is operated by the gnome Gelbin Mekkatorque:



Gelbin became famous later on in Hearthstone, because he found a way to operate the upper and the lower tank parts separately! There's a rumor going around that Grygram helped as well...

So yeah, you can operate lower and upper tank parts separately! Meaning, you can rotate the grenade launcher and the chassis independently!

Tank has a death-timer itself, but grants no experience if destroyed empty. However, if the tank is destroyed with crew in it, the crew inside will die too, giving experience on death. Tank is targetable even if empty!

Primary Abilities

1
Shoot Yer guns! [Q]
Shoots the gun. Lower part shoots a machinegun burst of 3 bullets. Upper part shoots one grenade.

Cooldown: 3 seconds.
2
Barrel Out! No, the other barrel! [W]
Elongates the gun barrel briefly. Very briefly. The elongated gun barrel is just a bit longer than usual. If the elongated gun barrel hit's an enemy hero, it will knock them down, incapacitating them for 0.5 second. As long as the barrel is out, the gun cannot shoot!

Cooldown: 10 seconds.
Time to retract the barrel: 1 second.
3
Abandon! [E]
Abandon the vehicle! Any tanker can abandon the vehicle separately. While the seat is empty, any hero, friend or foe, can occupy the seat and operate the part of a tank, by right clicking the tank! If both seats are empty, the upper seat is occupied first! If an enemy is at one seat, friendlies can shoot at the tank too! If no friendlies occupy the tank, the tank is nonetheless still hostile for the enemy as well.
4
Repair! [Q]
The Repair! ability does exactly that: it repairs. Everything. Tankers can repair their Alliance Steam Tank. They can also repair walls. And towers. And gates. And forts. And Gazlow's gadgets and Sgt. Hammer too! Anything but the core! The core is too complicated to figure out presently...

A tanker must be out of their tank in order to use the Repair! ability. Any hero, friend or foe, can occupy the empty seat in the tank!

Heroic Abilities

1
It's Stuck! [R1]
The very next Barrel Out! gets stuck for 2 seconds! Anyone hit by a barrel is knocked down and out for 0.5 seconds!

Cooldown: 90 seconds.

Do notice that both players can choose this ability on separate timers!
2
Spring Time!
Grygram finally found the right spring! The tank speeds up for the next 3 seconds!

Cooldown: 8 seconds.

Do notice that both players can choose to have this ability! Then, they could be on the run almost always!

Talents

Level 1:

Still working on it... :D

Discussion

Interesting problem appears if the tank is empty but badly damaged: allies cannot destroy it, and enemies don't want to destroy it!

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