Tweak to soldier reflects

General idea here is higher static reflects, avoiding the ams hole and shorter (time wise) higher reflect AMS that scales down on reflect with time.
This would ofc scale like it does today on general auras and tms/ams.


There are a few things that could be tweaked to make it more fun and also to avoid the "reflect hole" when ams goes down.
This would apply to the regular aura so stacking up on reflects from gear would do no good.

1) Instead of making gear stack up on reflect simply SET it to a fixed amount that gear can't add to, this as to create less cookie cutter setups as reflects bracers, soldier back etc.

2) make AMS last a shorter time but SET the reflect to 100% for X sec, then it decreases to 90% for X sec and so on until it runs out and the aura takes over, i hope it can be coded so that when ams goes down the aura is still there and avoids the hole, if not this post is pretty much a waste of time ;)

With that change in mind raising the "base" reflect to 50-60% would be good, this would also help a little with engi NSD. (witch is a topic by itself, might want to turn it down from -48 to -30 or there abouts)
This would also create more unique soldier setups where you're not forced to wear OFAB Soldier Protective Gear and reflect bracers to tweak out max reflects.

Changes and numbers in mind are based on top nanos, everything needs to be scaled, but that's a job for the developer to figure out and for us to test later on :)
The amounts the aura gives to members of team should prolly stay as it is, it seems fine overall.

Thoughts? I'm i missing something vital?

sounds like a decent idea, but the issue is I don't think the devs take any type of suggestions into consideration. I admit a soldier vs engi have 0% chance to win. your idea would give solds a fighting chance at least.

All i can do is suggest, we'll see if Michi listens :)

Id like a throw back to vanilla ao TMS. while (TMS is active) if you get hit for 1000 dmg. return 750 dmg back to attacker;

make TMS/AMS like blademail.

/dota2 off.

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Originally Posted by McKnuckleSamwich

make TMS/AMS like blademail.

/dota2 off.

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Seems like it return damage done to you, yeah that would be funny :)
While ams is 100% it could do that, i'de laugh at that and perhaps ppl would learn to start checking the other players ncu as well :D

sidenote, smilies seems to be broken in the forums now... :\ (no pictures)

I've been saying for a long time that I would appreciate AMS being a stable high level reflect aura.

By high-level I mean I would like it to be higher then Pre-Nul etc but less then AMS whilst lasting a longer period of time.
A hybrid between Pre-Nullity Field and Augmented Mirror Shield MK V.
In fact it could work all the way down:
AMSV-Pre-Nullity Field
AMSIV-Adaptive Resonance Field
AMSIII-Reactive Resonance Field
AMSII-Harmonizing Resonance Field
AMSI-Empowered Reactive Reflective Field



Example:
AMSV/Pre-Nullity Field Combination
Nano Cost: 2100 (2500)NCU cost: 75
School: Prot
Stacking Order: 370
Nanoline: Reflect Shield/Total Mirror Shield
Duration: 02:00:00
Range: 1m
Speed: Attack 0.25s
Modifier:
On Self:
Modify ReflectPoisonAC 55
Modify ReflectFireAC 55
Modify ReflectColdAC 55
Modify ReflectRadiationAC 55
Modify ReflectChemicalAC 55
Modify ReflectEnergyAC 55
Modify ReflectMeleeAC 55
Modify ReflectProjectileAC 55
Modify MaxReflectedPoisonDmg 200
Modify MaxReflectedMeleeDmg 200
Modify MaxReflectedEnergyDmg 200
Modify MaxReflectedChemicalDmg 200
Modify MaxReflectedRadiationDmg 200
Modify MaxReflectedColdDmg 200
Modify MaxReflectedFireDmg 200
Modify MaxReflectedProjectileDmg 200
Healing Efficiency 10%
Heal Reactivity 10%
Resist Nano: 10% Snare
Resist Nano: 10% Root

W/ better heal perks or better nano heals or reflect perks in general - then soldier has better survival at all times instead of just dying after 1:20.

When they made the changes to soldiers the only thing they did that we asked for was get rid of AMS NSD.