Things that happen when units are leeches...

[lowzeewee]

Lets talk about it.....

The NIAB when leeched can't teleport

How about others?

[lowzeewee]

dont talk about losing health

[IxianMace]

This should be in Emperor strategy IMO...

Well for starters, I think everyone knows that you can't pick up leeched units with carryalls (or advanced carryalls), and leeched units can't self repair.

[lowzeewee]

yes.and devastators cant fire missiles

[IxianMace]

Where did you get that from? ::) Devastators can still fire all their weapons (including missiles from their missile turret) even when leeched.

[lowzeewee]

oh.its just thay devastators' main weapon is not their missile turret so they fire it slowly so I didnt see it

[Anathema]

Nothing can deploy once leeched, so the Dev wouldn't be able to self destruct.

[Timenn]

Harvester - isn't picked up anymore.

[Anathema]

Kobras (when already deployed)- can't undeploy and will stay where they are

[Dante]

APCs can't release their infantry. I don't think they can pick any up either...

[lowzeewee]

hey the APC cant deploy infantry part is cool!I can now stop engi drops with that wahaha

[IxianMace]

Nothing can deploy once leeched, so the Dev wouldn't be able to self destruct.

Have you tested that? I thought the Devastator could still self destruct when leeched. APCs can still accept infantry (but not unload them) when leeched for some reason.

[lowzeewee]

They cant self destruct if not I would have self destructing my devastator when some chemical troops and fedakins attked it.

And by the way,IXIANmace,the IXIAN projector tank cant undeploy too when leeched LOL

[IxianMace]

I don't find anything funny about the Ixian Projector tank being unable to deploy or unable to undeploy when deployed after its' been leeched. It's just mostly the same for all the other vehicles that can 'deploy' (apart from self-destruct.) If you have a problem with House Ix, then tell me what it is in IM, but please do not make fun of it in a thread.

[Terror]

heh chill... IX is not real.. it's fiction :)

but some interesting things about the leach.. they make them way more usefull than i ever thought of

[Shadowjaw]

:When leeched, shoot the leech off the unit or use an engineer to remove it before you do anyhting else... :)

[DjCiD]

just dont use a laser tank to shoot a leech off of a shielded unit.... just incase you didnt know, it will go boom.

[IxianMace]

Kinda off topic, but I think I should mention it. 8)

If you have a badly damaged unit that is leeched (let's say a an Ordos APC that is about to die) and you know that you can't get the larvae off somehow, move the unit over a dustbowl! The Leech will emerge and stay collapsed in the dustbowl, unable to get out! ^-^

[bryorama]

Heh, that real, or did u ake that up ? ::)

[Anathema]

APCs can't release their infantry. I don't think they can pick any up either...

Actually, they can. In the campaign I couldn't fix an APC because the engineer entered the APC >:(

Have you tested that? I thought the Devastator could still self destruct when leeched. APCs can still accept infantry (but not unload them) when leeched for some reason.

I haven't tested it. I just assumed so. Did you test it?

[Sneakgab]

*sigh* one use for the dev besides using it as a turret or a bomb to temporarily turn you're advancec carryalls into bombers... and we all know the limited use of turrets in this game ::)

Ah well, this post makes leeches seem better since it gives them a use as a special deploy abilities disabler... pity leeches can just be shot off... if they at least were only removable from engies and repair vehicles they'd have some use

[Darkrul3r]

its easy to keep a leech off a atredies unit. the repair vehickes get them off. but most units when leeched dont function as fast or the way they should.

[IxianMace]

Heh, that real, or did u ake that up ? ::)

It's real. Try it if you don't believe me.

I haven't tested it. I just assumed so. Did you test it?

Yes I have tested it, and the Devastator still self destructs properly, unless I'm seeing things. The infiltrator can also 'deploy' and self destruct when leeched. Feel free to question this and test it for yourself if you have any doubts.

[Sneakgab]

I'm assuimg the leech on the unit dies when self-destructed

[BRAVO]

thats why god (in this case WW) inveted the engie (my pic 8) ) or repairs tanks (atr)