Excavation Excavator Health - Why doesn't it scale?

[Pyradus]

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Suggestions:

- Make it scale.

EDIT: I'm not talking about giving it so much health as to let it tank through a minute of enemy fire, I mean enough health so a light sneeze doesn't one shot it.

Edited November 9, 2017 by CapnToaster

[peterc3]

Justify, then, quicker and easier access to Cryotic, Relics, and the other drops in Excav.

[Hixlysss]

I'd propose a change to the excavator mechanic, as currently "one shotting from a sneeze" is an issue across the board for not just escavators but...well, anything honestly.

But...i'd propose that the excavator is not damaged by standard weapons/gunfire, and instead the "power core" units come in and try to damage the excavator by giving it a rigged power core, you kill them and basically unrig the core and plug it in for power. I.E. it gives a reason as to why the guys with power cores to power it are even there(I mean honestly, we HAVE to kill them to power the excavator...why are they sending us the very thing we need to power it?) It would also make sense that something that can drop from high orbit can't be damaged by a bullet...or something slapping it's wet noodles against.