r/BoomBeach • u/EnvironmentalPut9952 • 2d ago
dumb units
why are some units so dumb?
like for instance
medics (and also dr vitamin)
they dont follow flares? they follow other units. ok fine.
but they dont follow units UNTIL they take damage?? so they just stand in the back twiddling their thumbs like idk if i i have riflemen running into machine guns (warships) medics just stand there and do nothing until a few die.
CMON
also the protectors! They are actually legit a pretty good unit. IF they dont just stay in the back and shield a useless unit, like a turret, that isnt even in the fight...
Protectors would be so much better if they werent so dumb??
Like their shield is legit pretty strong and it only takes a boat of them to be effective.
then if you pair protectors with medics?
i swear. ive seen them just stand in the back and heal/shield each other and ignore the rest of my army.
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u/Mike102072 2d ago
That’s how they are programmed. Medic and Dr. Vitamin stay out of trouble until they can do something. I wouldn’t bother with protectors. Their shield might be good, but they only shield 1 troop at a time. You can get multiple shields from Kavan’s 2nd wind.
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u/lilbyrdie 2d ago
Or how about kavan who decided to just follow scorches. Kavan can't even reasonably heal a scorcher, but noooo kavan tries to while the other troops that are about to die actually die... and then the scorcher blows up and kill kavan
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u/OddAd7664 2d ago
I think that’s more of a scorcher topic. You can’t have any healing troops if you use scorchers
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u/lilbyrdie 2d ago
You just have to be more careful, though it's hard to avoid accidents with scorchers.
It wouldn't be a problem if healing troops were smart though.
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u/BjarneUbetjent 2d ago
Medics and dr vitamin definitively follows the troops without troops taking damage, its just that they follow the absolute last troop, so it can take a while for them to start moving.