Interesting rework idea for Brickhouse! We appreciate the detailed breakdown. Balance changes like this go through a lot of testing to make sure they don't break the meta. We'll pass your feedback along. 

@Velocity best way to test (at least part of it) is to apply a modifier like 20% bonus speed or something and see what happens. You do that already although I really had hoped you were going to make Vortex buffs permanent at some point, is that off the table completely?

good point.. no need any official tweaks.. just a regular few weeks modifier like sniper weapons now.. could be a good way to test buffs and nerfs

That explains all the imbalance of all the new weapons and mech right? "a lot of testing..." It seems very odd that each one recieves nerf after a while. 

I'd like to suggest my feedback on "dlgomez's" Brickhouse Buffing (no offense)

• The 14 km/h speed of brickhouse is what many people complain, and 18 km/h will help it to fight against faster mechs way better than its original 14 km/h.
• I like the increment of 50% speed boost when his ability is active, but 100% speed boost to allies will be much of a hindrance because Brickhouse's ability is a field and with the 100% speed boost, most mechs would go far away from Brickhouse's field and thus the ally speed increment will not work as expected
• And for the 25% damage reduction and 50% speed reduction will make Brickhouse more like a Citadel with a bigger hitbox and having a circular field instead of a rectangular field. Instead it can have a resistance to opponents' mechs abilities which restrict its movement (like getting stasis, EMP or restriction of movement based abilities; apologies if my ability sounds like it has been derived from Citadel)

Overall, it's a really great suggestion from "dlgomez", cuz I never thought of underrated mechs like Brickhouse should receive a buff, like Redox which has transformed into a strong mech after rebalance

I put this buff to brickhouse because when i play with them is slow and when i play against enemies that have weapons with them slowdown effect(compound beam,cryo launcher,quantum gun,etc) i can't turn around so fast, so they kill me and i can't do anything 

Very popular mech..many has it . Shrink his size a bit and make it faster not just moving but also turning around

Rofl ...brickhouse ll not break any meta ....pls stop giving copy/paste replays...its lame and shows how low effort is this post.

A good  idea will be to fix speed to 18 and add 50 % Speed buff ONLY to Brickhouse so i actually got a chance to keep up with speed with my allies and provide that huge 100%buff witch should be tuned down a bit also .

IDK why compound beam gives a stasis effect when it is fired. I had thought of it but never bothered to ask another player about it. Please tell me if anybody knew why compound beams slow its opponents while firing.

I have another idea:

+) Speed: 20 km/h

+) HP: 327000 (Max lv)

+) Energy cap: 24

+) Role: Tank

+) Ability description: When activating its ability, Brickhouse activates a 30m radius overcharger zone around it. The zone buffs its damage by 50% and allies damage by 100%. It receives a 30% speed buff and a personal shield (shield HP: like Redox's shield) during the ability duration. Getting a kill while the ability is active will result in the weapon magazine being refreshed (for example, a kill while active ability would mean 23 minigun bullets back to 200 minigun bullets with no cooldown)

In testing, the numbers may change. The numbers I provided are purely based off of my feel on the game. Thank you for your time and have a good day

I have an idea as well for Brickhouse. While it's ablity is active:

• Brickhouse grows 10x the size for 10 seconds.
• Brickhouse is unable to move.
• Brickhouse becomes immune to damage and cc.
• Brickhouse is unable to fire any weapon.
• Brickhouse can stomp on opponents foolish enough to come close.

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Brick house is v slow as bawls.so yea v faster would be great