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Unit archetypes and in-game icons
When zooming out, or on the minimap, the icon that roughly matches each units' archetype is shown. Each icon is composed of a base that matches the unit's mobility type with an overlay that matches its main feature. The descriptions are shown below.
MOBILITY TYPES:
| Aircraft: flies over terrain obstructions, relatively fast but lightly armored (L armor type) |
| Ground: generic mobile ground unit which cannot cross deep water or steep slopes |
| All-Terrain: multi-legged ground unit that can climb any slope on land |
| Static: immobile, used for buildings |
| Ship: floats on water, can't move on land |
| Submarine: floats below the water surface, can't move on land or shallow water |
| Amphibious: can move through water (floating or across the floor) and also on land |
| Flying Sphere: flies over terrain obstructions, heavily armored but consumes a lot of energy to move. Targeted like other ground units |
MAIN "FEATURE" TYPES:
| Raider: relatively fast unit with a short-ranged weapon |
| Fighter: unit with a short-medium range weapon, generally able to hit fast units and air with good DPS/cost |
| Assault: unit with relatively high HP/cost and short-medium range weapon. Good at absorbing damage |
| Fire Support: unit with medium-long range weapon, relatively low DPS/cost and/or bad penetration (mostly L), good against fast units and aircraft |
| Heavy Fire Support: similar to the previous, but with better range, spike damage and penetration at the expense of lower cost-efficiency against light fast units and aircraft |
| Artillery Fire Support: unit with a medium range weapon with relatively good DPS and penetration but can't target or hit fast units and aircraft effectively |
| Artillery: unit with a long range weapon with moderate DPS/cost but can't target or hit fast units and aircraft effectively |
| Bomber: air unit with a short range weapon that can't target or hit efficiently fast units and other aircraft |
| Multipurpose: unit with multiple weapons and abilities that fills multiple roles. Jack of all trades, master of none (considering its cost) |
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