# AirMech Helix Hotfixes

- Product: AirMech (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/airmech)
- Vendor: Carbon Games
- Date: 2018-04-12
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/206500/view/2912096327581813217
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/airmech/releases/2018-04-12-helix-hotfixes

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- **changed** — Rework Helix ground rockets damage formula to be more consistent with damage output prior to autofire changes
- **changed** — Rework Helix Missile Launch ability to auto fire on chargeup with consistent fire rate
- **changed** — Buff higher level Missile Launcher ability
- **changed** — Increase Paladin hammer damage from 45 to 60
- **changed** — Increase Paladin hammer armor piercing from 50 to 70
- **fixed** — Fix target damage scaling for Airmech ability damage output including Mantis Strike, Bombs, Power Sword, and Bomber Melee
- **fixed** — Fix damage scaling to target for Paladin Hammer
- **fixed** — Fix damage scaling against units for Saucer Deathray
- **fixed** — Fix damage scaling against units, forts, and outposts for Helix missiles and rockets
- **changed** — Make Paladin Hammer stasis level based at 2s, 2.5s, 3s, and 4s for ability levels 1 through 4
- **changed** — Rework Helix homing missile fire in air to prevent stacking too many missiles
- **changed** — Adjust base Helix fire rate periods from 1 to 1.2 seconds for grenades and from 0.666 to 0.75 seconds for rockets
- **added** — Add RocketsLifespan setting for Helix
- **fixed** — Fix crash when deploying a unit without a fort or outpost

##### **AirMech Strike Update 268.5, Build 73323**

Mostly incremental balance and bugfixes involved in the overhaul of how Helix uses Rockets. What seemed like a simple change on the surface snowballed into a lot of unintended stacking of damage and projectiles. Along with some other balance tweaks this should be a most welcome hotfix. :)

##### **BALANCE**

- reworking Helix ground rockets damage formula to be more consistent with damage output prior to autofire changes

- rework Helix Missile Launch ability to auto fire on chargeup.  Consistent fire rate
- buff to higher level Missile Launcher ability

- Paladin hammer damage 45 -> 60

- Paladin hammer armor piercing 50 -> 70

- fix target damage scaling for Airmech ability damage output (Mantis Strike, Bombs, Power Sword, Bomber Melee)

- fix damage scaling to target for Paladin Hammer

- fix damage scaling against units for Saucer Deathray

- fix damage scaling against units/forts/outposts for Helix missiles and rockets

- Paladin Hammer stasis is now level based. 2s -> 2s, 2.5s, 3s, 4s at Hammer ability level 1->4

- reworking Helix homing missile fire in air (was stacking too many missiles)

- adjust base helix fire rate periods for missiles
- 1 -> 1.2 s for grenades, 0.666 -> 0.75s for rockets

- adding RocketsLifespan setting for helix

##### **BUGFIXES**

- Fix crash when deploying a unit without a fort/outpost (AM-10193)

- some of the Helix balance changes could be considered bugs, but are listed in the other section