Talk:Gatling Truck/@comment-129.71.204.146-20121228190726/@comment-5902422-20121231171420

Here's the issue I have with hercs, even comparing lvl 9 herc to lvl 9 egat:

- Hercs are MUCH slower, you could argue twice as slow

- Hercs are infantry, which gives them many disadvantages, such as against gats, gun turrets, cobras, etc..

- Hercs damage against vehicles is still less than that egats do, given the 20% damage boost.

- Hercs are still terrible against hellfire missiles, which is one of my primary uses for gats in my base defense (they shoot slower rate of fire, and every few seconds they have a reload stop in their firing)

- Hercs can be attacked and killed easily by dogs, it doesn't take that many, I've tried. (I believe it was lvl 6 herc vs lvl 6 dog, it took 3 dogs, 2 survived)

- For the above reasons of their slower speed and slower rate of fire, I will take on a group of hercules that isn't bunched with my warhawks, even if range is matched, considering they're so slow by the time other hercules get there to fire, I've killed off the first few hercs with minimal damage.

-Also, gatling trucks are still better against air than Hercules are, because fast air like thunderbolts and raptors will tear apart hercs.