Photon cannons a little too good?

Right now they do 150 damage every 2 seconds. They can't be salvaged or repaired by mules/scv. They cost 150 minerals, no gas, no supply.

I think they are too good for the cost. They have massive stopping power, able to 4 shot ultralisks and 1 shotting most other zerg units.

Two simple changes that come to mind
- Give them a high supply cost. They are at least as good as a bertha in my opinion.
- You could drop their damage by 25 to 50 points and they would still have great stopping power for their current cost.

Just my 2 cents.

I pretty much knowingly made every Protoss unit overpowered. My goal for Protoss tech was that it had to feel invulnerable. Getting Protoss tech is a pretty big undertaking, so it should have a large payoff.

Getting a Photon Cannon has a pretty massive up front cost - you need to find the obelisk, kill the obelisk (which will take up some resources and some time) then build a pylon, then a forge, and finally you can get the cannon.

They're also less-than good against small targets, since a cannon killing 1 zergling per shot amounts to doing 18 dps - less than a mini-gun turret.

I may have gone a bit overboard on how strong cannons are, but I'd prefer to have overpowered cannons rather than disappointing cannons.

Thanks for the feedback!

I was about to start a thread on this exact topic!

To be honest, I often win without even a Probe, but other players get them and the cannons are certainly wayyyyy good. I think they were intended to be really good, even somewhat OP, as a reward for getting a Probe. But now many players view getting a Probe and cannons as a requirement to win. I would like to see Nagnazul's thinking on its role in the game.

Brood lords can still swarm down cannons easily

In all my games, we have either won or lost before Brood Lords show up. Berthas are the only real defense against them.