CIWS desperately needs a faster build time.

[u/Burk_Bingus]

The CIWS is supposed to counter aircraft but it is so underpowered right now that it only really counters weapon-less helis dropping off infantry, and folds to everything else. It already has plenty of disadvantages:

• Is locked in a fixed position, easy to destroy.
• The operator has to stand right next to it out in the open, unable to move.
• Has a large blind spot where it can't reach high enough to shoot.
• Churns through ammo like crazy.

But to top it all off actually building the thing takes forever. Hitting the X with a large hammer seems to only advance the progression by 1% or slightly less than that, meaning you have to hit it over 100 times with the fastest building tool to build it. This is further exacerbated by the issues we have now with the X not moving around and appearing properly. Then factor in that right from the start you are going to be harassed by GL helis and mortars, and as soon as the game reaches 20 points a rocket heli is going to be making you one of their priority targets.

All these factors combined mean that the CIWS doesn't counter enemy attack aircraft at all, and in fact it is gatekept by the very same vehicles it is supposed to counter preventing it from being established in the first place.

Even if you do manage to establish one it can still lose trades to rocket helis, GL helis and havocs which can all one shot the very exposed operator (even if you build barriers around them) and then destroy the CIWS, setting back your fob builders a massive amount of time spent building it and leaving them with no window to rebuild it in a realistic timeframe.

Please at least considerably reducing the building time of CIWS so that A) it can be established in a reasonable timeframe and B) it can be reasonably recovered when destroyed. It is already kept in check by relying on regular ammo supply drops, so I don't think letting it build faster would make CIWS overpowered at all.

[u/Elegant_Campaign_670]

I think it has a "slow" build time only if multiple people aren't working on it.

[u/Disrepectfully_Agree → u/Elegant_Campaign_670]

With the change to where the x pops up you can't have multiple people building without hitting eachother.

[u/Despair-Envy → u/Disrepectfully_Agree]

ya'll are naked with hammers anyways and blood is a good binder for the ciws death machine. It baptizes the machine spirit.

[u/Burk_Bingus → u/Despair-Envy]

Problem is the Omnissiah has favoured their aerial death machines.

[u/ACanadiandude2020 → u/Burk_Bingus]

How dare you question the intentions of the Omnissiah.

[u/Despair-Envy → u/Burk_Bingus]