Special Unit Balance

[swimj]

Perhaps the shell is the best if your primary goal is to win...the slow and steady push after a strong defensive buildup is very effective.

However, I think a lot of people care more about having fun and imho shelling up is a little boring, especially because against a good player it can take so long, and I don't have that much patience for lots of long games. Also, the strategy feels more varied with scrambler/mobi because it's not pure turtling and actually takes some thought to use each in various game situations. Once you know the 1-2 places on every map where the shell is good then its not hard to pop out a few soldiers and the put the shell wherever it needs to be. Sure, there are "formulas" that can be followed for mobi/scrambler too but they are not as uniform as they are for the shell.