I think it's about time we rethought our vision of the Helicopter mechanics.
The biggest issue of the Helicopter is that once its fuel ends, you get damaged and potentially lose your turn. This is due to a decision made quite early in Helicopter's development process that was not given enough thought.
The new proposed mechanic, instead, would be as follows: the fuel ends, then your worm jumps out of the helicopter (or just falls down) with a parachute, and the helicopter itself slowly crashes into terrain, causing a small blast. The helicopter's falling trajectory would depend on the inertia accumulated during the last seconds of the active time. This, in my opinion, would bring more variety and more potential strategic moves to the game, thus increasing the depth of the gameplay.
What are your thoughts on this.
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