[ian-reeds-games] Re: thoughts on warlords
- From: "Allan Thompson" <allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx>
- To: <ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:57:13 -0500
Hi All,
Thanks Carlos for the feedback!
Ok, in this version we got:
Elite and veteran archers for the humans and terrans respectively, each now
get 2 attacks per round. The flame arrow now burns targets for 3 rounds
instead of 1 round, so now they should be feared instead of mocked from this
point on.
Now only watchtowers and fortified watchtowers can be built or placed on
ramparts. All other structures are off limits.
The twilight wrong side of the river map now features undead necropolis and
necrotic elemental tower plus a copper mine (equivalent to a trading post)
so that they can now more easily destroy puny mortals with extreme
prejudice.
I also tried out the hold position and enable movement skills for gnome
scorpion ballistas and dwarf ballistas. It costs nothing to activate or
disable it. Essentially it just has the no movement effect on it meaning it
can still make attacks. I did not notice them doing anything like go into
infinite loops by the computer so it seems to work quite well for those who
might like such a feature. At least I do, grin.
There is a new map called kings ransom, which might be difficult or easy
depending on how you play it, but it is kind of fun. I really like the druid
unit a lot and the mage gets to shine a bit .
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/68028683/age%20of%20warlords.zip
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[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carlos Macintosh
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 1:57 PM
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Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: thoughts on warlords
just a temple and spell tower and a trading post to help its resources
move along a bit.
On 1/20/2014 11:25 AM, Allan Thompson wrote:
> Some good points.
> I think I will give the elite/veteran archers 2 attacks. The flame
> arrows are good against trolls but maybe I should beef them up a bit.
>
> Initially I wanted the watchtowers to be able to be put on the
> ramparts but not the buildings, so I can fix that easily enough.
>
> Concerning the caverns, Do you mean the whole slew of buildings that a
> normal faction has or just a temple and spell tower kind of thing?
>
> al
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carlos
> Macintosh
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 2:21 AM
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> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: thoughts on warlords
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> I don't know, I usually just make sure they take aim every time. The
> catapults are one of the units I actually am careful about because of
> the high damage they can do. I also watch archers, except that even if
> you have human/taran elite archers they don't do much damage anymore.
> Most other archers like the gnoll ones or the silvin guardians do a
> lot better damage. And not even the fire arrows help matters much in my
opinion.
> I think a long time ago the elite archers got either a range boost, or
> 2 normal attacks per round, and either one of those would be better
> than the flame arrow thing. Also, I managed to beat the normal version
> of battle of twilight by placing structures on ramparts. It was almost
> too easy and the caverns of chaos could use a bit of beefing--sorry
> about making you nerf them and then asking you to beef them up again,
> haha. Also i think that if you play on the wrong side of the river map
> you should have some advantage instead of it just being exactly
> reversed. As it is, all you can do is recruit units. THere's no real
> strategy, unless deciding which structure to go after first can be
> counted as one. I know that the computer wouldn't be smart enough to
> do this but I positioned 3 stone giants and destroyed twilight watch
> on round 5. I think maybe the option of building buildings or something.
> Maybe some of the undead buildings? THe caverns of chaos seems to be
> aligned with that kind of thing.
> On 1/20/2014 1:22 AM, Allan Thompson wrote:
>> I was wondering if people might want added to archers and catapults a
>> hold position skill.
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>> This skill would allow the player to keep the unit computer
>> controlled,
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>> will enable them to hold their position so that the player doesn't
>> have to continually go back to the unit.
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>> I would have to make sure the computer doesn't use it cause I don['t
>> think it would use it as intended, but if it works, is this something
>> people
> would
>> want to have and use?
>>
>> al
>>
>> "The truth will make you free"
>> Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33AD
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