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[Joe]

Will they be like the wild men? or weak and fast? its just something really bugging me, because i see a peasant as rohan units, weak, ordinary speed, and well, a peasant, but from what ive seen, the peasants will have forks, so will they run around like crazy farmers (because they dont have shot guns to stand still like one) or what exactly? somebody please explain what this peasant will be like

[Hostile]

If your cursious, I'm all about telling you.

The peasant will be armed with more than a pitchfork. But the existing weapons are already in the game. So I've not added them yet. The peasant armies are the cannon fodder hordes, like goblins. Mass combat. Samurai will be expensive and a long build time.

Peasants are cheap mass produced units. They can cover more ground because of this reason. While we all have visions of commanding level 10 samurai hordes, they don't serve the purpose of guard hordes or harrassment hordes.

If someone is attacking your resource site, chances are Samurais will take too long to build. By the time they are built, the structure is gone and the enemy is home having dinner with the wife and kids.

You'll see moreso when it comes to archers and peasant calvary. Peasants will lack alot of upgrades, Samurai archers will have a list of upgrades and be able to toggle to sword. Samurai calvary will simply own all.

Peasant calvary are better suited for scouting and harrasment. We're basically setting this up so each person has the option of choosing thier style of play. Some people who like the stealth of Dundain will probably use the ninjas alot.

We'll also make each faction slightly differant with more focus on these sort of things.

[Joe]

i see so its like a "oh shit im being attacked and i have no army" unit?

[Hostile]

And also, oh shit the game just started and I need to scout the terrain abit.

-or-

I need some plebes to guard something.

[Cobra]

sounds cool, at least they will be stronger than bfme1 ones XD

[Joe]

makes sense

[Cobra]

i actually think they will be quite fun to play with. Im looking forward to how hostile animates them