To flameguard, my last comment was aimed primarily at Jeth, and I had no intentions of disgracing or offending you. You have my apologies if I did wrong you in any way.
To Jeth, I am going to tell you my thoughts for each faction one at a time, starting with Narnia, then The Witch, then Telmar, Then Caspian.
I was believing that Narnia's units should be cheaper that certain units because once the torch of hope was lit by the arrival of the Pevensies in Lantern Waste, and Aslan's return from across the sea, the Narnians pulled together thier entire army almost instantly, and everyone joined. Even Beaver was armored and with a bow in the Battle of Beruna. However, if you look at the scene when the army is charging towards the witch, you will see her army hasn't really moved far, but on Narnia's side, the Fauns and Satyrs are almost keeping pace with the centaurs. That's why I thought that ALL of thier units, exept perhaps the dwarves, should move with more speed than in the other factions. But then again, look at the faction early game. Look at Tumnus the Faun for example. His hair and beard seem somewhat unkempt, his home is small and, though cozy, rather poor (I mean poor as in he doesn't have a lot to go around) His Scarf is frayed and worn, and he seems very, very nervous. Any narnian would be. They have had thier will to fight completely beaten out of them for the past hundred years. Plus, even when they do finally find it in themselves to rebel, it will still be a while before they are capable of taking on the war-hardened army of the Witch. Even when the Pevensies and the Beavers arrive at the camp, they are still making weapons and armor, because they don't yet have enough. In fact, I somewhat pictured the early game Narnians being primarily unarmored. Like for example, the fauns would have spears, but would only be wearing thier Scarves. The Centaurs would have swords and shields, but have no helms or body armor. That symbolizes the beginning of the rebellion until the dwarves can get thier forges up and running, and eliminate the silver-to-gold armor color change that i HATE in the existing game (which is a reason why I play Elven Alliance primarily now). That is quite a list there in my opinion, and this is only for the Narnia faction! This is going to be a long post...
For the Witch, you are right in that the two sides are almost polar opposites. Even the dwarves are different! And I think you are right. They should be slow, unyeilding, powerful early game, but I think thier power should wane somewhat later. I don't really know where to go with this one, so we need to work with this one. That was fairly short. Maybe this will be shorter than I thought...
For Telmar, when I said strength, I didn't mean it literally. In this case, I meant unit strength. I say this for thier blend of trained units, such as the Soldiers and Crossbowmen, but in strength, I was referring to thier special units, The Captain and Phalanx, who alone are more powerful than the standard unit. Also, they are similar to Gondor, but still very different. Men take after thier leaders. Look at Gondor and Telmar's leaders. With Gondor, aside from Denethor, most of Gondor's Captains are honorable and just, and even Denethor was like this before his wife's death weakened him, and Boromir's death destroyed him. But look at Telmar. Look at Miraz, a tyrannical murderer who killed everyone who could stand in his way to take the Throne, even trying to kill his own nephew. Look at Glozelle, a blindly loyal general who follows Miraz out of loyal fear. Look at Sopespian, who is a selfish and spiteful wretch who betrays those he is sworn to serve. The men of Telmar would fear these lords and would probably live in utter fear of thier own lords, rather than thier enemies. It says so right in the book that Miraz's men were more afraid of him than of the Narnians. Balance thier units out, yes, but allow room for the powerful units. And do remember. The only stealthy unit for the Telmarines are thier scouts. Okay...maybe I was wrong...this post will still be long...
For Caspian, I agree that upgrades should be more pricy, but not by much! I believe that they should have an upgrade cost system similar to Gondor's because they would have more upgrades to go around if they found more Treasure Chambers. I do however think that they cost more by default anyway. But do keep in mind that the smallest change can add up. For example an increase of 100 resources with maximum discount for 400 resources. Alone, that seems like very little, but if you consider that the average game ending army contains about 10-15 units, all upgraded, that adds up to 1000-1500 resourses extra, which is a pretty big chunk out of your coffers. Therefore, yes to more expensive upgrades, but make it No less than 100, no more than 150. And definately NO NO NO to cheap spammy units for that faction. It is 3872916343% incompatable for that faction. At long last...this discussion can end...for me...for now...
Now, on to other matters.
Witch's Brutes it fine enough for me. Much better than "Monsters" was anyway.
For the Power Awaken the Dryads, the dryads and trees aren't the same. Trees are...you know. Dryads are tree spirits. However, the Dryads were the ones who controlled the trees, so it works to Awaken them.
I know quite a bit about bears. My cousin wants to become a Yellowstone Park Ranger, and he and I talk about the local Fauna of the park a lot. Brown/Black bears are pretty small, though strong, and are basically Giant Raccoons. A fully grown grizzly bear is HUGE and fierce. They would definately make good seige units. Bears can smash with force enough to topple huge trees, and they can throw a quarter-ton log through the air like a boomerang. They could be quite a hazard to a castle, especially one made of ice...
Oreius's swords. I was thinking that maybe...the dual swords attack faster, do less damage, but hit 2 foes at once. They are his Crowd-Control swords. His greatsword could attack slower, do more damage, but hit only one foe. Therefore, his dual swords are good for killing things like Minoboars, Dwarves, Ankle-Slicers, and Wolves, while his greatsword is good for killing Minotaurs, Cyclopes, Ogres, and Heroes. Either set seems to be alright against Tigers, and hags seem killable by anything, since they are noncombatants.
So, I have a two-page Chemistry report to write. I'll chat with you later.
Edited by Folca the Hunter, 03 September 2008 - 12:08 AM.
