Why not improving worst units? - ANSWERED

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Why not improving worst units? - ANSWERED

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Instead of adding more and more units everytime, why dont we improve the stats of the worst units?

I am listing what I consider the worst units and what to do to improve them. Feel free to comment.

Spartan Hoplite was OP in the beginning of the game, but no one is using this unit now ==> 6 turns to build
Templar ==> 5 turns to build
War elephant ==> 6 turns, and maybe increasing the movement to 3
Shielder ==> movements increased to 3
Hussar ==> 5 turns to build, piece armor increased to 4
Assassin ==> 3 turns to build
Catapult ==> 6 turns to build
Healer ==> Heal range increased to 4
Swordman ==> No idea how to improve this one...
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no. I don't think it is a good idea.
this would unbalance the game. because the changes you mentioned (except the healer) would change the whole gameplay.
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I think balint is right.
As far as the Hoplite, he had one weakness: cavalry. I still used him though, and now he is already cheaper.
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Well, a debate is always good!

I have never seen an online player using the Hoplite, templar, war elephant... They're quite, quite, quite weak and I will never use them unless their statistics change.

Really, think for a second. Would you ever use the Hussar in a match? And now, would you use the Hussar if it costs 5 turns and piece armor increases up to 4? More likely. In the beginning of this game, catapults were OP and now I guess you won't use a catapult. It's easier to build a castle and then the trebuchet.

These changes would make the game more balance.
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Ok so debate: :)

Yes I regularly use Hussars: when the need applies. The new way may be OP.

Catapults I also use. Trebuchets are nice, but they are anti-structure siege primarily. Catapults are adapted to anti-personnel esp. with A-D. Trebuchets can only be built in a castle too - catapults can be built by three things.

There are just different styles of playing; all the new units help to accommodate multiplicity of strategies.

I could complain that I never use scouts or missionaries (and rarely ornithopters). These units simply do not often match my purpose.
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I agree COOlguy. I don't use a lot of units because they don't fit into my style.
I prefer using mainly longbowmen, heavy knight/hussar, and workers.
this is my playing style. everyone else makes their style too and use that. that is why you won't see me using catapults :)
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I've also got to agree with cool and balint. I (personly) use Templars, elephants, hoplite's, hussar's, and catapults regularly. I find they can all be extremely useful if use in the right situation
The stats you suggested would make the game extremely unbalanced. :)
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however i feel that the catapult got a bit underpowered since we have cheap ornithopters to kill them easily... (and in cheap i mean you can build ornithopters in a TC far behind the frontline and they will fly there almost immediately from the back and kill every strong unit you face...)

so actually i feel ornithopters a bit op.

i thought about raising the ornithopter to 5 turns cost ...
ideas?
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Well, I really hardly use ornithopters against humans. But that's my preference. Sometimes I hide them in towers as a last defense surprise. :D I don't really think they're OP, and generally my super units (catapults and destroyers) have enough arrowed escort or support (archers, warships, towers) and I try to place them so that they are not so vulnerable.
But it doesn't really matter to me if you change the cost to 5. :)
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I completely agree, at the moment they are very op, I often find myself over run with them in multiplayer games.
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I agree with ejm and coolguy...a couple of you guys are now familiar with my style of playing in a MPM, and I'll think you'll agree that it works-for me...the orni's may be a little bit overpowered, but i rarely use them, anyway, and i easily take enemy orni's down with my legions of supercharged bowmen, so it doesn't matter much in the long run...and i love using siege engines-especially catapults...especially since i can crank out a catapult in 2 turns... ;-)
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ok, ornithopter is 5 turns from now.
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That works for me...aircraft are extremely intricate, and AoS IS supposed to be in a medieval setting...
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Post by Ness »

Pepes ideas are very unbalancing. Like catapult its extremely powerful againist almost all units. It is almost op and it should cost 6 that would make it surely op. And pepe said warelephant weak it is strongest unit in game. I cant agree.
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Why not allow healers or even a church the ability to "spellcast" your unit into something different. Like regular archer into a fire archer or a crossbowman into q poison crossbowman, or any walking unit into a stronger or faster unit. You know build the army u need now into the army u want later by changing them as needed.
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To the Original Post:

There will always be stronger and weaker units in this game. There will also always be more used and less used units in the game. Its like a scale. Riht now it is almost perfectly balanced. But if we make these changes, it will tip a bit, and then war elephants, spatans, etc will be super op and overused again, and other units will be underused.

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To our dearest Pepe,
Currently, we are on crusade to increase the value of other units thru any means.
For which we require less improvements but more changes, since we add more in development but also make the "least used units" more useful. In such way there is no gap between their development and counterparts.
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I have observed that the money lender,slinger ,axe thrower are becoming useless . I suggest the following changes:
Money lender: i prefer to reduce its turn cost to 1 but if that is to much it may be produced in 3 turns and effectively reduces 2 turns being produced in a tc
slinger,etc: i suggest a tech 'accuracy' to improve their accuracy ( by 30% i suppose) and increase their effectiveness
Any suggestions?
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I see the slinger being used quite a bit still, but I agree that the lender and axe thrower are extremely unused. I don't think the money lender will every be very popular. (unless we make is super OP) but I think the axe thrower has a chance if the bonus against certain units are increased, or is it is given increased attack. :)
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not again :roll: :)
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Bluephoenix this a duplicate of an existing thread. Please do not open a topic on the same. Please link here the other so i can merge them.
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I suggest increasing their accuracy rather than their power. Money lenders can be extremely useful if their cost is decreased as i have specified above
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Here: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1324

This is Pepe's rant about changing the stats of every other unit in the game... imho ;)

The link BluePhoenix posted was to the answered money lender topic

This viewtopic.php?f=81&t=1548&p=10033&hilit ... ade#p10033 is the slinger upgrade topic
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I intend to use a tech rather than an upgrade to increase thei accuracy
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i ment this topic: "Why not improving worst units?"

merged.
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my opinion: if a unit not worth building than no one will. so this is ok to tune them a little but we need to be careful in keeping the balance:
eg. on spartan: i think they are still too costy plus not so hard to kill with knights or catapults.
on elephants: they are again too costy, i dont think anyone train them (only the AI)
(true for all other suggestions)
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I have opened a topic for the spartan dev . Comment there
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