Postby Marti92 » Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:19 am
Okay guys I've read most of the posts in the thread and I like the idea, but for some reason it seems very closed minded, archers are a very specific, ranged unit. How about the idea of rouges? Like an archer, but has foot soldier ability as well. Sort of like the elves from Lotr. They were good archers and they can hold their own in close combat. I like the idea of ambushes. It should be when an army gets within a certain distance/ time to your city. A defensive capability. I can't decide on the offensive capability, it's between allowing them to sneak in like scouts and sabotage the production rate of certain buildings. So for instance the barracks, you send say 25 rouges it slows down the production time by 25 percent. With that being said there should be a cap to how much you can slow down a building. The other is to allow them sneak in and kill a small amount of troops, but the attacker cannot be identified so retaliation not feasible. But I'm talkin about a small amount of troops more of annoyance than anything. Because you now have to wait for say 5 knights to be recruited again. Now after both ideas have been said, the success rate for the bothies ideas will be less then a scout. And they travel just as fast as a berserker. The cost shouldn't be horrible either in my opinion. Because they are a foot soldier. Now for talk on stats. In my opinion. They should be balanced in attack and defense. But you should get bonuses for defense with a walk because height advantage. And when attacking the ranged attack should be at a disadvantage if the defender has a wall because the ability to shoot over it would be difficult, so archers attacking a city with a wall manned by defending archers the defenders have a bonus at defense and the attacking archers have a minus in defense. But a city with just foot soldiers attacking archers can start the attack from far away and hold their own when approached by foot soldiers. I know it sounds confusing but a lot more thought will have to go in to figuring out the specifics. The designers will have to calculate the battle differently. Depending in the units. The rouge will be the class right in the middle. I have a lot more thoughts on the subject but I want you guys to give me an opinion so far on what I've said.