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Elegost
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posted December 19, 2008 09:33 AM |
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Poll Question: Crossbowmen..overpowered?
When i bough TotE (ow i am so good that i didn't downloaded it) i noticed after a while that the alternetive upgrade of the archer was a crossbowmen...carefully examining it i compromise it to the marksman
..precise shot..no range penalty whats that oh no...could it be...
their range is MAX and thus doing double frigging damage all the time
Marksman Crossbowmen
Attack:4 Attack:5
Defence:4 Defence:4
Damage:2-8 Damage:4-16 (MAX RANGE)
Hitpoints:10 Hitpoints:10
Speed:4 Speed:4
Initiative:8 initiative:8
Shots:12 Shots:10(just buy a Acart
Precise shot No range penalty
range:HALF Range:MAX
as you can see for marksman only their shots are more but just buy an ammo cart for that and i mean 10 SHOTS thats still alot, even a final battle wont need that many shots
if i am not mistaken precise shot is some kind of Armor piercing at close range right...
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Elvin
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posted December 19, 2008 09:38 AM |
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It is no secret that Nival's balance sucks and the crossbowman is a clear example. Then again it still has a use in creeping, early on you can use crosbowmen to clear weaker stacks and then marksmen for the tougher ones. Shooting against zero defense is nice Anyways there are more than a few threads abou alternative upgrades comparisons, please use one of those. Cannot check for links right now but they should be in the table contents. Will leave the thread open for a while.
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Lexxan
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posted December 19, 2008 09:39 AM |
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If your enemy reaches your first line of Defence, you'd better take Marksmen. (vs Sylvan and Inferno)
Also, Marksman are great to tackle Dragon Vaults with
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Elvin
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posted December 19, 2008 09:58 AM |
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In the case of sylvan there is also the matter of arcane archers/high druids that I'd rather shoot first so no range penalty wins it for me.
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Elegost
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posted December 19, 2008 10:07 AM |
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why does no one vote XD
yeah your right i always attack shooters with shooters, sadly dungeon doesn't have good shooters
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Shares
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posted December 19, 2008 11:33 AM |
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I think their overpwoerness is mostly 'cuz the number you get with the training thing Haven has. You can get A LOT of marksmen with it, even though it costs like hell it's to good.
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Asheera
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posted December 19, 2008 01:48 PM |
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Sure, they are overpowered, but it wouldn't be fair to nerf them, because all factions received something overpowered in TotE, especially Sylvan. If it's something to nerf here, it's some Sylvan Alternates, and not the Haven ones.
I mean, Arcane Archer - no comment, the most overpowered creature in the game (relative to its Tier)
Wind Dancer - overpowered as well, though not as much as the AA
High Druid - boosting Ranger's Spellpower to be as high as a Warlock
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zamfir
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posted December 19, 2008 02:21 PM |
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I agree with Ash. There are more important things to tweak.
Just let them be...
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Asheera
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posted December 19, 2008 02:23 PM |
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I'd like to see them weakened but only if the other overpowered alternatives are weakened as well.
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william
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posted December 19, 2008 02:24 PM |
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Edited by william at 14:26, 19 Dec 2008.
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Exactly, Ash. That's probably the best way to deal with things IMO. That would probably make things more balanced.
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zamfir
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posted December 19, 2008 02:26 PM |
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... or we can beg MightyMage.
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blizzardboy
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posted December 19, 2008 02:42 PM |
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There are bigger fish to fry. Vampire Princes are the best upgrade in the game and I thought Vampire Lords were impressive even before the Princes came along. Pretty much the entire sylvan army got a buff. The introduction of invisibility for dungeon is just disturbingly abusive. I don't think crossbowmen need debuffed so much as that marksmen should be changed in some way. It's dumb to have a charged-based army like haven (griffons, champions, angels) and then to have a unit that shines whenever it fights at close range (like marksmen).
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Fauch
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posted December 19, 2008 03:59 PM |
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Quote: why does no one vote XD
yeah your right i always attack shooters with shooters, sadly dungeon doesn't have good shooters
the matriarch is quite decent.
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zamfir
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posted December 19, 2008 05:44 PM |
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Perhaps, but the Mistress is much better. You usually end up with no shooters at all when you play Dungeon.
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Elegost
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posted December 20, 2008 06:56 PM |
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Quote:
Quote: why does no one vote XD
yeah your right i always attack shooters with shooters, sadly dungeon doesn't have good shooters
the matriarch is quite decent.
but you get only 2 per week (without growth upgrades)
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mlai
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posted December 23, 2008 06:16 AM |
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How the heck is V.Prince supposed to be better than V.Lord????! Last I heard, ppl who think Prince is better is in the minority.
If this was discussed in detail in another thread, please link thanks.
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homm3megejas
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posted December 23, 2008 08:25 AM |
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In 3.1 patch torpor chances are increaced, so vampire princes are faster, then lords and, if torpor triggers, they don't get retaliation and put enemy stack to sleep for two turns . Also, I believe the first post is partialy wrong, cause they both do 2-8 damage in close range, but in long range marksman do halved damage: 1-4, and crossbowman - normal 2-8 and not double .
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alcibiades
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posted December 23, 2008 09:33 AM |
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Also depends on your skills. Princes + Soldier's Luck = overkill.
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Lexxan
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posted December 23, 2008 10:36 AM |
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I wouldn't say Vampire Princes are the best upgrade (High Damage Range and Enemy Retaliation compensate the Torpor and Speed advantage), but they are one of the most daring units in the game. Using them is risky and can turn out to be your demise (note that their High HPs slow down their regeneration process), but if your gamble pays of, you'll be the happiest Necromancer ever!
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blizzardboy
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posted December 23, 2008 04:41 PM |
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Have you been watching the duel tournament? Vampire Princes are the things that dreams, sex, and pizza are made out of. Torpor is just downright awesome.
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