Arakasi
10-07-2004, 05:03
Well I would post in the colliseum if I could, but here is the place that it will have to be because of the junior patron. What I'd like to comment on is the several threads in that forum that talk about balancing of units, mainly cavalry, archers and elephants.
Red Harvest has repeatedly posted that those units are overpowered. I've not noticed it, but I've been using the 0.5 killing speed mod. If you've not tried it RH you should use it. Also I did a test the other day with one unit of cataphracts which I had modified to 90 attack and 95 charge and I had it will absolutely full morale, weapon, and defence. I then charged a Spartan Hoplite who also had full morale and full weapon/defence. I charged over and over again, and some from angles and sometimes from behind and before they got set and I still got slaughtered, even though my units attack was over 70 in the pregame screen. Maybe the overpowering more has to do with the kill rate than the stats? But I've not seen cav be as overpowered as he says.
Elephants I agree are very strong, but then again I've not used them much. I have used archers quite a lot, not so much the Cretans but often the Scythians, including then nobles who have about the same missile attack. They've not done anywhere near the damage I've seen reported. Reading the threads over there it seems like I'm reading about people playing two different games. Anyways just my thoughts on the subject.
Red Harvest has repeatedly posted that those units are overpowered. I've not noticed it, but I've been using the 0.5 killing speed mod. If you've not tried it RH you should use it. Also I did a test the other day with one unit of cataphracts which I had modified to 90 attack and 95 charge and I had it will absolutely full morale, weapon, and defence. I then charged a Spartan Hoplite who also had full morale and full weapon/defence. I charged over and over again, and some from angles and sometimes from behind and before they got set and I still got slaughtered, even though my units attack was over 70 in the pregame screen. Maybe the overpowering more has to do with the kill rate than the stats? But I've not seen cav be as overpowered as he says.
Elephants I agree are very strong, but then again I've not used them much. I have used archers quite a lot, not so much the Cretans but often the Scythians, including then nobles who have about the same missile attack. They've not done anywhere near the damage I've seen reported. Reading the threads over there it seems like I'm reading about people playing two different games. Anyways just my thoughts on the subject.