Re: [EB MP]3.0 Thread - Testing and Updates
How dare someone insult the tournament god-king like that?!Originally Posted by TheShakAttack
I want to remind everyone that, believe it or not, you can actually give Armenian cataphracts the fear effect while removing it from the Pahlava. Remember, they're different units and so it isn't the case that both either have it or don't. This is not a suggestion, just a reminder for those claiming this or that about P+H combinations of fear or not.
Anyway, this is for Brave Sir Robin. My suggestion to remove the fear effect, while not an actual call to remove it but rather something to think about, was not misguided at all. You yourself said it best and surprised me with your observational self by pointing out another quite ruinous game mechanism, namely guard mode. In combination with use of the fear effect, we have such a problem, yes. But as we can all see, if you remove the fear mechanic while also removing the guard mechanic, you have essentially rid your game of this problem with both fear imbalancing as well as guard imbalancing. This is not about the volume of urine men peed on the battlefield upon spotting cataphracts, but rather about a gameplay mechanic which, in my thought, should have either 1) never existed, or 2) been improved upon (a non-trivial task). The truth is, when you balance your EDU with fear effects (and to a lesser extent, guard mode) in consideration, this is what happens. You get a situation in which you are now determining who gets which mechanic in order to find a balance, and then to justify it somehow, but never in a satisfying manner.
TL;DR Fear and guard go hand in hand in terms of their imbalancing effects. Remove both and you have removed such effects. Proceed to balance EDU knowing full well that fear and guard are out of the picture. If you would oppose this idea, resume justifying various combinations of imposing or ridding of these mechanisms. Good luck.
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