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I like that little blurb about how the most powerful Tigrans hurl firebolts when that's only done by Fire Cats, one of the weakest units in the entire game, IMO. They got a little better in SM, but not much. Still one of my favorite AOW races, though. Tiger Master spam all day every day.
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Dec 26, 2013 19:21
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Shadow Magic Halfings are vastly improved over AoW2 Halfins, aka "The race where everything is slow and garbage except Leprechauns." It's true that their stealth gimmick is useless in single player, though. Like seriously, I remember being so frustrated with Water Phase that I managed to break out charts proving to myself that every halfing unit was objectively worse then every other equivalent unit except for the Leprechauns and maybe slingers. Being a slow-rear end race on maps with water and difficult terrain everywhere just made it worse. Pretty sure I would just hole up in cities and use water summons to explore until I had high tier units every time I played it.
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Mar 23, 2014 04:16
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Glazius posted:Are Halfling units, like, cheaper or something to make up for their decreased power? Like everyone else said, no there's not really any trade-off for Halfling units being slow and fragile and bad at fighting in this game. They just straight up blow chunks. Shadow Magic made halflings good again by buffing the poo poo out of them. The low tier fighting units got their recruitment cost cut down to almost nothing, most units gained concealment, Rogues got mega-buffed, the entire race went from resist 6 to resist 10, Sheriffs got pistols, ect. A lot of races got way more fun to play in Shadow Magic but for Halflings the difference is night and day.
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Mar 25, 2014 13:43
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quote:So Leprechauns just bolt everything to death and never get hit? That's about it! Not only that, but they have: Regen: Heal back to full health every turn out of combat. Concealment: Invisible on the campaign map. Swimming: Can Cross Water Sabotage: Massive damage vs siege weapons, unlimited use. Phase: Can teleport once in combat. Walls are useless. Leprechauns are tiny avatars of concentrated bullshit to try and deal with. They're the one unit no one forgets after playing this game.
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Mar 30, 2014 14:33
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It's really more a multiplayer thing. The AI isn't smart enough to mass Leprechauns or use them properly. Even then I wouldn't say they're the strongest thing in the game, just infuriating. quote:Although I usually buff my troops a lot, so that might help a bit. Funnily enough, they can also dispel buffs.  I don't think I've ever had cause to use it, though.
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Mar 30, 2014 19:37
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Glazius posted:How does this game treat carryover between campaign missions? Do you just keep everything? More or less. You keep your items, heroes, and researched spells/skills between missions, but every time you enter a new elemental cycle, you start over from scratch. It's more like a list of 3 mission mini-campaigns then one large over-arching one. Until the last mission, but that's a thing. quote:Welcome back! If the next level is the one I'm remembering, gently caress it mightily. Pretty sure that's the mission that made me rage so hard I had to vent by creating detailed charts and graphs documenting exactly how hosed Halflings were against Goblins in vanilla AoW2. Well, the first time. There's a trick to making the mission more manageable...I think. madmac fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Aug 3, 2014 |
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Aug 3, 2014 20:03
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The evolution of the entire Age of Wonders series could probably be summarized as "Massively nerfed Heroes. Still Bulldozers of Destruction." I couldn't imagine playing it any other way.
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Aug 22, 2014 19:51
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I agree, actually. Even though Shadow Magic had massively improved mechanics and balancing I could never get into the campaign as much as I did Vanilla AoW2.
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Aug 23, 2014 04:32
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I always liked the Life campaign too, for a lot of reasons. The missions are all pretty fun and straightforward, and Life Magic by itself is a pretty noticeable change of pace from the regular old Elemental Spheres. Elves are also just a fun race to play around with, not nearly as slow or frustrating as playing Halflings before Leprechauns come out.
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Nov 1, 2014 15:43
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