Re: [Wesnoth-dev] The merits of the Orcish Slurbow

[Joseph Simmons]

I agree that it should be reverted for this release (although graphics 
could be left in), but I really think it needs to be eventually added. 
There is some merit to the argument "orcs should not have powerful 
ranged units", but not a whole lot. A level 3 orcish archer will 
obviously never be as good as a level 3 elvish archer; but that doesn't 
mean level 3 orcish archers should not exist. Why?:

1) They are _needed_ for good orcish campaigns. No offense to benj, but 
I think his reasoning is flawed... it is virtually useless to advance a 
unit to only second level in a decent-length campaign (>5 scenarios). If 
it can't get to third level, you are better off not even having a second 
level, and just using it as a swarm unit. I really think I probably play 
campaigns a lot more than most people, and in my experience you are best 
off advancing some units to third level, and then have them help advance 
other units. It is not a good strategy to level a bunch of units to 
second level, and never get them to third level.

2) Orcs have virtually no third level units. They have, by my count, 3. 
The elves (who have less level 1 units! (4 to 5 (I'm lumping goblins 
with orcs here))) have 6. This makes the elves much more interesting for 
campaign usage. (This is not the same point as 1; 1 says that they are 
needed to have the orcish archer useful at all in orcish campaigns, 2 
says they are needed to have orcish campaigns be fun to play).

3) It helping balance Age of Heroes may not suffice as an argument on 
its own, but IMHO it does emphasize the need for this unit.


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Joseph Simmons

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