Re: [Wesnoth-dev] 3rd level units for Drakes

[Richard Kettering]

My ideas:

I don't think we should mess with the burner line.  Those guys are 
finished, and some of the best drakes we have.

The clasher, I would split - the existing units would have some 
graphical changes, expect for the slasher:
One line would have a big mallet, the other would have a big halberd.  
Both would go to level 3, the mallet fellow would be more heavily 
armored.
Level 1 would have a odd weapon, a bit like a spear, but heavy and 
stout enough to smash something like a skeleton with.
Level 1 could, instead, just have a halberd.
This would eliminate the multi-weapon drake problem.  It's one thing to 
have drakes carrying two weapons, but it is altogether another to have 
them carrying a third in a prehensile tail, a la gladiator.  That was 
something I was never fond of.
As Nils said, I think it would be a good idea to make these guys hard 
to level.


The fighter/warrior line, I am not sure on.  I do think it is very 
important to keep fire-breathing as a core aspect of the drakes, and I 
think this line should not be emphasized.  Perhaps it should even be 
removed, if other changes to the clashers went through?

The Sky drakes, I would do two things.  First, I would give them a 
second level.  Second, I would give them marksman.  They don't do much 
damage, but they would be useful because they would have some guarantee 
of hitting - this would make them very useful against other flyers, who 
always get 50% defense.


I agree that we should not touch the saurians (though I can see some 
graphical things that might want for improvement ;) ).

On Mar 2, 2005, at 6:34 AM, Nils Kneuper wrote:

> Hi everyone!
> In the last weeks I have been playing quite a lot mp-games with the
> Drakes. I think it would be nice to have a Lv.3 for some units.
> 1) The Glider would be such a Unit, because it is very hard to have him
> survive very long. Why not revard it with giving him a Lv.3 when he
> does live long enough? I think that one should really be "the king of
> heaven". At the moment he is easyly outmanoverd by a Lv1 Gryphon, even
> if he is Lv. 2.
> 2) Compared to the Burner line, the Warrior line is by far too weak.
> If you compare a Flare to a Warrior, the Warrior would maybe even lose
> in close combat. And the Flare even has the ability Leadership. I
> would tend to make the Fighter line the one with leadership and leave
> the rest of the stats as they are. This make someone to use the
> warrior line a bit mor. At the moment I don't use Warrior this much,
> because for close combats I got the slasher line, and for Ranged with
> a little close I got the Burner line. Maybe it would be good to put
> The Flameheart as level3 of the Fighter line, and let the Flare line
> end with Lv2. The Fire line would still reach Lv3.
> 3.) I think one of the two lines the Clasher evolves to, should also
> have a Lv3. This would strengthen the impression, that Drakes are very
> powerful, but expensive. This Unit should need Lots of exp to level.
>
> I think these addidions would give the game a little more depth when
> playing Drakes. They are already at least easy to hit, because their
> best defense is 40%. that is not much at all. The saurians should stay
> the way they are now. The Tribalist could become to powerful, if they
> are more improved.
>
> CU
> Nils Kneuper aka Ivanovic
>
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