Classic factions are supposed to be all one race, right?
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Elvish_Pillager
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What grounds have you for disagreeing? What else is Classic supposed to be? And if not, how is it supposed to be different from Default?miyo wrote:If that is the case I disagree with him.turin wrote:This is exactly what dave has said it does equal.
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Why is race such a big deal? (in Wesnoth)
I haven't seen anywhere in the game that explicitly refers to a unit's "race." Yes, it's often part of the name, but that not as definite a statement.
In other words, the player will see some units described as Orcs and some as Goblins. As the game is now, he is free to understand them as part of the same race, or not. Either way, i don't think he's really going to care.
I haven't seen anywhere in the game that explicitly refers to a unit's "race." Yes, it's often part of the name, but that not as definite a statement.
In other words, the player will see some units described as Orcs and some as Goblins. As the game is now, he is free to understand them as part of the same race, or not. Either way, i don't think he's really going to care.
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'Classic' refers to the oldest and most classic groupings that the creatures of Wesnoth have. These are most commonly by race, but can contain some cross-race alliances.
This is the 'classic' era. Not the era where all the races of Wesnoth were struck with pathological xenophobia, and all waged war against any who weren't exactly the same race.
As such, mermen can join with Elves, and Trolls can join with Orcs.
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This is the 'classic' era. Not the era where all the races of Wesnoth were struck with pathological xenophobia, and all waged war against any who weren't exactly the same race.
As such, mermen can join with Elves, and Trolls can join with Orcs.
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I think all the discussion of classic or not with "pure" race leads nowhere...so what about an anticlassic with pot luck choice...the player can recruit any units from any race. Let's have the paladin fight side by side with the lich:). From a strategic point of view it's the best test since no player can complain to have an unbalanced race (like in "it's not my fault I'm loosing").
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If this is the case, I advocate the removal of Classic and the creation of an Era in which each faction is a single race, as Classic is pointless.Dave wrote:'Classic' refers to the oldest and most classic groupings that the creatures of Wesnoth have. These are most commonly by race, but can contain some cross-race alliances.
This is the 'classic' era. Not the era where all the races of Wesnoth were struck with pathological xenophobia, and all waged war against any who weren't exactly the same race.
As such, mermen can join with Elves, and Trolls can join with Orcs.
David
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I don't think we would be committed to make such era balanced. Actually I am not even sure we have to make classic perfectly balanced - it exists to allow certain kind of battles (e.g. elves (no Wose, no Mage) vs orcs (no Saurian)).Elvish Pillager wrote:If this is the case, I advocate the removal of Classic and the creation of an Era in which each faction is a single race, as Classic is pointless.
Battle for Wesnoth is free software and thus you are free to build your own unofficial add-on (of course people need to have it installed to play with you using that era) or you can even fork the project.
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