Balancing Paladins

[miyo]

Oh, by the way: Nice game! Can't wait to see what is prepared for next version!

http://changelog.wesnoth.org

- Miyo

[cobretti]

I've put it in the Art & Music forum. Please take a look at it.

(Hey, I'm not as rusted as I thought )

[Loriel]

Another options would be to make the "Grand Knight" something similar to a cataphract.

This would be a heavily armoured unit, with multiple weapons (eg lance, bow, sword, mace, dagger), but carrying all that weight the poor horse would be slow.

Compared with the original proposal

Grand Knight:

hitpoints=78
movement=7
sword attack=9-5
lance attack=17-2 (charge)

I'd suggest the movement would drop to 6,
sword attack would drop significantly (perhaps 8-4)
but a bow attack would be added (perhaps 5-3 like the elvish outrider)
Additionally the hitpoints could rise further, but the lance attack drop a bit .

The wide range of abilities, offset by poor speed, would make an interesting alternative to the paladin - similar to the original proposal, but the difference between paladin and cataphract would be more extreme than between paladin and grand knight.

[nicola]

I don't think Paladins are too powerful. It's quite difficult to get them, and they are risky because they are so fragile if you don't protect them properly - they take double damage.