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I am making a new faction for my campaign and possibly to go in the imperial era (if they let me, I figure they could use more than three factions) Here are the basic unit trees, I have attempted to balance them, but I get the overall feeling that I have made them too powerful, please could people comment on the stats and say weather you think that I have made them overpowered.
here is the tree and the units stats:
Jetryl said:
here is the tree and the units stats:
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Swordsman->Commander->Warlord (warrior with leadership)
->Wanderer->Hero (high defence many attacks and skirmisher, but low HP)
->warrior->Battlear (tough, armoured and strong, but slow and not many attacks)
Archer->Hunter->Slayer (good ranged and average melee)
->feather bow->arrow wind (great ranged, bad melee)
Druid->Shaman->Warlock (heals, low damage magic attack)
Bowrider->Bowknight->Bowmaster (a mounted archer and scout, Bowmaster needs better name)
Horseman->Mounted Warrior->Horse Master (cavalry with swords, can be scouts, also need better names)
descriptions
Swordsman
level=1
cost=14
XP=38
HP=32
movement=5
sword 6-4 (blade)
Chief
level=2
cost=
XP=88
HP=46
movement=5
sword 7-4 (blade)
bow 6-2 (pierce)
Warlord
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=58
movement=5
sword 9-4 (blade)
bow 8-3 (pierce)
Wanderer
level=2
cost=
XP=
HP=42
movement=6
sword 6-5 (blade)
throwing knives 6-3 (pierce)
Hero
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=50
movement=6
double bladed sword 8-5 (blade)
throwing knives 7-2 (pierce)
Warrior
level=2
cost=
XP=98
HP=56
movement=4
mace 16-2 (impact)
Battlear
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=68
movement=4
morrning star 18-3 (impact)
Archer
level=1
cost=17
XP=48
HP=32
movement=6
dagger 6-2 (blade)
bow 6-3 (pierce)
Hunter
level=2
cost=
XP=88
HP=50
movement=7
sword 7-4 (blade)
bow 8-3 (pierce)
bow 10-2 (fire)
Slayer
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=66
movement=7
sword 10-4 (blade)
bow 13-3 (pierce)
bow 15-2 (fire)
Feather Bow
level=2
cost=
XP=76
HP=41
movement=6
dagger 5-3 (blade)
bow 8-4 (pierce) marksman
Arrow Wind
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=57
movement=6
dagger 7-3 (blade)
bow 9-5 (pierce) marksman
Druid
level=1
cost=19
XP=34
HP=32
heals
movement=5
staff 6-3 (impact)
fire ball 5-3 (fire)
Shaman
level=2
cost=
XP=85
HP=38
cures
movement=5
staff 8-3 (impact)
fire ball 7-4 (fire)
Warlock
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=50
cures
movement=5
staff 10-3 (impact)
fire ball 9-4 (fire)
Bowrider
level=1
cost=18
XP=41
HP=28
movement=9
sword 5-2 (blade)
bow 6-3 (pierce)
Bowknight
level=2
cost=
XP=83
HP=37
movement=9
sword 6-3 (blade)
bow 8-4 (pierce)
Bowmaster
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=45
movement=9
sword 6-4 (blade)
bow 10-4 (pierce)
Horseman
level=1
cost=16
XP=28
HP=36
movement=8
sword 5-4 (blade)
Mounted Warrior
level=2
cost=
XP=116
HP=48
movement=9
sword 8-4 (blade)
Horse Master
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=60
movement=10
sword 11-4 (blade)
I have learnt from this (before you actually said it as I had already prepared the images I have posted in art develpoment)All of that is subordinate to getting the graphics done, and done well, since without them we basically don't have a unit. People trying to develop new factions could really learn from this philosophy.
Last edited by Ranger M on June 23rd, 2006, 9:54 am, edited 6 times in total.
Well if you compare with existing units, most of your units seems fine, but your level 3 warrior unit seem a little overpowered.
- The Warlord (and the chief too) would probably be fine if he hadn't leadership.
With leadership it is way better than other similar units.
I suggest you decrease a little its melee attack.
- The Hero is probably just a little too strong, but is is quite similar to the fencer line.
The Wanderer is close to the Duelist with a better melee attack but less hp
You should probably do the same with Hero vs Master at Arms : (which currently has 56 HP)
- The Warrior is good as is, for the Battlear 60 damage is probably a little too much for a lvl 3 unit.
I would decrease it damage to something like 18-3
- For the Hunter line, i like the idea for the fire arrow : more damage / strike but less strikes
You probaly made an error for the Hunter :
The other units seems quite balanced to me.
When you make a unit, it is quite useful to compare to similar one in http://units.wesnoth.org
For the missing lvl 1 costs, i'll probably give :
- around 19 g for the Druid
- around 17 g for the Horse Archer
- around 16 g for the Horseman
but i'm not an expert.[/url]
- The Warlord (and the chief too) would probably be fine if he hadn't leadership.
With leadership it is way better than other similar units.
I suggest you decrease a little its melee attack.
- The Hero is probably just a little too strong, but is is quite similar to the fencer line.
The Wanderer is close to the Duelist with a better melee attack but less hp
You should probably do the same with Hero vs Master at Arms : (which currently has 56 HP)
- The Warrior is good as is, for the Battlear 60 damage is probably a little too much for a lvl 3 unit.
I would decrease it damage to something like 18-3
- For the Hunter line, i like the idea for the fire arrow : more damage / strike but less strikes
You probaly made an error for the Hunter :
You mean 10-2 (fire) ? This seems logical according to the slayer statsbow 8-3 (pierce)
bow 10-3 (fire)
The other units seems quite balanced to me.
When you make a unit, it is quite useful to compare to similar one in http://units.wesnoth.org
For the missing lvl 1 costs, i'll probably give :
- around 19 g for the Druid
- around 17 g for the Horse Archer
- around 16 g for the Horseman
but i'm not an expert.[/url]
Ok I have reduced the chief and warlord lines melee attack damage and a bit of health(I assume that is what you meant)
I have also made the Hero, have less HP and one less ranged, but I didn't alter the melee as that is the main purpose of the unit, many hits, med damage and high defence
reduced the Battlear's damage.
corrected the Hunter fire arrow attack (yes it was a mistake, thanks for noticing)
also added level one costs.
Thanks for the help, I had tried to make them not too powerful by compareing them to other units from wesnoth, but I was bound to make mistakes. Thanks again.
ps have edited the post above with changes
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Chief
level=2
cost=
XP=88
HP=46
movement=5
sword 7-4 (blade)
bow 6-2 (pierce)
Warlord
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=58
movement=5
sword 9-4 (blade)
bow 8-3 (pierce)
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Hero
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=50
movement=6
double bladed sword 8-5 (blade)
throwing knives 7-2 (pierce)
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Battlear
level=3
cost=
XP=100
HP=68
movement=4
morrning star 18-3 (impact)
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Hunter
level=2
cost=
XP=88
HP=50
movement=7
sword 7-4 (blade)
bow 8-3 (pierce)
bow 10-2 (fire)
Thanks for the help, I had tried to make them not too powerful by compareing them to other units from wesnoth, but I was bound to make mistakes. Thanks again.
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Horse Archer->Mounted Marksman->Mounted Sharpshooter
Bowrider->Bowknight->Bowmaster
Maybe with units like these I'd actually consider recruiting a mounted unit other than an Elvish Scout. As it is now, I would NEVER waste my money on a horseman or cavalryman , if almost anything else is available.
P.S. I looked at your graphics for the new faction. They look to be on par with existing unit graphics. The hero,wanderer, and horse archer (bowrider?) are very good.
right I have added one more movement to the horse archer line. to balance this I have reduced the HP to 28 in the first level, and increased the cost (As I felt that just taking away two HP wasn't enough, but anything lower than 28 HP would die too quickly), I have also reduced the HP of the other levels.
I have also just realised that the horseman does less melee damage than the horse archer, so I have increased it's damage by one, and knocked off one movement to account for this. However the later levels were fine.
And I have changed the names of the horse archer as suggested (cos I liked them, and they were better than the old ones), but I think that Bowmaster could be improved as it doesn't imply a mounted unit. I might make mounted marksman be the level three, but I am not sure.
I have changed the top post to reflect this.
I have also just realised that the horseman does less melee damage than the horse archer, so I have increased it's damage by one, and knocked off one movement to account for this. However the later levels were fine.
And I have changed the names of the horse archer as suggested (cos I liked them, and they were better than the old ones), but I think that Bowmaster could be improved as it doesn't imply a mounted unit. I might make mounted marksman be the level three, but I am not sure.
I have changed the top post to reflect this.
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In my opinion 10 is too much movement for any movement and 9 probably is too. I really wish the cap was 8 or so.
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this is supposed to be a very horse/mounted faction (see the art thread, I have planned a few more units to this affect, but don't have any stats so I haven't added it yet) so I think that having better movement is justified, also see the cavalryman unit, has jots of movement, especially in high levels.
If I remember correctly I had two units with 10 movement in a camaign once, but I might be wrong.
*Goes to check unit file*
If I remember correctly I had two units with 10 movement in a camaign once, but I might be wrong.
*Goes to check unit file*
A unit might have 10 MP with "quick", but a balanced unit will never have 10 to start with.
IIRC, the Nemidian Cavalryman has 9 MP. You should consider that the max, probably. Any someone like Noy might come in and say that even that is too much.
IIRC, the Nemidian Cavalryman has 9 MP. You should consider that the max, probably. Any someone like Noy might come in and say that even that is too much.
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The Elvish Rider and Outrider have 10, don't they? And the Scout has 9...I can see the argument that these Arendians ought to be slower than the Elvish Scout, but you'd also think mounted archers would be faster than Horseman (8), not having all that heavy armor. That's the trouble with course-grained scales.turin wrote:A unit might have 10 MP with "quick", but a balanced unit will never have 10 to start with.
IIRC, the Nemidian Cavalryman has 9 MP. You should consider that the max, probably. Any someone like Noy might come in and say that even that is too much.
The archers wil probably get a speed increase to match the arendian horseman line, but will not make a unit have 10 movement, as I have seen many people argueing about units with too much movement, the gryphon has had it's movement reducedto about 8 or 9 (I can't remember which, and I am about to go to sleep so I cannot be bothered to check), and it flies.
also they will have ten sometimes, if they have the quick ability, and ten is only just Ok, nine is enough.
also they will have ten sometimes, if they have the quick ability, and ten is only just Ok, nine is enough.
I don't have a problem with adding them now, but you need to get all formatting correct for 1.1 first.
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