The longest awaited unit evar?

Circon · Post by **Circon** » October 27th, 2004, 4:44 am

quartex wrote:You have the right definition for pelt, however I think the verb is more often used when people are throwing rotten vegetables. Either way, peltast is not a word, and it's meaning is not obvious. Bad idea, IMO.

It is definitely a word. Look at the link in my post. It's a Greek javelinist.

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » October 27th, 2004, 9:55 am

Circon wrote:
quartex wrote:You have the right definition for pelt, however I think the verb is more often used when people are throwing rotten vegetables. Either way, peltast is not a word, and it's meaning is not obvious. Bad idea, IMO.
It is definitely a word. Look at the link in my post. It's a Greek javelinist.

You might as well say Ulfserker is a word.

joshbosh321 · Post by **joshbosh321** » October 27th, 2004, 11:21 am

and it's a unit, isn't it?

Burnsaber · Post by **Burnsaber** » October 27th, 2004, 11:53 am

It shouldnt have level3, so whats the problem with the name javelineer; its a word, and its understandable.

About the stats; i think it should be 3-9 melee and 2-12 ranged

Post by **turin** » October 27th, 2004, 12:34 pm

Burnsaber wrote:It shouldnt have level3, so whats the problem with the name javelineer; its a word, and its understandable.

About the stats; i think it should be 3-9 melee and 2-12 ranged

um... you mean 9-3 melee and 12-2 ranged, right? 12 strikes is rather a lot...

Post by **Neoriceisgood** » October 27th, 2004, 1:02 pm

It trows twelve javelines with the speed of lightning; sadly they were t heavy to carry so they got replace with paper darts.

autolycus · Post by **autolycus** » October 27th, 2004, 5:19 pm

Neoriceisgood wrote:It trows twelve javelines with the speed of lightning; sadly they were t heavy to carry so they got replace with paper darts.

Ah, the cuttlefish javelineer, it sounds like - now we can have a sea-monster faction so that the nagas and mermen have something to fight!

Burnsaber · Post by **Burnsaber** » October 28th, 2004, 4:36 am

turin wrote:
Burnsaber wrote:It shouldnt have level3, so whats the problem with the name javelineer; its a word, and its understandable.

About the stats; i think it should be 3-9 melee and 2-12 ranged
um... you mean 9-3 melee and 12-2 ranged, right? 12 strikes is rather a lot...

Yeah, sorry!

Hes not a mobile mg42, after all....

Post by **quartex** » October 28th, 2004, 5:52 pm

Back to the actual discussion, how would this unit be implemented? Is it just a 3rd upgrade option for the spearmen? I think it's simplest not to change the swordsman or pikeman unit trees.

Post by **Darth Fool** » October 28th, 2004, 6:14 pm

quartex wrote:Back to the actual discussion, how would this unit be implemented? Is it just a 3rd upgrade option for the spearmen? I think it's simplest not to change the swordsman or pikeman unit trees.

I think that this would just be an upgrade/ alternate branch of the spearman.

Post by **quartex** » October 28th, 2004, 6:55 pm

Well, when people have decided on the final stats and position in the unit tree, the javalineer should be added to the Unit Thread sticky. Hopefully it can be tested and implemented soon.

Bob the Terrible · Post by **Bob the Terrible** » October 29th, 2004, 2:00 am

I think that this is a realy cool idea overall, however I do have some stuff to suggest
1 spearmen are supposed to be the bulk of the army, so why not have the javelineer gain a bonous from other javlineers.
2 we could have them be sort of a low level commander.
3 we could have them be the much needed medic for the human civ.

Post by **turin** » October 29th, 2004, 2:03 am

1. no.

2. why?

3. see white mage.

Bob the Terrible · Post by **Bob the Terrible** » October 29th, 2004, 2:10 am

Got it

I just thought that it seems like just one more unit. What is the difference between getting hit by a javilin and getting hit by an arrow?

Post by **turin** » October 29th, 2004, 2:12 am

Bob the Terrible wrote:Got it
I just thought that it seems like just one more unit. What is the difference between getting hit by a javilin and getting hit by an arrow?

nothing. but then again, whats the difference in getting hit with a thunderstick shot and getting hit with an arrow? its just one has less strokes and does more damage. javelin is in between; 2 strokes, not 1 or 3.