Pretender assassin - balance?

Vicious Love · #1 April 14th, 2004, 10:07 PM

Soooo...does this mean the Vampire Queen should be an assassin?
Obscenely powerful or otherwise, it just seems thematically appropriate.

Gandalf Parker · #2 April 14th, 2004, 10:18 PM

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Originally posted by Vicious Love:
Soooo...does this mean the Vampire Queen should be an assassin?
Obscenely powerful or otherwise, it just seems thematically appropriate.

Vampire Queen, and that Ghost King I believe(even worse I think), can easily become an assassin with the Black Heart. Any sneaking unit can.

Vicious Love · #3 April 15th, 2004, 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Vampire Queen, and that Ghost King I believe(even worse I think), can easily become an assassin with the Black Heart. Any sneaking unit can.

I know, I know, I'm just saying it's thematically appropriate for her to have it "out of the box". If nerfing is in order, you could always take away one of her misc slots, as in "My heart's so black I can't wear a ring, ma!"

Saxon · #4 April 17th, 2004, 07:45 AM

An assassin pretender does not, in my opinion, need balancing. Assassins are useful, but not unbalancing. An assassin pretender can annoy, but is unlikely to hamstring a decently prepared opponent.

As for the Vampire Queen, you can gear her up to eat entire armies, so why bother with just the commanders? That said, I agree, it does fit thematically. As such, I would argue for giving her assassination and toning down some of her other powers.

Anglachel · #5 April 17th, 2004, 02:09 PM

Would an assassinating pretender that flies, such as the Vampire Queen with the heart, be viable strategy at eating away at gem hoarding early? Or does being in a fortress protect them from such?

Norfleet · #6 April 17th, 2004, 06:26 PM

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Originally posted by Anglachel:
Would an assassinating pretender that flies, such as the Vampire Queen with the heart, be viable strategy at eating away at gem hoarding early? Or does being in a fortress protect them from such?

Assassinating can strike inside of a fort, yes, as long as the fort is not being sieged. Being inside of a fort is not a protection against assassination unless your fort is being besieged.

Yossar · #7 April 17th, 2004, 09:56 PM

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Originally posted by Anglachel:
Would an assassinating pretender that flies, such as the Vampire Queen with the heart, be viable strategy at eating away at gem hoarding early? Or does being in a fortress protect them from such?

But if they're hoarding stuff in their capitol, you're not going to have many hps there and the proper bodyguards (something flying maybe) might be able to rip you up.