Fighting Commanders and Equipment.

[Sandman]

General commanders are a bit useless, yes.

It'd be cool if they had leadership traits, or something like that.

[GriffinOfBuerrig]

There are some Base commanders who are also usefull for combat: Niefel Giants and maybee assasins.

But normaly you have to summon commnder to get the magic items to work: Try the Bane Lord, or a Ice Devil, or a combatpretender(any titan) and you will see that they are not too weak (Try giving them the boots(of hase?) and the wraith sword and do not wonder if you change your tactics to super combatants.

[Endoperez]

Niefel Giants are good combatants, but so are the lesser ones. Jotun Jarls are all sacred, have better skills and equipment than Jotun soldiers, and aren't much more expensive when you factor the halved upkeep in.

[spirokeat]

Oh aye, I use varying forms of SC when I play. But I can't help but feel that maybe the lower commanders should be able to interact with items against other normal troops with a little bit of survivability. Its not just their base stats I don't think.

Its the way the troops move about, they invariably either never reach the combat as the opponent has routed or they stand out too far and get overwhelmed. I would love to be able to tell my commander (or troops) To allow him to fight in the ranks to allow him his superior attacks on the enemy and be protected on his sides by his own men. As is I am restricted to setting him to attack and his troops to guard him which I'm still trying to figure out if it works.

Im about to try some werewolf commanders with flesh eaters, penadants of luck, lycantropos amulets, shroud of the battle saint and horned helms. See how they work out. Obviously I will be aiming them at normal armies or PD stuff, but it wasnt too hard to kit em out.

Spirokeat

[quantum_mechani]

spirokeat said:
lycantropos amulets

Werewolf commanders already have regeneration, so this is a bit redundant (unless of course this is this reason they are werewolf commanders ).

[Molog]

The regeneration of the amulets stacks with the native regeneration.

There is a chance for the werewolves to be transformed into skinshifters. Rather weird.

[quantum_mechani]

Molog said:
The regeneration of the amulets stacks with the native regeneration.

There is a chance for the werewolves to be transformed into skinshifters. Rather weird.

I thought perhaps he was referring to the skinshifters as werewolves (there are so many units in the game it can take a while to learn the terminology ).

Anyway, the amulets do stack, but if you already have regeneration there are better options for your misc slot (and your gems).