Halt Heretic - Opinions

llamabeast · #1 March 6th, 2008, 03:36 PM

I'm very excited to take a look at this patch when I get home.

Do the black halberds only work on sacreds then?

Dedas · #2 March 6th, 2008, 03:49 PM

All this sounds awesome, and I'm pretty curious on Gath.

Hey llamabeast, please check your inbox.

llamabeast · #3 March 6th, 2008, 04:14 PM

Inbox checked. Messages from Dedas: 0.

Dedas · #4 March 6th, 2008, 05:05 PM

Weird... I sent two messages. I will try to resend.

llamabeast · #5 March 6th, 2008, 05:11 PM

Oh right yeah, sorry, I got those - they were a little while ago. I guess I was just being unresponsive, sorry (well, I knew I would start the game as soon as I had a chance but didn't bother telling you that).

Endoperez · #6 March 6th, 2008, 05:26 PM

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llamabeast said:
I'm very excited to take a look at this patch when I get home.

Do the black halberds only work on sacreds then?

The special effect (fatigue) should only work on enemy sacreds.

ComTrav · #7 March 6th, 2008, 05:45 PM

Nub question: Can someone clarify what, if anything, was changed about plate? Is Black Plate more viable now?

Dedas · #8 March 6th, 2008, 05:56 PM

Less fatigue penalty, less defense penalty.

Endoperez · #9 March 6th, 2008, 05:57 PM

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ComTrav said:
Nub question: Can someone clarify what, if anything, was changed about plate? Is Black Plate more viable now?

Black Plate lost one or two points of encumberance, got one or two points of protection and the defense malus went down by a point or two. Slight changes, but especially the encumberance change helps a lot.

As for the units, all troops with Black Plate got +1 morale, giving Black Plate infantry 11 and pikeneers 12 morale.

thejeff · #10 March 6th, 2008, 06:04 PM

That helps a lot. May at least make Ulm's troops competitive. I would have been tempted to call the Black Plate troops elite, bump their cost up slightly and give them better attack and defense. But the morale and armor improvements are very nice.