Even in CB are black servants too strong?

Boron · #1 July 24th, 2006, 12:58 PM

The black servant is so-so. He is good at raiding other players. Full gear is not worth it imho, but if you simply give him a shield + an armor he is already quite ok and costs not that much. But he can only be used as a raider.

Vs. real enemy armies he is way way too fragile. Since he is undead and has low hp, it is not worth it to invest too much into him.
A tartarian can survive a few dust to dust or lightning bolts etc., a black servant does not.

But by being available so early in the game he is a perfect raider. Unless your enemy is lucky and has priests or a useful mage as pd the black servant can easily beat pd.

It is not so easy to defend vs. them when they are raiding. you would need to detach 1-2 mages or some priests to every important province to stop them reliable.
You can do this, but if you do this your enemy has already achieved an important goal: to severly slow you down.
Imho the black servant is fine as he currently is.

Morkilus · #2 July 26th, 2006, 04:24 PM

My only issue is that he's not SUPPOSED to be an uber-dude (as in, flavor of the game). He's supposed to be a cheap stealthy summon for scouts, since Ermor doesn't get scouts. If he was some sort of hero or banelord, that would make more sense.

Wish · #3 July 26th, 2006, 04:44 PM

maybe they need a shadow lord, similar to a bane lord, but made of the same stuff as shades and black servants.

Endoperez · #4 July 27th, 2006, 11:53 AM

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Wish_For_Blood_Slaves said:
maybe they need a shadow lord, similar to a bane lord, but made of the same stuff as shades and black servants.

Isn't Wraith Lord already a bit like that?

Wish · #5 July 27th, 2006, 12:58 PM

spectres kind of are, wraithlords, not so much.

they need something in between that doesn't have magic, but does have lifedrain and aetheriality.