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Old March 31st, 2010, 05:03 PM

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Default Re: YARG2 , 24 players EA RAND game [full, nations assigned, test your builds!]

Ignored immortality.
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Old March 31st, 2010, 05:44 PM

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Default Re: YARG2 , 24 players EA RAND game [full, nations assigned, test your builds!]

I'd vote against. everyone knows the bugs with immortality. they die on retreat, VotD, and i guess trample too.
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Old March 31st, 2010, 10:05 PM
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Default Re: YARG2 , 24 players EA RAND game [full, nations assigned, test your builds!]

I vote no to the Phoenix size 6.
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Old March 31st, 2010, 10:20 PM

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No to size 6 phoenix, even if it would be fun to hit it with a hero's blade that way.
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I vote no.
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Default Re: YARG2 , 24 players EA RAND game [full, nations assigned, test your builds!]

Size 6 Phoenix automatically gains immunity to Wind Ride, which is a perfect way to get rid of immortal being.
I ran several test with trampling Phoenix and can say - not a single bird was hurt in the process, they all were carefully (not without a couple of affictions though) placed into capital after death. But I had few incidents with multyplying Phoenixes as a result of trample instead, and I thought recent patch was fixing this.
My vote is no to size 6 Phoenix.
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Old April 1st, 2010, 02:58 AM
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Default Re: YARG2 , 24 players EA RAND game [full, nations assigned, test your builds!]

Also, wouldn't size 6 Pheonix gain sort of immunity to trampling?
It seems like this bug needs to be fixed by IW. Give it size 6 is kinda like fixing a wrong with another wrong.

vote, for size 6 phoenixes, or against?
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I think the current votes are sufficient to give rdonj the player's answer - no.
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Default Re: YARG2 , 24 players EA RAND game [full, nations assigned, test your builds!]

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Also, wouldn't size 6 Phoenix gain sort of immunity to trampling?
I think that's the whole point of making the Phoenix size 6 isn't it? Since it is the trampling that is causing the bug to trigger.

It's certainly a bug for illWinter to look at, but if bugs can be worked around via a mod, it's sometimes worth doing IMO (until IW get around to it). Of course it all depends on what the bug is, how much it affects games etc.


WingedDog does make a very good point though (as is his usual habit) about size 6 making an immortal commander immune to Wind Ride. I certainly failed to consider this before when I said that I couldn't see what imbalance it causes.

Guess it's just another occasional bug that creeps in now and again with Phoenix Pyre and/or immortal units. But at least those who are thinking of taking the Phoenix for this game should now be aware of the problem (and so have less course for complaining about it if this bug hits them during the game).

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Default Re: YARG2 , 24 players EA RAND game [full, nations assigned, test your builds!]

It's sort of hard to complain about something after the game starts, given RAND post rules.
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Old April 1st, 2010, 08:10 AM
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Default Re: YARG2 , 24 players EA RAND game [full, nations assigned, test your builds!]

Calahan, the suggestion is to "fix" a bug in which the phoenix may die to trampling by giving it trample immunity. Trample immunity is not that trivial. It is valuable to have an immortal trample immune pretender when you get rushed by elephants. Such a trait should come with increased cost.

This is out of scope of this game. I (or rather - vote) say, let IW and/or CBM handle this.
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