Crow updates

[SnotlinG]

- Crow Battle value changed from 5 to 3.
- Crow has been removed as possible startingunit for the players first 3-5 units.

[MrBofa]

How will that effect the minimum of battle 5 ?

[KGB]

Or what happens if a crow encounters a DreadKnight with his -4 combat value.

Does the crow drop to -1 and effectively become invincible since -1 will translate into the largest positive number possible.

KGB

[MrBofa]

It\\\'s still fighting as a 5 right now, I just tested it. I also had a dread night hit a crow in one of my games still a 5. I have sent Snotlin a message about it. Maybe game minimum should be 3 now. He\\\'ll get it, he always does.

[piranha]

Ok, battle limit is now 3 instead of 5.

[KGB]

Out of curiosity, why did the Crow get reduced to 3 strength?

With the Crow no longer being in your initial starting units (a good idea to prevent early crow attacks on smaller maps) and the fact it can no longer carry a hero I don't see why it can't remain at 5 strength. It's certainly not unbalanced.

KGB

[kenc80]

bc 7 blessed crows with a dragon are fighting as 22s with 22 movement and thats ridiculous!

[KGB]

bc 7 blessed crows with a dragon are fighting as 22s with 22 movement and thats ridiculous!

But that's not a problem of the Crow. That's a problem of the Dragon giving such a huge bonus (12). Or it's a problem of a bless giving +5 to all units (better than a hero bonus until at least L4!). You can argue the same point about Eagles or Lt Cavalry etc.

Besides, Elves and now Scouts have anti-air skills that would still let them shoot down crows quite easily. This can be easily fixed by reducing the cost of Elves to 200 or so.

KGB

[Star]

KGB rights

[kenc80]

KGB: But that's not a problem of the Crow. That's a problem of the Dragon giving such a huge bonus (12). Or it's a problem of a bless giving +5 to all units (better than a hero bonus until at least L4!). You can argue the same point about Eagles or Lt Cavalry etc.

I disagree about dragon bonus. Dragons are super powerful units, why not give them +12? Same with temples. I'm fine with those. I have a bigger issue with dragons getting +3 HP. thats a devastating advantage in my opinion. I do like that scouts now have AA.

BTW I just noticed you upped the cost of negative stack to 50 from 45. neg stack was my fave bonus in beta 3.