Major battles

[Itangast]

I have had som really large battles lately...

This is starting to be really fun btw

Picture says it all... I am the defending side.
Catapults are slow and not used much.... I suggest the following changes:

- BatteringRam - Move 16 // STR 1 // 1T // Lower citywall by: 1,
- Catapults - Move 10 // STR 3 // 2T // Lower citywall by: 2,


As 3 level defense is very strong I suggest slightly higher cost:
6-7 2 300
8 3 500

Btw - upkeep /income is buggy, I have like 200 more in upkeep compared to income and I still gain gold.

[SnotlinG]

Which game is it?
I´ll check the income/upkeep thing...

[Itangast]

Game: Retribution

If it took like a few days to fix, I could live with that....

[SnotlinG]

It looks correct, are you sure it is not working?
Could you please let me know treasury / income / upkeep directly after you start next turn?
I see you currently have: 7244 696 790

[Itangast]

Turn 41: 7861 696 878

[KGB]

Itangast,

Sweet looking battle!

Did you survive?

I agree that the Catapult should move 10 instead of 8. Battering Ram at 14 moves seems fine to me. That's as fast or faster than all the non-cavalry units.

But I don't agree that the Ram should be 1 turn and the Catapult 2 turns. That's just a bit too easy to make them.

KGB

[SnotlinG]

Ahh thanks, found the bug
You didnt pay any upkeep for units in defend position, or part of a group. (Even though the client showed the upkeep cost correctly).
Its been fixed now, next turn will be more expensive for you

[Itangast]

thanks.

...a good incentive for me to start killing armies... hehe

[Itangast]

I won the battle...

Took my Command +4 hero out and eliminated 5 stacks, then he retreated.


Perhaps something that would help large sieges could be something like this:

- A player may set a stack in "defend" -state in non-city terrain. This will result in a tower graphic.
A stack in defend state (not in a city) would give + 1 STR, but will receive -5 movement penalty next turn

What do you think about this? I know the tower/defend in open terrain existed in earlier Warlords games.

[KGB]

Itangast,

Perhaps something that would help large sieges could be something like this:

- A player may set a stack in "defend" -state in non-city terrain. This will result in a tower graphic.
A stack in defend state (not in a city) would give + 1 STR, but will receive -5 movement penalty next turn

What do you think about this? I know the tower/defend in open terrain existed in earlier Warlords games.

That option is supposed to already be in the game now since as you noted, it existed in Warlord 2 (Warlords 1 had actual towers and Warlords 3/4 don't have this feature).

When you set a stack to 'defend' on your *next* turn it gets the +1 defense bonus, not on the current turn (ie you have to wait till all opponents go until you get the +1 bonus). Not sure if a siege unit negates this defend bonus.

Unfortunately you don't get the tower graphic.

KGB