[Suggestion] Possible Tweaks to combat and heroes

Weapon tweaks and army buffs

from Elemental Forums

Just want to start off with saying that LH is a marked improvement.  I love the potential this game has.

 

A few things do bug me like combat and heroes.  Commander should get some armor and combat potential, and the other classes should give some army buffs.  Like how guardian has defensive and magic resist buffs for the whole army, the others should get the same treatment.

 

The weapons are a little disappointing.  Historically crossbows are easier to use than bows and have increased punching power but lack a bow's range and rate of fire.  In LH they can simply hit people who stand in a line which no one does in this game.  Spears are supposed to be defensive anti-cavalry weapons but they don't even get a counterattack in game.  So instead of the inconvenient powers associated with weapons why not make them a little more true to life.

 

Formations.  Battles are often won and loss based on unit formations.  Instead of a useless shield bash give shield wielding units the ability to form a shield wall to increase arrow defense.  Spears should get a spear wall or hedgehog formation that gives them counterattack either to swarms or whomever is attacking them.  Stuff like that.

 

These are just some thoughts of mine.

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

While I like how the weapons are currently implemented, it would be pretty awesome if multi-unit formations were a thing. Maybe make it something re searchable or even a faction trait?

So, if a unit is adjacent to friendly units, they can activate the formation as an ability or something? Not completely sure how it would be implemented, but it would be really fun to see formations slowly become a dominant tactic as the tech level progresses.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Crossbows? This game has crossbows? You mean those useless things with really large negative initiative modifiers?

All of these points you've made about combat have been talked about repeatedly on this forum. The one I think is most in need of improvement is the formations you have in battles.

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