lews_therin
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted April 04, 2002 11:13 PM |
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Quote: ... This all together makes Rampart a jack of all trade town, having no area where it really shines!
Even if all this were right (there are creature abilities and specialties like resistance, blind, spell immunity, fire breath, adding +2 to opponentsī spell costs and binding), this is quite irrelevant because Rampart builds fast and has strong, fast and relatively inexpensive creatures in the early game and at the higher levels. At expert difficulty for example itīs usually possible to build Capitol and Dragon Cliff during the first two weeks. Dungeon has better dragons and better special buildings, but all this doesnīt matter when it fails to build fast enough.
Quote: but this is to show little understanding of its use and value
Itīs funny that you talk about understanding, and at the same time come up with spells like Frenzy and Berserk as an argument for Hydrasī strenght. Neither are the spells avaliable in Fortress mage guilds, nor is the fire magic skill for Beastmasters and Witches. They are clone killers?? Who would clone a creature and then wait for the Hydra to attack both stacks? Sorry, all these supposed combat tactics show that you expect your opponent to cast Protection from Water and Air Shield, and put his units into stupid places.
You seem to assmune that the Hydraīs multiple head attack is a big threat in combat. Of course itīs sensible not to become hit by it ... not a very difficult thing to avoid in most combat situations, but even if it happens, itīs not a big deal. The Chaos Hydra has attack 18 and average damage of 35. There are other level 7s who do more damage when they attack one target.
Quote: And I say if you have the experience in using them , you don't underestimate them!
Yeah, the above indicates that you have much experience at playing against the AI at 100%.
Quote: It seems that those disregarding Hydras (and fortress) are players with preference for Magic Heroes and blasting spells.
No idea, because I donīt disregard any town ... just evaluate where they are strong and weak at. Where did I say that Fortress overall makes a bad impression?
About the "blasting spells", itīs a matter of fact that slow creatures with no resistances make you more vulnerable to magic.
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