The Dragon Hoard

[eerr]

*yea he should definately be city raider immune-considering he doesn't recieve defensive bonuses
*how about a touch of heroism promotion thats given to a non heroic unit above 50 xp that defeats a dragon or avatar at 80% or less odds in it's favor

*would provide 1 xp every 2 turns untill 100 xp

-could lead to the hero promotion
which it replaces (mostly because that leads to the heroic str line)
-or just a promotion given to the units that attack and capture the dragons horde for 50 turns
*or maybe units in the area just get bonus xp when the dragon dies...
i wantz a little more from slayin teh dragon xp wise

 

[Uberslacker]

It's not Archeron which was cippled, it's you Elven Archers which were overpowered! (I just had to say it).

Hee!

Here's the thing; before this battle I used to just swarm in with a continent-load of str 3-4 units and litter the ground around Acheron's city with their charred corpses before he finally (if ever) went down.

This time around, I was still amassing my army of dragon-fodder. I'd brought some mages along (I'd beelined the magic techs, so I had them earlier than I normally would have) and I figured I'd get them some xp from the spearmen and such that would be still defending the city after Acheron had died.

I got a little bored waiting for all the archers to show up and summoned a few fireballs and such to pepper the city with, which was kind of fun. I checked out the city to see what damage had been done to the mooks, and lo Acheron was hurt!

I had enough mages there to whittle him down a bit every turn (he has a fiendish healing rate) and I attacked when he was so weak a spearmen became the default defender.

My point is, I lost two archers when I was happy if I lost less than thirty.

 

[Uberslacker]

No, being immune to magic doesnt make you fire resistent (it is magic that summons the fire, but it is just fire).

This is a relief. I'd reasoned that that was probably the case, but I wasn't sure, which made me a bit uneasy about the whole affair, like I'd inadvertently cheated.

 

[Frozen-Vomit]

No, being immune to magic doesnt make you fire resistent (it is magic that summons the fire, but it is just fire).

But shouldn't a creature whose interiors are immune to fire (or are these poor creatures suffering from fire refux all the time?) also be fireproof on the outside?

 

[eerr]

at the very least acheron should get fire resistence

 

[QES]

If we really want to make archon cool (and keep one barbarin city around for nearly the whole game) I say Archeon is immune to anything but heros. Have fun. .
-Qes

 

[evanb]

I'd make Acheron immune to anything but Túrin

 

[Xuenay]

Why not just make him immune to everything, period, while we're at it?

 

[phoamslinger]

more a lurker here than a poster, but maybe some of the more aggressive dragon ideas, like the original poster's could be worked in as a game option from the start.

the opening game with raging barbs is a lot different from one without.

so a game with the option "Age of Dragons" checked could really change the mid-end game, but if you didn't want to play with it you wouldn't have to.

 

[Rex rgis of Ter]

I have always wanted miny dragon whelps. They would spawn with Acheron and be a little stronger than Orc Speamen. This would make the city alot more deadly. Usually, if it spawns near me, I spam culture to prevent it's culture from enfulging me, and take it out at my leisure. The City should be more offensive to make taking it out more important.

 

[GeeJo]

Wow, that's some real thread-necromancy.

 

[Jono]

Seriously, this is nearly a year old.