I believe the statement and I personally agree that the VQ is built for abuse both as a SC and as a Domain powerful unit, getting not only Free Vampires (Which can provide a sizable defense within your own domain) as well as an immortality for having a high dominion. If you look at any other Pretender they only have 1 of those 2 abuses. Either A.) Immortality or B.) Free Troops. Only the Vampire Queen, Son of Niefel and Ghost King get a usable troop type that doesn't purely rely on the Pretender to use them in combat (though your preference may be to only have them with your VQ or GK). Moloch's Imps, Daughter of the Land's Lions, Father of Serpents 'Free Units' are not dominion based but are also essentially as much a handicap as much as a benefit as it disallows versitility.

The only other Immortal Pretenders are the Bog Mummy and Phoenix. Only 1 of the 2 have decent slots and that one has subpar stats (as when you are looking at Immortality for a SC, you have to look at "out of the box" stats, slots, and abilities, which you can tell which is clearly superior).

I see no reason why the Lord of the Night costs 150, while the VQ costs 110. It at the very least should be moved up to 125 with other "Combat" pretenders and hopefully more limited nation selection.

Of course, that is my opinion based on the fact I'm tired of seeing newbs and veterans alike carbon copy pretenders instead of utilizing the variety that is found in the game. But of course I also don't think Clam Hoarding is a big deal, so my view is more than likely off.

[ April 14, 2004, 02:10: Message edited by: Zen ]