[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Blitz:
Why use a big trampler at all?

Because trampling is the best way to kill large quantities of normal troops very quickly and in the very early game.

Why not just use a non overcosted chassis with a full compliment of equipment slots...

Because that need for equipment means that it will take many more turns for the pretender to start affecting battles. The shedu is out and conquering from turn 4.

or barring that, if you REALLY want to trample, why not use an encumbrance 0 POD or something?

The prince of death cannot have his afflictions healed by the priestesses.

At least then you can soul vortex and hold 2 shields... plus wear maybe some armor. For the love of god WHY?

Any armor he can wear isn't going to do more than what you could get with invulnerability. With 400+ hitpoints, protection 30, luck, astral shield, and etherealness, the shedu is hard to kill even when surrounded and unconscious. It's the flying equivalent of a monolith, and has to be used for a different purpose and with different tactics than many other pretenders, but that doesn't make it useless.

Do I win now? Oh my god please just stop.

The prince of death you just described is far more vulnerable to mind duel than the astral 6 Shedu, and requires equipment that Arco will have trouble forging in the first 10-15 turns if you also want to do any alteration or enchantment research. You keep comparing the Shedu to pretender designs that are made for different types of games, and for different goals. Of course it doesn't match up in its ability to kill other SCs, but as I've said that's not the point of the unit.

And by the way, asking if you "win" is pointless when this isn't a competition.

[ June 21, 2004, 02:58: Message edited by: Graeme Dice ]