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I can field about 1.4 chain for every plate. Does the plate make up that difference? I haven't seen it.
-Jeff
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Black plate is better in some cases, yet still overpriced. Still, I need to point out a few things:
- 1.4 chain mail costs 40% more gold to recruit
- 40% more gold in upkeep
- 40% more supplies (probably never an issue considering you're going to have small number of troops anyway)
- you need 40% more water breathing items
- you neede 40% more flying carpets, pocket ships etc.
- 40% more space on battlefield (this cuts both ways: easier to block enemies from reaching your mages, harder to get all guys enchanted, but also harder to get all of them wiped out with a single panzerfaust, I mean, fireball)
- alas, black plate are 40% more vulnerable to low MR abuse. You need smaller number of mages to enchant them.
By the way: am I the only one who dislikes built-in vulnerabilities for mass buff spells ? Is there any reason players should be discouraged from using hordes of cheap units creatively ? I can see why personal buffs were changed in Dom3 to have downsides, but mass spells ?
I think horde strategies are underpowered in Dominions3 . It's very very hard to overwhelm your enemy with masses of cheap units, because those cheap units ... cost much more gold. I'd say Black Plate should actually be considered the cheaper unit, and it makes sense it's overall less useful than more expensive chain mail.