Is it a bug that the manticore is free when you create a god???

iceboy · #1 March 12th, 2004, 01:03 AM

Or has it always been this way???

[ March 11, 2004, 23:04: Message edited by: iceboy ]

Norfleet · #2 March 12th, 2004, 01:07 AM

No, the Manticore is a free 0-point chassis, like the Nataraja, Oracle, or Fountain of Blood. This is intentional. Note how it comes with fairly expensive magic paths, no natural magic, and relatively poor Dominion. The chassis is cheap, but you'll have to pay for all the upgrades later.

archaeolept · #3 March 12th, 2004, 05:40 PM

it's free, other than the fact that you have a lousy manticore as your pretender god.

Murph · #4 March 14th, 2004, 12:04 AM

I think the Manticore is one of those situations where you get what you pay for. I tried to use him as a SC leader, and he died on the first rush from a bunch of lousy slave lizard men. Last time I try to buy a god on the cheap, I tell you that.

Norfleet · #5 March 14th, 2004, 12:14 AM

If you want a beefy battle god on the cheap, take a Nataraja, if you're one of the Nataraja-enabled. It's the same cost as a Manticore, only it doesn't suck.

Murph · #6 March 14th, 2004, 06:48 AM

Funny, the Nataraja was the next one I tried. I did notice something annoying about it though. I gave it one magic sword, and it lost the other 3 attacks. Didn't get them back until I equiped 3 more items. Then the thing was a blender, though.