Mirror image (and glamour) does not protect units

[tibbs]

Mirror image (and glamour) does not protect units from missles or magic!

- As of latest patch.
Discuss!

[Endoperez]

... from missiles or magic.

[JaydedOne]

How do you mean? Are you suggesting that the melee protection is buggy and was accidentally removed with missile/magic protection? Or is it more a jab at the fact that you now consider mirror image/glamour underpowered/useless?

[Endoperez]

I think he just pasted the change line into subject, and didn't notice that it was trunkated.

[JaydedOne]

*smile* Didn't consider that possibility.

Regardless, I look forward to hearing from more active players as to how they feel about the shift. I'm without opinion currently, as I've been busy at work and haven't had a chance to boot Dom in over a month. Which fundamentally disturbs me.

[thejeff]

Magic I can understand, but missiles seem odd. Though I guess if you assume the archer is just firing at the squad and there are 2 Van and their images in the square the arrow hits, the image will have no effect on whether one of the Van is actually hit. Makes sense. I've talked my self into it.

It would be nice if, in that case it didn't break the glamour.
I assume it does?

My suspicion is it's too much of a nerf, but we'll see.

[VedalkenBear]

It sounds like it is a definite attempt to give nations a response to an early Van rush. Whether or not it works as such still remains to be seen, but I think that it at least shows that IW recognizes the problem and is working on it.

[DrPraetorious]

It means that you are strongly encouraged to purchase cheap militia as screening troops (or serf warriors) and run them like dogs before your main army.

It's a nerf that can be worked around with good tactics.

Retricted svartalfs to the capital was actually more important fix, IMO. Those little guys are *insane*.

[Edi]

Actually, the change makes sense. Historically, the way archers were used in battle was that they fired in big, arching volleys (hence the term ARCHery) that targeted the mass of enemy troops. They did not aim for an individual target. So once the shaft is released at the target area, it does not seek to hit anything in particular, nor is it very much impressed by fancy illusions meant to distract the eye. A melee duel is different, of course.

[JaydedOne]

*chuckle* I find it kind of amusing that there are already camps of "too much" and "not enough" -- for the not enough crowd, you don't figure that archer-heavy nations will wreak havoc on Helhirdlings now, esp. with screening troops who're more heavily armored than militias?