AAR: Time of the Ice Giants

[sachmo]

Another note...if anyone would like to see their name in the story, speak up and I'll see if I have a commander who can wear your name with honor. Or garrison with honor. Or research. I think you see my point.

I want to see Wooly Bolothorn. While not me per say, he is after all, a great and adept leader of men, giants and mooses.

[HotNifeThruButr]

It'll be interesting to see how a bless strategy with Jotun Woodsmen go. Personally, I think they're incredibly poor sacred units, up (or would it be down?) there with serpent dancers.

[sachmo]

Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
It'll be interesting to see how a bless strategy with Jotun Woodsmen go. Personally, I think they're incredibly poor sacred units, up (or would it be down?) there with serpent dancers.

I don't see myself recruiting too many of the Woodsmen. Maybe a few here and there for flavor, but not as a base unit. They are not very cost effective.

[ioticus]

Originally posted by sachmo:

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Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
It'll be interesting to see how a bless strategy with Jotun Woodsmen go. Personally, I think they're incredibly poor sacred units, up (or would it be down?) there with serpent dancers.

I don't see myself recruiting too many of the Woodsmen. Maybe a few here and there for flavor, but not as a base unit. They are not very cost effective.

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I always buy them in huge amounts. Maybe that's why I lose so much?

[Norfleet]

Woodsmen can be good units with the right choice of blessing, but the primary obstacle to playing them as a bless strategy is that they are capitol-only. As such, your ability to deploy them in appreciable quantity can be somewhat hampered. Fortunately, at least their resource cost is relatively low.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
It'll be interesting to see how a bless strategy with Jotun Woodsmen go. Personally, I think they're incredibly poor sacred units, up (or would it be down?) there with serpent dancers.

What's not to like about serpent dancers? They are cheap, come equipped with a magical poisoning weapon, are poison immune, and have very high defense. C'Tis has plenty of fodder to catch arrows, and can afford blessings fairly easily if it wants them. Woodsman are also great with many different blessings. Fire-9 gives them incredible offensive punch. Water-9 makes them much harder to hit, which is very important for giants. Nature nine gives them both 4 regeneration and berserk +4. In fact, with a nature 9 blessing, the woodsmen can be very tough opponents. They also have the advantage that they are cheaper in the long run than the other giant units thanks to the fact that they are sacred.