Trample balance discussion

[Gandalf Parker]

For some reason I seem to find that slingers do well against elephants. Maybe its a wrong impression but I still fall back to it whenever Im faced with elephants. Or maybe its just because I can put alot of shots in the air cheaply with some chance to do damage and cause a rout.

[Sombre]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

For some reason I seem to find that slingers do well against elephants. Maybe its a wrong impression but I still fall back to it whenever Im faced with elephants. Or maybe its just because I can put alot of shots in the air cheaply with some chance to do damage and cause a rout.

Well you're talking about SP. I don't think anyone is too worried about the power of elephants in SP. Though if you can't resist building them yourself they might make winning very boring, because the AI has absolutely no chance against them.

I wouldn't be against elephants being size 5 and mammoths 6. There are certainly numerous dom3 creatures larger than elephants, like the machaka fetish pretender for instance.

I think there are a lot of creatures with weird sizing in dom3 though. Krakens have a graphic that's like size 3 or 4 in size, but they're size 6 iirc.

[Epaminondas]

Originally Posted by Sombre

Well you're talking about SP. I don't think anyone is too worried about the power of elephants in SP. Though if you can't resist building them yourself they might make winning very boring, because the AI has absolutely no chance against them.

I wouldn't be against elephants being size 5 and mammoths 6. There are certainly numerous dom3 creatures larger than elephants, like the machaka fetish pretender for instance.

I think there are a lot of creatures with weird sizing in dom3 though. Krakens have a graphic that's like size 3 or 4 in size, but they're size 6 iirc.

Hmmm, so graphics size is not automatically altered when you mod a unit size? I thought it did.

I also agree with those who feel Elephants should not be size 6. I can't imagine them being bigger than Niefel Giants (size 5)!

[chrispedersen]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

For some reason I seem to find that slingers do well against elephants. Maybe its a wrong impression but I still fall back to it whenever Im faced with elephants. Or maybe its just because I can put alot of shots in the air cheaply with some chance to do damage and cause a rout.

You are correct Gandalf. Slingers are cheap, and hordes of them generally defeat elephants. Even if they make it through the missiles, there are usually enough to force a morale check.