Counter to flaming arrows...

earwicker7 · #1 March 2nd, 2011, 10:04 PM

As the title says. I need one.

kianduatha · #2 March 2nd, 2011, 10:07 PM

Storm, Mist, Rain, Arrow Fend, proper positioning of shielded troops to affect who the AI targets with the bows, flying troops with attack archers to tie up the archers, any battlefield-wide spell like Rain of Stones or Earthquake or even something like Foul Vapors.

LDiCesare · #3 March 3rd, 2011, 08:07 AM

That and darkness and fire resistance spells, or Will of the Fates and the like. Army of gold should be quite good but it's pretty late game.
Depends on your nation and magic research. If you're in a hurry against a given opponent, you may want to provide specific details to see what can be used fastest, otherwise any of the above would help.

Soyweiser · #4 March 3rd, 2011, 09:17 AM

Rain? how does rain stop arrows?

Corinthian · #5 March 3rd, 2011, 10:59 AM

Rain should theoretically kill the caster because of the doubled fatigue. But in practice, you can never get more than 200 fatigue from your own casting so it is worthless.

Also, has anyone actually seen any effect from Mist? I could swear that the units still fired like normal at their normal range when I tried it.

kianduatha · #6 March 3rd, 2011, 03:29 PM

I dunno, I wasn't thinking at the time. But at least it will keep the burning damage down I guess! And if someone is fielding Flaming Arrows they are probably also throwing other fiery things at you. Fire Fend is a really good idea though.

rcook12a · #7 March 4th, 2011, 05:32 AM

Mist and Storm reduce precision so lots more arrows miss thier targets. Storm cuts precision in half and I forget how much Mist reduces precision but it has a similar affect on archers.
They won't stop the flaming part but missing arrows are better than those that hit.

Kobal2 · #8 March 4th, 2011, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by rcook12a

Mist and Storm reduce precision so lots more arrows miss thier targets. Storm cuts precision in half and I forget how much Mist reduces precision but it has a similar affect on archers.
They won't stop the flaming part but missing arrows are better than those that hit.

That only works if an arrow deviating wildly has no chance to hit anything. If you're fielding a big army, even with 10 squares of missage an arrow will hit something. Mist really only works in small skirmishes, or if your army is entirely made up of small, widely spaced clumps of powerful troops/mages.

Soyweiser · #9 March 4th, 2011, 10:43 AM

Well it does increase the chance of friendly fire. But I don't know if it does that enough to really matter.

llamabeast · #10 March 4th, 2011, 10:55 AM

Storm is a good counter because it not only halves the precision but also half the arrows actually disappear in the storm!

Mist halves precision too and is cumulative with Storm. Very low precision archers (maybe prec 2 or 3!) are pretty poor.

Rain will put out any of your troops who get set on fire. It's quite a marginal benefit.