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April 13th, 2004, 11:35 PM
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Re: Pretender assassin - balance?
It isn't.
It's stealthy+10 only...
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April 14th, 2004, 12:51 AM
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Re: Pretender assassin - balance?
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It isn't.
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He *is*. Try him out. Sneak him into Neutral Province and notice you can select "Assassinate Enemy Commander" as an action. He rocks.
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April 14th, 2004, 12:48 PM
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Re: Pretender assassin - balance?
I get the same result, using the Windows Version and patch 2.08: He does not have the 'assassin' ability icon in his description, but does get the option to assassinate. 
I would agree that using the pretender as an assassin is not really worthwhile most of the time, so would not be unbalancing.
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April 15th, 2004, 01:20 AM
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Re: Pretender assassin - balance?
Just wanted to make a triple confirmation. The Mictlan pretender, Lord of Night, CAN assassinate commanders.
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April 14th, 2004, 10:07 PM
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Re: Pretender assassin - balance?
Soooo...does this mean the Vampire Queen should be an assassin?
Obscenely powerful or otherwise, it just seems thematically appropriate.
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April 14th, 2004, 10:18 PM
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Re: Pretender assassin - balance?
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Originally posted by Vicious Love:
Soooo...does this mean the Vampire Queen should be an assassin?
Obscenely powerful or otherwise, it just seems thematically appropriate.
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Vampire Queen, and that Ghost King I believe(even worse I think), can easily become an assassin with the Black Heart. Any sneaking unit can.
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April 15th, 2004, 12:55 PM
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Re: Pretender assassin - balance?
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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Vampire Queen, and that Ghost King I believe(even worse I think), can easily become an assassin with the Black Heart. Any sneaking unit can.
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I know, I know, I'm just saying it's thematically appropriate for her to have it "out of the box". If nerfing is in order, you could always take away one of her misc slots, as in "My heart's so black I can't wear a ring, ma!" |
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