Fever Fetish question

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by LintMan:
Some may regard this as an abuse, though.

Yes, but the alternative is inspecting a baggage train of 50 scouts every turn to see who's about to die. This doesn't really add anything to the gameplay, as scouts are of negligible cost relative to the fetishes anyway. Summoning an undead thing to carry the fetishes is of considerably less negligible cost, and the only purpose of doing this is to get rid of the obnoxious micromanagement.

[LintMan]

Originally posted by Norfleet:

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Originally posted by LintMan:
Some may regard this as an abuse, though.

Yes, but the alternative is inspecting a baggage train of 50 scouts every turn to see who's about to die. This doesn't really add anything to the gameplay, as scouts are of negligible cost relative to the fetishes anyway. Summoning an undead thing to carry the fetishes is of considerably less negligible cost, and the only purpose of doing this is to get rid of the obnoxious micromanagement.

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I agree and hope Illwinter doesn't nerf it. I do it myself to avoid the dreaded micromanagement but then I'm an SP guy, so there's no one to complain.

But - I've seen a post by someone from Illwinter saying it's a bug, and I have seen a few posters call it an abuse, so I thought it worthwhile to mention.

[Norfleet]

Well, it's not really much of an abuse: A scout, after all, costs $20, which is effectively negligible, and will survive for a goodly number of turns before needing replacement.

Death gems are far less insignificant, but save a lot of obnoxious micromanagement. Otherwise every turn, you'd have to serially number 50+ scouts, with their Last turn of inspection and number of hitpoints remaining.

Alternatively, the Fetish could also grant a very minor regeneration effect, so that the unit grows progressively more maimed, but stays alive so doesn't need inspection.

[ July 08, 2004, 01:56: Message edited by: Norfleet ]