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Old April 8th, 2005, 07:58 PM

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Yeah I am with PDF here. As interesting as the discussion is in the general, historical sense, this thread is about SC's rebalance mod. So the question to be considered is only:

Is a 9 AP damage bow too powerful within the scope of the Dominions 2 archery system?
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Old April 8th, 2005, 08:23 PM
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I plan to diversify crossbow into "light crossbow" (9ap, 25 range, less accurate), "crossbow" (10ap, 30 range, more accurate), and "heavy crossbow" (11ap, 35 range). The stats, names, and number of types are subject to change... but this will make it easier to balance the costs of the indy crossbowmen. Arbalests will remain unchanged.

This will also affect longbow considerations...
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I plan to diversify crossbow into "light crossbow" (9ap, 25 range, less accurate), "crossbow" (10ap, 30 range, more accurate), and "heavy crossbow" (11ap, 35 range). The stats, names, and number of types are subject to change... but this will make it easier to balance the costs of the indy crossbowmen. Arbalests will remain unchanged.

This will also affect longbow considerations...
Are you sure so much variety existed ? To me there was Light and Heavy type, the heavy being also called "Arbalest" (French name). And anyway I'm not sure that minor differences between the types are worth the effort...
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Default Re: Bugs to be fixed... (LONG)

Range 25 and range 35 have a HUGE difference, but I don't think the middle one is needed. I would make one "heavy crossbow", which is still weaker and more expensive than arbalest, and "light crossbow", which is much weaker than even the "heavy crossbow".

Of course, I'm not going to do the balancing work, and if Saber Cherry needs the third one, then I trust that she knows what she is doing.
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Are you sure so much variety existed ? To me there was Light and Heavy type, the heavy being also called "Arbalest" (French name). And anyway I'm not sure that minor differences between the types are worth the effort...
Much more variety than that existed Just like with guns or hunting knives today... a class called "Medium Crossbow" would be about as specific as "Assault Rifle" or "Antipersonnel Mine," each of which has hundereds of types with wildy varying characteristics. Crossbows were pre-mass production, so they would be even less standardized. AFAIK, of course.
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