Mysterious Pretender

Aeshi · #1 December 7th, 2006, 01:53 PM

calmon:Nothing was wrong with it.I just thought he/it was odd.

B0rsuk:Thanks for the suggestion.He could probably be a good SC given some good gear (he really needs a speed increasing item/spell badly)

FrankTrollman · #2 December 7th, 2006, 02:00 PM

His description was broken in v3.01 - I don't know why. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he's spelled incorrectly?

From v3.00 we know that he's a big statue that the Machakan people worshipped long enough that it took on life and became their god. It does what the people expect it would do, so it punishes harshly and rewards sparringly.

Game mechanically, I like it. It's really tough, and makes a quite capable combatant. Perhaps more importantly, it provides a very god dominion. Ultimately, it's a lot like a Virtue, but the fac that it is lifeless and mindless but isn't undead or magical makes it really hard to cheap kill. Probably the perfect thing to fight Rlyeh with.

-Frank

Aeshi · #3 December 7th, 2006, 02:35 PM

Frank:How come I never had him available in v3.00?

B0rsuk · #4 December 7th, 2006, 03:24 PM

You just missed it.

Aeshi · #5 December 7th, 2006, 03:29 PM

How can I miss a pretender THAT big?!

I swear he wasn't available!

NTJedi · #6 December 7th, 2006, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Steelfang said:
How can I miss a pretender THAT big?!

I swear he wasn't available!

Yes he was available from the beginning.
There's even been posts about him/it.

Gandalf Parker · #7 December 7th, 2006, 04:41 PM

Some things appear and dissapear. If you want to have fun.. every time a .trs file, especially one that starts with the name army, then start looking for new things. Running the all-units game to see if things have been slipped in is fun. Especially when you find a partial build of something that hasnt been put into the game yet.

calmon · #8 December 7th, 2006, 03:32 PM

If you want a good pretender build with him, take this:

5 death (for fear +0)
6 earth (for more protection)
10 dominion (for awe +2)

Rest in Scales (Order 3, etc.)

The set him in frontline alone with attack closest comand and attack the first province. He will take over most of the independent provinces just with his Awe, Fear and his good protection. Try not to attack undeads (because of their high morale value)

curtadams · #9 December 7th, 2006, 02:04 PM

I'm sure there's some use for it but it doesn't seem like a particularly *useful* SC. It needs a LOT of boosting to be functional with those low stats, which means it will be a while before you can use it. It's too slow to mix well with an army although it could be useful to draw arrow fire.

Aeshi · #10 December 7th, 2006, 02:23 PM

Well I hope his description gets fixed in the next patch anyhow.Thanks for your support guys!