What is the best equipment for an E9 Cyclops?

[Coldshard]

MaxWilson said:
I believe the manual is erroneous. KO has stated in the past that regen reduces afflictions in proportion to regen %, e.g. a Lamia Queen with a Ring of Regen and Monolith armor will be less afflicted than someone with just an N4 bless. My experience is that he is correct. A regenerating Pretender who is killed by D9 weapons frequently has 3 or 4 afflictions by the time he dies.

-Max

I've actually played a game where I was using sacred hydras with a nature bless. They had better than 100% regen and still occasionally picked up afflictions.. and that wasn't against death blessed creatures. It was pretty rare, but did happen, even without the hydras being on their last head.

[moderation]

Hmm, since affliction chance is based on the percentage of HP, wouldn't it be a lot easier to cause afflictions on hydras when attacking their minor heads due to the low HP? Unless affliction percentage is based on the unit's total HP, rather than the HP of one head.

[MaxWilson]

How did you get above 100% regen with a bless? I'm AFG. Do Hydras have 80% regeneration pre-bless? 70%? An E10 bless is 20%, and IIRC Mass Regeneration is 10%, so I don't see non-commander units getting boosted more than 30%. Am I wrong, or does the Hydra just have super-high regen?

-Max

[Coldshard]

MaxWilson said:
How did you get above 100% regen with a bless? I'm AFG. Do Hydras have 80% regeneration pre-bless? 70%? An E10 bless is 20%, and IIRC Mass Regeneration is 10%, so I don't see non-commander units getting boosted more than 30%. Am I wrong, or does the Hydra just have super-high regen?

-Max

While still having more than one head the hydra has 100% regen.. with a nature bless they are above 100% (I've had them say that they are regenerating 7 hp per turn when they only have 6 hp).

[Aezeal]

yes.. so it doesn't matter it would probably get diseases since it gets like 300% damage from time to time (18 damage) and I think that would not help when affliction or not is decided whatever the regen.

[chrispedersen]

I play blessed prophets with an n8 bless.. and pick up afflictions all the time. Usually disease.

NOTHING worse than when a prophet dies of disease. Ok. your god dying of disease.

Pretenders REALLY ought to be immune, btw.
It would be COOL if you could have the call god option all the time.... And if it could remove afflictions.. you know.. 8 call god points get rids of lose an eye..
12 gets rid of disease etc.

Also cool.. if calling god.. boosted hp...

the faith of your peope....

[Aezeal]

I think the loose heads have 100% regen 6 out of 6 hp.. so usually means nothing anyway. the main head in the end has only 30% I think or lower

[moderation]

chrispedersen said:
Also cool.. if calling god.. boosted hp...

the faith of your peope....

Yeah, like Tinkerbell.

[MaxWilson]

chrispedersen said:
I play blessed prophets with an n8 bless.. and pick up afflictions all the time. Usually disease.

NOTHING worse than when a prophet dies of disease. Ok. your god dying of disease.

That's really strange. Regenerating units aren't supposed to lose hit points to disease. Sure, they'll pick up more afflictions and their teeth will rot and their arms and eyes fall out and they'll go senile, but they won't (or at least shouldn't) die.

-Max

[JimMorrison]

Oh they'll die if you get scared of placing them in combat, because of their illness. But that's silly, since you only regen IN combat, you want the diseased prophet fighting constantly, he'll either live or he'll be out of his misery, and you can appoint a new one.