A Few (Really) Good Men: Guide to Ashdod

WraithLord · #1 December 30th, 2008, 05:30 PM

B/C he's a bridgeburner. They all have short aliases (that stand for something, either absurd or heroic or stupid).
QB is actually Ben Adaephon Delat.

MaxWilson · #2 December 30th, 2008, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by WraithLord

B/C he's a bridgeburner. They all have short aliases (that stand for something, either absurd or heroic or stupid).
QB is actually Ben Adaephon Delat.

Hmmm. Kalam Mekhar doesn't, he just goes by Kalam. "You're THAT Kalam?" ask the shocked soldiers in IIRC /The Bonehunters/. Yeah, he's that Kalam.

-Max

WraithLord · #3 December 30th, 2008, 05:51 PM

Kalam seems like an exception (maybe b/c of his claw past). All the rest of them have aliases like hedge, fiddler, trotts etc.

I think in one of the books there was a description of a drill sergeant who started the renaming tradition

Kamamura · #4 December 31st, 2008, 06:58 AM

To the topic - inspired by the guide, I played these Ash-Dudes yesterday and I think this whole nation is just overpowered. They are giants, but they are not even clumsy, dumb nor particularly expensive. They are fast, deadly and overrun anything that dares to stand against them.

MaxWilson · #5 December 31st, 2008, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Kamamura

To the topic - inspired by the guide, I played these Ash-Dudes yesterday and I think this whole nation is just overpowered. They are giants, but they are not even clumsy, dumb nor particularly expensive. They are fast, deadly and overrun anything that dares to stand against them.

My first thought when Ashdod was released and I looked at its units was, "Wow, mages like LA Agartha!" Then I looked some more and was like, "Wow, sacreds like Lanka too!" That was before I discovered other cool tricks like how great Fire Storm is for Fire-resistant troops, or how cool Earthquake is when everybody in your army is a regenerating giant. I've had to crank my games up to beyond maximum difficulty, and still the game is over before I even get halfway through my bag of tricks.

I would love to see all nations be as fun and versatile as Ashdod. The only ones I know of that come close are Lanka, LA Agartha, and Shinuyama. (Of course that may be partly just a function of my playstyle.) And of course there are plenty of nations I haven't played yet at all.

-Max