Feeble mind not healing?

Legendary League · #1 February 19th, 2012, 08:27 PM

Note to self, construct a golem, have it mindhunt a known astral province, kit it out, ??? profit.

shatner · #2 February 19th, 2012, 11:49 PM

The heal skill only affects living, non-old creatures (i.e. not undead, not demon, not lifeless). Golems are lifeless, so no healing. The only options available for healing a golem is the chalice (an artifact which heals units in the province of the guy holding it) and the global spell Gift of Health (which affects all units in friendly dominion.

Knai · #3 February 20th, 2012, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Legendary League

Note to self, construct a golem, have it mindhunt a known astral province, kit it out, ??? profit.

I'm surprised I haven't heard of this tactic before. It seems so obvious, in retrospect. That said, I haven't tested the affect of Magic Duel on creatures that one had astral but lost it via feebleminding, so it might not actually help meaningfully.

Bwaha · #4 February 20th, 2012, 10:43 AM

Well shatter deals with golems quite fine, so it's a one trick pony...

SCs used to be the bomb in dom2.

Now they have to travel in groups to work well...

Knai · #5 February 20th, 2012, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Bwaha

Well shatter deals with golems quite fine, so it's a one trick pony...

SCs used to be the bomb in dom2.

Now they have to travel in groups to work well...

That's ridiculous. Individual SCs can carve right through armies, provided that said armies don't have SCs of their own coming with them, or mages scripted to screw SCs right over. Moreover, shatter tends not to work as well as it seems like it should, as anything you are likely to use it on is probably going to cut you apart first - unless you have a Troll King or similar use it, which brings me back to the enemy SC caveat. Then there's the matter of PD - a decent SC can cut down 125 PD without difficulty, which means that the mere presence of SCs is one of the preventative measures that prevents players from spending a huge amount of money on PD.

Amhazair · #6 February 20th, 2012, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Knai

SCs can carve right through armies, provided that said armies don't have [...] mages scripted to screw SCs right over.

Yeah... I think I might have spotted your problem there...

Knai · #7 February 20th, 2012, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Amhazair

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Originally Posted by Knai

SCs can carve right through armies, provided that said armies don't have [...] mages scripted to screw SCs right over.

Yeah... I think I might have spotted your problem there...

That's only a problem when you aren't the one with the SCs. In any case, the need for special counters and the capability to wreck PD and smaller, less equipped armies is plenty of indication that SCs are still good. That it tends not to end well when they land on an army, get hit by 40 Paralyze attempts, and only then start get to act is more an indication that they are balanced than that they aren't.

Bwaha · #8 February 20th, 2012, 08:07 PM

Instead of paralyze try charm and hellbind heart...

Only works against the living, but...

I had a battle with a earth king fully outfitted...

It was funny, he switched sides about 5 times in the same battle...

I ended up with him back, but that was due to rune smashers and other pen. items...

But he flew back and forth...