MA Man

[CUnknown]

Yeah soothing song is great!

I see what you're saying, Tuidjy. Bards are indeed an excellent unit. But, the fact that they are researchers, to me, is sort of a negative. I mean, I guess I like specialized units. I want my researchers to research and my unrest-causers to cause unrest. I don't want to be at a point in the game where I have to sacrifice research in order to cause unrest, or decide not to cause unrest in order to research a particular spell that I need.

The extra stealth that you mention does sound pretty awesome, though. And admittedly, this does mean that it is difficult to mass spies in a sense -- when you build a spy you have to not build a mage, whereas with bards you don't have to make that choice.

What do bards cost, like 100 or 110? It's a matter of opinion, I suppose, but in my book I like an 80 gold researcher and a 30 gold spy just as well if not better than a 110-gold researcher/spy. But there is a trade-off both ways.

[Tuidjy]

You can have your 80 gold researcher and your 30 gold spy. I'll keep my 75 gold
bard, thank you very much ;-)

And I guess it is a personal preference, but I love to bring my researchers to
the battlefield when they are needed. That's why I love Pythium acolytes and
Ulm Reborn's librarians. Give them a Banner of the North Star (or whatever that
wonderful standard is called) or a leader who can cast Light of the North star,
and your humble researchers deliver a deluge of mind blasts, or paralyze a SC
before he can cast his first buff.

[CUnknown]

Woah! They're only 75 gold? I didn't realize that.. They are incredible, then.

[Valandil]

They also have standard, which can be helpful in some cases.