Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Re: Confused on 'Classic'

[Richard Kettering]

I think this is a dangerous *absolute* to throw around.  It can be 
good, but having similar factions can also be good.
Perhaps this is something that should be dependent on ERA, not a fixed 
feature of the game.

Otherwise there isn't a terrible lot of point in having eras - eras 
exist to completely redefine the basic dynamics of the game, through 
the sole mechanism of providing different unit lists.

In some eras, like default, factions seem to tend towards being 
similar, and have units which achieve analogous functions.
Wose=Troll/Heavy Infantry/Guardsmen   Naga=Merman=Gryphon=Bat

I would like to have one era where the factions are very different - 
going so far as to make a separate mermen faction, and a separate naga 
faction.
No other faction would have any water units.  Needless to say, this 
would play poorly on some maps, but it would make for very interesting 
mixes, and really isn't any different from our current problem of 
having elves that are too good in the forest.

I'm planning on proposing some minor adjustments to the basic maps to 
allow for more water mobility - some, like Forest of Fear, are quite 
good in this regard, but others, like King of the Hill, leave certain 
start positions much better suited to use water units.  It used to be 
really funny when a landlocked AI would hire mermen, and then send them 
across ten turns worth of grassland - I think that there should always 
be, for water units, a way for them to reach an opponent's *castle* 
that is faster than them trudging over land.


On Feb 16, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Susanna Björverud wrote:

> Hej allesammans,
> 2005-02-16 kl. 19.40 skrev Yann Dirson:
> >   It
> > the humans do not have any units at ease in water, that gives them a
> > (unique ?) weak point, which could be counter-balanced by a unique
> > strong point.  Making all factions feel the same is maybe not what we 
> > want...
>
> I agree, making unique factions also feel unique is IMO a clear plus.
>
> /Sanna
>
>
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