Re: [Wesnoth-dev] More Thoughts on Knalgans

[David White]

Asa Swain wrote:

> My thoughts on dwarves:
>
>    I like the idea of dwarves getting 40% defense in
> grassland becuase dirt is an alias of grassland and
> dirt is a terrain that is often common underground.
> Why should dwarves be so terrible when fighting on
> dirt? Removing dirt limits the types of terrains a
> scenario designer can use underground if they want
> some variation besides more cave floor. But I dislike
> using dirt and then have dwarves suck when fighting on
> it.
>  
I think a better solution to this problem that doesn't have dramatic 
effects on other aspects of the game would be to make a new underground 
terrain that is an alias of cave.

Or make a few more underground terrains just so we can have some 
diversity in underground battles.

>    I like the idea of ulf/berserkers using berserk
> only when attacking. I also think that their attack
> should be buffed a bit, perhaps to 5-4 at level 1.
> Ulfserkers are killed so easily right now, if we make
> berserk only happen when attacking they will probably
> still be weak after they kill another unit and thus
> easy to kill in return, but at least the player has
> some chance of keeping them alive. 
>  
I concur. I think that if we make ulfserkers decently powerful, the 
dwarves might not have such a problem against poison, because I would 
imagine an Ulfserker as a very good unit to use against assassins.

>   I don't think dwarven guardmen are as powerful
> defenders as woses, why should they be crippled to 3
> movement? Why not give them 4 movement like other
> dwarves so they can be more mobile and actually be
> useful?
>  
I agree.

>   Also I'm rather dubious about this new dwarven
> smith. The dwarven runemaster has been around for a
> long time and all of a sudden there's a lot of
> interest in the unit? A melee magical attack is
> different but do the dwarves really need a magical
> unit like every other race? 
>  
I think we should try other changes suggested before deciding whether 
the dwarves need this new unit.

David