Unit Strategy Review: Index (includes Marvel)

[DEATHWALKER]

when will Deathwalker 8000's guide be going up?

[theats]

Originally Posted by Taeblewalker

We can consider adding it to the character queue. I am not sure when they will be going up, but they might be a good unit to do. We have been consciously avoiding the newer units, as these guides started as ways to utilize older units that either never seemed all that useful or that are no longer drafted as much (like the "Zettians Collecting Dust" thread).

As for the Ashigaru, I think it would probably be appropriate to wait until Kato Katsuro comes out, and we see just who the other Wave 8 ninja types are.

Thats a very good point. do you intend to kinda start from ROTV and going from there?

[Malechi]

Originally Posted by Hook

... I agree wholeheartedly...

Added to Index.

[Taeblewalker]

Originally Posted by theats

Thats a very good point. do you intend to kinda start from ROTV and going from there?

We have a few RotV and Wave 2-3 units in the queue, mostly. Sir Hawthorne, Sir Denrick, Sentinels, Anubians, and Thorgrim are all in there. The Nakitas are looking to get done eventually, as is Nerak.

We do not have DW8K in the queue. Sorry spamwalker, er, DEATHWALKER. I think he gets enough play to not need it yet, but we will see.

[theats]

I believe his title is spamburgler, not spam walker, get it right!

I think some good wave two and wave three units for stratagy reviews would be something such as the marden hounds or the garilanators.

[IAmBatman]

It'd be interesting to see a breakdown of these units based on their Chess classification (I mean all of them together listed that way). Have any articles been written on "Queen" level units yet? I presume that these would be heavy hitters like Q9 and so forth. It seems like the focus has mostly been on Pawn, Bishop, and Knight class so far.
And what, exactly, would constitute a "King" class unit? Is that like a Raelin or a Taelord - support units without much offense that your army could lose without? Or does the king analogy really not work for Scape?

[idgit]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

It'd be interesting to see a breakdown of these units based on their Chess classification (I mean all of them together listed that way). Have any articles been written on "Queen" level units yet? I presume that these would be heavy hitters like Q9 and so forth. It seems like the focus has mostly been on Pawn, Bishop, and Knight class so far.
And what, exactly, would constitute a "King" class unit? Is that like a Raelin or a Taelord - support units without much offense that your army could lose without? Or does the king analogy really not work for Scape?

It was my understanding that the strategy guides were for the underused, or the allegedly underclassed characters.

[Firemaster]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

It'd be interesting to see a breakdown of these units based on their Chess classification (I mean all of them together listed that way). Have any articles been written on "Queen" level units yet? I presume that these would be heavy hitters like Q9 and so forth. It seems like the focus has mostly been on Pawn, Bishop, and Knight class so far.
And what, exactly, would constitute a "King" class unit? Is that like a Raelin or a Taelord - support units without much offense that your army could lose without? Or does the king analogy really not work for Scape?

I don't really think there would be any that would could be a 'King'. In chess, if you lose your King, it's game over. In Heroscape, even if you're down to your last Deathreaver, and your opponent has an unwounded Charos, you can still possibly win (though it is extremely unlikely).

I will go and add in a second list that is organized by class.

[Firemaster]

There, I believe that should cover things. Let me know if you notice any mistakes.

Also, Fezz had Finn as both a Pawn and a Bishop, so I put him under both catagories.

[Taeblewalker]

Originally Posted by Firemaster

There, I believe that should cover things. Let me know if you notice any mistakes.

Also, Fezz had Finn as both a Pawn and a Bishop, so I put him under both catagories.

You put Finn as "Claas A and Claas B" instead of "Class A and Class B."

In other news, I have updated the Izumi Samurai Guide and Concan guide by including their threat ranges, which is the distance over flat terrain over which a figure can threaten foes. Flying makes elevations irrelevant, but for walking figures threat range is reduced as they have to climb over terrain to reach an opponent. The formula is Move + Range. For the Izumi Samurai, for example, it is 7.

[Malechi]

Originally Posted by Taeblewalker

You put Finn as "Claas A and Claas B" instead of "Class A and Class B."

Don't blame Firemaster for that. It was I that added what was supposed to be Class A and Class B (just to signify that Finn was indeed supposed to be listed twice). Lesson: Don't try to type when you first wake up and are still drunk from the night before ...

Originally Posted by Taeblewalker

In other news, I have updated the Izumi Samurai Guide and Concan guide ...

Noted in the Index.

Originally Posted by Taeblewalker

... For the Izumi Samuria, ...

When you bust someone for mispelling ... Or, have you been drinking all afternoon?


Samuria - Conan's people's code of combat for the Barbarian Class of Cimmeria.

[Taeblewalker]

Originally Posted by Malechi

Noted in the Index.

When you bust someone for mispelling ... Or, have you been drinking all afternoon?


Samuria - Conan's people's code of combat for the Barbarian Class of Cimmeria.

Fixed!