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I take your points. I chose the Cutters over the Deathreavers to fit the points. Deathreavers x 2/Marcu would be stronger. As to Enslave, with two Mindflayers activated by Ornak, that's 2 Enslaves out of every 5 Ornak turns. And I have my own hero (Q10) (thank you very much ) to Enslave, so that, when it kicks in, I am not Bound by my opponent's choice of heroes (or, at worst, total lack of same). |
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When firearms were overtaking bows as the dominant range armament in European warfare in the 1500s, it wasn't because the guns were better. If you had taken a typical English longbowman of the period and put him against the typical matchlock musketman, the longbowman would be able to fire faster, farther, and more accurately. The difference was that the longbowman had years of intensive training, while the musketman was typically a conscript with only weeks or months of training. But a bunch of 20 musketmen in tight formation, accurate or not, could deter a cavalry charge. In the end, the economics won out - it just didn't make sense for a kingdom to maintain a skilled standing army of archers when they could just maintain a collection of guns, and call up the volunteers when needed. As an aside, this leveling of the amount of time and resources it takes to become deadly was one of the most important democratizing forces in the history of civilization. It's not an accident that peasants started getting more influence in their lives right around the same time that they started acquiring the ability to shoot the nobility with guns. |
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The point is that Cutters, especially just two squads, are a pretty horrible substitute for Deathreavers. While the superficial similarities are obvious, cutters aren't rats and shouldn't be used the same way.
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Last edited by kolakoski; November 14th, 2011 at 02:59 PM. |
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Not one step backwards! |
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Well met!
dok and RobWeaver precisely articulate the facts surrounding my Romantic impression. Bravo! |
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Creator of Nowdays. |
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French & indian war = skilled warriors + skilled soldiers vs. A lot more unskilled soldiers. Wanna guess who won?
Spoiler Alert!
C3V/SoV cards @ 3/page PDF / LeftOn4ya's Customs (including Jurassic World) / Competitive Unit Alters / New? Start Here! Unit Debates REVIVED - #76 Tandros Kreel vs Torin "Today is a good day to die... but the day is not yet over"
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Huh? The British won that war. Decisively. The French were forced to give up all of their North American colonies.
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Let's also remember that technology played a large role. Skill is important, but a skilled Hoopah with a tomahawk and a longbow will ALWAYS lose against an M1A1 Abrams, irrespective of the guy manning the turret.
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Oh, and David (Lefton4ya), the folks in Quebec still speak French, but the coinage has Queen Elizabeth (English...) on it.
I was famous, once... http://www.heroscapers.com/community/blog.php?b=1715 Visit my site: http://www.superflycircus.com "I'm not cute...I'll mess you up!" ~Jake The Dog |
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I'm ignorant - never mind.
C3V/SoV cards @ 3/page PDF / LeftOn4ya's Customs (including Jurassic World) / Competitive Unit Alters / New? Start Here! Unit Debates REVIVED - #76 Tandros Kreel vs Torin "Today is a good day to die... but the day is not yet over"
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