ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
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Re: ballista upgrade
I think we can also decrease build cost to 8. It makes no sense to me that it is 75% the cost of the catapults resulting in nobody building them in the current state of the game.
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Re: ballista upgrade
You have a point. There's a huge mechanical difference between a catapult and a ballista. A ballista is literally a giant crossbow, and can be transported far more easily. I've been campaigning in AoF to get catapults and similar units removed from wagons for a while, and this is another good reason for it. Leaving ballista able to use wagons would certainly make it more useful, and force players to build offensive catapults with workers near their enemy.DoomCarrot wrote:Something that would make these strategically viable:
If catapults are changed so they cannot enter wagons, I think ballista should still be allowed to be transported via wagon. This is historically still accurate, and ballistae were normally not that large. It would also make them much better shock weapons for fast and powerful attacks, while catapults/trebuchets would be mostly limited to defense.
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Re: ballista upgrade
i plan to make these things:
1. make this upgrade for ballista
2. make ballista to shoot 2x a turn
3. it will not need ballistics tech, maybe it will only give extra attack to ballista
what do u think?
1. make this upgrade for ballista
2. make ballista to shoot 2x a turn
3. it will not need ballistics tech, maybe it will only give extra attack to ballista
what do u think?
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Re: ballista upgrade
Wouldnt 2x attack result in ballistas being overused?
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Re: ballista upgrade
i wrote that because i read on aoe that it has double fire rate.
we can ignore the double attack idea if it seems op.
we can ignore the double attack idea if it seems op.
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Re: ballista upgrade
Agreed,it does sound op,but everything other is fine
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Re: ballista upgrade
I think that the ballista definitely could use an upgrade.
I think this is a good idea. It would keep the purpose of the ballista (ie not make it into a whole new unit)Stratego (dev) wrote:i plan to make these things:
1. make this upgrade for ballista
2. make ballista to shoot 2x a turn
3. it will not need ballistics tech, maybe it will only give extra attack to ballista
what do u think?
Thanks!
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Re: ballista upgrade
Yes it is good. Ballistae are supposed to be affordable anti-swarm weapons, although heavy catapults have seemed to far excel in that category. Double attack would make Ballistae just as effective at that if not more so, without making the sheer fire-power of a heavy catapult obsolete.
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Re: Repeating Ballista
Sounds like the clash royal x bow !! lol
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Re: ballista upgrade
it is also in, uos 10.
but with awful images.
please someone try making nicer images
- one for the unit
- one for the tech
thanks!
but with awful images.
please someone try making nicer images
- one for the unit
- one for the tech
thanks!
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Re: ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
dunno, i just play the game and see these are underused maybe because of not being able to upgrade.
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Re: ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
Nobody use these? Well I do and a upgrade will benefits it.
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Re: ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
Me too I can't wait to play with it!
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Re: ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
Hi,
some heavy balista.
patroid
some heavy balista.
patroid
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Re: ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
Actually i like this image more than current one.
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Re: ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
Hi,
Should i polish the old balista(i made the old one too but it was pretty early and it has alot of flaws)
patroid
btw here some tech item. it looks more like a Crossbow though.
Should i polish the old balista(i made the old one too but it was pretty early and it has alot of flaws)
patroid
btw here some tech item. it looks more like a Crossbow though.
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Re: ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
I like it! But it's kinda 2D,patroid wrote:Hi,
Should i polish the old balista(i made the old one too but it was pretty early and it has alot of flaws)
patroid
btw here some tech item. it looks more like a Crossbow though.
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Re: ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
Its just icon for the tech, it doesn't need to b so fancy or 3D
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Re: ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
Ohhhhh, I thought it was for a different image for the balista.
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Re: ballista upgrade IMPLEMENTED
new images are in - thanks!