Oly combat simple fix

From: Mark Hendrickson <eahg128@arcturus.oac.uci.edu>

Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Gentlemen:

In response to my post, Greg wrote:

>>       If we're agreed that the combat rules give too much emphasis to
>>weenie troops (crossbowmen & pikemen) over cool troops (elite guards &
>>elite archers), they why not simply increase the values of these
>>higher-end units so that they make sense to build?
>
>That would be a nice tweak that would make things a bit better.
>
>It wouldn't do anything against the other problem that "dragons are
>too easy to kill with a horde of peasants"

I'm not sure that's a problem.  Maybe in terms of realism it's a
bit hard to swallow, but in terms of game dynamics the lack of balance
rests with the dragon, not the peasants.  Either way, the proposed rule
that peasants have no attack value seems to address this.

>>       Along the same lines, magic items should be more powerful (swords
>>& things). As of now they're basically status symbols & little more.
>>Let one aura be translated into 50 instead of 5 points.  That would make
>>that +1000 armor a little more useful.
>
>This would be interesting, but I'd think that the best use for magic
>items and swordplay etc. would be special adventure areas into which you
>can only send single nobles.

Clearly you aren't as taken as I am with the image of Conan
altering the course of a major battle with raw swordsmanship.

-Mark

References

Olympia - Time for G2?
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia - Time for G2?
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000