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Concerning Ponies

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WarOfTheRingVeteran:
If you start a discussion with the word 'concerning' you're a giant LotR nerd. Yes I am indeed.

Imagine this:
You have a big Dwarven army. They are all upgraded and your heroes are in high ranks. You have catapults in the back just waiting to unleash hell on your enemy. You prepare your whole force into a formation ready to charge at the opposing camp. You select Q and get overwhelmed by the already well known feeling; you are about to use your army you have been struggling to keep standing for so long to destroy and to punish those who held you in pain so long. Then you watch your Dwarfies proudly marching, and your heroes all glowing with power.

And there you notice ponies dragging behind.
So why are ponies Q-able?

*I'll just pretend that that isn't possible to fix, which I have no idea weather it is or is not.

Why aren't they just recruitable units? You select them, they come, you mount them, they're gone, Vets come back.

You don't have to wait for them to summon at the worst moments possible. You don't have an unhealthy amount of ponies roaming your lands. You don't have dim-witted grass-eaters occupying your army lines.

Edit: This is just a hypothetical idea, it doesn't necessarily have to be this way.

If there are bugs with that option, well just delete this post and let it sink and rust in the dark dim dull depths of this place.

This is just my idea that would make it a bit smoother to play as the Dwarves, the most pulchritudinous faction ever. I totally knew what that word meant without searching for synonyms for beautiful.

Walküre:

--- Zitat von: WarOfTheRingVeteran am 18. Aug 2016, 00:52 ---Why aren't they just recruitable units? You select them, they come, you mount them, they're gone, Vets come back.

You don't have to wait for them to summon at the worst moments possible. You don't have an unhealthy amount of ponies roaming your lands. You don't have dim-witted grass-eaters occupying your army lines.

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Personally, I don't mind their summoning system so much. I guess this property gives to the whole possibility of gaining the help of the Veterans a 'particular touch'; that is, you have to undergo different mechanics from the usual recruiting routine.

I don't really know, though, if that is really what justifies the current system. It's thus just an argument regarding my personal view, and I also couldn't tell whether your suggestion is possible or not to achieve. A statement from the developers would surely be of help (technically speaking, especially).


--- Zitat von: WarOfTheRingVeteran am 18. Aug 2016, 00:52 ---If there are bugs with that option, well just delete this post and let it sink and rust in the dark dim dull depths of this place.

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I would never delete it anyway. Nothing really sinks in dark depths on Modding Union, nor will time ever rust proposals and the efforts gently poured into them  ;)


--- Zitat von: WarOfTheRingVeteran am 18. Aug 2016, 00:52 ---This is just my idea that would make it a bit smoother to play as the Dwarves, the most pulchritudinous faction ever. I totally knew what that word meant without searching for synonyms for beautiful.

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You're not alone here: undoubtedly, Ancient Greek and Latin studies are so much helpful in dealing with such words and their etymology  8-)

WarOfTheRingVeteran:

--- Zitat ---Personally, I don't mind their summoning system so much. I guess this property gives to the whole possibility of gaining the help of the Veterans a 'particular touch'; that is, you have to undergo different mechanics from the usual recruiting routine.

I don't really know, though, if that is really what justifies the current system. It's thus just an argument regarding my personal view, and I also couldn't tell whether your suggestion is possible or not to achieve. A statement from the developers would surely be of help (technically speaking, especially).
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I've got no problem with the summoning system, I just don't like that ponies think they're part of the army. If it's going to stay the same, fine. I just see them as lesser than a normal unit. Like laborers or Dwarven workers; controllable, but when you hit Q they do nothing, they know their place. :)


--- Zitat ---You're not alone here: undoubtedly, Ancient Greek and Latin studies are so much helpful in dealing with such words and their etymology
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Well, I guess I failed once again at being sarcastic.

Walküre:
I apologise. I gave a different spin to your words about the ponies' characteristics as units. I had understood the 'Q' issue, but I also thought you were questioning their summoning system too. My mind sometimes loves going so much intricate  xD


--- Zitat von: WarOfTheRingVeteran am 18. Aug 2016, 03:14 ---Well, I guess I failed once again at being sarcastic.

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My fault. Given your interest into languages (if I grasped correctly), it really seemed to me that you actually knew it. Absolutely with the best intentions. As for sarcasm, I usually use emoticons to convey that sense; they suit that purpose greatly  :)

WarOfTheRingVeteran:

--- Zitat ---I apologise. I gave a different spin to your words about the ponies' characteristics as units. I had understood the 'Q' issue, but I also thought you were questioning their summoning system too. My mind sometimes loves going so much intricate  xD
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Well, I was, but just trying to find a hypothetical solution. I didn't say the way I imagined had to be necessarily implemented, and it's more my fault that I didn't specify what I meant in the original post.


--- Zitat ---My fault. Given your interest into languages (if I grasped correctly), it really seemed to me that you actually knew it. Absolutely with the best intentions. As for sarcasm, I usually use emoticons to convey that sense; they suit that purpose greatly  :)
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I really can't blame you. I always thought using emoticons gave it all away a bit too fast, so I usually play around with exaggeration and emphasis on certain words, e.g. totally :)

So imma just fix that.

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