Fantasy Friday XXXIV - Human Melee Units

[Alex Walz]

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FANTASY FRIDAY XXXIV
The Human Melee Units

Welcome back to another Fantasy Friday. :) We'll head back to Teria for this one, and take a look at the Human Melee Units: the Halberdiers, Macemen, Knights, and Swordsmen! See also: Elven Melee Units (http://www.reverieworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1162), Orc Melee Units (http://www.reverieworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1318).

Please note that all stats are subject to change during further QA.

The Human Halberdier

Description:
Halberdiers are spear infantry that can be trained and upgraded at the Barracks for 154 Food, 30 Wood, and 20 Population. <img src="http://reverieworld.com/screenshots/ff34/halberdier.png" align="right">They are great against cavalry and large monster units, but terrible against archers, and mediocre against other infantry.

Initial Statistics:
Health: 340
Stamina: 100
Damage: 100
Accuracy: 30
Defense: 25
Armor: 40
View/LOS: 590
Range: -
Speed: 43
Charge: 65

The Human Knight

Description:
Trained at the Stable for 175 Food, 150 Gold, and 15 Population, Knights can be either mounted or foot soldiers. Wearing extremely heavy armor and extensively trained, the knights are the pinnacle of man's military might. These elite heavy infantry units are effective against all units, but <img src="http://reverieworld.com/screenshots/ff34/knight.png" align="right">Tvery expensive and have smaller and slower battalions than most other units - leaving knights unable to chase other units.

Initial Statistics:
Health: 570
Stamina: 100
Damage: 145
Accuracy: 30
Defense: 28
Armor: 85
View/LOS: 550
Range: -
Speed: 42
Charge: 49

Unique Abilities:
Pray – Heals nearby allies, but renders nights immobile and vulnerable during its duration

The Human Maceman

Description:
Macemen are a basic, affordable infantry unit <img src="http://reverieworld.com/screenshots/ff34/maceman.png" align="right">Twhich can be trained at the Barracks for 112 Food, 30 Gold, and 20 Population. Their brute strength makes them great against infantry, but weak against archers and cavalry.

Initial Statistics:
Health: 250
Stamina: 100
Damage: 80
Accuracy: 30
Defense: 20
Armor: 10
View/LOS: 520
Range: -
Speed: 55
Charge: 74

The Human Swordsman

Description:
The swordsman is a heavy infantry unit that is great against archers, good against infantry and monsters, and mediocre against cavalry. Swordsmen can be trained from the Barracks for 168 Food, 75 Gold, and <img src="http://reverieworld.com/screenshots/ff34/swordsman.png" align="right">T40 Population.

Initial Statistics:
Health: 420
Stamina: 100
Damage: 120
Accuracy: 20
Defense: 20
Armor: 35
View/LOS: 550
Range: -
Speed: 49
Charge: 71

Unique Abilities:
Shield Wall – Increases Armor, but decreases Speed


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[GPS51]

I love how each pix shows a massive combat swirl of troops. This should be a lot of fun. I can already see men troop rushes being furnished by their troops and watching people desperately trying to micro in on archer with their anti-infantry troops. Good Work :)

[Yami-Yagari]

Nice looking and diverse melee units do humans have. Finally a challenge! :p

[Khan kreiger]

Nice i love the Men v Orc battle

[Kire]

Where are paladins?=P
Beside those swordsmen with big shields really look nice on picture and that "shield wall" on bottom middle picture.
And yet again ..... they could have more fantasy armour =P.

[Hanador]

Whooo human melee ftw.
definitely humans for (open beta if there is one) and for release (may try orcs for blitzkrieg with humans on backburner till its mid/late game) :D

[The_Biz]

those broadswords look a little funky

[WilsonMG]

Personally, I'm a fan of the late 12th century (Third Crusade era) great helm for a knight, nothing flashy, just a nice clean look that fully protects the head and upper neck.

Pic here:

http://www.ourdecay.com/Medieval/Pics/crusaders_great_helm_400.jpg

The full plate doesn't really make me jump out of my seat, but at least it's semi-realistic and not adorned with all sorts of pointy objects, spikes, horns, etc. that would impair one's ability in combat.

The other armors look OK. I do like the use of maille.

All I can think of when I look at the emblems on the shields is Byzantine Empire... Would be pretty nifty if the shield textures picked up a custom heraldry for your empire that you can create by either uploading an image or using an in-game editor. Don't know if that's been mentioned before.

[Yami-Yagari]

All I can think of when I look at the emblems on the shields is Byzantine Empire... Would be pretty nifty if the shield textures picked up a custom heraldry for your empire that you can create by either uploading an image or using an in-game editor. Don't know if that's been mentioned before.

It has been mentioned before, and most likely is already implemented into DoF, although i don´t know for sure.

And i just been comparing melee units, and you would think that the orcs, being more of a brutal melee oriented race, would have the advantage. But every orc unit is significantly weaker in terms of stats compared to the others. Kinda lame.:(

[Alex Walz]

Orcs have the numbers, not too mention dirt cheap or free productions costs.

[GPS51]

3 words about the orcs..RUSH>RUSH>RUSH>

[Khan kreiger]

Yup thats what were meant for pillaging lands with enormmous numbers

[Miclee]

Numbers don't always win you battles. It only puts the enemy at a slight disadvantage which can be countered by higher quality troops and strategy.

[Darathor]

Great showcase! And those screenshots of those humongous battles are quite stunning! Looking forward to seeing more in-depth info on this game!

[Yami-Yagari]

Numbers don't always win you battles. It only puts the enemy at a slight disadvantage which can be countered by higher quality troops and strategy.

I have to agree, but in the orc's case, it's not that simple. With orcs it's about attrition. Wearing your enemy down and push your strongest troops at the breaking point in his formation with afterwards hunting down survivors for organ stew later on.:p

[Miclee]

You'll just end up getting flanked and trapped rather easily, allowing the enemy's ranged troops to beat up on you while you can't escape.

[Yami-Yagari]

You'll just end up getting flanked and trapped rather easily, allowing the enemy's ranged troops to beat up on you while you can't escape.

Before that can happen, i would have sent my goblin raiders to zerg your archers(or warg, whatever you like).

[Miclee]

I wouldn't be dumb enough to leave my archers unguarded.

[Yami-Yagari]

I wouldn't be dumb enough to leave my archers unguarded.

Never said that. Merely stating that there are tons of ways to take down (your) archers. I could have come in from behind and bypass your force guarding your archers, could have shot them down with my own archers and catapults, i could have sent in several ogres to do it for me, making minchmeat from everyone between A and B. I have almost limitless options.

[Khan kreiger]

Never said that. Merely stating that there are tons of ways to take down (your) archers. I could have come in from behind and bypass your force guarding your archers, could have shot them down with my own archers and catapults, i could have sent in several ogres to do it for me, making minchmeat from everyone between A and B. I have almost limitless options.

Yes we do have unlimiteted options but we will ALL see when were able to play and miclee i was only talking about raiding villages then running because we orcs are fast:p

[Miclee]

I see, I see. Still, we'll see ingame. :p

[GPS51]

At the point of my sword...

[Miclee]

Is your sword sharp?

[Yami-Yagari]

Is your sword sharp?

Nah, elven swords aren't sharp. My club is much more sharper.:p

[Miclee]

Clubs. Dang, now that's something to fear. A piece of slow-moving wood. ;)

[Yami-Yagari]

Clubs. Dang, now that's something to fear. A piece of slow-moving wood. ;)

Fear the agonising pain of SPLINTERS!!! :eek:.

[Miclee]

We have armor. :p

[Khan kreiger]

Fear the agonising pain of SPLINTERS!!! :eek:.

screw the clubs...we will just chop these men up with our slayer blades:)

[Yami-Yagari]

We have armor. :p

Yes... chainmail. Splinters aren't that big, you know. Plus chainmail is horribly redundent versus blunt force trauma.

screw the clubs...we will just chop these men up with our slayer blades:)

Or with our tetanus infected spears. Spears are plain crap, but the little things make it so more fun to use.:p

[Miclee]

Eh, we'll see how it all turns out in-game eventually. Then we'll know who bests who. :p

[Negthareas]

Eh, we'll see how it all turns out in-game eventually. Then we'll know who bests who. :p

Yeah - that is pretty much what all of this territorial roaring ends in: "when things finally start, we'll see"

[Noxeros]

Will they hold the weapons in their right hands in release? Or will they always have them in the left? I remember commenting on this before and I want to know if the answer is still the same (if I remember right it was supposed to be fixed before the beta, and the beta has begun, it's still the same!)...

[Yami-Yagari]

Does it really matter what hand they're holding their weapons? I mean, unless you get a attack penalty for being lefthanded, i don't see the problem.

[Miclee]

Will they hold the weapons in their right hands in release? Or will they always have them in the left? I remember commenting on this before and I want to know if the answer is still the same (if I remember right it was supposed to be fixed before the beta, and the beta has begun, it's still the same!)...

I remember reading something about it being an engine bug. Search it.

[leopardz]

wow,this game looks really good.

[GPS51]

Hmm I still don't understand what the issue is for holding weapons in left hand. "It's not a bug. It's a user feature" ...or something like that.

[Miclee]

Found it.
http://www.reverieworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1589&highlight=left+hand

IIRC, Joe, one of our lead devs, said it was just an engine glitch long over-due for a fix.

[Gruber12]

Looks good and for some reason after seeing the macemen ive got "We are the macemen" stuck in my head", i think thats enough stronghold for me :D

[Freyer]

units are not too bad very stronghold style imo

[doom132]

So the humans are your generic knights in shining armor, Go elves:D

[mcsollar]

looking mean! lol

[Wolfpack]

lol looks like pure chaos