On the Rajput Unit...and more...

[murdilator]

EDIT: I have playtested this and found what is balanced. I have finalized 75 food, 35 wood Rajputs, with 185 HP and 5.50 Speed. The armor boost makes them a bit OP actually. However, I will let people test out 235 HP Rajputs for fun.


Hi again guys, I'd just like to show some stuff I put in War of the Five Indias and what you think about it. Let's take a poll of what you think.


Apart from India's anti-cavalry units, the Rajput is overpriced and very situational. However, they are incredibly useful, but also need some stats boosts, notably HP, speed, and possibly armor. Their damage output is exceptional, but as they are an Indian lord it would be proper to give them their correct rank on the battlefield.


I am either aiming a supped-up rodelero unit, but that would have to be balanced in cost. In my War of the Five Indias, the Rajputs get the 235 HP Rajput with 5.5 speed and 0.30 armor. Also, for everyone else, they just get a 185 HP Rajput. I have balanced playtested it, and believe that the 235 HP one is a solid unit, letting them cost 80 food, 40 wood. Imagine a Sowar/Rajput combo: having a start with Rajputs gives you a chance to fight the Aztecs or any quick civ decently, and also allows you to not use up all your coin in a prolonged age 2 battle. To complement this, Sowars cost coin and food, while Rajputs cost Food and coin, an extra plus. However, a Gurkha/Rajput combo would be deadly. I have satisfactorially tested this on WarOfTheFiveIndiasTourneyV11, for the Rajput civ, and Rajput units are amazing, especially with Flail elephant support.


The reason I am asking is that I am planning on making a FP 1.3 scenario, on 1v1OntarioV3 and 1v1EasternIndiaV5. In my opinion, FPs made the game balanced, but they took some spice out of it, so I want to keep the balance and give spice into the game again. I want to feature the things in this order:


General Changes
India
Iroquois
Sioux
Aztecs
Japanese
Ottomans
Germans
Spain
Portuguese



Whatever you vote on, I'll attempt to put in. I've already thought of both fun and balancing changes that all of you will definately agree with. Sound good?




regards,



murdilator

[murdilator]

For all of you to see my experience with Balance playtesting and how it will be like, I will show you a scenario I released before Age Sanctuary 1.0 was thought of, before TAD 1.01 was completed:


1v1OntarioV2:



http://aoe3.heavengames.com/downloads/s ... ileid=2213



This is a slightly buggy version of my scenario, but still on the Scenario Design Competition post, I posted 1v1OntarioV3 on the bottom of my post before my comp went down:

http://rts-sanctuary.com/index.php?port ... pic=186268


The changes their are probably 0.50 RR Siege Eles and 135 HP Ashis with 0.10 Hand Resistance.



regards,



murdilator