mounted archers

ravensshadow · Post by **ravensshadow** » June 13th, 2005, 12:15 am

Another idea has made itself into my creative *coughcoughcough* mind. Maybe they could be kinda like elvish scouts, only slower and with less melee attack.

scott · Post by **scott** » June 13th, 2005, 2:14 am

Well there is one! So someone else also thought it was a good idea, but it's just not official. Do a search for "horse archer".

stormoog · Post by **stormoog** » June 15th, 2005, 1:51 pm

see here

http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic. ... r+download

Disto · Post by **Disto** » June 15th, 2005, 6:13 pm

Yeah my little baby

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Apparently the graphics are too similar to the rider.

Assasin · Post by **Assasin** » June 16th, 2005, 2:41 am

If all you have to do to get it added in is change the graphics then do it! I love that unit!

NightBlade · Post by **NightBlade** » June 16th, 2005, 4:49 am

wow this is nice, horse archer will definitly improve the game play well done Disto!

Disto · Post by **Disto** » June 16th, 2005, 6:56 pm

If anyone downloads the horse archer, add in it's cfg, advancefrom="Elvish+Scout"

CBaoth · Post by **CBaoth** » July 2nd, 2005, 8:48 pm

what does everyone think about a "mounted archer" ? a human version sort of a bit weaker too...

Post by **turin** » July 2nd, 2005, 9:34 pm

its not "Elvish+Scout", its "Elvish Scout" that you need to put in the .cfg.

Stigmatix · Post by **Stigmatix** » July 2nd, 2005, 10:35 pm

If you added that you would probably need to remove the riders ranged attack, and make his melee a slightly stronger to balance it. If you didn't the two units would be too similar.

Attila · Post by **Attila** » July 3rd, 2005, 12:06 am

Stigmatix wrote:If you added that you would probably need to remove the riders ranged attack, and make his melee a slightly stronger to balance it. If you didn't the two units would be too similar.

part of the racial identity of the Elves in Battle for Wesnoth is that they all have some kind of ranged attack, like almost all drakes have fire breath, and like the saurians all have skirmish, and like the trolls all have regeneration, and like the humans have disproportionately large heads.

Stigmatix · Post by **Stigmatix** » July 3rd, 2005, 4:09 pm

Yeah.. so you'd either need another way to distinguish the units from each other, or just have one rider.