31JUL12 - MAJOR RELEASE (Crafting)

Also I have to add another question:

Why you hate elves ? Especially elves in jungle like me ?

Bow have weird bonuses and there is NOTHING comparable with Silversteel weapons. NOTHING.

So my archer commanders will get at most 6% attack bonus while most of the others can use a 30% bonus weapon ??

I like the patch but the item balance really make me wonder if I should put any more effort in the game....

It's hard to balance a large number of items. Hopefully they'll be willing to balance things as needed. 

Elven Trueshots can get, if I have read this right, a +35% bonus to their attack, which becomes +70% in small units?

Composite Bow = +15% attack

Vanguard's Armour (leather version) = +20% attack

The infantry horse has no benefit

                                                     Total = 35%

Elite units doubles this if used in small groups

                                                     Small unit total = 70%

And, that particular combination only requires 2 crafting buildings to be researched and built - none of these mixed-buildings-required-research-ladder weapons there.

On reflection, I don't even think that that's the *best* loadout for your Trueshots - I think there are better options, depending on your situation.

You're right, tho, it does look like in the jungle Elves don't buff quite so well, nor so easily. You'll probably be looking at +32% to attack (or +64% in small groups), and for that you'll need to plan your targets more carefully. You can bemoan that while you enjoy all the extra food squares that jungle biome seems to have, or some of the huge concentrations of Herbs I've noticed down there.

Whoa! Where did that come from?!

Until you wrote that it hadn't occurred to me to wonder what alliance the original poster was in. And as a misrepresentation of my attitude to H?, that's pretty extreme.

This is getting way off topic

Edit: I've started a new thread to address this