Foursaken, any suggestions on how to counter a ranger in multiplayer? I am currently 38 wins 18 losses playing evil every chance I get. I took your advice earlier and am doing ok countering rushing paladins and knights. I have the most problems lately with rangers and even some engineers. The ones who come up far enough to pick off my cultists while lobbing shots at my tree. I can't get any significant units to attack and I'm just a sitting duck. Thanks!
Those of you playing both Siege and Versus... Which do you find less forgiving, the average human in Versus or the AI in Siege?
Against Ranger, I'd quickly try to go as many skeleton runners as possible. A ranger cannot deal with hordes of fast moving targets well. Hopefully it'll either force him to retreat into his walls, or you can use the distraction to try to get into the fray yourself. Remember, all it takes is a few good hits to really put the beating on ranger. If you can get into the mid-game, then it gets easier. Go for goblin snipers and mummy runners. Get a Siege Wagon to use as heavy cover, which will allow your units to move into range, unimpeded.
Hey thanks for the reply. Looking forward to trying your suggestions. Hoping to be matched up with you sometime and getting my butt kicked.
To be fair there are lots of elements in this game that you are unlikely to encounter in reality... Umm no wait ... everything in this game needs you to suspend disbelief apart from the grass and the wood and the stone bits ! Lol
Not sure how this works, on my ranger it doesn't matter what the evil guy spawns, in 24 seconds ( fastest time so far is 16 seconds) the tree and the evil hero is dead and the game is over. Just ignoring everything and gg.
Ok I got spanked again. This may sound dumb, but what ones are the skeleton runners? None of them seem all to fast to me. Oh and on a side note, if anyone on here goes by "cracken1021" you're a knight rushing sob! lol. To each their own and I have yet to stop you even with foursakens suggestions. That said, ill be happy when this type of tactic is not rewarded. It feels like a wasted match, there's just no fun in it.
okay once and for all then, exactly what does the dwarven hut buff? not sure: longbeard engineer buffs: riflemen blunders dreadnought does not buff: repairmen
ah... so each person gets their own mines too? thanks. i was confused because frequently my partners would build things even though i had no money.
Yes, you build your own mines and spend your own money. This is why a +1 or +2gold legendary rune comes in handy, as you only have two slots for mines with the third one outside the walls, which pretty much gets destroyed right away anyway.
K update is just about ready to submit... are we missing anything pressing (balance wise)? Remember, not looking to make sweeping balance changes in this hotfix, just fixing major imbalances and exploits. Btw, exact stats for Wormwood tree regrowth will be game time/4, up to a max of 60s (what it currently is)... so at 20s into the game it'll regrow in 5s, at 1min it'll regrow in 15s, and at 4 minutes is when it will be optimal to kill the tree and do some hero hunting. This will REALLY put a damper on rushing... not sure I even want to eliminate rushing this bad, but... guess we'll see how it plays out. Update v2.0.1 Various bug and crash fixes Added a reward for beating Siege Mode Good and Evil heroes now start with a 50% reduction to knockdown from other heroes, greatly reducing chain knockdowns (you will still be knocked down by enemy units at a regular rate) Reduced cost of Evils armor upgrades, making it easier to become resistant to knockdown Wormwood Tree in versus mode will now regrow much faster in the first few minutes of the game, making rushes still possible, but much more difficult to pull off - it regrows slower and slower as the game goes on Enemy heroes have a 50% resistance to Rangers Brambles ability, making it harder to chain slow them If you quit during Coop, it will end the game as if you died, allowing you to still earn the reward you should have won based on your current time The runners require a banner... they are pretty fast... they actually run
