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The Old World Cometh Again !!! / Re: Empire of Man feedback
« Last post by Tiberius on Today at 05:26:31 AM »It's worth noting that I think most Empire players like taking characters to lead their squads. Now they aren't superhumans or grail knights so their attack/damage output doesn't need to be high, but they NEED TO LEAD and inspire their squads. Leadership 7 is not leading. Extremely situational buffs or 50/50(58% on weak prayers) is not very inspiring.
Heck, I'd add impetuous to warrior priest if it meant he brought some kahonas to the table.
I could not agree more.
The Old World Warrior Priests are bad fluff wise and rule wise. They used to be a character that had a little bit of fight, a little bit of buffing allies, and a little bit of magic. Not as personally powerful as a Captain, but could give Hatred (against some or all enemies depending on the edition) and throw in a Dispel Dice to help your Magic. I loved all those things. They could be on the front line, make your state troopers a little better, and help out in the magic department. The Prayers were an added bonus and usually just used up a enemy dispel die. Fluff wise they were tough as nails devotees of Sigmar, and the rules made it feel like that. Fluffwise and rulewise, my favorite characters by far.
Now all of that as been removed. They have their same mediocre combat, but now they give no automatic buffs to your troops, they give very little to magic defense, and the prayers and worse though I suppose likely more likely to get off. Sadly, their leadership means I am never going to take a Lector, because their is no way I'm going to use a Ld. 8 general. There is nothing great I can depend on with this guys, there are just some OK things I can hope I get at the right time.
The Leadership lose hurts so much because that is Lorewise what matters! I know someone in another thread said they don't have the strategic thinking of a professional soldier. But that's not what Leadership is representing. It's representing willpower, inspiration and determination, which they should have more of than a professional soldier. It makes me so annoyed every time I think about it.