Our beloved Pretenders!

[Tifone]

Not another "favourites" thread!!! Or yes? Well, yes, but there is more

Ook, this has to be one of the oldest threads in the world

But as new players enter the game quite often, and the old ones have had chances to play intensively and maybe changed their previous ideas, I'd like to ask, just for the pleasure of talking together 'bout the game (and even a bit on the well-known assumption that devs read the forum so any of our coolest and most thematic suggestions could maybe be implemented some day ):

-Which are the Pretenders you like the most for their flavour (is there a particular reason?) ? Do you "identify" somehow in some Pretenders better than others (as they represent the player's will inside the game) ?

-Which are the Pretenders you like to use the most for magic diversity/ good SCs/ aptitude of blesses, the most regardless of the nation as possible?

-Do you think some Pretenders could use some thematic, and not excessively twisting and unbalancing, changes?

I save my answers for later times if the thread is appreciated. Who starts?

[Zeldor]

I like national pretenders. Unfortunately most of them really suck so I have to take smth else. But Risen Oracle for Agartha simply rulz!

[Sombre]

I loathe the standardised pretender picks like cyclops, gorgon, wyrm, prince of death etc and try to make use of national and unusual picks, but it's hard because in basegame they're so rubbish for the most part.

[Tifone]

OK my friends, so let's suggest something thematic and not excessively unbalancing to pimp them

[Sombre]

I think making balance suggestions for CBM makes a lot more sense than making them for the basegame. Primarily because you might actually see a result :]

I'd far rather KO and JK spent their time on bugs and new features and things that we can't do through mods.

[Tifone]

Of course, of course. But I'm not talking about *balance* suggestions. I'm talking about some flavour suggestions that maybe KO may like.

And anyway the thread was not just about that

[Tifone]

Like, for example, yesterday I was looking another time Mel Gibson's Apocalypto. I really like that movie, and looking at the scene of the sacrifices, I started thinking - Oh my, look at their Emperor's "head covering", it is as tall as him, all in sterling gold and with enormous coloured feathers, and maybe, IMHO, the sprite of the Mictlan's national pretender Smoking Mirror would be much more original and appealing with such an appeareance ^_^

And mainly for thematic reasons, I'd like that the horrendous monster pretenders like the Manticore and the Dagon, and expecially the Mother of Monsters, the Drakaina (a personal favourite for flavour), and the fearful Destroyer of Worlds might use some Fear +1 at least (some don't even have +0) - it seems sppropriate, and they would make much better SCs (as they don't have full slots) and it would be great as it's so damn funny to look at your enormous monsters eat for lunch 200 or 300 puny, scared militiamen

These were just my examples. Of course those changes can all be implemented in a mod or maybe KO would like them and put them in the basegame, it's ok for me both ways, I'd just like partecipation and to talk about this for the fun it gives me (and even you all I think) to discuss about this wonderful game

[Gandalf Parker]

I like Lord of the Wild for Pangaea. The idea of wild party girls flocking to him is fun.

I like Lord of Night for Mictlan but its probably less thematic. I like the idea of a flying stealthy assassin titan.

I like the Great Druid when Im feeling more like "playing myself" as a pretender.

In a general way I like the Great Sage.

[Tifone]

Yay, the Lord of the Wild is great. But I always end up taking the Gorgon for Pangea as I really like her (not for reproductive reasons )... pity Pangea doesn't fit at all my playing style, I usually have much more fun massing troops and summons and go for a massive squishing of enemies

[Sombre]

But I don't have any problem with them thematically, they're fine in that respect. That's why I use them. I'm just saying they're definitely worse than the standardised choices.