Improve assassins

[Agema]

That didn't seem clear to me with comments like the assassin just stabbing the target in the back or why the target could fight back adequately, but okay, accepted. :P

[Tifone]

(in case I sounded harsh I'm sorry, it's just my pitiful english )

[KissBlade]

If Assassins were improved maybe we'd actually stop seeing ye olde mage spam mindlessly technique. I don't even know why non-mage/priest national commanders are in the game.

[Tifone]

High leadership?

(Long time no see mr KissBlade, or it's just me? )

[KissBlade]

Heyas =D yah long time no see.

[HoneyBadger]

It'd be nice if commanders could give bonuses to their troops, also, along with improved assassins. That way, you might just recruit a commander that gave everybody under her command stealth 0, or swamp survival, or a bonus to fighting undead.

As it is, I'm fond of making commanders that self-summon their own types of troops, which may take that Nation in entirely different directions, without the benefit of magic.

[Agema]

I like that idea, HoneyBadger. As well as swamp survival etc., it could be as simple as commanders who give +1 Att/Def/Mor to units under their command - why shouldn't a brilliant, trained general be able to get more from his troops than a basic one?

It would have to be a bit limited though - I don't think commanders granting stealth to their troops is entirely fair when you could equip that commander with 10 elephants. It might be best for rare indies, the odd national recruitable or summoned commander, national heroes, and maybe the odd Pretender.

[Tifone]

I like that too. I've always found quite strange that you have those high-trained commanders and you'll so rarely recruit them as your top-mages have really enough leadership. It would be nice and also thematic and logical if commanders, who skipped the magic training for the training of strategy, tactics and warfare, can give small bonuses to the units.
Imagine even nations having maybe mediocre mages but excellent commanders able to give normal units the equivalent of one/two minor blesses, or indies able to train them to move at full speed in their woods. That would be a whole new level of strategy

[Aezeal]

Personally I think most of the idea's in here are nice, more realistic than it's now.. but apart from sombre's starting idea I think most won't be that easily implemented...

so I'd just go for that one.. make assassins start first

[Tifone]

Damn Aezeal, you awakened us from our nice daydreams You're right of course - we were slightly off topic too, so yep, assassins going first would sound reasonable