New troop idea: The General

So here is my idea for a new troop called the General. This person would be able to command units in battle. As long as this unit is alive on the field, you'll be able to designate what building your units attack. Should he die, your units will go back to their default behavior. You would control your units by simply clicking on a building, and all units in range of the general will attack that building.

Now I know what your thinking, "This would be WAY overpowered!!" Well, here are a few ideas to keep it balanced.

1) Range. The General will only have a short range. Any units outside of this range won't hear the command and will just attack as normal. A unit that was inside this range and then moves out of range will still follow the initial command, but won't follow any future commands unless the general moves into range again.

2) Slow movement speed. So most units will only get one, maybe 2 commands out of him before they have run across the battlefiled.

3) High cost/troop capacity/training time. I don't know what good numbers would be, but make it high enough and it'll stay balanced.

4) low HP. So if he comes under fire, he can be taken out pretty quick.

5) Only one allowed at a time? Not sure about this one, but it might be a good idea to only allow 1 to be trained. That way if your careless with your general, you don't get a second chance. It would require good strategy to keep him safe throughout the battle.

Upgrades to the general would increase his range. What do you guys think?

Here's a suggestion, if your thread is called new troop idea you should post it in new troop and spell ideas.

Not bad... It has merit.

Its a good idea but if he is the general shouldn't he be strong. What you really should do is make him strong, give him high HP and a good range but limit him to only 1 unit max in the army camp and also make him level 8 town hall and above. Finally this should have been posted in the New Units and New Spells Idea forum.

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Originally Posted by Superraven

Its a good idea but if he is the general shouldn't he be strong. What you really should do is make him strong, give him high HP and a good range but limit him to only 1 unit max in the army camp and also make him level 8 town hall and above. Finally this should have been posted in the New Units and New Spells Idea forum.

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Any troop that changes the mechanics of other troops is a bad idea imo

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Originally Posted by Superraven

Its a good idea but if he is the general shouldn't he be strong. What you really should do is make him strong, give him high HP and a good range but limit him to only 1 unit max in the army camp and also make him level 8 town hall and above. Finally this should have been posted in the New Units and New Spells Idea forum.

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His strength should not be physical strength but power by abilities which is exactly what the OP suggested. You should have to protect your leader well.

Could they not just have a spell that could be dropped on the target building

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Originally Posted by Bigtooth78

His strength should not be physical strength but power by abilities which is exactly what the OP suggested. You should have to protect your leader well.

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Your the leader of your vilage.

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Originally Posted by Bigtooth78

His strength should not be physical strength but power by abilities which is exactly what the OP suggested. You should have to protect your leader well.

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A general should be strong and powerful and that's why he should be limited to only 1. Also I did agree with OP suggested about the leader commanding troops and such but he just shouldn't be that week and exposed.

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this, OP.

The entire point of a battle is that placement of troops is in the right place so that the troop AI will direct it in a way that you want. If you add an element to control the troops, the mechanic of the battle falls away. Currently, the outcome of a battle depends on the skill and placement of your troops, and adding a way to direct them to certain buildings (Like defenses) would make attacking easier than it is already.