New Dark Elixir troop: Marksman

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Originally Posted by Cristian

haha, a mechanical eye? that's funny. I like the idea, but instead of a battle torn archer, why not make it a hooded man with a crossbow, or just a regular bow and arrow? the troop sounds perfect and the extra range sounds good, and since his or her shots will be more powerful, they will shoot slower. here was what my vision of the "marksmen" or probably "assassin" would look like; a man with green eyes covered with a black hood and a red cloth covers his mouth. his clothes are all black but his belt and leather boots are brown. once this DE troop reaches level 3, he will acquire a black clothe over his mouth. and at level 5, this troop will wear all white along with the brown leather belt and boots.

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Sounds like the guy from assassins creed lol, thanks for the feed back.

I love your idea

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Originally Posted by Hiislol

I love your idea

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Thanks for the positive feedback and be sure to rate if you didn't.

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Originally Posted by PistolPete1234

A quick idea for a dark elixir troop, named the marksman.



Stats:

• 2x damage against troops of any kind.
• makes it useful for dispatching clan castle troops or defending.
• Reduced damage to buildings?
• added time between each shot.
• slightly longer range than regular archer(this could be a problem and is pending)
• reduced health due to dark elixir.
• Cost:5 dark elixir
• takes up 2-4 space in army camp?(tell me what should be the number in that range.)

Cons:

• Lead to some imbalances
• make them overpowered when defending.

Appearance:

• Looks like level 5 archer with dark green cape and hood.
• one mechanical red eye protruding from right eye.
• Slightly large crossbow with metal bolts
• face is mostly dark due to over hang of the dark green hood casting a shadow over the face with red eye glowing.

Other:

• Has a rivalry with the archers!

:D

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I like this new marksman

I think you have the balances about right
I have a few extra ideas/question.
you have made him a troop killer you say he does less damage to buildings then 2x for troops, could he not be half normal archers power but 4x damage for troops, this looks more like what you are suggesting too me.

can they not climb onto buildings and walls to get their extended range. (normal on the ground)
if they climb on walls or buildings are they are still in reach to non ranged troops?

I would like to see his AI be changed if he has reduced health (which i agree with)
Make him back away from non ranged troops trying to attack them. any person using ranged wepons would never let a sword swinger close the gap so they can directly attack them!! they would move to avoid them closing the gap.

1 when retreating the marksmans fire speed drops to half or stops.
2 movement speed also reduces to half when retreating and fireing to allow non ranged troops to close the gap slowly.
3 if you allow him to climb on buildings and walls to extend his range then -
if he does climb he takes only half damage from non ranged troops but cannot shoot when climbing
but his movement speed is again reduced by climbing or walking along walls. and this is further reduced if he retreats on a wall or building.

final thing.

This new marksman/assassin could or should be a hero for defending your base you get just one and he never dies like the king/queen
you can attack with him but he would only be good against his alter ego in the defenders base or other clan troops.

good luck with your idea hope it gets added in some form or other.

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Originally Posted by Dave643

I like this new marksman

I think you have the balances about right
I have a few extra ideas/question.
you have made him a troop killer you say he does less damage to buildings then 2x for troops, could he not be half normal archers power but 4x damage for troops, this looks more like what you are suggesting too me.

can they not climb onto buildings and walls to get their extended range. (normal on the ground)
if they climb on walls or buildings are they are still in reach to non ranged troops?

I would like to see his AI be changed if he has reduced health (which i agree with)
Make him back away from non ranged troops trying to attack them. any person using ranged wepons would never let a sword swinger close the gap so they can directly attack them!! they would move to avoid them closing the gap.

1 when retreating the marksmans fire speed drops to half or stops.
2 movement speed also reduces to half when retreating and fireing to allow non ranged troops to close the gap slowly.
3 if you allow him to climb on buildings and walls to extend his range then -
if he does climb he takes only half damage from non ranged troops but cannot shoot when climbing
but his movement speed is again reduced by climbing or walking along walls. and this is further reduced if he retreats on a wall or building.

final thing.

This new marksman/assassin could or should be a hero for defending your base you get just one and he never dies like the king/queen
you can attack with him but he would only be good against his alter ego in the defenders base or other clan troops.

good luck with your idea hope it gets added in some form or other.

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with the damage thing, you are completely right I must have not realized that. Since she has a dagger maybe she can stab them in the gut even though I said it was for cosmetic only. For the scaling buildings idea, I think it might make the troop kind of broken but interesting too. Retreating would be interesting but the enemy troops could be following the marks woman and get shot while they are doing it so that might not work. Other wise great ideas and thanks for the support and positive feed back!

Hey do you guys have any better names for this troop besides marks woman which is the current name?

Eagle eye? Sniper? I dunno, I'm not good at naming things.

This is a great idea- I would love to see this troop!

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Originally Posted by GorixtheG

Eagle eye? Sniper? I dunno, I'm not good at naming things.

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I want something that has a feminine connotation, but thanks for giving me your input:D.

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Originally Posted by iansilv

This is a great idea- I would love to see this troop!

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thanks for the positive feedback and I also would want to see this implemented too.