Master of Blocked Potential

[Raubhautz]

I realize it is not much, but it is a start! MoD can be used to make the mini-sub-quest Tikki be very fast and only needs fast generals...

Tikki-Time!

I am not saying that this one solution justifies the price difference, it shows that there is a productive use for him, just takes some work to find viable targets; in the meantime he still can help spare my MMA's to perform adventures while he tags.

PS - Not that this needs explaining, but his use is pretty much limited to 'old' adventures. With 5k HP, seems good, but most baba bosses have 2-10 times that; plus his damage is so pathetic, it would not even scratch the enemy's flea bites.

[Aurboth]

One of the problems with the new elite enemy troops is the high hitpoint blockers, with 300 or 500 hitpoints per unit. When combined with first strike / attack weakest units, it makes the camps very difficult to attack without using either multiple sacrificial waves or attack buffs. What is missing from the player arsenal is a general that will protect its troops, allowing players to use some high damage units and have them protected against the large number of splash damage enemies. Just as we have a general that acts a protected cavalry group, with increased attacking power, we could have a general that acts as a defender group, absorbing damage as front line troops. As we have the Master of Martial Arts, we could use a parallel name and call it a Master of Defense.

Too bad they already wasted that name.

[Asiastrings]

One of the problems with the new elite enemy troops is the high hitpoint blockers, with 300 or 500 hitpoints per unit. When combined with first strike / attack weakest units, it makes the camps very difficult to attack without using either multiple sacrificial waves or attack buffs. What is missing from the player arsenal is a general that will protect its troops, allowing players to use some high damage units and have them protected against the large number of splash damage enemies. Just as we have a general that acts a protected cavalry group, with increased attacking power, we could have a general that acts as a defender group, absorbing damage as front line troops. As we have the Master of Martial Arts, we could use a parallel name and call it a Master of Defense.

Too bad they already wasted that name.

i agree Aurboth...

[dmmh77]

That would be BB admitting to support blocks, which they won't do to save face.

well, the description of the general is very clear; it's appropriate for blocking and locking.
No point in saving face there.

When my first block with him failed, I started to dig around and found this thread.

The ONLY thing that justifies spending 5k+ gems on a general "appropriate for locking and blocking" would be if it fought SLOWER then a regular general.
Not as fast, and certainly not faster.
But all this info is conveniently left out, and it's description is frankly a blatant lie.

[dmmh77]

ofcourse I prompty posted my concerns via support and was told my message would be conveyed to the developers, probably never to hear from again, since I can now see the issues with this general have been "forwarded to the developers" since somewhere in 2012.

It's not as if I can't miss 5k gems, I regularly buy gems and make a lot of purchases, but with this it feels like someone stole from me.

[SweaterPuppies]

The Master pf Defense is not as useless as Dracul. You cannot just use the tavern general numbers for his blocks. You have to play in a sim that tells you rounds and average rounds. I have found quite a few blocks that he does better than the tavern generals.

Also, Blue Byte lies a lot in their in-game descriptions. Look {or ask} before you leap.

[Koshko]

I got him from that event and have used him in like a couple of situations, none of which couldn't be handled by a regular general or my Grim Reaper. I'm planning to use him for the Easter Camps just so he feels useful.

[dmmh77]

The Master pf Defense is not as useless as Dracul. You cannot just use the tavern general numbers for his blocks. You have to play in a sim that tells you rounds and average rounds. I have found quite a few blocks that he does better than the tavern generals.

Also, Blue Byte lies a lot in their in-game descriptions. Look {or ask} before you leap.

maybe, but that still doens't make him "master" or "appropriate" if he isn't always better then a tavern general, now does it.
So, it's a lie, and it's basically stealing.

EDIT: also, telling me to have to use a third party simulator to test a product before I buy it indicates you give in easily, and is really putting the responsibility with the players instead of with BB. Consumer law really does work differently, in case you haven't noticed.
Do you use a simulator before you buy a car, or a house, or a $100 watch, or anything for that matter?

lol

[SweaterPuppies]

maybe, but that still doens't make him "master" or "appropriate" if he isn't always better then a tavern general, now does it.
So, it's a lie, and it's basically stealing.

EDIT: also, telling me to have to use a third party simulator to test a product before I buy it indicates you give in easily, and is really putting the responsibility with the players instead of with BB. Consumer law really does work differently, in case you haven't noticed.
Do you use a simulator before you buy a car, or a house, or a $100 watch, or anything for that matter?

lol

So you buy a car just from the description you read from the manufacturer? You buy a house from the listing by a Realtor? You buy a $100 watch? Must be nice to have your kind of money. But yeah, read the term of service/sale before you start crying about laws.

Anywho it is a game. If you are not having fun, move on.

[Raubhautz]

maybe, but that still doens't make him "master" or "appropriate" if he isn't always better then a tavern general, now does it.
So, it's a lie, and it's basically stealing.

Hi. Do you even read what you type? Listen to yourself. Anyway, what I find most humorous is a player with a whopping day's experience has so much to say about a Gem/Event Item specialist! Either that or it is actually an alternate account using this account as they do not have the brass to speak up on their real account. Hmm...

I use the MoD quite successfully in several adventures including FT and Epic as well and also have him operating 3 adventures (one Epid) in complete replacement of the wino generals. He is effective, if you work with him. Come event time, I'll be running no less than 3 BK's <2h thanks to him, as I did during Halloween (and I do not run short-runs either - EVERY camp is eliminated, I do not believe in wasting experience).

EDIT: also, telling me to have to use a third party simulator to test a product before I buy it indicates you give in easily, and is really putting the responsibility with the players instead of with BB. Consumer law really does work differently, in case you haven't noticed.
Do you use a simulator before you buy a car, or a house, or a $100 watch, or anything for that matter [...]

Uh, hello. Really? Regarding major purchases of capital items such as homes, autos and the like, you do NOT research, test drive, inspect (or have various inspections performed)? That explains a LOT!

Consumer law on a free game?! -_- Go for it.

Anywho it is a game. If you are not having fun, move on.

+1 here. Move on, Mr. dmmh77, I hear War Commander calling! ;D