#Dev Diary #45 - Archon Prophecy: Tomes (Part 1)

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novel turtle
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Dev Diary #45 - Archon Prophecy: Tomes (Part 1)

floral hill
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I assume Precognition doesn't stack?

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and lasts a single turn?

twilit cloud
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it mentions that it doesn not stack but there is a unlt that can apply it and an upgrade for melee units that can allow them to get it them selfs

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witch i wis was a minor transformation as the effects for it are super dope

scenic swan
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I mean precognition should only have a handful of ways to get to because it is so annoying to fight against

iron veldt
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Precognition is going to be very effective versus charges and other big-hits, but not against numerous hits, status effects, or swarm builds.
Using AOEs to clear it will become very valuable, too. Especially the map-wide, or 2 radius, damage spells

scenic swan
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there are ways around it, I just didn't have any fun against it in PF

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Although because it is locked behind a single tome, I probably won't find it as bad as when it was with every oathbound commander

fathom tangle
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i will prefer if it just reduced damage receive

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the no damage at all is frustrating

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isnt that why we dont have elemental damage inmunity

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you always get some damage

willow grove
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I mean miss chances are already in the game, and it seems less annoying than fey stuff.

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because you can at least bait it out so to speak.

charred hound
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Charge units will basically require support from an Oracle to be useful against other Prophecy tome builds lol

wary bloom
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Is the Paladin optional mounted?

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That seems kind of on-flavor for a Paladin

fathom tangle
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charred hound
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I suppose if you have ranged units take a shot first and then send your charge unit in that'd counter it, but uh... Auto resolve?

scenic swan
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It looks like it only works against direct attacks, so spells and AoEs will not activate it. This makes sense, but also makes one hit attacks a pain to use

fathom tangle
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and AI will have problems cause i doubt its gonna understand it

solar heart
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Not gonna lie, hearing that precognition is going to be in aow4 now makes me a little sad. Hopefully the true strike counter is enough to make it less annoying to play against then it was in aow planetfall. Everything else looks pretty cool tho

solar heart
scenic swan
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While I personally don't play multiplayer, I was thinking that

solar heart
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Not only does the tome give you precognition, the oracle can give its allies true strike in an aoe. Aka the exact counter to this tome, which is an interesting choice XD

charred hound
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Discipline gives ranged units a true strike ability right?

willow grove
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Yeah, also curious how it works with always hit abilities like longshot.

solar heart
solar heart
charred hound
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Yeah my main question is auto resolve's ability to handle it

willow grove
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I think it depends if the AI recognizing that attacking them repeating attacks still does damage because then you would have them attacking with repeating attacks 1st.

fathom tangle
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i dont think multiplayer gonna have lots of troubles, well shock units will

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but the real problem is AI

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i dont think AI will handdle it well

charred hound
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Actually yeah it kinda just counters the whole shock unit role. The point of shock is to hit first to remove defense mode so other units can pile damage on, and this forces them to hit last

willow grove
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(ironically darks default playstyle also counters it as they are meant to ranged attack and then shock to get the most out of cull the weak)

fathom tangle
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oh noo so OP

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Poor Dark, but one day its gonna be their day

charred hound
willow grove
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It does depend on how much the AI wants to take some low accuracy shots because you should be able to go for like 60% shot because the lower accuracy shot is more likely to "Waste" precog due to missing anyway.

lapis prairie
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Does anyone know if the Paladin is an optional mount unit?

loud bridge