Change Details

As @Palaxin pointed out on trac some years ago (#3779), “currently animal stats are quite counter-intuitive” and need to be rebalanced (or overhauled). As @ValihrAnt pointed out in a private message, animals are very hard to kill when using macemen. As @DanW58 pointed out [[ https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/35250-very-easy-too-hard-frustration/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-414278 | on the forums ]], some animals are simply too strong, especially lions, tigers, and wolves are frustrating for new players. This patch does not attempt a proper rebalance of all animals, but addresses the most glaring problems by making the following changes: * Animals inherit their resistance from `template_unit.xml`, which has a crush resistance of 15. This is changed to 1. Other units are unaffected by this, because the other `template_unit_*` templates already set different resistance values. * The lion and tiger have their health reduced from 100 to 50, the mastiff, wolfhound, and wolf from 100 to 40. * The tiger has its hack damage removed, keeping it more dangerous than the lion, but not as excessively as it used to be. * The wolf has its attack time doubled. The `template_unit_fauna_wild_aggressive_wolf.xml` file is deleted and its attack lines are simply inserted into `fauna_wolf.xml`, because that was its only child, so maintaining two files is unnecessary. Furthermore, D3301/rP24527 differentiated domestic animals, giving all of them different values, but with the same food cost to food supply ratio, though with bigger animals having better food to time ratios. However, the goat's values were rounded up from 75 to 80, which resulted in it being slightly more time efficient than the (larger) sheep, contrary to what was intended. This patch lowers it to 70, making the goat cheaper but slightly less time efficient than sheep.

As @Palaxin pointed out on trac some years ago (#3779), “currently animal stats are quite counter-intuitive” and need to be rebalanced (or overhauled). As @ValihrAnt pointed out in a private message, animals are very hard to kill when using macemen. As @DanW58 pointed out [[ https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/35250-very-easy-too-hard-frustration/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-414278 | on the forums ]], some animals are simply too strong, especially lions, tigers, and wolves are frustrating for new players. Moreover, it's quite challenging to kill deer. This patch does not attempt a proper rebalance of all animals, but addresses the most glaring problems by making the following changes: * Animals inherit their resistance from `template_unit.xml`, which has a crush resistance of 15. This is changed to 1. Other units are unaffected by this, because the other `template_unit_*` templates already set different resistance values. * The tiger has its hack damage removed, keeping it more dangerous than the lion, but not as excessively as it used to be. * The wolf has its attack time doubled. The `template_unit_fauna_wild_aggressive_wolf.xml` file is deleted and its attack lines are simply inserted into `fauna_wolf.xml`, because that was its only child, so maintaining two files is unnecessary. * The walrus has its attack time doubled. * The Health node is moved out of `template_unit_fauna_hunt.xml` etc. for clarity and consistency, making it easier to compare and tweak individual animals. * foxes have their health reduced to 20, dogs and wolves to 40, lions and tigers to 50; * bull has its health raised to 150 (same as cattle), giraffe lowered to 120 (from 150), deer and gazelle to 30, piglet to 15. Furthermore, D3301/rP24527 differentiated domestic animals, giving all of them different values, but with the same food cost to food supply ratio, though with bigger animals having better food to time ratios. However, the goat's values were rounded up from 75 to 80, which resulted in it being slightly more time efficient than the (larger) sheep, contrary to what was intended. This patch lowers it to 70, making the goat cheaper but slightly less time efficient than sheep.

As @Palaxin pointed out on trac some years ago (#3779), “currently animal stats are quite counter-intuitive” and need to be rebalanced (or overhauled). As @ValihrAnt pointed out in a private message, animals are very hard to kill when using macemen. As @DanW58 pointed out [[ https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/35250-very-easy-too-hard-frustration/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-414278 | on the forums ]], some animals are simply too strong, especially lions, tigers, and wolves are frustrating for new players. Moreover, it's quite challenging to kill deer. This patch does not attempt a proper rebalance of all animals, but addresses the most glaring problems by making the following changes: * Animals inherit their resistance from `template_unit.xml`, which has a crush resistance of 15. This is changed to 1. Other units are unaffected by this, because the other `template_unit_*` templates already set different resistance values. * The lion and tiger have their health reduced from 100 to 50, the mastiff, wolfhound, and wolf from 100 to 40. * The tiger has its hack damage removed, keeping it more dangerous than the lion, but not as excessively as it used to be. * The wolf has its attack time doubled. The `template_unit_fauna_wild_aggressive_wolf.xml` file is deleted and its attack lines are simply inserted into `fauna_wolf.xml`, because that was its only child, so maintaining two files is unnecessary. * The walrus has its attack time doubled. * The Health node is moved out of `template_unit_fauna_hunt.xml` etc. for clarity and consistency, making it easier to compare and tweak individual animals. * foxes have their health reduced to 20, dogs and wolves to 40, lions and tigers to 50; * bull has its health raised to 150 (same as cattle), giraffe lowered to 120 (from 150), deer and gazelle to 30, piglet to 15. Furthermore, D3301/rP24527 differentiated domestic animals, giving all of them different values, but with the same food cost to food supply ratio, though with bigger animals having better food to time ratios. However, the goat's values were rounded up from 75 to 80, which resulted in it being slightly more time efficient than the (larger) sheep, contrary to what was intended. This patch lowers it to 70, making the goat cheaper but slightly less time efficient than sheep.