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The one benefit of Theramore, is that I have high elves, Gnomes, Dwarves, Soldiers of Stormgard, Loarderon Knights, Kul Tiran Marines, Stormwinds Paladins, Knights of the Silver hand and Magi of Dalaran within my forces and refugees. I'm going to spam these veterans out to send to each capital city and give a thorough explanation of what the fuck went down in both loarderon and in the new world, since its clear that that explanation hasn't happened yet.

The scourge and the legion damn it. We have just had half the world get eaten by undead, lets hold the fuck up alrite?

(Im going to have to write so much IC today >.<)
 
So I've been trawling around the web, trying to find as much info about Stromgarde's Military as I could.

They have Knights, Crossbows, Footmen, Riflemen, Militiamen, Defenders, Spellweavers, Priests, and Troll Hunters. The wiki however, doesn't give me much info on any of those so please correct me if I'm wrong here:

Knights - Heavy Shock Cavalry, Full Plate Armor, Barded Warhorse, Lance and Sword.
Footmen - Heavy Infantry, Full Plate Armor, Sword and Shield. The Backbone of the Army.
Defenders - Heavy Infantry that's a step above Footmen (?). Wields a hammer, devoid of a shield, but wears Full Plate Armor.
Militiamen - Well-Armored irregulars with poor training in comparison to the rest of the army. Useful as Meatshields.
Crossbows - Basic Ranged Unit. Much more common than Rifles, and the bolts can be set on fire to negate Troll Regeneration.
Riflemen - Ranged Unit. Less common, but harder hitting than a Crossbow.
Priests - Followers of the Light whose main role is to heal the wounded, bless combatants, and negate enemy magic.
Spellweavers - Mages. No idea what school of magic they follow.
Troll Hunters - The Specialty of Stromgarde. Fully armored, but with the shield replaced by a torch. They don't seem to have a ranged weapon so I guess they're just mainline infantry?
 
@Alias why does galliwax offer me something that seems kinda ok as a deal? It on the surface reads reasonably, which is freaking me out.

@Hannz don't worry too much about the specifics of the units?

As for Spellweavers very likely either Fire or Ice casters, as those are the two main combat philosophies of magic (outside of arcane). Lorewise, all mages study Arcane, since arcane magic in the lore is magic itself, and all other magic stems from it. (that isn't to say you can't specialise in other styles, but usually if you want to say, fire a bolt of lightning, you just mould arcane magic into it.)

As for priests, priests don't really negate enemy magic, though they can create some shields against spells/arrows.
 
Duzzit said:
As for priests, priests don't really negate enemy magic, though they can create some shields against spells/arrows.
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Frozen Throne lied to me! :cry:

They're really useful in negating buff/debuff magic, killing summoned units (Like Mass Skeletons), and removing Scourge blight back in the RTS days. Guess their main function as healers stay tho.

As for why, I'm trying to figure the whole Stromgarde Army out. What they're strong in and where they're weak since we were told that we should study our armies. Not all armies are made equal, to borrow the phrase from the opening post.
 
Hannz said:
Frozen Throne lied to me! :cry:

They're really useful in negating buff/debuff magic, killing summoned units (Like Mass Skeletons), and removing Scourge blight back in the RTS days. Guess their main function as healers stay tho.

As for why, I'm trying to figure the whole Stromgarde Army out. What they're strong in and where they're weak since we were told that we should study our armies. Not all armies are made equal, to borrow the phrase from the opening post.
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Well, Stormgard is traditionally known for its well armoured infantry; and their specialty as an anti-troll force. Most armies, outside of Dalaran, the elves, and to a lesser extent Theramore and Stormwind, won't have too many spell casters in them.

Also, the killing summoned units thing, priests get a lot of anti-undead tricks; and a reasonable amount of various support effects, but not specifically anti-magic as such.
 
Duzzit said:
Well, Stormgard is traditionally known for its well armoured infantry; and their specialty as an anti-troll force. Most armies, outside of Dalaran, the elves, and to a lesser extent Theramore and Stormwind, won't have too many spell casters in them.

Also, the killing summoned units thing, priests get a lot of anti-undead tricks; and a reasonable amount of various support effects, but not specifically anti-magic as such.
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So their specialty is Heavy Infantry, and Anti-Troll Tactics. I can't imagine a man in Full Plate will do well against a Ogre considering the difference in strength and size, but we at least have an answer to Trolls.

Since the days of a Priest being able to negate a Druid's, Necromancer's, Shaman's, and other spellcaster's spells is now long gone, I'll have to find another answer for dealing with Ogre Magi and how they can send their fellows into a Frenzy. Something to think on then!
 
Hannz said:
So their specialty is Heavy Infantry, and Anti-Troll Tactics. I can't imagine a man in Full Plate will do well against a Ogre considering the difference in strength and size, but we at least have an answer to Trolls.

Since the days of a Priest being able to negate a Druid's, Necromancer's, Shaman's, and other spellcaster's spells is now long gone, I'll have to find another answer for dealing with Ogre Magi and how they can send their fellows into a Frenzy. Something to think on then!
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You still have guns and bows and crossbows for Ogres :p.
 
Hannz said:
So their specialty is Heavy Infantry, and Anti-Troll Tactics. I can't imagine a man in Full Plate will do well against a Ogre considering the difference in strength and size, but we at least have an answer to Trolls.

Since the days of a Priest being able to negate a Druid's, Necromancer's, Shaman's, and other spellcaster's spells is now long gone, I'll have to find another answer for dealing with Ogre Magi and how they can send their fellows into a Frenzy. Something to think on then!
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Well for dealing with Ogres I think the best thing you can exploit is the fact that most Ogres are pretty dumb and are likely to take the brute force solution to a problem. Not to mention they often have a Rule by Might system meaning if you take out the leader then all the others will start fighting each other in order to see who should be in charge.
 
Hannz said:
So their specialty is Heavy Infantry, and Anti-Troll Tactics. I can't imagine a man in Full Plate will do well against a Ogre considering the difference in strength and size, but we at least have an answer to Trolls.

Since the days of a Priest being able to negate a Druid's, Necromancer's, Shaman's, and other spellcaster's spells is now long gone, I'll have to find another answer for dealing with Ogre Magi and how they can send their fellows into a Frenzy. Something to think on then!
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I got tons of Gryphon Riders and Shamans. Everything else is generic warriors, hunters and rogues. Although nostly everyone has a stormhammer which is a ranged plus melee weapon.
 
Duzzit said:
You still have guns and bows and crossbows for Ogres :p.
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Sinsystems said:
Well for dealing with Ogres I think the best thing you can exploit is the fact that most Ogres are pretty dumb and are likely to take the brute force solution to a problem. Not to mention they often have a Rule by Might system meaning if you take out the leader then all the others will start fighting each other in order to see who should be in charge.
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Ah, the good ole Total War tactic of just focus-firing all your guns on the enemy General so that you can fill him full of holes!

Works even better with mass artillery!

Considering the setting of a city however, the number of guns I can bring to bear against a single target may be more limited than I would like, unless the Ogres decide they wanna rush straight for my walls which they might depending on how smart the Chief is.
Hoshu said:
I got tons of Gryphon Riders and Shamans. Everything else is generic warriors, hunters and rogues. Although nostly everyone has a stormhammer which is a ranged plus melee weapon.
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I don't think the Trolls here have Batriders or Wyverns, so complete aerial superiority should be ours. The only form of AA the Trolls and Ogres have would be their nets and throwing axes. The former is a lot more effective than the latter.

Still, those Gryphons would be very welcome!
 
Hannz said:
Ah, the good ole Total War tactic of just focus-firing all your guns on the enemy General so that you can fill him full of holes!

Works even better with mass artillery!

Considering the setting of a city however, the number of guns I can bring to bear against a single target may be more limited than I would like, unless the Ogres decide they wanna rush straight for my walls which they might depending on how smart the Chief is.

I don't think the Trolls here have Batriders or Wyverns, so complete aerial superiority should be ours. The only form of AA the Trolls and Ogres have would be their nets and throwing axes. The former is a lot more effective than the latter.

Still, those Gryphons would be very welcome!
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How much do you think Ogres like Lava?
 
Hannz said:
Ah, the good ole Total War tactic of just focus-firing all your guns on the enemy General so that you can fill him full of holes!

Works even better with mass artillery!

Considering the setting of a city however, the number of guns I can bring to bear against a single target may be more limited than I would like, unless the Ogres decide they wanna rush straight for my walls which they might depending on how smart the Chief is.
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Well personally I'd suggest going the Assassination route, but then again I'm a faction that is mostly made up of Bandits, Pirates, Thieves and the like so I don't really do the whole direct assault thing since my forces are not very good at being straight warriors. That is what the harvest Golems are for after all.
 
Hoshu said:
How much do you think Ogres like Lava?
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I imagine not at all.

Please try to not burn down the entire city. I need it mostly intact! :p
Sinsystems said:
Well personally I'd suggest going the Assassination route, but then again I'm a faction that is mostly made up of Bandits, Pirates, Thieves and the like so I don't really do the whole direct assault thing since my forces are not very good at being straight warriors. That is what the harvest Golems are for after all.
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If Prince Galan had any good Assassins, he'd have used them to shank his father instead of doing it himself. :V
 
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That moment when I'm trying to fix that letter to the forsaken and double hit delete instead.

Edit: Probably should stop typing on phone.
 
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@Atomicwalrus just ignore the first one since I kinda forgot to copy it when I left convo. And since you dind't reply in both IC and PM lets just ignore it.

Im gonna go make a proper secret one now.
 
King Tharassian said:
Looks at Xe'ra

See, I'm not as sure.
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*Really doesn't care* We get it, its some super sekrit new Old One, wooo. Like, seriously. Not everything is due to the new secret big bad.

Edit: Im a fucking idiot.
Hoshu said:
@Atomicwalrus just ignore the first one since I kinda forgot to copy it when I left convo. And since you dind't reply in both IC and PM lets just ignore it.

Im gonna go make a proper secret one now.
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How...informative.
 
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