I can't help but feel that no fantasy army is complete without a back line of archers releasing arrows across the battlefield. Even if they aren't as good as the Elves Archers or even the Undeads Archers, I seriously hope the Daqan get something.

The Lore Guide mentions the existence of crossbowmen in the Daqan army, so maybe we'll see these someday? As for their gameplay mechanic, I suspect they could be more potent but shorter range attacks (range 3 or 4 maybe?) compared to bows.

They'll have access to elven archers as soon as those are available. That should close the gap on that for a bit.

3 hours ago, Xargonaut said:

The Lore Guide mentions the existence of crossbowmen in the Daqan army, so maybe we'll see these someday? As for their gameplay mechanic, I suspect they could be more potent but shorter range attacks (range 3 or 4 maybe?) compared to bows.

That is a distinct possibility. Somehow that doesn't quite scratch the itch. I want something resembling the Yeoman Archers from BattleLore.

4 minutes ago, Parakitor said:

That is a distinct possibility. Somehow that doesn't quite scratch the itch. I want something resembling the Yeoman Archers from BattleLore.

I agree. There were crossbowmen for the app, BattleLore: Command, but those were bandits and not part of the Daqan army. They did have a range reduction from 4 down to 3, as @Xargonaut suggested might be the case for Runewars.

An idea came to me today as I was playing a game with a friend at New England Comics. Maybe taking a group human spearmen and converting them into bowmen, and using the Latari bowmen rules for them, and calling them Nerekhall Rangers, like the ones in Runewars the Boardgame.

There's an image of a Daqan archer on one of the books in the box... maybe the lore guide? Yeah, Daqan archers are a safe bet eventually.

They cant give them everything off the bat.

Xwing started off without the ywing, awing, and falcon which are arguably just as iconic ships as the xwing itself. I expect Wave2 for Daqans to bring some sort of range, whether its crossbows, regular bows, or artillery is unknown. Personally i'd love to have siege weapons, minimum range rather than maximum (still need LOS so not like i can snipe characters from afar) and uses the target's threat (only from front rank, not brutal) against them to simulate it hits larger blobs better than single units. And of course stupid easy to wipe out in melee if you can reach it.

The Y wing is most iconic! ?

Y-Wing was a wave 1 ship in X-Wing. B-Wing and A-Wing were wave 2 with the Falcon.

On 4/29/2017 at 10:48 PM, SlackerProject said:

I can't help but feel that no fantasy army is complete without a back line of archers releasing arrows across the battlefield. Even if they aren't as good as the Elves Archers or even the Undeads Archers, I seriously hope the Daqan get something.

Well once elves come out we can put some in our armies with Kari.

19 hours ago, rowdyoctopus said:

Y-Wing was a wave 1 ship in X-Wing. B-Wing and A-Wing were wave 2 with the Falcon.

Close. Wave 1 was X and Y. 2 was A and Falcon. 3 was B and HWK.