'''WSNPP: PWP – Edition #4: What use are bats?!?'''

There was once a bat called pat,

He ate a feline called cat,

He ate all day,

And failed to pay,

And became the Vampire bat.

Like the poem? As it implies, bats are useful and annoying at the same time. SO how useful are bats? Well believe it or not, they can change the tides of many battles in your favour or the enemies depending on how you use them.

Most people don’t use them and I understand why too. They cost 13gp and they’re a level 0 unit that can be killed in one shot with a Heavy infantry during dawn or dusk (not counting traits). However if you’re an undead player don’t neglect the usefulness of a bat or a few bats.

Let’s take a look at ‘bat’ in general, I won’t go to specific details such as defences and resistance but we should all know the basic and common thoughts of bats which is the fact that bats are fast but weak starting off. Upon reaching level 1 (Blood Bats) they’re still pretty bad compared to a spearman or skeleton soldier. However once they reach level 2 (Vampire Bats), they are fairly deadly.

A level 0 bat can be very useful when used correctly. In, the rare cases, where you fight a player who uses bats the most likely strategy that the player will utilised would be village capturing. This is a valid and the most useful tactic however we can go further and level bats. *In some rare cases bats are used as cannon fodder (or bait): not the best tactic but it does work sometimes.*

Level 1 bats or blood bats are basically stronger versions of bats. They have an increase in hp and damage. Same goes for vampire bats (level 2). If you do level your bats you’ll find how efficient they can be. Thanks to their drain and high defences they are good for recon, hit and run or picking of retreating 1 hp units. If utilised correctly you can trap your enemy from behind and the front using the bat’s speed and ZoC. And if you don’t wish to do that, you can always be a pain in the neck and take their villages.

All of these strategies with bats can tip of the balance between victory and defeat. I won’t explain how since you guys could predict the outcome of the tactic. Yes luck can also change the tide of battle but that’s for another edition. ;)

So ultimately bats are balanced, they’re useful and ridiculously annoying to fight against, especially in the hands of an expert. So if you’re undead next time, practise using them. Small things can make a big difference.

'''Next Edition – Edition #5:''' [[The power of 2]]

'''Previous Edition – Edition #3:''' [[Dynamic strategies; 1 plan failed, 100 more to go]]

'''Main Menu:''' [[WSNPP]]

2011-03-16T20:35:12Z

Sarom:

WSNPP

2011-03-14T04:51:16Z

Sarom:

Hello all and welcome to "Wesnoth Strategy for New or Professional Players". We are the WSNPP and our aim is to provide Wesnoth players both new and old with guides to improve their gameplay to become one of the top players in Wesnoth

Also feel free to check out our Blog: "http://wsnpp.blogspot.com/"

Moving along, we plan on sharing my ideas, thoughts, theories, etc through weekly guides for everyone. There will be at least 1 guide for PWP and NWP per week

There will be two types of guides that we will be making:

- NWP - New Wesnoth Player guides

- PWP - Professional/Intermediate Wesnoth Player guides

NOTE: With PWP guides we will assume you know most of the Wesnoth game mechanics.

This will occur weekly and it will either be a NWP or PWP guide or both (depending on the time we have). Each guide will tackle different tactics, situations and the what to do and what not's and more. we will try to use diagrams or images to help you understand the explanation more and in some cases we might do videos in the future (This is still being discuessed).

At any time feel free to add comment on my guides or add ideas and theories of your own. That said, we hope you all find our guides useful. :eng:

Follow our blog for weekly updates:

*'''NWP Guides:'''

'''Edition #1:'''[[Terrain you Pain]]

'''Edition #2:'''[[ZOC]]

'''Edition #3:'''[[Going Backwards]]

'''Edition #4:'''[[Basic Build Orders]]

'''Edition #5:'''[[Our love for villages]]

*'''PWP Guides:'''

'''Edition #1:'''[[The Do's and Dont's of 2v2 Battles]]

'''Edition #2:'''[[Auxiliary Build Orders]]

'''Edition #3:'''[[Dynamic strategies; 1 plan failed, 100 more to go]]

'''The Team:'''

'''WSNPP Director: - Sarom'''

'''Guide Author: - Sarom'''

'''Art Director: - Zaine'''

'''FunChillWesnoth Podcasts - (yet to decide if we should do this)'''

NWP: Basic Build Orders

2011-03-14T04:50:38Z

Sarom:

'''WSNPP – NWP #4: Basic Build Orders'''

Welcome to our fourth edition of NWP. In this guide we’re going to discuss build orders at the start of the game. Before we move on just be aware that Build Orders depends on the map, what race your enemy is, what game type it is (2v2, FFA etc) and what your play style is, so just keep a note that this guide isn’t full proof.

'''What is a build order?'''

Well a build order is basically what you recruit, when you recruit and where you recruit. It is the basically a recruiting process that you will generally follow at the start of every single game you play.

'''General layout'''

In a Keep of 5 castles the basic build is 2 melee units (e.g fighters), 1 ranged unit (e.g archers), 1 scout (e.g bat/horsemen) and 1 support unit (e.g Healer/Mage). This is the basis, general and commonly used build by many players in every game type.

Commonly some maps like '''‘Isar’s Cross’''' has only 4 castles to recruit on. In a Keep that only has 4 castles a basic build is 1 melee unit, 1 ranged unit, 1 scout and 1 support unit.

'''First time, so what should I build?'''

Well if you have played the tutorial, it shows you a basic build which is 2 Elven Fighters, 2 Elven Archers and 1 Elvish shaman. Of course in this tutorial you only have 3 different units to actually use and only 1 race as well (Elves in this case).

'''A good build order at the start is generally as follows:'''

'''5 Keep Castle Medium sized map:''' 1 scout, 2 melees, 1 ranged and 1 support

'''4 Keep Castle Medium sized map:''' 1 scout, 1 melee, 1 ranged and 1 support

'''5 Keep Castle Large sized map:''' 2 scouts, 1 melee, 1 ranged and 1 support

'''4 Keep Castle Large sized map:''' 2 scouts, 1 melee and 1 ranged

'''5 Keep Castle small sized map:''' 2 melees, 2 ranged and 1 support

'''4 Keep Castle small sized map:''' 2 melees, 1 ranged and 1 support

'''Auxiliary Keeps???'''

Like I said at the beginning of the guide, build orders really depends on several factors however when we have more than 2 keeps on the battlefield, there is a set build order that mainly all the top players follow.

Follow this link for more information:

That concludes this week’s guide.

'''Next Edition – Edition #5:''' [[Our love for villages]]

'''Previous Edition – Edition #3:''' [[Going Backwards]]

'''Main Menu:''' [[WSNPP]]

NWP: Basic Build Orders

2011-03-14T04:49:05Z

Sarom: Created page with '‘’’WSNPP – NWP #4: Basic Build Orders’’’ Welcome to our fourth edition of NWP. In this guide we’re going to discuss build orders at the start of the game. Before…'

‘’’WSNPP – NWP #4: Basic Build Orders’’’

Welcome to our fourth edition of NWP. In this guide we’re going to discuss build orders at the start of the game. Before we move on just be aware that Build Orders depends on the map, what race your enemy is, what game type it is (2v2, FFA etc) and what your play style is, so just keep a note that this guide isn’t full proof.

‘’’What is a build order?’’’

Well a build order is basically what you recruit, when you recruit and where you recruit. It is the basically a recruiting process that you will generally follow at the start of every single game you play.

‘’’General layout’’’

In a Keep of 5 castles the basic build is 2 melee units (e.g fighters), 1 ranged unit (e.g archers), 1 scout (e.g bat/horsemen) and 1 support unit (e.g Healer/Mage). This is the basis, general and commonly used build by many players in every game type.

Commonly some maps like ‘Isar’s Cross’ has only 4 castles to recruit on. In a Keep that only has 4 castles a basic build is 1 melee unit, 1 ranged unit, 1 scout and 1 support unit.

‘’’First time, so what should I build?’’’

Well if you have played the tutorial, it shows you a basic build which is 2 Elven Fighters, 2 Elven Archers and 1 Elvish shaman. Of course in this tutorial you only have 3 different units to actually use and only 1 race as well (Elves in this case).

’’’A good build order at the start is generally as follows: ’’’

’’’5 Keep Castle Medium sized map:’’’ 1 scout, 2 melees, 1 ranged and 1 support

’’’4 Keep Castle Medium sized map: ’’’ 1 scout, 1 melee, 1 ranged and 1 support

’’’5 Keep Castle Large sized map: ’’’ 2 scouts, 1 melee, 1 ranged and 1 support

’’’4 Keep Castle Large sized map: ’’’ 2 scouts, 1 melee and 1 ranged

’’’5 Keep Castle small sized map: ’’’ 2 melees, 2 ranged and 1 support

’’’4 Keep Castle small sized map: ’’’ 2 melees, 1 ranged and 1 support

‘’’Auxiliary Keeps???’’’

Like I said at the beginning of the guide, build orders really depends on several factors however when we have more than 2 keeps on the battlefield, there is a set build order that mainly all the top players follow.

Follow this link for more information:

That concludes this week’s guide.

’’’Next Edition – Edition #5:’’’ [[Our love for villages]]

‘’’Previous Edition – Edition #3: ’’’ [[Going Backwards]]

’’’Main Menu: ’’’ [[WSNPP]]

NWP: Terrain you Pain

2011-03-11T20:04:42Z

Sarom:

'''WSNPP: NWP #1– Terrain you Pain'''

Hello to new players of Wesnoth, this is the first ever NWP guide. In this guide we’re going to take a look at terrain and how it can affect your game play.

'''Background:'''

In every hex there is terrain. The whole map has landforms and masses and I will not elaborate on the Geography part of it. Now the terrain determines a unit’s defence or their dodge chance against attacks. This can vary on the type of unit, race and any bonuses for example: an Elf archer would have high defence in forests and low defence in deep water (70% in forests and 20% in shallow water) where as a merman is the total opposite (60% in shallow water, 20% on forests).

'''The pain:'''

Now I am not sure if this happens often to anyone but it does to me. Basically what happens is that you’re playing on a map you never played before, your opponent is playing elves and you’re playing a random race.

You start the battle and you end up with Knagllans and guess what? Almost 90% of the map is dominated with forests. So your opponent already has that advantage, field advantage. This annoys me a lot and I’m sure it annoys you to. This can occur with randomised maps too although not often.

'''What to do:'''

Now there is no simple and easy counter to this disadvantage but you can change your build to adapt to the situation. So instead of recruiting dwarves, you just recruit footpads and gryphon riders or some other combination. Since footpads, poachers, gryphon riders and etc are excellent on that terrain type, the game becomes a little bit more balanced however you cannot effectively use the other half of your army, in this case it’s the dwarves.

'''Some Tactics:'''

'''1)''' You can rush the enemy with a group of gryphon riders and quickly take out the enemy hero. (My rating – 6/10)

'''2)''' Build footpads, poachers etc to push the opponent’s forces back whilst recruiting a few dwarves as support and to deal damage. (My rating – 8/10)

'''3)''' Take the villages and slowly deprive your opponent of his/her income and then finish him/her off through sheer numbers. (My rating – 9/10)

These would be the most common and easiest tactics to pull off. There are plenty of other ones, even crazy ones in my opinion but I do not recommend them.

'''4)''' Sending your hero along with your army and taking over the enemy keep and recruiting there then sending the new recruits against the opponent’s leader. You can normally scare the leader off his keep by forcing him to heal on a village then overtaking the village. (My rating – 6/10 Why? since your hero may die whilst travelling towards the keep and because the tactic can be easily countered.)

'''Campaigns?:'''

Now you may notice in campaigns that the same thing happens. You might have a scenario that is underground and you’re loyalists. Well, fortunately the objective is not totally against you so there shouldn’t be too much of a problem. Just recruit units that are ok or good on the type of terrain and quickly finish the objective.

'''Next Edition - Edition #2:'''[[ZoC]]

'''Main menu - '''[[WSNPP]]

WSNPP

2011-03-11T06:36:30Z

Sarom:

Hello all and welcome to "Wesnoth Strategy for New or Professional Players". We are the WSNPP and our aim is to provide Wesnoth players both new and old with guides to improve their gameplay to become one of the top players in Wesnoth

Also feel free to check out our Blog: "http://wsnpp.blogspot.com/"

Moving along, we plan on sharing my ideas, thoughts, theories, etc through weekly guides for everyone. There will be at least 1 guide for PWP and NWP per week

There will be two types of guides that we will be making:

- NWP - New Wesnoth Player guides

- PWP - Professional/Intermediate Wesnoth Player guides

NOTE: With PWP guides we will assume you know most of the Wesnoth game mechanics.

This will occur weekly and it will either be a NWP or PWP guide or both (depending on the time we have). Each guide will tackle different tactics, situations and the what to do and what not's and more. we will try to use diagrams or images to help you understand the explanation more and in some cases we might do videos in the future (This is still being discuessed).

At any time feel free to add comment on my guides or add ideas and theories of your own. That said, we hope you all find our guides useful. :eng:

Follow our blog for weekly updates:

*'''NWP Guides:'''

'''Edition #1:'''[[Terrain you Pain]]

'''Edition #2:'''[[ZOC]]

'''Edition #3:'''[[Going Backwards]]

'''Edition #4:'''[[Basic Build Orders]]

*'''PWP Guides:'''

'''Edition #1:'''[[The Do's and Dont's of 2v2 Battles]]

'''Edition #2:'''[[Auxiliary Build Orders]]

'''Edition #3:'''[[Dynamic strategies; 1 plan failed, 100 more to go]]

'''The Team:'''

'''WSNPP Director: - Sarom'''

'''Guide Author: - Sarom'''

'''Art Director: - Zaine'''

'''FunChillWesnoth Podcasts - (yet to decide if we should do this)'''