Hurfworld? No - Erfworld!

[Wigmund]

Jack's wearing the Joker's get-up from Tim Burton's Batman.

[Kim]

I see Kain there as well. That's pretty awesome.

[Kerensky287]

Originally Posted by NonCon

I see Kain there as well. That's pretty awesome.

I agree, especially because I'm fairly certain Jack had disguised himself as Kain. That leads me to believe that, trying to look unassuming, he had disguised himself as a fairly common or completely different unit - does Stanley's army include dragoons?

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

It really bothers me how everyone's heads are normally proportioned all of a sudden.

EDIT: No wait, it looks like the bobblehead look got scaled back pretty rapidly after the start of book 1. Dunno how that never registered before.

Holy crap, you're right. The transition is actually incredibly jarring.

[Geminex]

I revise my opinion of the art-style. What they're doing to booping awesome. Mostly the amount of detail (and pop culture references) per page is what's impressing me. They were doing this before, but only now have I had time to appreciate it (due to reading every strip several times. Due to having to wait for updates.)

As for the strategic developments... I dunno. It seems a little too obvious for Ansom to just turn up going "Lookit mah Armay!", prompting his opponents to reply "Your Armay's da shit!", whereupon it turns out that his Armay isn't da shit after all. I mean, Ossomer (sorry, Prince Ossomer) knew that he had a cloakamancer. Why would he commit so many resources to countering what seemed like Ansom's plan? What's more, why would he tell him about the resources committed?

Admittedly, even if there hadn't been a negotiation, Ansom's dwagons would probably be capable of taking the capital (from what we've read so far, Dwagons are pretty much the most powerful single unit avaliable, and assuming this is 60 turns after Parson persuades Stanley to go hunt some dwagon, they'd have the equivalent of between 90 and 180 battlecruisers attacking a protoss base), but now he has even less need for caution. Unless Ossomer was lying... and I don't think that.

[Kim]

does Stanley's army include dragoons?

I think you mean dwagoons.

Originally Posted by Geminex

What's more, why would he tell him about the resources committed?

Because he's a snobby, elitist prick, and his justification for it seems as simple as rubbing it in his brother's nose that daddy likes him more.

[Kerensky287]

Originally Posted by NonCon

I think you mean dwagoons.

Point.

Originally Posted by NonCon

Because he's a snobby, elitist prick, and his justification for it seems as simple as rubbing it in his brother's nose that daddy likes him more.

Point again, however I would like to mention that damn near everything in Erfworld works with multiple layers of shout-out. Prince Ossomer is Superman, that much is clear, but in what ways? Is his superness meant to show his superiority (tactically, etc) to Ansom? We don't know enough about him yet to make judgments, but I'll hazard a guess that he's a lot smarter than we're giving him credit for.

Plus, Jetstone can't fall this quickly - it just doesn't make sense. They're pretty much the main antagonists of the story. I actually wrote up a massive, 3-paragraph prediction for what would happen in the rest of the story but I got a little out of control with it. Still, everyone notice they're on a bridge? What if Ossomer decides to collapse it as Wanda's army crosses? Then she's left with Dwagons and Archons, which Ossomer's army can probably handle. Plus... Ossomer has all but one of Jetstone's casters with him. He can probably pull something off we don't even know is possible.

[01d55]

Originally Posted by Kerensky287

Point again, however I would like to mention that damn near everything in Erfworld works with multiple layers of shout-out. Prince Ossomer is Superman, that much is clear, but in what ways? Is his superness meant to show his superiority (tactically, etc) to Ansom? We don't know enough about him yet to make judgments, but I'll hazard a guess that he's a lot smarter than we're giving him credit for.

It probably means he's stronger in direct combat, and possibly has a higher leadership bonus. One of the text updates claims that Ansom was considered a big deal in the smart guys department.

[Malek]

I'd say Jetstone is done. The foolamancy wasn't to convince them that their force was smaller than it was, it was to convince them that they were ground based and thus had to cross the bridge to reach Jetstone. If Ossomer is telling the truth, then the majority of Jetstone's forces are likely on that bridge, leaving the castle fairly undefended. Ansoms flying units can simply go around them and hit the castle directly.

[Odjn]

I highly doubt they used all their units for this. After all, their strategy involved heavy use of powerful abilities to keep their troops refreshed and slowly whittle away at their foe- why would they commit all their troops to one hex? There's probably most of them at the castle.

Also, nice Rocky Horror reference (Wanda is Magenta, and I would like to see the Time Warp ((again)) )

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Originally Posted by Malek

I'd say Jetstone is done. The foolamancy wasn't to convince them that their force was smaller than it was, it was to convince them that they were ground based and thus had to cross the bridge to reach Jetstone. If Ossomer is telling the truth, then the majority of Jetstone's forces are likely on that bridge, leaving the castle fairly undefended. Ansoms flying units can simply go around them and hit the castle directly.

But the Vampire dudes and Whatsherface the former barbarian have both been preparing for this for quite a while. And in fact she has focused almost exclusively on Air based units. I wouldn't be surprised if Charlie had seen this ploy coming and has directed her to save the city.