Dwarves vrs. Elves(Wrong Forum?)

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Originally Posted by krylo

Directed toward Dragon. And, once you need three times the people to kill ONE of the opposing race, you're pushing things (as far as race superiority). Also, all the dwarves would have to fire at exactly the same time, each hitting a different faerie in order for that to work... and at five hundred yards, the faeries would have seen them before hand unless they were very well camouflaged.

The camouflage is a givin. They may have civil war tech, but after one fight and the sidhe melt them, they won't take to any open battles after that...

And it doesn't have to be practical. This is assuming Sidhe Faeries and Arcanum Dwarves go to war. The dwarves won't care about race advantage, they will do whatever is necessary to try and win, and if that means 3:1 numbers, so be it.

And... I doubt the dwarves would get a chance to adapt. "Our bullets aren't working! Quick! Get the cata... hey... why is there a burning pile of rubble where the catapult used to be... and why is it raining burning stones. OH GOD! MY FLESH IS MELTING OFF!"

That scenario got me laughing, but I meant in more of an Ambush scenario. The dwarves would have a few battles go wrong, then would be at the current doctrine of battle.

1. Snipers, well hidden, attack Faeries.
2. With 3:1 numbers, most if not all faeries would be incapacitated.
3. Survivors will cast Stone Skin and/or Air Wall.
4. The Faeiries won't be attacked until they are in just the right location.
5. The Heavy Artillery will fire as soon as Faeries enter said position and they first hear gunfire. It doesn't matter if the snipers succeeded or not, they will bomb the Faerie survivors anyway in hopes of weeding them out.
6. Infantry move in and finish incapacitated faeries.