Now that we’ve talked about what got removed from the Army Builder, let’s talk about the exciting stuff: What’s being added!

Army Templates

This biggest addition to the Army Builder system was the introduction of Army Templates. The system completely replaces Unit Points and the ability for the player to set the starting location for their Units.

The reason for the change is that we wanted to be able to provide a guide for new players, while still providing a deep and highly customizable system for experienced players.

Here’s a quick breakdown of how it works:

First you select which Template you want to use. Each Template has some basic stats:

Max number of Units

How many Units can equip a Weapon

Number of ability slots for each Unit and Weapon

Commander Abilities for non-utilized Weapon Slots

Empty Slot Bonuses

After you select a Template all you need to do is to fill in the pieces. First select which Unit you want to go into each Unit Slot.

Once you have done that then you can give the Unit some abilities (or leave them blank to get the Empty Slot Bonus).

Then, if it has a Weapon slot you can give it a Weapon or opt for the Commander Ability instead.

Finally, give the Weapon some abilities (or leave them blank to get the Empty Slot Bonus).

Do this for every Unit Slot and now you have yourself an Army!

Empty Slot Bonuses

Empty Slot Bonuses is the system that we came up with to help minimize the balance indifference between fully leveled up Units/Weapons and lower level Units/Weapons. The premise is pretty simple: Each Ability slot has a bonus associated with it. If the Ability slot is occupied with a Unit/Weapon Ability then the bonus is lost. If the slot is left blank then the bonus gets added to the Unit. Here’s an example from one of the images above:

It might be a little hard to see in the picture but if you look closely you can see that the Air Wizard’s HP’s have been increased by 4 (up from its base HP of 18) and it’s Electric Defense has increased by 1 as well. This is due to the three Empty Slot Bonuses the Unit is receiving (2 from the Unit’s Ability Slots and 1 from the Weapon’s Ability Slots).

The new system may be jarring for veteran WOT1 players, but we think you’ll agree that creating armies is quicker and more satisfying then it was before.