: Anyone ever wonder why dispersal dreams aren't used more
: often in Myth wars? I mean, we know they can be set
: off by an explosion, so they don't need an Avatara to
: trigger them (although it takes an Avatara to target
: the dream; otherwise it starts at the location of the
: energon cube).The huge, slow-moving undead armies of
: the Dark would seem ideal victims for dispersal
: dreams. Just imagine: The Watcher is enroute to
: Covenant, leading an army of Thrall a million strong.
: Hearing a faint shout over the tramp of dead feet, he
: looks up to see a small red balloon floating overhead,
: carrying a couple of very, very excited dwarves. As
: Dori moons the enraged Ghols in the Watcher's
: vanguard, Nori tosses a glowing green cube over the
: side, tied to a couple of primed and smoking bottles.
: Three years later, the Watcher's helmet lands in the Dire
: Marsh.
: So why don't they do this?
Probably because dispersal dreams are hard, expensive and time consuming to create. If they weren't, what's to prevent Alric or Soulblighter from stockpiling hundreds or thousands of the things? So using them except in cases of EXTREME emergency would be like dropping a nuke for the sole purpose of destroying a single enemy jeep-not very worthwhile.
Also, the Fallen Lords don't strike me as being very dumb. Obviously they're going to expect to be attacked by dispersal dreams at some time or another, and prepare accordingly. Say the Watcher has 100,000 thrall. He can divide them into platoons of twenty, with each platoon spaced 10 meters apart, far enough so that only one platoon could be hit by a dispersal dream. So even if he's attacked he only loses 20 thrall, and there's plenty more where they came from. This seems to be how the enemy acts in the game. The Dark very seldom attack en masse, but very often attack piecemeal.
:What
: do YOU, the American people, think about this?
Well, that's my 2 cents.
