Should knights be given helmets?

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Now that footmen looks insanely powerful compared to the old version, I was wondering if knights shouldn’t have been given helmets? They look kinda “naked” and weak without them ( IMO).

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In classic Warcraft 3 knights don’t have helmets and I think it should stay like that. However I would add morde gold details into the models.
Also footmen look like knights without horse. Their armor is too shiny and well made for the most basic human units.

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But that’s how they look in the cinematics!

Also, I don’t get what you mean by “too shiny”. The metal looks grey in Reforged (realistic), whereas it was bright white in the original (cartoony, shiny). I like the new look, but it is true that we need practice to know whether they’ll be distinguishable enough.

@OP No helmets. Helmets are for the footies. Plus, the Knights look armored as they are.

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I am for Helmets. This is not Warhammer 40.000 where the commanding Astartes are running without helmets to say to the enemies: “Hey you filthy Xenos and Heretics, I bet you are all crappy loser shooters without snipers who are unable to even hit the leaders in the head.”

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Agree. And I have a thread about that.

But it’s a cinematic. They try to show the most impressive version there.

Going back to the topic, I prefer knights as they are: without helmet and those rude faces

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Knights have one of the most unique faces in the game and a knight with helmet is basically Garithos

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WarCraft II had knights with full helm like footmen in WCIII.

Footmen had open helmets, it was before fancyness was a thing. Heroes without helmet. Because their skulls are so thick they dont need a helm.

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I say keep the helmet off the knights. It just doesn’t feel right to remove one of the core things that makes you distinguish between footmen and knights (it is a core thing for the unit icons, anyway)

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I’ve always liked the WC3 knights. Granted I wish they had the voices of the WC2 knights back in the day because that voice was amazing. But if they had a helmet we wouldn’t be able to see their wicked sweet moustaches.

If anything I’d like to see their wreath thing be a teensy bit more prominent than just being a gold band around the back and sides of their head.

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but garithos had that large axe instead of a sword.
Anyway, why not add a variety in helmet and weapons.

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The point of having a helmet in combat is to prevent your enemy from attacking your unprotected head, Being mounted on a Horde makes it impossible to aim for the horde against your ordinary enemy. Thus these knights do not need helmets.

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I think it would make more sense… maybe not full helm like footies, but some sort of cap or something.

Either that or add in chance for OHK from archers/riflemen/headhunters/crypt fiends… >_<

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