Well.. since you kept mages.. lets say you have at least 250 mages out of the 5000 Infantry.. Lets see... Knights go in, probably at least 500-750 of them, right? Anywho, they escort the mages in.. then all of a sudden.. ARCANE EXPLOSION EVERYWHERE!
Well.. since you kept mages.. lets say you have at least 250 mages out of the 5000 Infantry.. Lets see... Knights go in, probably at least 500-750 of them, right? Anywho, they escort the mages in.. then all of a sudden.. ARCANE EXPLOSION EVERYWHERE!
I'm sure one or two mages would be enough.
1 of your *simple AOE spells* R.I.P Marines.. Flamestrike wild running Marines in flames everywhere
5000 alliance are just characters in a game. 100 soldiers are real people. What kind of a sick mind makes these questions? (btw, why did it have to be alliance? why not 5000 horde? 5000 donkey kongs? 5000 super marios?=) fucking kids.
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Last edited by Lochton; 2014-04-13 at 03:26 PM.
There are a lot of variables to consider, really. If you were hit by a fireball, would it kill you or rip a limb off? If a caster used Blizzard or Flamestrike, would it instantly those caught in the way? We can all sort of grasp what real-world weapons can do, but not so much what "magic" is fully capable of. After all, Warcraft may have its share of violence, but it's rarely specific in how much damage such things can really cause. We would also need to know, what kind of range are casters getting; is it similar to WoW's range and radius for spells, or is it "as far as the eye can see"?
I would probably lean towards the U.S. Marines, and my reasoning is simply this; mankind in the real-world has spent thousands upon thousands of years refining the art of warfare. There are bullets that can literally tear a man to pieces. That's a pretty terrifying opponent to face, and as much as I enjoy fantasy settings, I don't see many that could stand up to modern weaponry.
You forget that Legolas was: 1. A Main Character. Already gets insane abilities on that alone, B. Had plot armor, and C. He was fighting Red Shirts. Of course he's going to do that, the whole thing is staged to make him look as badass as possible (as shown by the thing dying and him sliding down the trunk to a gentle landing).
The average Marine or Alliance military personnel isn't going to be anything like that, even taking into account different races.
The Alliance army is limited to 40 yards, knowing this, marines.
i can tank them all
Lets see... they are multiple outcomes.
If the battle was say, on a plain field, then the Alliance would absolutely trample over the troopers.
In the mountains however, large infantry charges are impossible. The marines would have the advantage of speed.
But... it'd be folly for them to just stand there and gun down Alliance. They'd eventually be overrun, sp cover would be needed. Sadly, bullets can't fly around corners, and the marines would have to expose themselves to rushes to shoot back.
If it was a really rugged, dense forest mountan? Marines win.
Flat, open mountain? Alliance.
This is why Fantasy stays in Fantasy land, and Real World/Real Life stays in Real Life.
- If it was in game 5000 Alliance soldiers with spells, and things like that - the 5000 Alliance would easily win.
- If this is 5000 people with swords, and shields vs HEAVILY trained, HEAVILY range weaponized REAL WORLD soldiers - it would be like taking those 100 Marines, and going back in time about 800 years.. - the 100 Marines would easily win.
Assuming that the marines are all armed with NATO firearms with STANAG magazines, and they fire continuously and every single bullet fatally wounds an alliance soldier, they would still have 3000 alliance soldiers running at them before having to reload.
People have to remember that 5000 is a big number. It means that each marine has to kill on average 50 foot soldiers to succeed.
I would venture Legolas would be more like special forces or navy seals. Granted, the setting in the movie was staged, but, if you were to drop 1 marine through a wormhole, and have him land right next to a highbourne elf, who survives? Or even the other way around. The elf gets sucked through a portal and dropped in front of a marine who is well armed and trained. Is the elf doomed? Does his magic work in this world?
Like I said, there are a ton of unknown variables, but based on the basic laws of magic, even without gameplay mechanics, it would take 1 mage to bring them all down. Summon a huge tidal wave from nowhere and simply levitate or vanish.
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