tw2000 wrote:I guess its because you should think about it as: you can win battles which are 30% greater in driller count because of the 15% you gain killing the 15% they lose. Thats the way I think about them. Right now I have a sub with 2 theifs and one general (and I have 2 more generals and a king as well) so its basically just OP at this point.

I always promote to admiral.

So i just evac my base and rehit it exactly after the the thief subs lands.

Renders thief useless. And they eat the shield first.

yottawatts wrote:

tw2000 wrote:I guess its because you should think about it as: you can win battles which are 30% greater in driller count because of the 15% you gain killing the 15% they lose. Thats the way I think about them. Right now I have a sub with 2 theifs and one general (and I have 2 more generals and a king as well) so its basically just OP at this point.

I always promote to admiral.

So i just evac my base and rehit it exactly after the the thief subs lands.

Renders thief useless. And they eat the shield first.

But then I can just resend my thieves and general as well

While I like the Thief (it's especially awesome with a General), I don't think it's a great comparison with a War Hero. Mainly because the War Hero works on defense, helping you kills multiple smaller sub groups who are scheduled to attack. The Thief can only pick one direction and if you want to use it on defense you basically have to let them get captured to use the effect (as it's only sub vs sub or outpost attack)

Just hired my first thief in my 11th game. Never really saw the use for it. An enemy of mine moved his queen toward me, while I had a navipirate with not enough drillers to effectively snipe him. I moved my thief over and zip! Stole just barely enough drillers that my navipirate won by two and he was eliminated. My first thief hire will def not be my last.

a thief can be a pretty good counter to king builds. Sorta evens out the kings bonus.

tw2000 wrote: But then I can just resend my thieves and general as well

What I meant:

You attack base.

I evac base of all drillers so you take the shield.

I then (attempt) to land a successful attack within 10minutes of you taking the base.