H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, Jun 20, 2022 08:49 PM UTC:
In my opinion riders based on a leap other than a king step are very awkward to play with. That holds for NN, but also DD and AA. It is never intuitively clear whether the path between such a rider and a distant target is blocked, especially when the blocker is far from both. For me that makes them annoying pieces.
I guess the problems with tactically non-quiet opening positions can be avoided by putting all pieces more valuable than a Nightrider two ranks behind the Pawns. Then the Pawns will block any Nightrider attacks on them. And of course make sure all Pawns and pieces directly behind them start protected.
In my opinion riders based on a leap other than a king step are very awkward to play with. That holds for NN, but also DD and AA. It is never intuitively clear whether the path between such a rider and a distant target is blocked, especially when the blocker is far from both. For me that makes them annoying pieces.
I guess the problems with tactically non-quiet opening positions can be avoided by putting all pieces more valuable than a Nightrider two ranks behind the Pawns. Then the Pawns will block any Nightrider attacks on them. And of course make sure all Pawns and pieces directly behind them start protected.