Nightborne v2.02

[Wa666r]

For whatever reason, the newest 2.00 version freezes entirely on 12-14 minutes of the game. I had set 4 vs 4, as me and one of enemy AI as nightborn.

Did you see which Hero the ai used? and Which you used?

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Did you see which Hero the ai used? and Which you used?

I used the Archivist (that hero with progressive summon called 'Anomaly') and First Counsel heroes (got him on Tier 2). AI? Sadly I didn't see him.

 

[Wa666r]

I used the Archivist (that hero with progressive summon called 'Anomaly') and First Counsel heroes (got him on Tier 2). AI? Sadly I didn't see him.

Happen to crash without the Nightborne ai?

 

[MogulKahn]

Really good update. Was never a fan of this race before but now you did an amazing job.

I feel like you have been inspired by Survival Chaos map, I can see a lot od similarities between their and yout Nightborne.

Few things I noticed are:

• that Chronomancer? (Priest skin) has two overlaping abilities that do similar things(first and third one),
• thar Arcwine boat looks strange to attack from meele, I would give it short range (like 200) ranged attack and make that cleave into splash instead
• Magistrix really deserve better model. Maybe this: High Illusionist

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Happen to crash without the Nightborne ai?

Played it without enemy AI and without using the first 2 Nightborne heroes - and managed to defeat the enemy flawlessly.
But there are some moments I want to clarify:

1. I played 2 vs 2 and saw that neither my AI Ally nor my enemies were expanding or attacking each other, even myself. They just sit at their bases, doing their AI (Normal) stuff, and don't explore or expand, living only with 1 goldmine. Weird.
2. Why I should use caster with "Aegis"-spell buff when I can have Occulist with the same effect, but always active and like passive aura, AND being nice "bouncing artillery-stuff"?

Overall I think that having a unit that can dodge damage by a period is a bit of cheating, I think.
Although I liked this race and your implementation of "Withering" is nice to see.
Like.

PS:
Will post a video showcasing soon. Here is a replay.

 

[Wa666r]

Really good update. Was never a fan of this race before but now you did an amazing job.

I feel like you have been inspired by Survival Chaos map, I can see a lot od similarities between their and yout Nightborne.

Few things I noticed are:

• that Chronomancer? (Priest skin) has two overlaping abilities that do similar things(first and third one),
• thar Arcwine boat looks strange to attack from meele, I would give it short range (like 200) ranged attack and make that cleave into splash instead
• Magistrix really deserve better model. Maybe this: High Illusionist

Thank you, I'm not a fan of the first version either.

Interesting coincidence; I've never played that.

• Kinda like a Sorceress (Slow and Polymorph). I think the two abilities different enough. One debuffs and enemy and buffs a friendly, the other is a single target disable with a little bonus.
• I wish the model had an actual attack animation.
• You know what? True.

Played it without enemy AI and without using the first 2 Nightborne heroes - and managed to defeat the enemy flawlessly.
But there are some moments I want to clarify:

1. I played 2 vs 2 and saw that neither my AI Ally nor my enemies were expanding or attacking each other, even myself. They just sit at their bases, doing their AI (Normal) stuff, and don't explore or expand, living only with 1 goldmine. Weird.
2. Why I should use caster with "Aegis"-spell buff when I can have Occulist with the same effect, but always active and like passive aura, AND being nice "bouncing artillery-stuff"?

Overall I think that having a unit that can dodge damage by a period is a bit of cheating, I think.
Although I liked this race and your implementation of "Withering" is nice to see.
Like.

PS:
Will post a video showcasing soon. Here is a replay.

Nice.

• AI is weird. I haven't touched the vanilla ai. They just kinda do whatever.
• Its not the same effect though. One grants a damage shield and bonus armor, the other is an aura the slowly heals. Both have a secondary effect of preventing Withering debuff.

fun-balanced, yknow.

 

[APOCACS]

For whatever reason, the newest 2.00 version freezes entirely on 12-14 minutes of the game. I had set 4 vs 4, as me and one of enemy AI as nightborn.

Happened to me too for some reason

 

[435D]

Of all the maps you've updated, this one left me with a... mystical feeling. It's hard to describe, perhaps because of the game's interface, the "quirky" units and structures. The only thing missing is a system where the game's music changes when playing with a custom race to enhance that feeling.

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Played it without enemy AI and without using the first 2 Nightborne heroes - and managed to defeat the enemy flawlessly.
But there are some moments I want to clarify:

1. I played 2 vs 2 and saw that neither my AI Ally nor my enemies were expanding or attacking each other, even myself. They just sit at their bases, doing their AI (Normal) stuff, and don't explore or expand, living only with 1 goldmine. Weird.
2. Why I should use caster with "Aegis"-spell buff when I can have Occulist with the same effect, but always active and like passive aura, AND being nice "bouncing artillery-stuff"?

Overall I think that having a unit that can dodge damage by a period is a bit of cheating, I think.
Although I liked this race and your implementation of "Withering" is nice to see.
Like.

PS:
Will post a video showcasing soon. Here is a replay.

I promised - I delivered.

 

[Wa666r]

Of all the maps you've updated, this one left me with a... mystical feeling. It's hard to describe, perhaps because of the game's interface, the "quirky" units and structures. The only thing missing is a system where the game's music changes when playing with a custom race to enhance that feeling.

Mystical is what I was going for. Too bad the sound aspect is the hardest to implement. I would like custom voicelines and such, but it bloats the filesize a lot, is annoying and expensive to make ai voicelines. and it requires replacing existing voicelines.

I promised - I delivered.

Hell yeah. Nice job. Custom AI should work now.