Race ideas

[Crazy Cow]

Yes, it's coming to me now.
They have a main building, pretty much a giant slime creature (perhaps the Hive Mind?).
The oozelings are spawned from this creature for a bit of gold. Oozelings can start buildings and gather resources, as well as fuse with other oozelings to create more powerful fighters.
When an oozeling starts a building, it is one of three types - defender, military or economy. These three buildings can upgrade with the sacrifice of nearby oozelings into more advanced buildings.
Defender structures are towers. They can be a basic attacker, long-range ground attacker or anti-air attacker. The basic defense structure is only a scout.
Military buildings allow you to make more powerful oozeling fuses (into heroes, for example).
Economic buildings provide food, research upgrades and serve as shops.

 

[Misha]

That slimes concept sounds neat :3

 

[VeljkoM]

But they'll have disadvantage because they'll need time to get to the hero.

 

[Crazy Cow]

I think that the altar will be fairly early on (one of the first upgrades from a basic military building, maybe), to keep it balanced.
Each basic building will have several branches it can go down, depending on what they want (a basic unit, caster unit and hero altar upgrade, for example).
Instead of upgrading his Hive Mind directly, the player will need to upgrade his various branches to get more powerful units. An Alliance player will need to go to a Castle before getting Knights, but the Slime player just invests oozelings in his military branches to get a powerful army. The upgrades won't be instant, and need resources other than oozelings to create (most buildings are raw materials held together by an oozeling's body), so the Slime player won't be able to spam super units before investing as much as any other player.

 

[Misha]

not if we make melee hero spawn somehow work on the custom ones.

EDIT: aww a comment too late :3

 

[Crazy Cow]

More detail on the military branches:
Note: Buildings are ranked by Tiers (T), the number of upgrades they are from the first basic building.

Military Building (T0)
A simple building that holds information for creating stronger slimes. Oozelings can become Oozes (basic melee) and Slimes (basic ranged) with this building.

Festering Pool (T1)
This pool of slime, rotting garbage and miscellanious organic decay can spawn the most potent agents of the Hive Mind. Allows the training of one hero.

Slime Shack (T1)
A hall-like structure that holds the information fore even stronger Slime warriors. Allows oozelings to fuse into a seige unit.

Ooze Tower (T1)
A tall tower containing the knowledge of plagues. Allows oozelings to fuse into a Muck (offensive spellcaster)

 

[VeljkoM]

Magic Ooze with power to turn enemies flesh in to more ooze warriors?

 

[Crazy Cow]

Slime Hall (T2)
A matured Slime Shack. Allows oozelings to fuse into a flying unit.

Plague Tower (T2)
A matured Ooze Tower. Allows oozelings to fuse into a supporting spellcaster.

EDIT:
Actually, that is an idea I had for the hero (yes, there is only one). But what they use isn't really magic - it's based on disease and poison.
I'm not spamming that much, am I? I need to split my posts because of the character limit. Maybe I'll create a thread in the forums.

 

[VeljkoM]

Nah but you can make thread if you want. And I was thinking more of parasite ability or raise dead.

 

[Crazy Cow]

To avoid swamping this thread with my posts, I made my own thread:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/idea-factory-462/race-maker-thread-158502/#post1470904
Go ahead and leave comments there, if you want to.

 

[Chaos.]

Hey, as long as they are about races, then I don't care if you make 50 consecutive posts describing your race. That is what keeps this group alive. That is what this group is about: Someone gives a description of their race and others give critism and suggestions. Don't worry about double posting. This is a social group. It is allowed. So feel free to discuss your race without the fear of posting to much (just make sure that it is on topic. lol)

 

[Misha]

.and speakin' of topic, what's with my own race topic? >3

 

[Crazy Cow]

Ok, I'll keep my posts here. I'll use that thread so I can keep it organised for myself, because I keep making changes to the race.
Slime units, with the exception of heroes, need to be built up from lesser units. Instead of fusing six slimes to get a seige monster, you build a normal fighter up with the sacrifice of more Oozelings. So like buildings, the Slime player needs to upgrade his units along one of several development paths.

By the way, I had an idea recently. There is a map called the Ultimate Terraining Map (I'm pretty sure you have heard of it, but you never know), and I thought we could do something similar - make a map where we contribute several different races to make the Ultimate Race Map, as a resource for people to get races.

 

[VeljkoM]

There are far to many races for that and we would need implant many triggers and jass coding. Maybe better thread with links to all race maps?

Also your race kinda reminds me of Undead from Warlords Battle cry where you upgrade basic skeleton to stronger units. Only your combination idea is better.

 

[Misha]

I'd agree.

Buut btw.. I'd really want to see the WIP of my race, then i might even do some elemental structures or so..

 

[Chaos.]

By the 19th, Misha. Guarenteed. Won't be done by then, but atleast you will be able to see it so far.

 

[Misha]

..alright ._.

 

[Michael Peppers]

There are far to many races for that and we would need implant many triggers and jass coding. Maybe better thread with links to all race maps?

Agree. Not counting that triggers made for different races by different triggers may conflict or give a lot of other problems, who knows.

 

[GhostThruster]

No no no. The UTM is only for models and skins and terrain. But you can make one if it is just based off, say, some creep races (gnolls, murlocs etc).

 

[Misha]

You cannot accumulate races as you do with models...

 

[VeljkoM]

There is lot of things that can conflict. Not to mention it would be seriously big.

 

[Misha]

whoo that would go in a flash even over the new map limit Ouo

 

[VeljkoM]

8mb is not enough. Just see the race contests and you'll see around 16 contestants so that's 32 mb alone. (rule was under 2mb only)

 

[GhostThruster]

Yeah, but that is what the UTM is.

 

[VeljkoM]

Much easier to simply make thread with many custom race maps on it. Then people can simply look for race they want and use it.

 

[Misha]

indeed, and + to tell which race triggs conflict with which.

 

[Tamerleine]

How about we improve the race of the TROLLS

putting together all the troll species like:
Ice
Dark
Forest
......

and improve their skins

 

[Misha]

i somehow think we already have a good custom troll race somewhere Oo

 

[VeljkoM]

Forest troll plenty and few of others but no combination of all.

 

[Tleno]

Hmmm... I don't like the idea of combinating them, maybe if you could first choose the race, and then pick the troll type that would give you special bonuses like ice - more debuffing abilities based casters and higher amount oh hp...

 

[Misha]

+ that the troll tribes hate each other's guts according to lore..

 

[VeljkoM]

But race creating has nothing to do with lore.

 

[Chaos.]

But if they don't look good together then they shouldn't be in the same race. Ice and forest trolls look terrible together, imo.

 

[AIagremm]

By the way did you know that dark trolls are underground dwellers, very brutal and feral even compared to forest trolls. They go out to the surface to hunt. Even though they live underground they are taller then all other trolls.

 

[AntoMarc]

Hi, I'm not really new to this group but this is my first post here... I'm planning to make a campaign about elements (its not related to warcraft universe). I'm not gonna explain the story but I'm gonna post my ideas about element races. There will be 5 races/elements (fire,water,nature,dark and light) and I'm still thinking If I will make a element-only race or I will include their disciples/worshipers too. However I need some ideas about the food production building for fire and light and some ideas for buildings for light. The playable race will be fire.

 

[Misha]

..not compatible with my elemental idea..

not discouraging ya tho..

 

[AntoMarc]

well I know its not compatible I don't want to be. I want to be original not a copy. any ideas for the food production buildings ? I finished the work on darkness and I need only the food production building to finish the fire, I already finished nature and water.

 

[Misha]

.. how is my idea a copy?
because there are all elements united or because there are no nature, light, darkness?

 

[Michael Peppers]

No, he doesn't want HIS idea to look like a copy of yours... or so I guess

 

[Misha]

right..

so.. what help do you need? :3

 

[Windu]

I will start creating a Goblin race.
THough I do not have modelling skills. Everything else is ok ...

It will have worker/3 basic/3spellcaster/2-3 air/2-3 advanced units and 4 heroes :?

 

[Tleno]

Hmmm... there are pleny of models on THW to make a goblin race, maybe even too much... anyway, I'm sure there are great building and most of unit models, but I don't remember any hero models...

 

[Windu]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...n-291/my-goblin-race-idea-162429/#post1522869
Hereo, check out what I think and what I need. Thanks

 

[AntoMarc]

so.. what help do you need?

like I said in my previous post I need some ideas for food production building for fire element and light.

 

[Misha]

food production.. hmm.. what fuels the fire? Air, and anything combustible. so.. it would be nice that fire gets something like a structure that goes like a wisp on the tree and disappears when the tree is dead?

 

[AntoMarc]

cool idea, but its pretty hard to find that kind of model but the idea with "fuel" or things which boost the element gives me some other ideas. You really helped me =) thx.

 

[Misha]

No problem :3

 

[Barorque]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...g-concept-creation-291/burning-legion-171974/ This is my first project and thread on hiveworkshop! A demon race: The Burning Legion. Check it out and post your ideas!

 

[Misha]

this thing is alive!

 

[VeljkoM]

Replace Fel Hound for tier 1 range unit and switch his the place with fel Guard. Make Fel hound as anti spell caster unit with feadback instead.