[Altered Melee] RandomPiezer - Randomly-Generated Units!

[PiesOfNorth]

What's this?​

In this game mode, each unit you make comes out with randomized abilities, stats, and model. The challenge is to make the best of the units and abilities you're dealt!

You can train the following unit-types. Each type has their own pool of models and abilities they can have, to help preserve some coherence in the gameplay.

• Melee Unit - Has melee range or a huntress bounce attack.
• Ranged Unt - Piercing Attack and Medium Armor.
• Assault Unit - Unpredictable unit. Could be flying, land, ranged, melee, slow, fast, magic spells, siege... who knows?
• Elite Unit - These are the biggest, baddest beasts for devastating your enemies.

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Download​

You can try this out right now. Download is in the attachments.

Races​

The four races still keep their standard workers, buildings, and race-specific quirks (Ultravision, Militia, etc.). It's specifically their combat forces that get randomized.
Undead still start with a Ghoul for lumber and can train more (from the Necropolis now), but they are generally going to be weaker than the Melee units you get from the Crypt (which can also harvest lumber - but only for Undead).

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Heroes​

Heroes also get randomized, regardless of being trained from an Altar, or hired from a Tavern. You never know what you're going to get!

Any time a hero dies, its revival will also cause it to be re-rolled. So if you like your hero, try to keep it alive!

If you're not happy with your hero, you can also purposefully re-roll it by using a Tome of Retraining from the Goblin Merchant.

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AI​

Want to try this out without having to gather some friends?
Computers can play as well. I wouldn't say they're very smart (I'm not good at writing AI), so it's better to play with others if possible.
But I am pleased to say that the computer players are able to seamlessly handle their heroes getting regularly re-generated, which was a core objective of mine here.

Graphics​

I've only tested this in Classic Graphics, so that's what I recommend. Custom models will probably fail to appear if you play with reforged graphics.

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Update History​

RandomPiezer Patch History

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Credits​

The following custom assets are currently used:

Spoiler: Credits

Unit Models

• Druid of the Talon, Malfurion Stormrage, and Derivatives
• Ghoul and Derivatives
• Orc Long range Unit and Derivatives
• Shandris Feathermoon

Others

• Abyss Wings
• Deku Stick06
• HeroGlow
• Whirlwind/Bladestorm effect

I'd also like to extend a big thanks to TriggerHappy for making War3 TypeScript which helped make this actually fun for me to work on as well as the regulars on the Hive Discord for helping me out whenever I got stuck.

If you try this, please let me know what you think!

Thanks.

 

[A]mun]

That's some fun jank i bet xD.
Reporting back after giving it some spins.

 

[PiesOfNorth]

I'm back with my first update to this project, and it's a big one! See the OP for the updated map file.

Two new unit types have been added - Casters and Siege Units.

Additionally, many hero abilities have been added.

Perhaps the addition that took the most amount of effort was Metamorphosis. In keeping with the theme, every hero had to be able to convincingly use it!

And now, they can!

Try it out to see what your hero looks like in demon form!

Full changelog​

Spoiler

ALPHA v0.2
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New Unit Type: Caster
- Primary spellcaster with a wide variety of magic abilities.
New Unit Type: Siege
- Artillery unit. Great for destroying bases and Casters.

Hero Changes

• When re-generated, previously acquired tomes are now preserved.
• Now gain extra experience when they are your only hero and you have a Tier-2 or -3 hall, as in melee games.
• Now respects the altar's rally point.
• Heroes revived from an altar will always start at 100 mana, as in melee games.
• Added the following abilities to the hero pool:
  • Bladestorm
  • Dark Ritual
  • Death Pact
  • Howl of Terror
  • Life Drain
  • Mana Shield
  • Metamorphosis
  • Rain of Fire
  • Silence
  • Stampede
  • Summon Bear
  • Summon Hawk
  • Summon Lava Spawn
  • Summon Quilbeast
  • Tornado
  • Transmute
  • Volcano
• Added the following models to the hero pool:
  • Grom Hellscream
  • Grom Hellscream (Chaos)
• Gold cost for a 2nd or 3rd hero from the Tavern increased, 400 -> 425.
• Now plays a sound when generated.

Other Changes

• Fixed Orc AIs not building Orc Burrows.
• Elite Unit
  • Build time increased, 44 -> 46.
  • Gold cost increased, 250 -> 290.
  • Lumber cost increased, 70 -> 80.
  • Food cost increased, 4 -> 5.
  • If Mechanical, its repair time and costs have been reduced to match its new build costs.
  • Fixed Elite Air units displaying a second unused weapon.
• Assault and Elite units can now be loaded into Zeppelins (if Ground). They take 1 and 2 spots, respectively.
• Human Militia and Skeleton Warriors now benefit from Melee Weapons and Melee Armor upgrades.

 

[A]mun]

Two of my best units:

Spoiler: Flying brilliance caster knight

Spoiler: Slam unholy aura Tank