Royal Apothecary Society

[lichao001486]

Very good map.

 

[deepstrasz]

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1. Infiltrators and Towers share the same ability. More creativity won't hurt.
2. The shop hasn't got any new stuff really, it's pretty much the Undead's with the Night Elf orb.
3. Only one hero?
4. Towers with 1000 range and fast attack speed seem really overpowered especially when they don't cost that much and they attack both air and land units.
5. Guard Towers don't have mana so they can't use the Poison Arrows.
6. Plague Bringers basically have Cleaving Attack and a modified Web spell which can also target ground units.
7. Apothecary has Healing Spray, Devour Magic and a modified Parasite that doesn't spawn anything.
   
8. Power Bomb has the Acid Bomb buff, red/negative.
9. Well maybe you should find a replacement name and model for Abominations for differentiation from the original Undead faction.
   
10. Plague Rider also has the modified Web. Unit roles should be important, not more units doing the same thing.
11. Some of the upgrades like the Spider Eggs don't have a proper icon position and they will move to the first lower position when other upgrades are being researched.
12. Units can't regenerate until you make a Blight Spreader and research the ability to create blight or you train the Plague Rider. Spreading blight might cause issue in the enemy's base. Non-undead factions might not be able to build anymore in places with blight.
13. Poison Eggs buff has the icon of Envenomed Spears.
14. Poison Slimes don't have any poison.
15. Plague Barrel is a dangerous ability. Towers might become useless and even training facilities or main buildings might be destroyed too quickly with enough Blight Spreaders.
16. It's not quite clear that the Aura of Blight does not also heal the owner since usually auras work on owners too.
17. Life Elixir=Death Coil.
18. Acid Wave=Stampede.
19. Poisonous Fire=Carrion Swarm/Breath of Fire or some spell like that.
20. Acid Bomb's buff is that of the original Acid Bomb, icon and all. Acid Bomb=Acid Bomb.

Generally, mostly Warcraft III material. It should be more creative, with original spells and faction base building and resource gathering. It's a mix of Undead+Human/Orc.
Forsaken factions have been done before, better and the Apothecary has been seen numerous times in this form.

Awaiting Update.

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[Kyrbi0]

Forsaken baby!

Man it does my black little heart good to see our beautiful Apothecary model inspiring the next generation. : )

 

[johnwar]

Updated
You can put it to substandard, I don't think I will be able to update it anymore. Don't have the time.

 

[deepstrasz]

You can put it to substandard, I don't think I will be able to update it anymore. Don't have the time.

Alrighty, sorry.

Set to Substandard.

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