Runes brainstorming

[Pyritie]

If you want to get all nitty-gritty, you could add a rune that does a knockback effect or something.

I still think the island is too small.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Please take all terrain ideas to this thread: https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40461

I am all ears for suggestions about a new island formation!


And yes, some rune with a knockback effect could work, but it would need to have some sort of theme, purpose or something, not just random flashing light and knockback

+rep.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

Rune of The Curse
Theres several differnt things it could do, dsepending on witch you want to do. The first one I thought was The curse of the sea monster, witch cuases a naga (or somthing) to come out of the water and eat you whole, and after 10 seconds (or whatever you want it to be) he gets barfed out. (Like kodo beasts can do) Or it could be sinking sand, but I dont know how youd do that one...

Rune of the Storm
Cuases a storm to brew up in the sea, creatind a tornado, witch sucks up pirates and land huggers.

I'll post more if I think of any!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Thanks for the suggestions, Hereto, taken into consideration! I like the naga idea.

 

[Pyritie]

The sucking up one wouldn't work because of... well... the whole point is the landhuggers staying away...

Ooo! How about one that turns a pirate back into a landhugger, and vice versa?

Of course, you would have to check to make sure there's more than one pirate so that it isn't redundant...

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

That would be an easy check, just a quick if/then/else upon creation of a new rune, but yes that would be a good idea Pyritie, I think that will definetly be in at some point

 

[Razorbrain]

Attract Rune

Forces all Pirates to move towards the user if the user is a Land Hugger, or all Land Huggers to move towards the user if the user is a Pirate

Relocation Rune

Switches place with a random player

Teleport Rune

Allows the user to use a 1 Charge Teleport

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

That relocation one might be cool, I remember I really liked that back in the day of playing Pass the Bomb.

Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[NoNZealot]

I got a very funny idea. A rune that makes you DRUNK! Makes whoever picks it up to change his control keys like if J is left and if you pick it up it becomes right, and so on! May be a yellowish rune could do it. Also a drunk effect over the head XXD. A name for the rune that I can think of now is Rune of Strong Beer!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

I think that would mostly piss people off if they picked up that, at least the changing of the controls which would also be WAY to much work. I might do some sort of drunk effect like swaying camera and changing of colors on the screen and such.

We'll see, thanks for the idea, NoNZealot.

 

[NoNZealot]

Well I know triggering and if you try to do the rune that I said, you will have to fight with a lotsof if/then/else multiple actions and such. Mostly the actions part will be the hardest I bet. Anyway the idea itself comes from and old game called crystal caves! lol
"I think that would mostly piss people off if they picked up that" exactly! Thats what the idea meant to be! If the person is unlucky enough to get that rune randomly I think, the poor player will have to deal with it for 10 seconds. ( IMO )

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

That would be rough on new players, if it was me that got such in a completely new map I would probably end up leaving.

And I am not the best triggerer so I don't want to alter my now working jassed walking method for something like this, sorry

No walking distortions what so ever will be made.

 

[NoNZealot]

Damn, then perhaps you can make it move slower? And shake the screen as you said? And also put a screen word like YOU ARE SO DAMN DRUNK!!! lol like in sheep something that blizzard made. Also an orangish color might do it. What do you think?

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

I won't display any text or make the unit move slower sorry. But I will shake and sway the screen + have different colors flash. I think there is allready something in Wc3 that does this so it should be an easy job, if I add it!

 

[Pyritie]

Yes, that would be

• Cinematic - Advanced fade filter

You apply a filter of one color, and can change it another color.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Ah yes, that's it. Thanks a lot Pyritie, +rep.

 

[Kwaliti]

Weight rune

Inflicts the user with a debuff which lasts 10 seconds, the debuff can move from player to player when they're tagged, and in the end of those 10 seconds, a large weight falls down from the sky and squishes the currently debuffed player. Tagging (Land Hugger into a pirate) is disabled during that debuff. (Crash Bash FTW!)

Terrain Deformation Rune

When picked up, a random part of the terrain sinks into the ocean.

 

[NoNZealot]

A rune that duplicates the picker maybe? It would be very confusing!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Haha that weight rune sounds cool, but a bit hard to do perhaps, as people clash very often in games that is full house. If people walked paralel it would cause bugs perhaps?

But really neat idea, I might do it, +rep!

 

[Kwaliti]

Well, the weight is supposed to be in crowds!

 

[Gausslander]

Beer Rune:
Makes it only 50% chance to go the direction you want with your arrow keys. And you sometimes wander. Lasts 30 Seconds.
Just named rune, so people will get super confused.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Hmm good idea but with the current movement system it will be hard to accomplish I think, well time will tell. Thanks for the idea, scyth.

 

[donut3.5]

Rigged Decoy Rune:
Creates a decoy of you. When a player comes within a short distance of the decoy, it will detonate, stunning them.
Toxic Gas Rune:
Creates a quickly spreading toxic gas that slows all players effected by it for a short duration.
Vortex Rune:
Creates a warpgate between the rune and a random point that any player can travel through and back. Lasts 5 seconds.
Flyfoot Rune:
Causes you to move 100% faster, however you will not stop moving in the direction ordered until you switch directions or hit an obstacle.

I didn't look through all the posts, so forgive me if any of them have already been used.
--donut3.5--

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

None of those has been suggested before I think, if so I've forgotten them at least.

Thanks for the suggestions donut3.5, that decoy rune is a nice idea, +rep.

 

[Gausslander]

Devious Goblin's Rune of Divine Punishment:
When you use this rune, it will make a land mine in your current position, that goes off when somebody of the opposite side (pirate mine = anti-Groundies, Groudies mine = anti-pirate) and kills them and anyone else that may be around them. If you are a ground hugger and your are killed by the mine, you will become a pirate.
Just called Rune, so people will go WTF?!

Disguising Rune:
If you are a pirate, then you will look just like a ground hugger, and you will be able to trick your victims into hiding with you. If you are a ground hugger, you can avoid the pirates - because you are one!
Just called Rune, so people will go WTF?!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

The goblin rune might be a good idea, thanks for the idea scyth, +rep.

The other one has allready been suggested a few times more or less, I don't think I'll do such a rune

 

[NoNZealot]

Hmm maybe a rune called MARCH OF THE PIRATES! haha. Summoning 1 or more little pirate soul(s) around a random position in map for the picker with a damage of * you decide *. And a music plays during their cooldown. Maybe WC2's human songs can do it hmm song 2 or 3 they do fit well!. If these pirates die the march ends. Also during the march everypirate will have their movement speed increased by 15.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Uhh.. I didn't really get that one, could you explain it a bit more?

 

[NoNZealot]

Ok in a very simple way. There will be a rune called March of the Pirates. This will make a sound play which will fit in to the name like wc2's human song 2 or 3. Then, it will create 1 or more ghost pirate(s) to hunt ground huggers. They will last short actually and this rune will grant a buff of +15 movement speed bonus to every pirate player in the game due to that march gives them motivation. You get it now? ( Ghosts will appear at a random place in map and these will be under control of the picker.)

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Ahh, cool idea. March of the Pirates, I like that, thanks and +rep.

 

[NoNZealot]

March is an idea that I had from pirates of the caribbean 2 where people were going to die with the thing that I can't remember now and then a pirate march plays... I advice you to use warcraft 3's human song 3 because it fits more to a march.
Btw I can support you with my ideas whenever you want because this tag game is really fun and different from others. I hope this will be hosted often.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

The more support the better. Just spread the word, get people to come here and suggest and comment in the forum, get others you know at BNet to host and so on. The more support I receive the more I feel like working on the map!

 

[Yearight]

Hello

Maybe a rune like: Invunareable Rune
then when ya gettin close to it , it will teleport a few inches away making u spend attetion on that leaving the pirates get you. Ofc after a few tryes it will been destroy'd.

I dont know if this has been said before.

 

[Razorbrain]

just a suggestion? maybe put all the ideas that already are used in the first post?

 

[Nudl9]

I got an idea, its a pushback rune!
It pushes anyone coming close to the guy...

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Hmm, a pushback rune, might be a good idea. Could use a dust cloud to show the pushback effect (like sand getting whirled up from it). Thanks nudl9.