[Campaign] Tales of Silventria

[Colonel Aster]

meh I was just messing around, don't take too much of what I type too seriously, I mean I was putting pics of the dungeon dad in shar's thread and he got all mad about it, and it was supposed to be a joke and nothing more

Either way you did a great job on lots of thing (detailed maps, the terraining, the custom abilities) you just need to fix up the lore aspect

 

[Lord Aiden]

A bit off topic, but I beat the Rhivenhall mission and I was gonna ask: where any of the mages (high councilors) meant to escape so that you have to face them later on in the story, or do you defeat them all within the council building?

 

[Blake8]

I had a thought to let Owelto (the high councilor you fight on the staircase to the 3rd floor) survive and face you in other missions, not too sure about it now...

 

[Lord Aiden]

The one with the Thorns Aura right?

 

[Blake8]

Yup, the one on the stairs with the two iron giants, people were always complaining about the fight because it was difficult to win compared to some of the other high councilors.

 

[Lord Aiden]

Now that I see his other abilities I understand why he was such a challenge to beat (spell shield + magical resistance)

 

[Blake8]

Yeah, although he doesn't have a great deal of hp (I believe it's something like 850 @ level 8) he more than makes up for it with spell shield and resistance as well as the thorns aura

 

[Lord Siler]

That combinations of abilities make the hero hard to beat, also the 2 heavily armored Iron Giants guarding it don't make the task any easier.

You could give it a reincarnation item (idk the name) to make the battle even tougher if you like

 

[Blake8]

That would make it too damn hard, although I thought about it with other bosses

 

[Rem]

@Blake8 How did u come up with all those creative names for all the mages in Rhivenhall ??

 

[Blake8]

My imagination

 

[ArchDuke]

Playing the beta while smoking and listening to techno = a whole new experience

 

[Lord Aiden]

I bet

Try playing wos stoned

 

[Blake8]

I love that expedition mission of book two, the feeling you get while playing it..ye

 

[Colonel Aster]

 

[Blake8]

Yea, I played that mission so many times, oh the good memories...

 

[Lord Aiden]

Ye it was good mission.

but you can't harvest a gold mine in it

 

[Blake8]

True, but I just like the feeling the mission gives you, you're on a new continent and really don't know what awaits you...Also this thread needs more @pyf

 

[Lord Aiden]

u should make a similar mission for ur campaign. Like you have a hero or two arrive at the shores of a completely new continent that your forces have never before explored, add in some good music and character dialect and it'll be an experience to play, just like expedition

 

[Lord Aiden]

Also make it so that the weather changes periodically, think this will be a good idea

 

[Blake8]

u should make a similar mission for ur campaign. Like you have a hero or two arrive at the shores of a completely new continent that your forces have never before explored, add in some good music and character dialect and it'll be an experience to play, just like expedition

Intersting idea

 

[Blake8]

@pyf would you mind contributing something creative to this thread of Aiden's ?

 

[pyf]

@pyf would you mind contributing something creative to this thread of Aiden's ?

To do so, I would have to play those games first and foremost.

As for Yuri and the C&C series, well... I only hardly played the first Command & Conquer video game, which does not feature this character. And I did not like the game. Back then, Warcraft's game engine felt so much fresher and better imho...

 

[Lord Siler]

@pyf, interesting, you can get the Silventria demo by clicking the picture in Blake's signature.

 

[Blake8]

@Rem, I'm doing your abilities and here's what we got

The other one will be a summon, any idea what you'd like the summon to be?
Also the default will either be an enhanced purge, or something of that nature, we haven't decided on this at all

 

[Lord Aiden]

I'm assuming that Arcane Aptitude works similarly to the tinker's upgrade ability

 

[Blake8]

Yes, however its an ultimate and give the spells and passives a real good enhancement

For instance Flare Rain causes 115 damage to targets within 450/525/600 of the caster
With Arcane Aptitude learned, Flare Rain causes 215 damage to targets within 550/625/700 of the caster

This is a big improvement because it allows the caster to deal 215 damage to hostile units within 700 of him/her

 

[Lord Aiden]

How strong is the healing aura?

 

[Blake8]

Normally healing aura restores 1hp per second, the evasion rate is 12%, and magic damage gets reduced by 10%

When Rem learns Arcane Aptitude, all the passive double; healing aura restores 2hp per second, evasion rate is 24% ( a little less than 1/4) and magic damage gets reduced by 20%

Overall I think Arcane Aptitude benefits the healing aura the most...this aura really makes the Rem useful as a hero

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Also in case you're interested the purge I was gonna give her work like normal purge when cast on the player's units or allies, but slows down enemies for a significant time if cast on them

 

[Lord Aiden]

I would suggest giving her someone thing like divine shield because she'll surely become the prime target having a strong healing aura like that

 

[Blake8]

Sounds like a good idea @pyf what do you think?
you have a hero with with a very strong healing aura, when an enemy attacks its surely to send its forces to destroy this hero, what are some ability that can counter this?

 

[Colonel Aster]

lmao.. why do u always ask pyf for advice now Blake? I can tell you if the enemies will try to single her out give her an ability that allows her to escape (something like blink or a modified mass teleport) or something like windwalk, or maybe an ability that turns her into an invincible shade or something that allows you to escape, either way come up with some new ideas urself.

 

[Lord Aiden]

I would suggest an ability like ethernal form which leaves the hero only vulnerable to spells and units having a magic attack type-

 

[Blake8]

Interesting ideas I love having these discussions with you guys

 

[Lord Aiden]

Glad to to be helpful, also I like how you create your abilities

 

[Colonel Aster]

 

[Blake8]

Originally I had this idea to make Rem have an ultimate where she becomes magic immune, has a very strong healing aura, and gets a attack bonus, but I scraped the idea in favor of Arcane Aptitude because the formal ability would've made her too OP, and thus unbalanced the gameplay

 

[Colonel Aster]

Wait was the ultimate passive ?

 

[Blake8]

@Colonel Aster, no, no, it was a modified metamorphosis ability which allowed her to use her newfound abilities for around 60 seconds, but for those 60 seconds she was essentially unstoppable (having an aura that heals 3hp per second, being immune to magic and spells, and having a huge damage bonus) that's why I scraped the idea

Arcane Aptitude is a much better and balanced ultimate.

 

[Lord Aiden]

Wow, that sounded really OP, but really awesome at the same time, have you considered nerfing it?

 

[Blake8]

No point in nerfing it now that we have Arcane Aptitude which is a much better ability than that old ability could've been anyway...

 

[Colonel Aster]

I agree with you Blake

 

[Lord Aiden]

I just changed the name of this thread to better fit the discussion going on

 

[Colonel Aster]

Thanks mate!

 

[pyf]

lmao.. why do u always ask pyf for advice now Blake? [...]

@Colonel Aster: I am understanding he wants to forcibly drag me into this hijacked Yuri thread for whatever reason

I just changed the name of this thread to better fit the discussion going on

@Lord Aiden: So, does the poll make any sense anymore?

 

[Blake8]

@pyf I just wanted your opinion on the abilities

 

[Lord Aiden]

@pyf : The poll doesn't make sense, but no one would talk about Yuri from C&C for 8 pages, he's just a character and an old one at that, this is a much more active and better discussion

 

[Colonel Aster]

Anyway back to the topic: what ability do you give such a hero in order to make her harder to destroy?

 

[Lord Aiden]

Maybe something like the faerie dragon's phase shift?

 

[Colonel Aster]

@Blake I still don't get why you tried to get pyf here, if I recall correctly he mentioned to someone that he has never used the editor, if you need advice ask @Siler, @Apostle (if he ever returns) or many of the other people who have helped you out in the past