Zandalari v1.0

[Kyrbi0]

Trolls!!

 

[deepstrasz]

Trolls!!

Oh no! Ban them!

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Warning: This small review is related to the version, which was released on 23.06.2026. If my memory is correct, it was version 1.0.
So take care when you read it - perhaps some mentioned stuff was already fixed or changed by the time you read this message

Oh, Zandalari Empire... What a cool race concept introduced in the WoW: Battle for Azeroth, wasted afterwards in the neglect of modern Warcraft scenarist...

Khm. Enough rambling towards unrelated stuff.
What can I say about your new custom-altered melee race, @Wa666r? As always, I liked this stuff. Not because of the Loa mechanic, although I feel that friendly AI either ignores it altogether, or focuses himself to only Loa - Rezan.
I liked this race because of the sheer income imbalance stuff, provided by unlockable worker ability, Gonk's passive aura for gold farming, hero aura for gold farming, and the availability of resource trading. Dont fix this, plz.

At first, I thought that the gameplay of Zandalari Empire would be close to Aztec gameplay from Age of Mythology: kill units, collect blood/essence/whatever, empower yourself with Loa avatars... But your design is perfectly fine, in my opinion.
Units are nice and strong, although this troll regeneration stuff is quite a big deal, if we compare it to normal troll regeneration. I think.
Casters are nice.
Dinosaurs are nice.
Having the opportunity to change current worshipped Loa and gain special bonuses for changes after specific research - hell, nice introduction, smooth race gimmick, and joined flow of gameplay elements.

Like!

 

[Wa666r]

Warning: This small review is related to the version, which was released on 23.06.2026. If my memory is correct, it was version 1.0.
So take care when you read it - perhaps some mentioned stuff was already fixed or changed by the time you read this message

Oh, Zandalari Empire... What a cool race concept introduced in the WoW: Battle for Azeroth, wasted afterwards in the neglect of modern Warcraft scenarist...

Khm. Enough rambling towards unrelated stuff.
What can I say about your new custom-altered melee race, @Wa666r? As always, I liked this stuff. Not because of the Loa mechanic, although I feel that friendly AI either ignores it altogether, or focuses himself to only Loa - Rezan.
I liked this race because of the sheer income imbalance stuff, provided by unlockable worker ability, Gonk's passive aura for gold farming, hero aura for gold farming, and the availability of resource trading. Dont fix this, plz.

At first, I thought that the gameplay of Zandalari Empire would be close to Aztec gameplay from Age of Mythology: kill units, collect blood/essence/whatever, empower yourself with Loa avatars... But your design is perfectly fine, in my opinion.
Units are nice and strong, although this troll regeneration stuff is quite a big deal, if we compare it to normal troll regeneration. I think.
Casters are nice.
Dinosaurs are nice.
Having the opportunity to change current worshipped Loa and gain special bonuses for changes after specific research - hell, nice introduction, smooth race gimmick, and joined flow of gameplay elements.

Like!

Thanks for the vid!
Yeah, the ai sticks with Rezan. I might add a feature where it switches to a random Loa every so often.
Its not an aura by the way, only the hero's attacks count. You should have seen how it was in testing. Rezan also had a passive for more gold.

 

[Percival Armen]

Ah, me favourite Mesoamerican-flavoured Trolls. Proper good job, mate.

Who could possibly be on your list next time? Sanlayn perhaps?

 

[Wa666r]

Ah, me favourite Mesoamerican-flavoured Trolls. Proper good job, mate.

Who could possibly be on your list next time? Sanlayn perhaps?

I'm not sure what I'll work on next. Perhaps them.

 

[lichao001486]

Good job

 

[deepstrasz]

1. Prelate's Light Dash only has 2 levels in the learn ability menu.
2. For the Throne of War, it gets more movement speed with tier 3 Pa'ku than the useless (in this case) Gonk choice.
3. Zandalari Golem has no projectile. At least for me. Tried it on one of my buildings with A+select. Didn't do any damage either. Did when moving the unit near the building.
4. Borrowed Life seems a bit overpowered since it lasts 60 secs. Casting it on a hero might reduce it to half but if that hero is healed by a Paladin in dire need the effect is null. It's OK once but if this happens for 60-30s it's really creepy. Needs testing ofc. Neat synergy with Voodoo Bond though.
5. Primal Companion=Crest of the Golden Empire.
6. Fossilize doesn't say it can't be cast on heroes.
7. Spirit Purge=Dispel. Banish Jujus=Abolish.

Overall a neat faction with switching replayability on the spot (well with a 90s cooldown) but for me it needs some tweaking.
Approved.

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