War of the Gods, Factions

Stick to Starcraft..

Any factions that are direct copies from other games might be considered but probably will get ignored

Please don't fully quote post, its a little pointless at times, Anyway.

One issue is its a building so it might not be able to "pack up", How ever we could change it so when you destroy it via the delete function if gives you a builder which can move and build else where, Also we can have the builder be removed after its finished being built so it would be 1 builder per building essentially.

Whoops, forgot to get rid of the quotes, but my faction's in there It just isn't in red this time

As for the buildings, do whatever u like and works

I'll stick to your specifications as close as possible, and compensate if something is not right or cant work

Call the Undead faction "the Crypt".
Nice short and to the point.

How about like the Roman Gods, the Chinese Gods, and all the other religions. I think that would be really cool

I like the idea of factions based on ancient religion or mythology. An Atlantis faction might be cool.

I think a Chinese or Asian-inspired faction would be cool, too.

One of my favorite features in AoM was a moving resource drop off structure. It was very annoying when you build a lumber camp next to the trees and then your workers cut down all the trees in the area and are then running across the map to other trees and you have to buy a new structure. This was not a problem with the ox carts. I think this is a very good idea, but to have any buildings moving at will seems a little overpowered. Maybe only some buildings.

They wouldn't be able to make units while mobile, so I don't see a problem, and it's not as though they'd be fast or armored.

Im thinking of making a tank champion one that has only got 1 or 2 offensive spells and you actually mount your archers on board, but I'm wondering how I might be able to have the archers on it die so you have to restock the archers on it or something

I don't wanna have the greek gods in thier, I do like the idea of using Greek mythology and other things, How ever I don't think we should do anything that would re-make that Titan RTS game

First i have to ask, what categories are now taken? You say the undead faction is taken, so with all these new peoples factions, what role are they taking up?

The only thing i have really been able to pick up from reading is everyone seems to be doing nomads...

so, i ask, what factions 'types' have been taken up now?

Probably nomads have been taken, If there's to many nomad factions we'll have to scrap some of them and combine the best ones

Ones that don't follow a consistent theme in there faction will unfortunately be modified or scrapped, It would be weird to have a champion as a tank from WW2 and soldiers from the times of Neapolian, so if dojob could fix that, Thad be great

Maybe make a nazi faction... but what would a Nazi champion look like...

Also I should add details in the first post about the champions so people may hafto edit there post.
I should of posted it earlier but it didn't occur to me.

K, well, i gotta go now... I guess i'll just edit this post and do up a faction form when i get back or whatever.

Call the Undead faction "the Crypt".
Nice short and to the point.

I'm not doing any zombies and any raise from crypts, I'm keeping my idea away from WC3's undead faction and I'm going with a more Hellish theme, IE lost trapped and trapped souls, sacrificial alters and other daemonic stuff.

The barracks looks very nice (Reminds me of Doom )

Call the Undead faction "the Crypt".
Nice short and to the point.

I'm not doing any zombies and any raise from crypts, I'm keeping my idea away from WC3's undead faction and I'm going with a more Hellish theme, IE lost trapped and trapped souls, sacrificial alters and other daemonic stuff.

Good, the RTS genre needs more badassery anyways The Chaos faction from DoW would be good inspiration for such a faction, aside from the guns and lasers ofc

And about the tank hero, u said u could do it like this:

Im thinking of making a tank champion one that has only got 1 or 2 offensive spells and you actually mount your archers on board, but I'm wondering how I might be able to have the archers on it die so you have to restock the archers on it or something

Perhaps you could base it on mumakil, which have open archers on them?

Well, someone should make a mod on what I was talking about. I just thought the name of your mod was perfect for my idea. But your mod looks sweet, and I will be supporting it

The barracks looks very nice (Reminds me of Doom tongue.gif )

what barracks? i wanna see!

anyway: WIP
About the faction:

Name of faction
The Purge
((i actually came up with this name for a faction in my RPG, but as it seems that is going to die out, so i think it can fit this faction nicely))

History - Not required
The Purge is a holy order of men, which has recently gained power and influence, although it has lurked in the background of humanity for eons. They see the emergence of the demonic/undead army(DIGI's faction) as the heralds of God will, to wipe the slate clean, and cleanse the world of all that are not worthy. They have convinced many that the only way to save themselves is to enact gods will, and take up arms in the fight to destroy the other races, who 'in Gods eyes are unclean', and must be Purged from his holy lands. They see Fire as holy, it is the bringer of light and warmth to its allies, and destruction to its enemies, it is gods gift and his servant, cleaning bushlands to start anew, just as he has decided to do with the people of his lands.
((so, basically they want to wipe out the others races and peoples of these lands))

Describe the themes -Units

all are dressed in 'holy' white robes/cloaks and silver or gold armor, you know, all "holy looking".

-Architecture

White stone/marble architecture, very much temple like in appearance and adorned with religious symbols and even golden statues, white pillars and stuff, with fire alters and stuff(they see fire as holy, so they are going to keep it around)

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Building names and description
Castle
Grand Cathedral
>massive church-like building

Barracks
Recruitment Chapel
>smaller church-like building

Resource production
Garden of Plenty
>a garden a fruit and stuff, tended by nuns to feed the army

Defense Tower
Tower Shrine
> an outpost sanctuary and defensive tower

Blacksmith/Lumber mill
Brotherhood Monastery (?)
>

Healing, Armour & exp bonus Statue
Temple of Worship
>

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Unit names and Description
Worker/Builder
Monk

Soldier
Paladin Crusader


Archer
Fire Priest(?)
>shoots 'fire bolts', not arrows, but still fills the ranged attacker position in the army

Elite unit
Crusader Captain

Sub Hero 1
Zealot: (?)
-Zeal: increased speed and attack
-Prayer: heals self over time
-Smite: double damage attack
-Devotion Aura:
Description:

Sub Hero 2
Lesser Fire Elemental:
-Laying of Hands: heals friendly unit
-Holy Fire: creates a wave of fire to burn enemies
-Meditation:
-Conviction:
Description:


Main Hero
Divine Incarnation:
-Divine Retribution: if unit dies causes a massive explosion/whatever, kills all nearby enemy units, (and heals all friendly units?)
-Fist of the Heavens: greatly increased damage
-Fanatisism: all units nearby gain attack and speed bonus, but loose some defense
-Holy Shield:
-Divine Judgment:
-Sanctuary Aura: creates a shield of flame around nearby units(making them invincible), at the cost of constantly loosing health while active
Description: should look like a priest, but he floats instead of walking, and is all on fire but not getting burned

Champion (God)
Fire Elemental(changed my mind, no fire colossus, but it is a giant fire spirit):
-Divine Purification/Cleansing (which sounds better?): creates a 'shockwave' of fire, kills enemies within radius
-Resurrection: brings friendly unit back to life
-Redemption: enemies turn to your side perminantly
-Retaliation Aura: damage is reflected(maybe even reflected many times the original damage?)

Description:
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Spells in your spell book and Basic description
Row 1 (top row)

Edited by some_wierdGuy, 23 December 2008 - 11:23 AM.

This mod was honored in the news article .

Great job. Just as a note, my faction is based on stealth and poison. All units are stealthed. Instead of the built-in upgrades, they would have poison arrows and poison blades, but not an armor upgrade.

I put that in as a suprise

DIGI and I were discussing the idea of a seperate Undead faction that would be more into Necromancy and Zombies and the like.
It's still an idea but I think it should advoid the RTS cliches and go more for the Movie cliches
With the undead looking more like those of a horror movie.

As for the website I was thinking I could do some Flash for the site for you DIGI I just had some cool ideas.
I'll tell you more tonight.

Oh wierdGuy where in Qld are you from?

Edited by Radspakr, 22 December 2008 - 07:21 PM.

Near Brisbane, in Redlands .

It might be interesting if this mod has no real 'good guy' faction.
most games have a set bad guy and good guy... what i have wanted to see is more a bad guy vs bad guy.

thats why my faction, although it opposes the demon faction, and is all holy, isn't actually good. Infact, they could be seen as quite bad because of what they want to do.
(speaking of which, i need to change them a bit to make them seem less 'good' with their spells and stuff...)


and yeah, i want to see an undead faction and a demon faction, having both would be cool

Yeah, it's kinda cheesy and corny when the good guys don't have some little bit of badness like bigotry or overzealousness.

I'd like it if the evil faction had less zombies/skeletons and more fanatical cultists and crazyass demons and sorcery.