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[Nazgûl]

What I mean is that, we're gonna need to work on them again in that case, after EvilMen is added... and if I was coding it, I would see it as "easier" if that faction was already in so we could make a complete overall image on all spell books at once. Some of them, like Whyrm for instance should be moved to EvilMen as an exclusive to them, and so on and so forth. But... you're the Coder - you decide

[Sûlherokhh]

I wouldn't wanna sound bossy on that. My thought was just that to discuss the spellbooks (even for evil men to some degree) would be an easy chat (even if longish). Most importantly though a) the new spell setup and new spells for the existing factions would be quicker to implement (since i know how) than the new faction (which i have yet to do for the first time) and b) since i expect the new faction to take much longer to make playable in a beta, we could churn out a 'new spells' edition faster and to the joy of everyone playing S.E.E. (including me).

But, even though this is an open thread, we should better discuss this on msn in our leasure time one of these days, right?

[Nazgûl]

You do have some logic there, hehe
Yeah, we'll decide this in Staff or on MSN =)

Regardless - we do have a good source of inspiration from this thread

[njm1983]

I have a suggestion for the summoned units in the spell books, Naz mentioned he'd like to have them be a constant unit until dead, there is the issue of hording the summoned units in your base like multiple balrogs hehe , my Idea is could the spell timer be set to restart when the unit is dead?

to make sure Im clear on this: Summon the balrog and the timer doesnt restart until it is dead. that way a player could never end up with more than 1 at any time.

[Sûlherokhh]

One could set 'MaxNumberSimultaneously = 1' to make you only have 1 at a time. Triggering the spell when you still have the Balrog would do nothing but reset the timer. I'd have to figure out a way how to prevent all the summoning FX though, which would still happen, only the Balrog wouldn't appear.

[njm1983]

hey well its 1 step toward the goal, you are a genius Sul. but I have another question how would it work with the summon spells that have more than one unit? like the future knights of dol amroth with several battalions? would the 'MaxNumberSimultaneously = 3' but if one battallion or two were to die you could summon back the other two, correct?

Edited by njm1983, 27 November 2007 - 03:38 AM.

[av8r]

Hey Sul. As it is now, how do you feel about the Balrogs duration in the game when he arrives? He seemed to last a long time when I was using him. Not too bad if I own him, however

[Sûlherokhh]

All summoned units have an extended lifetime in S.E.E. Otherwise they never really have a chance to die because they just get unsummoned first. Rather boring. But spells also have a longer reload time. Both of these adjustments are pretty much in accord with the reduced emphasis on rushing in the game.

@njm: Yeah, that's what would happen when summoning several units/hordes with a numbered limit. Only those already dead would be replaced. That is only viable for units you cannot build in barracks yourself, otherwise it would render that particular production structure obsolete for the rest of the game (kind of) and we don't want that. This would be much like the Tavern units (limited in number, only units you cannot build on your own).

For creatures like the Balrog, i would remove the lifetime limitation. But i would like something in the line of the Avatar of Khorne in DoW, meaning he loses health when not engaged in combat. I just cannot imagine the Balrog or any other summoned creature to recuperate on the other side of the hill or in some fortress. You remember that the Balrog had his lair in the underdeeps to which he would return, i assume, to lick his wounds. This is already represented fairly well with the current system of summons having a lifetime.

One quick idea: when he dies, he stays dead, permanently. He also cannot regenerate ANY wound. But he has the option of returning to the undeeps (unsummon) with a button. That would keep him summonable for the next time. Just a thought.

[av8r]

Ahh...okay that makes sense, thanks for taking the time to explain it

[njm1983]

well I guess that its in your capable hands then. good info to know thanks.

[ttandchotmail]

Whoops, sorry The post before this one is me. I did not notice I was logged out, The new layout of the forum had me a bit confused. Apologies

And I realise you guys are not looking at spells until next year but if I don't right these down when I think of them I will forget them. So no need to reply to these ideas as once I type them down here I usually forget about them

Edited by ttandchotmail, 05 December 2007 - 02:47 AM.

[Jonasking]

MoTW:
5 points:Eyes of the white tower:Works like Isengard palanti'r,In fact it's a palanti'r
20 points:Stand Men of the West-Summons 3 hordes of Royal Guards and 3 hordes of Gondor Citadel Guards?/Allies of the North,elite units from Dwarwes and Elves.
25 points:-

The faction really need some new cool spellbooks power,without them a victory would be even harder,almost impossible.

[Nazgûl]

YEah, we do need more spells... Pretty good ones there. It's just that I loathe to code them. I wish Sûl was here... I can add stuff, balance, fix upgrades and technology and so on... but AI, FX and Spells are not really my strong side =/

[Mordor Slayer]

I've got a small but effective one:

'Orc Draught'

Heals enemy units/hero/...

In the Extended Edition (and in the books btw) you can see/read that the Uruk scouting party give Merry some of their orc draught to patch him up and 'heal' him.

[Jonasking]

Mordor-
10-Corsairs from Umbar-Summons 5 Battle ships

Elves-
25/30-Wrath of Valar-Summon a large water wawe to crush enemie units and buildings.

Edited by Jonasking, 14 August 2008 - 07:54 PM.

[Mordor Slayer]

How would that last power differ from the other water power they've got?

[Jonasking]

That one Arwen summons in the move(In the game to at lvl 10 but the spellbok one is bigger)is just a "small" wave.I think that's should be a power just to Arwen.The mean of the Wrath of Valar/Valinor power is this:It destroyed everything execpt Morgoth(Or was it Saurons army?),so it would be a big wave that do great damage.

[Garrison Nomad]

That's already in the game....it was in the original one too. -_-

[Fobbi]

well much time passed since last post, i'm not sure if i could make some suggestions (they should be for beta 4.6) ^^ i just do it:

1) Take away the dragon from the wild faction and replace the spell by the fly-by-Smaug
2) Take away Smaug from Isengard and replace the spell by this great avalanche from Angmar (maybe could be called "Power of Caradras")
3) Take away the Balrog from Mordor and replace him with summon Morgoth (i think you wanted include him in the game)
[4) i think the Earthquake spell is already only planed for the dwarfen spellbook]

after these few changes every faction got its own super powers
greetings
Fobbi