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[Shikari]

I'm afraid there is no news yet about when Rob will be back, however in the meantime, here's something new which has been added to the next release.
Leadership in both BFME games has been fx based, and, consequently caused quite a bit of lag when there were lots of units receiving leadership on the screen at once. As well as this, armies were pretty much overpowered by the glow, distracting from the look of the units, and affecting the realism of the game.
We've implemented a new leadership system for heroes, based on their selection decal. When the hero gains their leadership power, the decal grows to the radius of the power, showing the area on which the leadership acts a similar way to the decals under the heroic statues and wells. We've also included symbols which show the type(s) of leadership the hero is giving.

For leadership which comes from sources other than heroes, (warchant, elven wood, tainted land etc...) the subtle glowing star-trail effect is used.

Click the image below to see the new decals in game, and see which heroes will have which leadership types in the next release. Rob has tried to return, where possible to BFME1 leadership standards.

- Leadership Changes -



Robnkarla: Implementation of the new Leadership
Shikari: Decal and Symbol design and production
Kobrakai: Screens for this update

thanks also to
Nertea who came up with the original idea from which this system developed

Edited by Shikari, 18 October 2008 - 10:35 PM.

[Shikari]

- CLICK THE HERO ICONS TO VIEW DECALS -


Gondor

Aragorn - 200% XP / 150% Damage / 100% Resist Fear
Boromir - 175% Damage
Gandalf - 300% XP / 25% Armor / 150% Damage / 100% Resist Fear
Faramir - 50% Armor / 100% Resist Fear
Damrod - 25% Range / 25% Vision / 125% Shroud Clear / 25% Speed[Rangers Only]
Prince Imrahil - 200% XP / 100% Resist Fear

Rohan

Theoden - 50% Armor / 150% Damage / 100% Resist Fear
Eomer - 200% XP / 160% Damage / 100% Resist Fear [Cavalry Only]
Erkenbrand - 200% XP / 25% Armor / 100% Resist Fear [Infantry Only]
Hama - 200% XP / 150% Damage [Heroes Only]
Gamling - 60% Recharge Time / 120% Rate of Fire [Heroes Only]

Elves

Elrond - 300% XP / 150% Damage / 100% Resist Fear / 100% Resist Terror
Haldir - 150% Damage / 100% Resist Fear [Lothlorien Troops Only]
Galadriel & Storm Queen - 200% XP / 25% Armor / 125% Damage [Heroes Only]
Thranduil - 25% Range / 25% Vision / 125% Shroud Clear / 25% Speed [Mirkwood Troops Only]

Dwarves

King Brand - 200% XP / 100% Resist Fear [Dale Troops Only]
Borin - 200% XP / 25% Armor / 100% Resist Fear
King Dain - 300% XP / 175% Damage / 100% Resist Fear / 100% Resist Terror
Thorin - 50% Armor / 150% Damage

Arnor

Argeleb - 25% Armor / 150% Damage
Cirdan - 200% XP / 75% Ability Recharge Time [Heroes & Captains Only]
Elrond - 200% XP / 150% Damage / 100% Resist Fear / 100% Resist Terror
Arvedui - 150% XP / 50% Armor / 100% Resist Fear

Edited by Shikari, 18 October 2008 - 08:50 PM.

[Shikari]

Mordor

The Witchking - XP / Armor/ Damage
Burzolug - XP / Damage
Gothmog - XP / Resist Fear / Resist Terror

Goblins

Goblin King (Gorkil) - Armor / Damage
Azog - XP / Damage
Lozenarja - XP / Damage
Ghundor - Armor / Damage

Isengard

Saruman - XP / Armor / Damage / Resist Fear
Lurtz - XP / Armor / Damage
Ugluk - XP / Damage / Speed
Sharku - XP / Damage / Speed

Men of the East

Khamul - XP / Damage / Resist Fear & Terror
Ji Indur Dawndeath - XP / Armor
Lorgan - XP / Resist Fear / Speed
N.B. Mahud Chieftan will have XP / Armor / Damage, but his powers have not yet been added.

Angmar

Hwaldar - XP / Armor
The Witchking - XP / Armor / Damage
Rogash - XP / Damage / Speed

Edited by Shikari, 18 October 2008 - 08:51 PM.

[Devon]

Sick...but, you know that

[Lauri]

woah, would I like to steal this idea and fail at making it look cool...

Anyways, I think it shows to much, and think it should be at about 50% more transparent Right now it looks like a spell, but you'll do as you want of course
Looks freakin' nice though, great job

[m@tt]

I think once you start selecting multiple heroes, it will look a bit messy, so as Lauri said, making them more transparent might be necessary. But otherwise, well thought out

[Shikari]

The decals fade between 100% and about 70% opacity so they don't look too heavy. These screens are all captured at 100% so that the symbols are easier to see, and we chose maps which show up the design well. They look more integrated with the game usually. Also, as they are selection decals, they take on the colour of the team which you are playing.

Edited by Shikari, 18 October 2008 - 10:32 PM.

[Vithar-133]

The decals really were an excellent idea. And might I add, they make more sense than a mystical glow.

@ m@tt: Actually, even if you have a lot of heroes with the decals select, it's not too messy.

Edited by Vithar Megilaglar, 19 October 2008 - 12:28 AM.

[Floris]

Very cool. Esp. Gandalf and Saruman

[Lord of Mordor]

Very interesting idea on how to remove the massive glowing from BfME. I'm a bit curious as to whether it looks when you have several heroes with overlapping decals, but cool nonetheless!

Btw, how does stacking work (if it works at all)?

[Devon]

They just overlap eachother.

Stacking...everything stacks...it was stupid of bfme2 to make it not stack, and to standardize the values.


Btw shikari, any reason this is pinned?

[Lord of Mordor]

I didn't know all that actually could stack in BfME II ^^ It's cool that it does, though.

[Devon]

No, I'm saying they couldn't in bfme2 They could in bfme1, and they will in rj.

[Lord of Mordor]

Great to hear

[xno The Black]

What an AWESOME idea!
Great stuff's going on here! Love that crossing staff

[empireruler]

Great job
I had the same idea!
http://forums.revora...&...st&p=574783

Edited by empireruler, 19 October 2008 - 08:35 PM.

[andrej]

wooooooooooooooooow this is amazing good work and keep it :D:D

[rjorrin28]

I love it

[{IRS}Athos]

Agreed. This stuff looks amazing.

[Matiasz]

AMAZING