Legend of the Invincibles

[Whiskeyjack]

The jaws are deliberately much stronger than other attacks to outbalance the lack of items for them.

Well, I found a wolf where that might be true, but for Skellie for example it isn't: jaw 10-4, claws 25-2. When I equip Konrad's Might the claws do nearly twice as much dmg than the jaw.

But if you don't like my Beisser-suggestion it's ok.

I argued for that before as well, but I can understand Dugi's point to have some attacks you just can't get weapons for. It's more fun that way. Regarding the jaws: they might be weaker, but they can get drain, that should account for something (except in bloody Akula's dungeon)

Edit: Btw, Dugi: A poll with 40 people taking part must be record for the forums, congratz

[nuorc]

@Dugi: Is it intentional that the Exterminator's Scythe doesn't give the Exterminator an extra attack? Or would you be willing to raise the 'plus 30% attacks' to 33% (34%?)?

Regarding the jaws: they might be weaker, but they can get drain, that should account for something (except in bloody Akula's dungeon)

Yeah, I saw the drain, but wouldn't know how to factor that in. (And I'm just outside Akula's dungeon; I see a lot of soulgating in my near future, as I haven't followed my own advice to keep the recall list clean...)

[The_Gnat]

Hello Dugi, here are two screenshots of what happens when i install (a fresh install of version 3.1.23) of LotI.

Now i realize that this probably isn't supposed to happen, but it does happen immediately after i install LotI and disappears if i remove LotI, so i believe LotI must be the cause.

Screen Shots

A menu item appears:

And under it is a entire menu system of help options:

EDIT: here also is a screen shot of the inspector, now it has many events in it

EDIT: and thank you for the help, i would like to play LotI!

[The_Gnat]

Hello, i updated to version 3.1.23b and my problem seems to have been solved! Thank you ! What was causing that problem?

[ZIM]

I want to report a few bug,

1.Beelzebub die event doesn't trigger when he's killed when infected, and therefore no item is dropped.

2.Also, the message when Beelzebub is about to triggered contains invalid markup, as shown in this screenshot :

Screenshot

3.One of the enemy leaders on scenario "Army of Darkness" are missing. When I look into the cfg files, I found nothing odd except the a typo in the undeads side, that is "canrecrut=yes". When I fixed it, two of the undead leader is missing.

4.When I want to load chapter 3, there is a error message that says "Unknown unit type : Will_o'_Wisp". When I look into the cfg files, it's empty.

[seangregorycarroll]

What is the difference between mayhem and lethargy?

Also, could someone give a better explanation of 'wrath', 'struggle', and 'horrid'?

Thank you

[firefox]

What is the difference between mayhem and lethargy?

Also, could someone give a better explanation of 'wrath', 'struggle', and 'horrid'?

Thank you

if i remember correctly, it goes like this:

Lethargy is an aura that lowers damage of adjacent units.
Mayhem is a weapon special that decreases the damage of the target until the end of the scenario or the target advances a level.
Horrid is an offensive weapon special that decreases the enemies damage while attacking it.
Struggle is similar but instead of decreasing damage, it increases the attackers evasion.
Wrath is... um... something... that increases damage dealt?

[nuorc]

@seangregorycarroll: Did you look in the in-game help or abilities.cfg?

Spoiler:

#define WEAPON_SPECIAL_MAYHEM
description= _ "If this attack hits, opponent's damage is lowered by 1, until he advances."

#define WEAPON_SPECIAL_LETHARGY
description= _ "When hitting an enemy, the opponent's attack damage decreases by 2. The reduction of damage bonus halves each turn (rounded down)."

#define ABILITY_WRATH
description= _ "When offensively hitting an enemy, this unit's attack damage increases by 1. The added damage bonus halves each turn (rounded down)."

#define WEAPON_SPECIAL_STRUGGLE
description= _ "This attack causes the opponent to have a 10% lower chance to hit."

[I believe per hit taken.]

#define WEAPON_SPECIAL_HORRID
description= _ "When this attack is used offensively, the damage of retaliation attacks is decreased by 33%."

[Celtic_Minstrel]

What is the difference between mayhem and lethargy?

Game mechanics aside, this is something of an incredible question. I mean, mayhem and lethargy are pretty opposed concepts; there's not really any similarity between them. Lethargy implies a lack of energy, whereas mayhem is some chaotic action which presumably requires a fair amount of energy.

[seangregorycarroll]

Yes, I have read and reread the descriptions and the wording is not clear to me.

Lethargy: description= _ "When hitting an enemy, the opponent's attack damage decreases by 2. The reduction of damage bonus halves each turn (rounded down)."

Mayhem: description= _ "If this attack hits, opponent's damage is lowered by 1, until he advances."

Many questions arise when I read these two descriptions. For example...
-is the only difference a matter of 1 pt damage? "
-"Until he advances"... until who advances?
-"opponent's damage is lowered by 1"... Overall damage is lowered by 1 or each hit is lowered by 1?

A lot of fascinating weapon specials making for intriguing tactical choices in game but not unless the player fully understands what the capability of the geared unit.

[nuorc]

-is the only difference a matter of 1 pt damage? "

No. The effect of Lethargy goes away with time, while Mayhem's effect stays until the unit advances.

-"Until he advances"... until who advances?

The opponent being hit with a weapon with that special.

-"opponent's damage is lowered by 1"... Overall damage is lowered by 1 or each hit is lowered by 1?

For each hit taken the damage of an attack is lowered (10-3, 9-3, 8-3...).

hth & [acronym=hope that's correct]htc[/acronym]

[Dugi]

Well, I found a wolf where that might be true, but for Skellie for example it isn't: jaw 10-4, claws 25-2. When I equip Konrad's Might the claws do nearly twice as much dmg than the jaw.

You mean the Skeletal Dragon? If yes, then the jaws do low damage exactly because of the drain that somebody mentioned.

Edit: Btw, Dugi: A poll with 40 people taking part must be record for the forums, congratz

40? Oh really. Maybe I should get moving and start doing some real work in chapters 4 and 9.

Is it intentional that the Exterminator's Scythe doesn't give the Exterminator an extra attack? Or would you be willing to raise the 'plus 30% attacks' to 33% (34%?)?

People tend to assume that I have thought out the intricacies and tradeoffs in the item system. It is not true. I am actually amazed to see how much complexity was found in stuff I did with little thought about gameplay.

I can increase it to 35%. If nobody objects.

Hello, i updated to version 3.1.23b and my problem seems to have been solved! Thank you ! What was causing that problem?

In the past, people wondered about mysteries like why don't the stars fall from the sky. Now, we have mysteries like why did the LotI help option appear there with no reason to appear and then disappear without me having done a thing about it.

.Beelzebub die event doesn't trigger when he's killed when infected, and therefore no item is dropped.

The circumstances were a bit more specific, but I found them and fixed it.

Also, the message when Beelzebub is about to triggered contains invalid markup, as shown in this screenshot :

Fixed.

.One of the enemy leaders on scenario "Army of Darkness" are missing. When I look into the cfg files, I found nothing odd except the a typo in the undeads side, that is "canrecrut=yes". When I fixed it, two of the undead leader is missing.

I wonder how could the typo survive there for so long.

4.When I want to load chapter 3, there is a error message that says "Unknown unit type : Will_o'_Wisp". When I look into the cfg files, it's empty.

Please update the campaign, there was an error.

#Mayhem and Lethargy
Nuorc knows it right, the lethargy decays over time. The effects of mayhem remain until the unit advances.

Game mechanics aside, this is something of an incredible question. I mean, mayhem and lethargy are pretty opposed concepts; there's not really any similarity between them. Lethargy implies a lack of energy, whereas mayhem is some chaotic action which presumably requires a fair amount of energy.

On the other hand, if you become the victim of mayhem, it will have similar effects on your combat abilities as lethargy.

But yeah, in this context, it is somewhat funny.

[seangregorycarroll]

"People tend to assume that I have thought out the intricacies and tradeoffs in the item system. It is not true. I am actually amazed to see how much complexity was found in stuff I did with little thought about gameplay.

I can increase it to 35%. If nobody objects."

I will say I have to agree. I love to crunch numbers and analyze game mechanics and I have to say you have done a pretty amazing job. On the 'attacks=30', this pretty much always equates to one additional attack in my experience. It's usually just shy of giving that needed % to push it to two attacks.

I had an idea about lesser berserk I have been playing with. I have bumped up the AMLA to berserk 12, slashed the attacks and damage to -50% with no possibility of improvement. Now, the player faces a real challenge in deciding if he wants to gamble on doing more damage than his normal attack but also risking suffering a lot more damage if the dice don't go his way. For me, this is more fun instead of just automatically clicking the berserk option.

Side note, I dont think the incinerate special works properly or my game is bugged because my guy didn't get any experience after the orc burned to death

Also, tried adding 'attacks=30' to some gauntlets and it game 30 extra attacks instead of 30% more attacks. Again, my coding sucks so possibly my fault.

[firefox]

Side note, I dont think the incinerate special works properly or my game is bugged because my guy didn't get any experience after the orc burned to death

i think it was designed that way
you only get exp for killing by yourself, not through indirect ways like collateral damage.

[ZIM]

I've noticed something strange,

After I downloaded the latest version of Loti from github, the alter advancement option doesn't work anymore, every time I clicked one of my unit and try to change the advancement, the game always says, "No advancement was found".

Also, the Orcish Warmonger on scenario "The First Blow" have double mayhem for its greatsword.