Blueblaze's Mysterious Thread [Final Exams Are COMING!!!!]

[Neoskel]

Tweaks to the heavy line's shields for lvl 1 and 2

[Neoskel]

Lvl2 Swordsman lines

Bsword/Greatsword caps at lvl 2.

[Neoskel]

Lvl 3 Swordsmen.

Swordies are done.

[Neoskel]

And with a final massing of posts, the Dark Army sends forth its last troops.

Crossbow is a mixed axe/crossbow fighter

[Neoskel]

Lvl 3s of the bowman.

Edit: + Unit Tree

Yay, done!

I seriously didn't expect to make a quadruple post, i didn't upload all of them at once, just put them up as i finished them over the span of two days.

[thespaceinvader]

Great work =)

[irrevenant]

Those units are very well done, but looking at the unit tree,they seem very similar.

Compare for example:


to


or


There are sizeable differences in position, ornamentation and colour between levels that enable you to tell at a glance which unit you're looking at.

With the exception of the horns on the L3 dark soldier, the differences (eg. the shield and L1->L2 helmet change) are unfortunately too subtle to be easily noticeable on a crowded battlefield, IMO.

[Neoskel]

Those units are very well done, but looking at the unit tree,they seem very similar.

With the exception of the horns on the L3 dark soldier, the differences (eg. the shield and L1->L2 helmet change) are unfortunately too subtle to be easily noticeable on a crowded battlefield, IMO.

I know, but this is a non-issue for this particular project. Blueblaze told me he 'wasn't going for the typical leveling system' or something along those lines.

[Boucman]

this is not a leveling issue, this is a usability issue...

units should be different enough to be recognized immediatly...

[Elerias]

Those units are very nice Neoskel. I cant wait to see what they are gonna be used for. To tell the truth i would love to see them in some MP era too as they really have the feeling of darkness i miss in the dark elven faction of EE for example.

[Neoskel]

this is not a leveling issue, this is a usability issue...

units should be different enough to be recognized immediatly...

You are right, but it looks like its only a real problem with that one line (and maybe the archer line too). I'll do something about it eventually.

[Blueblaze]

Heh, well you did a good job Neoskel! You might want to change the poses as mentioned before, but no rush into doing that as I can use them quite well as they are currently. Thanks and good job

[Shadow]

That are some well done sprites.

[irrevenant]

You are right, but it looks like its only a real problem with that one line (and maybe the archer line too). I'll do something about it eventually.

Also the horseman line, IMO. The others should be fine.

[cretin]

agree on the horseline. while the shield gets bigger it looks like the spear gets smaller.