Minotaur Faction : The Era Of Strife

cretin · Post by **cretin** » February 5th, 2008, 7:35 pm

cool do can i get a name in? ^^ following up with Lim_Arcadia ideas i thought of two ideas myself. (if you need ideas or not dunno)

Engrage: when next to multiple enemy units the Mino unit gets an attack bonus (like a little extra damage or something of the sorts)

Last Stand: when surrounded by multiple units (two or three dunno) damage resistance is increased

names are a bit cliche but couldnt think of anything else.

thought they might fit the idea that minotaurs are agressive and hard to kill.

ickylevel · Post by **ickylevel** » February 5th, 2008, 8:11 pm

I really think that sprites are too big.

Post by **Quietus** » February 5th, 2008, 8:17 pm

ickylevel wrote:I really think that sprites are too big.

Depends on the comparisons. the gore, behemoth, gnoll (doing as we speak) and shaman, are all the size of humans. the other lvl 2's and 3's range from 3-14 Px larger than a human. The minotaur king and Ancient behemoth are the only over sized sprites. the calvary are slightly larger than human calvary. In the end its all down to realism. In some myth, the minotaur is said to be almost twice as tall as a human

I could really say that drakes are too big, but in realism they are supposed to be big

Lim_Arcadia · Post by **Lim_Arcadia** » February 5th, 2008, 8:21 pm

Thats more for the art thread.

The only ones that I would consider to be too big are the king and the ancient behemoth, and they both fit fine in the hex.

[Edit] AWWW! you beat me by four seconds... [/Edit]

Post by **Quietus** » February 5th, 2008, 8:42 pm

Lim_Arcadia wrote:Thats more for the art thread.

The only ones that I would consider to be too big are the king and the ancient behemoth, and they both fit fine in the hex.

[Edit] AWWW! you beat me by four seconds... [/Edit]

Lol, im good at doing that =D

I have almost finnished all three Gnoll units, so ill pm them to you in a .zip to be included in the first release. Dont look very gnollish though =[

Darth Jordius · Post by **Darth Jordius** » February 5th, 2008, 11:51 pm

Well, any chance you could post them up here so we can all see?

Post by **Quietus** » February 6th, 2008, 10:21 am

Darth Jordius wrote:Well, any chance you could post them up here so we can all see?

Ive posted the lvl 2 and 3 up, should have the lvl 1 up in a few hours. And maybe a shaman. But once they are released im going to completly clean up all the sprites, and make them look a bit more mainline style.

Darth Jordius · Post by **Darth Jordius** » February 6th, 2008, 1:34 pm

Yeah, well I saw them last night, don't you remember me complimenting you on them last night?

Anyway, what kind of placeholders are you going to use for the Shaman lines?

Lim_Arcadia · Post by **Lim_Arcadia** » February 6th, 2008, 1:35 pm

I'm just using the mystic until he gets the rest of them done.

Post by **Quietus** » February 6th, 2008, 1:38 pm

Darth Jordius wrote:Yeah, well I saw them last night, don't you remember me complimenting you on them last night? Anyway, what kind of placeholders are you going to use for the Shaman lines?

Lol i was up till 3 this morning when i did that lol, plus i had had a little too much to drink (exams are over, so i was celebrating with friends). Hence why i actually played a game well =]. I cant remember much apart from doing the sprites and using a WC for my SX character.

EDIT: oh and lim, what would you like sprites wise foe helping code?

Darth Jordius · Post by **Darth Jordius** » February 6th, 2008, 1:40 pm

Ah, so that's why you picked a WC.

Jodwin · Post by **Jodwin** » February 6th, 2008, 4:44 pm

Quietus wrote:Hmm is there anychance you could show me a screen shot, as i havnt actualled played much of HOMM. My main influence us actually from Warlords Battle Cry.

Hmm, if your main influence is WBC, where are the basilisks?

And I assume that gnolls are some kind of an assassin unit? What about axe throwing attack for some higher level minotaurs?

Darth Jordius · Post by **Darth Jordius** » February 6th, 2008, 5:36 pm

Well, for ranged attacks you could use their breath, a poisoning fire attack.

Post by **Quietus** » February 6th, 2008, 5:41 pm

Jodwin wrote:
Quietus wrote:Hmm is there anychance you could show me a screen shot, as i havnt actualled played much of HOMM. My main influence us actually from Warlords Battle Cry.
Hmm, if your main influence is WBC, where are the basilisks? And I assume that gnolls are some kind of an assassin unit? What about axe throwing attack for some higher level minotaurs?

It is an inluence not a copy

The behemoth takes over the role that the basilisk had (though he doesnt turn them to stone).The gnoll is a shooter in this one. I dont really see the Minotaurs having any stealthy units. And there is no axe throwing unit, though i was very tempted when designing the faction.

Darth Jordius · Post by **Darth Jordius** » February 6th, 2008, 5:51 pm

Well, you can't have the Minotaur King and the Overlord both without ranged weapons, unless you're going to give them a large pierce, blade, and cold defense. I don't see how they could survive against Elves.