[Abandoned] War of Wizards

[isaiah40]

Okay fair point. So how about "Max troops +5"?

[natty dread]

Okay fair point. So how about "Max troops +5"?

Hm, seems a bit ambiguous on it's own.

How about if I shorten the "Each wizard receives +1 autodeploy" to "+1 autodeploy per Wizard" so I can get 2 lines for the region bonus...

[isaiah40]

Do it and I'll take a look.

[natty dread]

Now there should be no ambiguity:

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[isaiah40]

If anyone complains that they don't understand why they only get 5 troops then well ....

[natty dread]

If anyone complains that they don't understand why they only get 5 troops then

Then they aren't reading the legend, and if they aren't reading the legend on this map they have bigger concerns to worry about than the region bonus

[Industrial Helix]

Just throwing this out there... but looking at the map, I feel like I wish there was a way to tell on map whether a wizard was dark or light without having to find the corresponding name on the chart. Call it laziness, but I think dark towers and light towers would help alleviate this problem. Or even flags.

And wouldn't it be more consistent/expedient to drop the anchors in favor of connecting ferry lines? Nevermind... I just saw why Ports connecting to ALL ferry points is totally different than having a line connect the port territories to the existing ferry lines.

I really like the art on this map, amnd next graphical update you make, I think you should consider throwing in some forests... whats a good fantasy tale without some mysterious forests?

[natty dread]

Just throwing this out there... but looking at the map, I feel like I wish there was a way to tell on map whether a wizard was dark or light without having to find the corresponding name on the chart. Call it laziness, but I think dark towers and light towers would help alleviate this problem. Or even flags.

Well, Light wizards are on the left side, Dark on the right side. But I get what you mean. I'll come up with something.

I really like the art on this map, amnd next graphical update you make, I think you should consider throwing in some forests... whats a good fantasy tale without some mysterious forests?

Hm, maybe... I just need to figure out a style of forest that fits the map.

[AndyDufresne]

Maybe something like this? Or a different style of tree, but this sort of tree-patch-forest-clump?




--Andy

[natty dread]

Maybe something like this? Or a different style of tree, but this sort of tree-patch-forest-clump?




--Andy

Something like that, probably not green though.

[natty dread]

Ok, I added little flags on the towers, the design is not the best but I can change that later.

There's also an example forest below Gar village.

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[isaiah40]

Sorry totally forgot this one. This be stamped in about 48 hours if there are further comments, ideas, suggestions!

[natty dread]

Sorry totally forgot this one. This be stamped in about 48 hours if there are further comments, ideas, suggestions!

Stamped, what? It's totally too early to stamp this. We haven't even begun working on the gameplay.

For instance, neutral values, bonus placement (balance-wise), bonus value balance? None of these have been addressed yet.

I don't want to do this half assed. The foundry has standards which should be enforced, both in gameplay and in graphics.

[natty dread]

Seriously, Isaiah, I think you posted in the wrong thread by accident or something...

Anyway, it looks like the light wizards are able to get +5 troops from regions around them pretty easily without spells by taking Village, Mana, Unicorn + Gold.

The dark wizards can get pretty much the same from Village, Mana, Gnoll + Village. (And an additional +1 from the one Graveyard but it's harder to take and is contested by other Dark wizards).

So, as for land territories, I'm thinking something along these lines:

- Regular (empty) territories: 2 neutrals
- Unused towers: 5
- Villages: 4
- Mana founts: 3
- Ferries & Ports: 6
- Shrines & Graveyards: 4
- Gnolls & Unicorns: 5
- Gold: 5

If there's two items on a territory, the larger value would be used.

As for starting troops, I'm thinking 5 on both Wizard & Tower.

For spell neutrals I'd suggest:

Force bolt: 5
Spirit guard: 7
Tornado: 15

Blood ritual: 5
Summon Ghouls: 10
Mana Storm: 15

For level 4 & 5 spells, I'd say 25 and 40 respectively.

I'll make up an image with these values on so it's easier to analyze the gameplay.

[natty dread]

Here's the suggested neutral values shown on the map.

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