No Special Abilities?

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I have realized that almost every unit is the same except with there defense and attack and hp. no life drain, fire attcks, spiders poisonion troops.

 

I did have a spider I controlled that could use 1 mana but dont have anything that costs one mana. My fire giants cast blizzard. and there are not special weakness, such as a fire giant being immune to fire but vulnerbale to ice attacks.

no throwing of spears, fire guns, etc. all units the same.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

and no city sieges, whats a catapult for

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

There are city sieges and there are special units.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

IIRC the catapult reduces the defence bonus troops would otherwise get if the city has defences.

 

There are some abilities in the game, and I suspect more will be added over time. Unit mana increases on level up, so get that spider levelled up a couple of times and it might be able to start casting some more useful spells.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Isn't there an entire file devoted to special abilities? I guess I need to read it. Maybe they are mostly used by the higher level units?

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

My fire elemental could cast all sorts of different spells :D

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

your mana pool is used by your summon's special abilities and you can also use spells, but most summons have 1 int or something, so they wont ever cause damage.

 

 

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

thats my point, is that units are stupid, why give them mana if there inteligence is so damn low its doenst do any damage , and why is a fire giant casting blizzard? As of now I see no reason to play any of the other factions as they all look the exact same, theres not unit differeation there are not special defensive capabilities.

I really wish they would of put some fore thought into the game with magic. As it is right now there is no reason to chose all the spell options becuase there all the same, blizzard is the same as inferno which is the same as chain lighting. there are no special defenses against magic or types of magic. all defenses are ruled by your defense rating.

Have to admit, unless this is seriously modded, this is no where near, masters of magic or age of wonders, they sould get rid of the magic system entirely and just label it a civ 4 game in the middle ages.

And there are no sieges in this game. Age of Wonder and MOM had sieges where you had to break down the walls first. hell even civ 4 had it where it was benegicial to bombard the city first

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Actually them being able to cast spells from your books is a mistake I believe.

But quick list:

Bear: Maul: stun opponent

Imp: Teleport in tactical

Fire Giant: firebreath, ranged firefist

etc.

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

I'm pretty sure that the different spells are effected by different shards, so...yes there is already a difference in inferno and blizzard.   I believe the shards multiply their effect.

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

coreabilities.xml has the various abilities in it.