*Crossbowmen*

[hi_im_bob]

Is this going to be like a aim your shot but their will be a delay so you have to anticipate movement? Or more like Sky Fury (i think thats it) paintball?

 

[Psiblade94122]

well from the sounds of it, it sounds like archery tactics in defense form. so yea one would guess you would anticipate movement

 

[Tinki3]

Yeah, you guys have got it right, I think.

You know the ability "Elunes Arrow" from DotA?

It's like that, but you'll be able to change your projectile whenever you want.

 

[Psiblade94122]

lol are you gona put an elunes arrow in your game (instead of a longer stun, make it do more damg) XD

 

[Tinki3]

I'll add something similar to Elune's Arrow, yes, like more damage instead of stun.

 

[Newbwc3]

So the camera will be locked toward the enemies down at an angle and you'll get a crosshair to aim with and click to fire?

 

[Tinki3]

No it won't be like that, it will be like playing a normal game of WC3, that style.

Though I'll most likely make a custom crosshair .

 

[Psiblade94122]

from the first post it states that in the green area you can move around, so i doubt itll be locked

edit : >.< beaten by lagg

 

[Tinki3]

Yeah, the camera isn't locked, it's just like normal.

I'll be adding some sort of menu that allows players to choose camera zoom options though.

 

[Waaaaagh]

Bolt of Displacement: Fires a bolt at the target location. The next X bolts fired will be fired from that location toward the target point (extremely useful for things like impale bolt).

'Eradication': Instantly kills the next unit that this bolt collides with, exploding it and dealing X damage in a small radius.

Shatter Bolt: After traveling a short distance, this bolt will divide into several smaller bolts, if it hasn't collided with a unit already. Can be used to deal AoE damage, or, if the distance is right, can be made to shatter just before colliding with a unit, dealing immense damage.

 

[Psiblade94122]

Crazy glue bottle on a Bolt: Yea.... try not to get it on your crossbow. On hit, everything around the target will be slowed, they will slowly regain their movement speed.

Fire Bolt: Nothing specal, just a bolt thats on fire.... i wonder how that works. On his, the target is set on fire and will deal damage per second. If the target is killed by this bolt or from the fire, the unit has a chance to spawn Cooked Meat. This dose not apply to Mechanical units. Cooked meat is a distraction for the creeps, makeing all nearby creeps feed on it.
~ "Lets dig in mom!"
~ "Marcus, that was your father...

Silver Bolt: Deals more damage on undead and demon creeps. (around 25% more)

Gold Bolt: What idiot will make a bolt from gold??? This bolt deals 25% damage to everything, if this bolt kills something, the target will turn into gold where you will instantly receive 4x bounty from whatever you killed. Also the gold becomes a lure for humanoids, slowing their movement speed and forceing them to attack the gold in hopes of getting some fore themselves.

Two Handed Sword: How did you get this thing up here in the first place!? Range for this.... errr... weapon is short, but if it hits soemthing, not only can it pass though the target, but it will deal an insane ammount of damage, whith a 30% chance to tripple tat damage from the creeps getting impaled by the sharp end.

And a little someting from the new Irc Chat system, a dicussion about ninjas, so... might as well

Windmill Shiruken(sp?): Deals extra damage, has the ability to pass though the target, and on kill, the target will explode from the awesomeness of this shiruken(sp?).

Pirate Cannon: Fires a cannonball that will push back evrything it touches untill the bullet dissapears. The bullet dissapears after the 5th creep it hits, or after it has traveled 800 range.

lol i have no idea where this came from... ah well....

 

[Tinki3]

I can't believe how good these ideas are, thanks alot guys.

Most will be added to the map, and made a reality.

 

[Magentix]

Essences:
When applying an essence to the tip of your crossbow, your next five arrows will not only execute their special ability, but also have an extra, small, side-effect.

Essences could be buyable, but more fun would be if they were "runes" which randomly appear in the player hero zone on some occasions (once every 30 seconds?). If no player reaches the essence within 5 seconds of spawning, it will vanish again.


Essence of Lava:
Tooltip: Your next five arrows will be so searingly hot that units nearby get scorched for x dmg/s.
Framework: Adds a phoenix fire to the arrow which has no initial damage, but a dps which lasts for 5 seconds.

Arctic Essence:
Tooltip: Your next five arrows will be surrounded by pure ice, leaving any unit nearby severely cooled, effectively slowing their movement.
Framework: Adds a minor slow aura (tornado) to the arrow.

Latex Essence
Tooltip: Your next five arrows will be coated in latex, making them bounce of anything that doesn't exist out of soft tissue.
Framework: arrows will bounce off of trees and perhaps the map border, giving them more chance of hitting an enemy.

Essence of Venom
Tooltip: Your next five arrows will be extremely poisonous, dealing damage over time to any unit it strikes.
Framework: when an arrow hits a unit, a dummy will cast Shadow Strike (without initial damage nor slow) on the target.

Etc...

 

[darkRae]

Rupturing Bolt
A very sharp bolt that causes major wound(s) on flesh.

Simply a Rupture spell (causes damage based on distance)

Doesn't affect Mechanical units, if there's any.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Shotgun Face-lifting:
Mutiple Bolts fire in a 90° Arc at the point where you shot. Each bolt deals minor damage in distant Combat, but at close range, it deals a hell lot of damage. Missle Types are variable:
Dipersion Missles: Burns some Mana
Implaing Missles: chance of stunning for a second
Hammstring Missles: Slows movement by 20 once hit
Sheep Missles: chance of making a Target sleep for 3 Seconds

 

[Tinki3]

Thanks for the ideas.

Map is unfortunately, currently on hold due to an issue with my WE.

 

[Tubba]

Sounds great.

Arced Bolt: Fires a bolt nearly straight into the air, which then crashes to deal major damage in an area of effect. Slow, but effective.

Riccochet Blade: Fires a spinning blade, which riccochets in a random direction each time it hits a unit or wall. Lasts up to ten bounces.

Rain of Bolts: Fires a large amount of bolts into the air, crashing down into nearby enemies. This technique was developed by devoted elves who were greatly outnumbered; It is said that they defeated an army which outnumbered them a hundred to one. This ability lives one, allthough it's greatly forgotten.
Bottom line: Starstorm with arrows

 

[Blackrage]

nice idea.
How About:

Gale Bolt - A bolt that has different qualities that causes strange winds to blow. It has a 10% chance to push all enemies in a 100 AoE away from the target point while, strangely, pulls in anyone in a 101 - 150 AoE towards the target point.

Lock-on Spiral Bolt - Shoots out an arrow that after it goes through 200 range, splits into 2 other bolts and spiral inwards towards the target. Anything that touches the bolts gets knocked out of the way and is dealt O damage. If something touches the bolt before it splits gets dealt O damage and the bolt stops. When the 2 bolts reach the target, they deal (Ox2)

@ Tubba

For the Rain of Bolts, starstorm with arrows would just make a bunch of arrows appear, on the ground, and poof away into nothingness.

 

[Tubba]

Wouldn't be a hard model to create though.

 

[Tinki3]

Good news, I managed to fix my WE problem so map development is back on the to-do-list .