Quick Hero Feedback Appreciated :]

[Aniconic]

Hey everyone, I'm in the process of slowly thinking of Hero Ideas for afree for all Deathmatch Arena, and I was interested in some second opinions on overall ideas. :]

Forgive me if the Abilities are a little unbalanced, But I figured I should just get the basic Ideas out there so you guys could critique them as they apply to overall synergy and relevance to the theme of the hero.

Hunter -
Primary Attribute: Agility

Str: 18 @ +1.50 a level
Agil: 23 @ +2 a level
Int: 16 @ +.75

Abilities:

Summon Quill-hound - [Level 1 - 3]
Mana Cost: 55
30 sec cool down

Summon a trained Quilbeast companion to assist you in battle.

Level 1 stats: 200 Health and dealing 9 - 18 ranged physical damage, lasts 30.

Level 2 stats: 300 Health and dealing 10 - 20 ranged physical damage, Lasts 30 seconds.

Level 3 stats: 325 Health and dealing 12 - 24 ranged physical damage, Lasts 60 seconds.

Camouflage - [Level 1 - 3]
Mana cost: 75
30 second cool down

Gives all friendly units within range around the hunter convincing camouflage, making them invisible and reducing their movement speed by 25% for a short period of time, or until the hunter attacks.

Level 1 - Lasts a maximum of 8 seconds

Level 2 - Lasts a maximum of 10 seconds

Level 3 - Lasts a maximum of 15 seconds

True-shot Aura - [Level 1 - 3]
Passive Aura

An Aura that offers bonus damage for friendly ranged units.

Level 1 - Increases the damage dealt by friendly ranged units by 5%.

Level 2 - Increases the damage dealt by friendly ranged units by 7%.

Level 3 - Increases the damage dealt by friendly ranged units by 10%.

Build Hunter's Pillbox - [Level 1]
Mana cost: 150
120 second Cool down

Allows the hunter to construct a Pillbox that the hunter can occupy and shoot from. This structure has a passive camouflage ability that hides the pillbox. Lasts 45 seconds.

Level 1 - Creates a pillbox that the hunter can occupy and shoot from. Lasts 45 seconds.

All opinions welcome! This is my first hero, So by all means, be brutal, haha.

 

[HeX.16]

I like the first 3 abilities. They work well together for stalking enemies and hiding, waiting. The pillbox idea is a little boring to me as a hunter should be moving and chasing enemies, I would try to find a replacement.

 

[Aniconic]

I like the first 3 abilities. They work well together for stalking enemies and hiding, waiting. The pillbox idea is a little boring to me as a hunter should be moving and chasing enemies, I would try to find a replacement.

When I thought of it I was thinking it could be used as a last resort for the hunter if he was getting his ass kicked lol. Like assuming he was getting ganked, he could summon a pillbox and get in it quickly, or fall back to an already build one that was in hiding.

I see what your saying though, it would still be boring because you wouldn't be able to cast abilities for 45 seconds.

Maybe a trap ulti that the player could set every so often that stunned and dealt damage to the trap triggering unit? Or would that be annoying...?

 

[HeX.16]

Traps that can be set and detonated on command OR when an enemy is near to it would be nice. I would make it so i can be interchangeable by clicking(using) an ability that either the trap itself or the hero has. This idea is much more fun but more complex.

 

[Aniconic]

I love that idea!

What if:

I made a trigger that added a dummy ability called "Detonate" with "D" as the hotkey and in button position (2,1) if a unit learns the trap ability. When a player uses the trap ability and creates a mine in a location, have a trigger add that unit to a unit group array (player number of casting unit).

And finally, when a unit uses "detonate", a trigger will select all units in the unit group array of that player and kill those mine units/remove them from the unit group.

Think that would work?

 

[HeX.16]

It would. Its a rather simple trigger. If you need help post up what you have and i will help.

 

[Aniconic]

It would. Its a rather simple trigger. If you need help post up what you have and i will help.

I appreciate that a lot!

EDIT: Figured it out, Lol, alright on to some quick triggering!

 

[HeX.16]

Use the ability Berserk(orc ability) Set all the fields like durration(0.01) and bonuses to 0. Then make a trigger when this ability is cast. You run your trigger.]

• Test
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to **Dummy Ability**
  • Actions

 

[Aniconic]

Here is what I have so far.

Finished the code, but for whatever reason, Detonate (Dummy ability) isn't given to the learning unit :\

This trigger runs when a hero learns the Plant Explosive Ability:

• Learns Explosive charge
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Learns a skill
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Learned Hero Skill) Equal to Plant Explosive - [Level 1]
      • Then - Actions
        • Hero - Learn skill for (Learning Hero): Detonate!
      • Else - Actions

This runs when either one of the abilities are cast:

• Casts an ability
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Ability being cast) Equal to Plant Explosive - [Level 1]
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit Group - Add (Last created unit) to Planted_Bombs[(Player number of (Owner of (Casting unit)))]
      • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Ability being cast) Equal to Detonate!
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit Group - Pick every unit in Planted_Bombs[(Player number of (Owner of (Casting unit)))] and do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Unit - Kill (Picked unit)
      • Else - Actions

And finally, I added a remove unit from unit group with an if/then/else statement in my "a unit dies" trigger. If its TLDR, just read the bottom part.

• Unit Dies
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Dies
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Player Group - Pick every player in All_Players and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • And - All (Conditions) are true
              • Conditions
                • (Owner of (Dying unit)) Equal to (Picked player)
                • ((Dying unit) is A Hero) Equal to True
          • Then - Actions
            • Set Kills[(Player number of (Owner of (Killing unit)))] = (Kills[(Player number of (Owner of (Killing unit)))] + 1)
            • Set Deaths[(Player number of (Owner of (Dying unit)))] = (Deaths[(Player number of (Owner of (Dying unit)))] + 1)
            • Unit Group - Add (Dying unit) to Dead_Heroes
            • Unit Group - Remove (Dying unit) from Heroes
            • Set Kill_Camera_Visibility[(Player number of (Owner of (Dying unit)))] = (Last created visibility modifier)
            • Visibility - Create an initially Enabled visibility modifier for (Owner of (Dying unit)) emitting Visibility across Arena Whole <gen>
            • Camera - Lock camera target for (Owner of (Dying unit)) to (Killing unit), offset by (0.00, 0.00) using Default rotation
            • Set TempIntArray[(Player number of (Owner of (Dying unit)))] = (Player number of (Owner of (Killing unit)))
            • Game - Display to (All players) the text: (Player_Color[(Player number of (Owner of (Dying unit)))] + ((Name of (Owner of (Dying unit))) + (|r + ( was just killed by + (Player_Color[(Player number of (Owner of (Killing unit)))] + ((Name of (Owner of (Killing unit))) + (|r + !)))))))
          • Else - Actions
            • For each (Integer A) from 1 to (Number of players in All_Players), do (Actions)
              • Loop - Actions
                • Unit Group - Pick every unit in Planted_Bombs[(Integer A)] and do (Actions)
                  • Loop - Actions
                    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                      • If - Conditions
                        • (Dying unit) Equal to (Picked unit)
                      • Then - Actions
                        • Unit Group - Remove (Triggering unit) from Planted_Bombs[(Integer A)]
                      • Else - Actions

 

[HeX.16]

Use Add ability not learn ability.

 

[Aniconic]

Use Add ability not learn ability.

Ahh my bad.

 

[HeX.16]

If you want more feed back i would suggest a small test map with the hero, people like to see visual things rather than read xD

 

[Aniconic]

If you want more feed back i would suggest a small test map with the hero, people like to see visual things rather than read xD

Oh yeah sure thing, Hang on, I'll load everything into a map for you.

I've actually been having some serious issues with getting the game to put the mines into the correct unit group. :S

Edit: There it is :] as you can see i am an ability noob. It really couldn't be any less polished If i tried. Rofl. Oh well, I can deal with it later when we figure it out!

 

[HeX.16]

Here i fixed it a bit xD It works now xD

Added Camouflage its not exactly how you wanted but i dont have time to create it right now. Maybe a little later.

 

[Aniconic]

Here i fixed it a bit xD It works now xD

Thank you so much!