About Hirelings
About Hirelings
So I have a problem with the damn mercs. Bugs and all kinds of other crap keep popping up with them (like gamr crashing if they get hit). I've come up with about 2 solutions, I can remove them - which lemmy say would definitly take care of the problem. Or I can remove there inventory.
Now another issue I have is, i can't 'add' new mercs in. By that i mean theres 5 hardcoded lines for mercs, all of which have to use a specific weapon which i don't get to choose. Theres some dll changes out there that let you set a 2nd or 3rd weapon option but in the end, the rogue merc always will be equipping a bow. On top of this, if i attempte to use another monster entry inted of the 5 provided items wont equip. You can try to equip items but they just vanish.
So there you go, i can remove mercs or remove there inventory as poll says above. If i just remove the inventory I can make far more then just 5 mercs, i could make 5 diffirent ones per act if i felt like it. There just wouldn't be any item customization for them.
Now another issue I have is, i can't 'add' new mercs in. By that i mean theres 5 hardcoded lines for mercs, all of which have to use a specific weapon which i don't get to choose. Theres some dll changes out there that let you set a 2nd or 3rd weapon option but in the end, the rogue merc always will be equipping a bow. On top of this, if i attempte to use another monster entry inted of the 5 provided items wont equip. You can try to equip items but they just vanish.
So there you go, i can remove mercs or remove there inventory as poll says above. If i just remove the inventory I can make far more then just 5 mercs, i could make 5 diffirent ones per act if i felt like it. There just wouldn't be any item customization for them.
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Its too lonely playing Singleplayer without mercs
My Vote -> Just remove the inventory
btw can i still give em potions?
My Vote -> Just remove the inventory
btw can i still give em potions?
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I voted for removal, though I am too used to A3 mercs. But with the current skill system, items etc. they get way too powerful. So I think removing them will be better. I don't think its good my A1 rouge to kill more monster than me, while I am trying to get to them as fast as possible, losing my stamina and when I get at their corner they're all dead for she killed them with 1 hit.
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Well AdiTT - like ive said Mercs, atm, are to powerful and broken and arnt ment to be used till i resolve it. I was more asking about the basic idea of them, do people like spending money on wh ats basically a summon you can Heal with potions (which should answer your question liquid - yes).
Player skill system has nothing to do with mercs. and with out items theres no way that would effect there performance. I mean thre all basically set up for befor i made the stat change, so everythings out of wack on them atm.
One thing id be able to do with out items is set up there progression so its a bit more in line with how it should be, and being more balanced =P
Player skill system has nothing to do with mercs. and with out items theres no way that would effect there performance. I mean thre all basically set up for befor i made the stat change, so everythings out of wack on them atm.
One thing id be able to do with out items is set up there progression so its a bit more in line with how it should be, and being more balanced =P
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i vote keep them in just rebalance them, or ever remove the temporarely till say B5...
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Yeah maybe a good idea to just remove them for B4 and re-introduce them later in the release. What do people think of that? Sure would clear my mind for this release get things done bit faster.
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[quote=Adhin";p="316181"]Yeah maybe a good idea to just remove them for B4 and re-introduce them later in the release. What do people think of that? Sure would clear my mind for this release get things done bit faster.[/quote]
This sounds very good to me!
This sounds very good to me!
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Eliminate a CLoD feature and you will doom yourself. Few people will accept the removal of something as 'useful' (overpowered) as mercs in classic LoD.
You'll bring down a torrent of 'y did u remove mercs did u now how imposibal it is 4 a sroc 2 not get pwned w/o merc!!!!! lolol idiot' on your head.
Of course, if the mod is not intended for the hoi polloi but only for people with something resembling a functional brain, eradicate them. Despite what a million lemmings will tell you, the CLoD sorc was more interesting in CD2 when mercs were just cannon fodder.
You'll bring down a torrent of 'y did u remove mercs did u now how imposibal it is 4 a sroc 2 not get pwned w/o merc!!!!! lolol idiot' on your head.
Of course, if the mod is not intended for the hoi polloi but only for people with something resembling a functional brain, eradicate them. Despite what a million lemmings will tell you, the CLoD sorc was more interesting in CD2 when mercs were just cannon fodder.
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Re: About Hirelings
[quote=Adhin";p="316048"]
Well AdiTT - like ive said Mercs, atm, are to powerful and broken and arnt ment to be used till i resolve it.[/quote]
Like killing them is that easy j/k
[quote=Adhin";p="316048"]
Player skill system has nothing to do with mercs. and with out items theres no way that would effect there performance. I mean thre all basically set up for befor i made the stat change, so everythings out of wack on them atm.[/quote]
I meant that while the character is developed by the new rules you have created the mercs are still going on a classic lvl "growing" and they are just unequal. As you have said - more bugged than unbalanced. So just need some cleaning I suppose. And ...
[quote=Adhin";p="316048"]
One thing id be able to do with out items is set up there progression so its a bit more in line with how it should be, and being more balanced =P
[/quote]
... can I vote again, this time for "Remove the inventory"?
Removing them now in B4 and re-introducing them in B5 seems the best idea as you will be able to balance them and clear the ideas you are commenting now - the inventory, the balance ...
@Brother Laz: nice comment. I think in Blackened Adhin has changed already enough things to get the mod in another category where something like removing the merc will be more applauded than ... hmm ... cursed.
EDIT: Are you sure removing the mercs won't cause more bugs? After all they are quest related partialy.
Well AdiTT - like ive said Mercs, atm, are to powerful and broken and arnt ment to be used till i resolve it.[/quote]
Like killing them is that easy j/k
[quote=Adhin";p="316048"]
Player skill system has nothing to do with mercs. and with out items theres no way that would effect there performance. I mean thre all basically set up for befor i made the stat change, so everythings out of wack on them atm.[/quote]
I meant that while the character is developed by the new rules you have created the mercs are still going on a classic lvl "growing" and they are just unequal. As you have said - more bugged than unbalanced. So just need some cleaning I suppose. And ...
[quote=Adhin";p="316048"]
One thing id be able to do with out items is set up there progression so its a bit more in line with how it should be, and being more balanced =P
[/quote]
... can I vote again, this time for "Remove the inventory"?
Removing them now in B4 and re-introducing them in B5 seems the best idea as you will be able to balance them and clear the ideas you are commenting now - the inventory, the balance ...
@Brother Laz: nice comment. I think in Blackened Adhin has changed already enough things to get the mod in another category where something like removing the merc will be more applauded than ... hmm ... cursed.
EDIT: Are you sure removing the mercs won't cause more bugs? After all they are quest related partialy.
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[quote=Adhin";p="316181"]Yeah maybe a good idea to just remove them for B4 and re-introduce them later in the release. What do people think of that? Sure would clear my mind for this release get things done bit faster.[/quote]
I like that idea. I'd also like to suggest using them (if you put in new anims/hirelings at least) by use of the Leadership feat. Make it more d20. ;;D
I like that idea. I'd also like to suggest using them (if you put in new anims/hirelings at least) by use of the Leadership feat. Make it more d20. ;;D
ah can't really do the Leadership feat. Thats a '1st lvl only' style thing (which really wouldn't matter i guess ultimately). Would require the racial charm act like a friendly aura which would mean id only have 5 things stats instead of the 11 im using now? no can do!
hmmm, now what i 'could' do, maybe, anyways is set it up via its own charm, all using the same base type (like racial charms do) so you can only have 1 in your possession at a time. Make it an item you buy, or do a set of items like that for Artifacts, so you either have something else or these domain like artifacts...either way I like the idea of the leadership feat helping others but doing {filtered} for you heh.
hmmm, now what i 'could' do, maybe, anyways is set it up via its own charm, all using the same base type (like racial charms do) so you can only have 1 in your possession at a time. Make it an item you buy, or do a set of items like that for Artifacts, so you either have something else or these domain like artifacts...either way I like the idea of the leadership feat helping others but doing {filtered} for you heh.
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Re: About Hirelings
If you can remove them, tell Onyx how to do that as well, he always wanted to do that on back to hellfire.
However, having lots of different hirelings also seems interesting...
And removing their inventories let you make more interesting unique items (no aura runeword mercs around this time).
As a source of inspiration i would recommend AD&D 2 second edition class kits.
However, having lots of different hirelings also seems interesting...
And removing their inventories let you make more interesting unique items (no aura runeword mercs around this time).
As a source of inspiration i would recommend AD&D 2 second edition class kits.
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Removing mercs is easy, its just knowing how as for mercs in the future, i have some code tricks up my sleeve, but thats just for me and Adhin to know atm
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