28FEB11 - NATURE & NPC EXPANSION

28FEB11 - NATURE & NPC EXPANSION

Hi all,

You may have noticed over the last day or so, but if not - we've expanded the seeding of nature units onto the map, and greatly expanded the types of unit that are seeded.

These new Nature and semi-monstrous units are sympathetic to the Geography and Biomes in Illyriad, as well as sympathetic (although for the sake of gameplay, not completely accurately) to natural cluster sizes.

The size returned by clicking on a Nature spawn is now entirely relative to the number of units on the square and so is no longer an accurate measure of difficulty between different spawn types.  To explain: "A Handful of Wild Dogs" remains an easy kill; however "A Handful of Mammoths" is going to be more diffiult.

Whilst this overall geography and biome information is much more visible (and makes much more sense) in UIv2 than in the current User Interface, the new units are available to attack on both interfaces.

130 new units have been added to the existing 15, and Arakvar and Sslipentin (Serpentkin) have been retired from the seeding algorithm as they will be controlled in future via the Faction AI rather than natural (static) seeding. Any troop movements currently underway against Arakvar or Serpentkin will complete as expected.

NPC Mercenary Army Factions (Crimson Dawn, Treggar's Crows, Brotherhood of Kerala, Bayne's Irregulars & Marauding Skullsplitters) will continue to spawn statically on the map for the meantime.

We do plan to add more NPC nature units in time, but this release is the major tranche.

The Units are as follows:

• WILD DOGS
  
• BROWN BEARS
  
• WOLVES
  
• GIANT SPIDERS
  
• GIANT SNAKES
  
• POLAR BEARS
  
• ARCTIC WOLVES
  
• SNOW LEOPARDS
  
• ICE SALAMANDERS
  
• POISONOUS CRAWLERS
  
• GIANT SCUTTLERS
  
• SCRITCHERS
• SCALED CHARGERS
• SALAMANDERS
• ANACONDAS
• JAGUARS
• LEOPARDS
• GIANT SCORPIONS
• ELEPHANTS
• RHINOCEROS
• CORAL SNAKES
• LIONS
• TIGERS
• PUMAS
• COBRAS
• ALLIGATORS
• GIANT BEETLES
• BABOONS
• FIRE SALAMANDERS
• GIANT RATS
• BLACK BEARS
  

There are, actually, more seeded onto the map than the ones listed above; but we wanted to have some secrets

We have not seeded purely Aquatic creatures onto the map yet, but these will come with the  naval/maritime release.  We have also avoided seeding winged nature onto the map for the moment.

In terms of "what do these creatures do besides wait for us to kill them"... ah well, that all comes later. And mighty fine it is too.

In the meantime, please enjoy your new beasties!

Best wishes,

GM Stormcrow


Edited by GM Stormcrow - 28 Feb 2011 at 16:44

Very good!!!
Just beggining searching for all of them!

Except i'm guessing the "Armadillos" in this game are about 7 feet tall at shoulder height. You'd need some pretty hefty Knights to be able to tackle those.

Great jobs GMs- but where are the Unicorns!

PUMA!!!!

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Subject:	Victorious battle against Pumas (NPCs)'s forces at Square -570|106 by G0DsDestroyer's forces from Ásgarðr
Two opposing forces clash against each other. Cavalry comes into its own when able to strike hostile forces at will, and from unexpected directions - and nowhere is this more feasible than on open plains. Lightly armoured spear units, however, prefer terrain where there's some cover available. Fighting defensively on open plains, cavalry draws strength from the ability to form and reform their lines of engagement depending on the direction of battle, and it is here where cavalry excels. Attackers: Unit: Quantity: Casualties: Survivors: Commander: Thor Knight 1 Damaged for 0, 100 health remains. Troops: Knights 500 1 499 Defenders: Unit: Quantity: Casualties: Survivors: Troops: Adolescent Pumas 7 7 0 Troops: Wiry Pumas 3 3 0 Your victorious troops retrieved: 156 from the slain foes.