Re: Heroes and Special Characters
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Originally Posted by Bwian
What we can't do, though, is make the heroes anything special in terms of abilities. Yes... you can bump up the stats to make them tougher and more effective in combat ... but that is all.
What you end up with is a unit that is just stronger..... and not a hero.
Generals can have abilities that bump up combat stats and morale for the whole unit, and have a major impact if they are killed in a battle. This fits just as well with the 'hero' concept. It's also easier to fit into the general concept of a hero.
You wouldn't band your heroes together in a single unit....but they would be leading troops into battle or fighting single combats. These options are limited in a TW game, which is about units combat not individuals. I think making heroes a unit detracts from what they are supposed to be.... and adds nothing in terms of what they are actually supposed to be.
I don't want to sound like i'm saying this to Bwian or anything, but I think that just this should be done, at least until they have a working mod on their hands. other than obsessing about all the small detail's that they can do, such as giving general's varied appearances, or special banner's or ability's to make them fight amongst themselves. This is just wishfull thinking
Re: Heroes and Special Characters
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Originally Posted by Born in lust for blood
Well you can always use imagination to make special characters. In a sense every family member is a special character so why not have them as your own unique special characters. I still remember Richard the brave who had 10 command stars at the age of 22( no cheating) and held of hordes of tumurids at bay!:beam:
Which is what Warhammer has always been about to a lot of gamers. Obviously there is a big market in the special characters but my regular group of gamers (sadly all moved on so I no longer get to play *sigh*) didn't really use them. We enjoyed creating our own narrative and our own "historical" characters. Something the Total War games are perfect for I think you'll agree!
