LOL, Luck?

[Joonie73]

Have you guys attacked an independent province, killed an uber-commander, and got a bunch of magic items? I just did! I killed a Hoburg uberfuhrer and got like 5 items.

[Psitticine]

That's quite a score! I've rarely seen the independent commanders with more than a single item or two, let alone be able to recover them more than once in a blue moon! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[LordArioch]

On some high indy difficulty I saw a special paladin of some nature wearing a full set of equipment bearing his name. I don't even think these items were normally forgable. He was a really nasty fellow with all his equipment and quite a surprise to my poor army.

[Taqwus]

Originally posted by LordArioch:
On some high indy difficulty I saw a special paladin of some nature wearing a full set of equipment bearing his name. I don't even think these items were normally forgable. He was a really nasty fellow with all his equipment and quite a surprise to my poor army. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Was his name Solaris, perchance?

[Joonie73]

Hoburg Uberfuhrer isn't even in the unit view map!

Who is Solaris, by the way?

Originally posted by Taqwus:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by LordArioch:
On some high indy difficulty I saw a special paladin of some nature wearing a full set of equipment bearing his name. I don't even think these items were normally forgable. He was a really nasty fellow with all his equipment and quite a surprise to my poor army. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Was his name Solaris, perchance? </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">

[LordArioch]

Actually, yes...that was Solaris now that you mention it. Nasty fellow, isn't he? Cool though.

[Joonie73]

Did you take him and his items at least?

Originally posted by LordArioch:
Actually, yes...that was Solaris now that you mention it. Nasty fellow, isn't he? Cool though. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">

[Taqwus]

I've never met Solaris, but I have browsed the strings in the executable, heh; had once been looking for things to wish for, e.g. items I couldn't forge even if investing a truly demented amount of gems to create a super archmage.

[Joonie73]

SO what were his stats? He's not even on the darn unit view map! And were his items really that awesome?

Originally posted by Taqwus:
I've never met Solaris, but I have browsed the strings in the executable, heh; had once been looking for things to wish for, e.g. items I couldn't forge even if investing a truly demented amount of gems to create a super archmage. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">

[Kristoffer O]

Solaris is a Paladin, but a very experienced and well equipped one. Thus his stats are hidden from mortal eyes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

There are some items that can't be forged by players. These can be found on special heroes that sometimes appear during map generation.

Specials such as these can only appear in nonscripted provinces. They are rather rare. A handful in a large game at most.

[Joonie73]

Where did you find all this?

Is there a readme file?

Originally posted by Nagot Gick Fel:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by Joonie73:
And were his items really that awesome?<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Sun battlesuit (sword, shield, helm & armor). Grants partial elemental resistance, extra magic resistance, awesome presence, berserk. IIRC the sword also inflicts extra fire damage. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Joonie73:
Where did you find all this?

Is there a readme file?<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Readme file, what for? Just kill the bugger and pick the booty.

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Joonie73:
And were his items really that awesome?<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Sun battlesuit (sword, shield, helm & armor). Grants partial elemental resistance, extra magic resistance, awesome presence, berserk. IIRC the sword also inflicts extra fire damage.

[Truper]

I met Solaris a couple of times in Dom1. In 1, his armor was described as giving elemental immunity, but I am certain that I killed him with a lightning bolt. It seemed that his fancy gear wasn't protecting him, but I don't know if it worked properly when equipped on a player's commander.

[Joonie73]

Are these well-equipped independent heroes randomly placed in the game?