Conceptual Balance Series (Mod)

Cainehill · #1 December 21st, 2004, 02:53 AM

Well, the original elemental spells mostly took 2 gems; if they were 1 gem apiece they might be used....

I think the problem may be that if a communion can effectively use the spell, an uber mage (pretender, elemental king, etc) can spam it....

Crash · #2 December 21st, 2004, 03:13 AM

You have a good point.

Would modding the elementals themselves to make them a bit weaker be a solution?

Edi · #3 December 21st, 2004, 04:57 AM

All right, here are the readme files for the following mods:
CB Spells 1.6 and 1.7
CB Pretenders 1.9 and 2.01

If you're wondering about the 2.01 Version designation, it's because I fixed a couple of minor typos in the mod file and rearranged the pretenders to the same order they are listed in the readme so that future readme updates won't be such a goddamn fukking pain in the arse. The 2.01 Pretender mod is naturally included in the package.

Edi

Edi · #4 December 21st, 2004, 04:59 AM

Crash, I think the best solution would be to up the fatigue cost for the elemental summoning spells to around 90 to limit spamming (you could still spam if you had relief casters or bards when playing Man, but it would mitigate the problem somewhat. Adding a gem requirement for the full elementals would work, but I suspect the result would just be a lesser elemental spam.

Edi

jeffr · #5 December 21st, 2004, 05:28 PM

Edi, great work on the readme!

And of course, thanks to Zen, as well.

thanks for including the original value. It really helps in determining how much something was strengthened/weakened.

Edi · #6 December 21st, 2004, 07:14 PM

Quote:

jeffr said:
Edi, great work on the readme!

And of course, thanks to Zen, as well.

thanks for including the original value. It really helps in determining how much something was strengthened/weakened.

It was the only smart way to do it, my mistake that I didn't do so earlier. This way I won't have to refer back to my other documentation to see the actual effects. Thanks for your compliments.

Edi

DeathDaemon · #7 December 22nd, 2004, 06:48 AM

This mod is getting better and better! Thanks guys!

Edi, couple typos in readme:
-check the treelords' magic paths
(621) Treelord -> Vengeful Treelord
(980) Treelord -> Ageless Treelord

-missing parenthesis
(925) Tarrasque

Edi · #8 December 22nd, 2004, 07:58 AM

Indeed, thanks. Looks like I'd mistakenly put E2 for the Vengeful Treelord when it was supposed to be B2. Just for the record, Zen's spell mod switches around the treelord magics so that the one that used to have earth now has blood and vice versa, which accounts for some of the strangeness.

I'll fix the typos for the readme for the next Version.

Edi