Overworld and Adventures

Yes.

 

Thats good. Also, will necromancer be a class that you can be in that mode, I'd love to have a zombie horde at my command!

 

Cool, but how does the first necromancer get his powers?
Is there like a magic orb or something to get?

Also, how will you get other magic, because i quite like an order of sorcerers.
Will there be scrolls which people can share?

Also, what types of magic will there be?
In many games i've played with it in, magic is either hideously overpowered or extremely underpowered, so how are you guys going to make it work? (not trying to be skeptical, just how it usually is)

 

What if you wanted to switch from a heavy juggernaut to a nimble archer, i don't really think that would work.

 

I would kind of like to see gaining a magic class as an epic quest, but you only start with one spell, and you have to go kill AI wizards to steal theirs one by one.

 

That would be good as long as its easy-ish to get some of the weaker spells.

 

I figure you fight wizards one spell above you, or each AI wizard has only one spell, so it would vary, depending on the wizard.

 

Yes, and he drops a scroll for the spell he had, making it possible for the entire raiding party to get that spell, or maybe the scrolls could only be used 5 times or so before they disappear. Of course the wizard would only use the one spell he has the scroll for. (awkward if he uses heal) Also, the spells should be put into tiers, with a better castle for a better tiered wizard. And maybe you can only learn the spell if you have a spell of the tier below it already or the spell is tier 1.

 

This just sounds more and more epic every glimpse I get at it.

Could I be a bard?

 

That would be the best class ever, sings to increase dmg and defense or something else

 

If I've understood it right, your ''class'' will be based on the items you have - not any specicif, premade class.

 

Thats even better.

 

I hope I can get a legit harp.

 

harps are lame, I want a battle trombone.

 

Nah, I'm getting bagpipes! Makes the enemy run away from me cos I'm so bad!

 

I assume there will not be bombs anymore then, or any way a brand new character can just buy an extremely lethal tool or trap, being able to kill these '3 hour characters' in suicidal charges and not risking much in return, in real life this was the end to Knighthood because a peasant with a crossbow can kill a knight who trained his whole life.

Sounds cool how magic will be earned, harder than the other classes ? Or do warriors and such need to obtain gear whereas a wizard would only need to obtain new spells and not worry about his robe/staff/hat/etc ? I think magic users should be a starting class or at least available early on. You start as an Apprentice with a staff, but cant actually cast any magic and will most likely need help obtaining the spells, which suits them as a supporting role for guilds, and much safer from front line conflict, a valuable guild tool indeed.

 

With the bombs: They should be much more expensive, and you will need a bomb making scroll to build the workshop, the scroll will be used up in the process. This means only the most hard working guilds can actually get bombs.

With the magic: I think the staff/wand should automatically have a spell enchanted into it to make it a staff/wand. This means the starting wizard will have at least something to get started with, and it will also give you two possibilities for getting magic, although you can only have one staff/wand equipped at a time. A hat will most likely include a defensive enchantment, a high level one being something like immunity to explosions. The robe will contain mana bonuses. eg. more max mana/more mana regeneration. If the devs don't use mana the robe will just look cool. Also, i think the staffs should have differences to wands. eg. the wands are more powerful but cost more mana and an equivalent staff will be less powerful and cost less mana. So a staff of explosion will have less explosion range than a wand of explosion, but the wand will cost more mana. Obviously they are both high level equipment as we CERTAINLY don't want level 1 wizards blowing up level 20 Juggernauts.

Also, a few ideas for spells:

Lightning
Fires a small bolt of electricity that does a half heart of damage and is blockable by the knights shield. It flies in a straight line and stuns whoever it hits (unless blocked). BUT whatever it hits (mud or a builder or a knights shield) it fires a giant bolt of lightning from the sky at after a few seconds, causing big damage and setting things on fire. This second bolt is unblockable, but easily avoided if you weren't stunned by the first bolt. This spell is ineffective when used indoors or underground because the second bolt wont hit its target. Effective against sky bridges, even ones of stone as you can fire at the bottom of it and the big bolt will still hit the top, destroying the catapult they were using against your base.
Generally if lightning hits water it spreads across the water, doing less damage as it spreads, but can still damage a lot of people. Obviously the higher the damage the bigger the spread.

Rain
Makes it rain for a minute or so, putting out fires, making most things that rely on fire to do damage ineffective. (Fire arrows, burning buildings, the fireball spell)

Heal
Pretty obvious really, priests would probably start with this spell.

Also, I think that wizards should have:
Mouse Left; Use wand/ staff spell
Mouse Right; Use selected spell
'f'; Select spell (used with mouse right)(these would be the ones learned by collecting magic scrolls)
The hat and robe enchantments are passive so don't need a key to use.