Lair Larrikin
Posts: 15
Joined: Saturday, 1st June 2013, 01:30
Beogh Overhaul
Trouble is, it's very annoying, and you often feel powerless to prevent orcs from dying because you have so many, and when you do manage to level up an orc, he's irreplaceable, since most things will oneshot regular orcs. Peity spillover helps with the second problem, but not the first, since that swarm of orcs very often killsteals, preventing you from leveling the weakest ones with your kills.
Bring the rate of conversion down significantly, but when an orc converts, immediately equip him with a cloak, boots, helmet, gloves, a leather armor, a weapon, and name him. The orcs you get will be more survivable and better in combat, and because you aren't being swarmed with them or losing LOS the moment you go into a corridor, you can be more strategic, take hits for them, and assign EXP as you wish. Equipment will be upgraded as they increase in rank, and vanishes if they die. This also removes the need for an ally equip menu.
Triple the damage of smite and make it rely on level instead on Invoc. It's an expensive attack, and it should reflect that by being very useful. For instance, you go into an ice cave and see a fiend at the end. Knowing one torment could end your army, you use 9-15 peity to make it go away. Currently smite is borderline useless because it requires you to level a skill specifically for it, and you rarely need smite's special properties to kill something. Peity cost can be increased to reflect it's usefulness.
Beogh's orc gifts should be made a ****** ability that costs 10-12 peity, and gives you a level appropriate orc follower with items as determined above, so it isn't tedious to go back to orc, pick up a fresh batch, and tab into an ugly thing pack to make them useful.
Water walking should also apply to lava, and all orcs should gain your buffs and resistances. I honestly don't think this is overpowered, because they are not as easily replacable as other allies, it makes sense to give them a special trait. It's also thematic, because orc knights already buff other orcs, and you are THE orc leader.
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- rosstin