Mages of the Rainbow

Bander · Post by **Bander** » August 6th, 2004, 5:54 pm

As long as he's not loyal...

autolycus · Post by **autolycus** » August 6th, 2004, 5:59 pm

Oh no, he'd never be loyal. Alchemists are all mercenary types.

Dacyn · Post by **Dacyn** » August 6th, 2004, 6:15 pm

so this would be a traitless unit?

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » August 7th, 2004, 2:32 am

I guess it would have to be, to stop the game generating the unit with the trait "loyal". Seems a little strange though, a mage that makes money. It could be very useful. Just have him sit by the keep all scenario.

autolycus · Post by **autolycus** » August 7th, 2004, 6:42 am

Actually, I think of it as an interesting player temptation: do you go with the sure income which takes up a slot and can't be used freely early in the game in case you make a loss? Or do you buy or recall more useful units? If you price a L(-1) $mage at 20 gold, it would take 20 turns to recoup your investment. To get him to level down to L(-2) would be tough as well, because if he dies before turn 20, you actually make a loss. Then again, if he levels down, he is worth 2 gold per turn after that...

MadMax · Post by **MadMax** » August 7th, 2004, 1:59 pm

I don't like this idea. It violates the entire principle of income and upkeep.

kupo · Post by **kupo** » August 7th, 2004, 3:25 pm

I like the idea of the alchemist, and him making money. I also liked the idea of him firing gold coins as an attack. Maybe he has a pretty good attack, but it costs a gold for every "shot"

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » August 7th, 2004, 3:27 pm

kupo wrote:I like the idea of the alchemist, and him making money. I also liked the idea of him firing gold coins as an attack. Maybe he has a pretty good attack, but it costs a gold for every "shot"

This will not be implemented.

Post by **turin** » August 7th, 2004, 3:28 pm

kupo wrote:I like the idea of the alchemist, and him making money. I also liked the idea of him firing gold coins as an attack. Maybe he has a pretty good attack, but it costs a gold for every "shot"

Too much like mana, which dave has said we will NOT have.