version v1.057

[Stratego (dev)]

version v1.056 out in google play.

[Stratego (dev)]

some fixes on undead
- dark altar also gets 5 pierce damage
- bone golems have similar armors as the tower it is coming from
- gravediggers can floatthe corpses
- spirit tower has carry capacity

[Sunrise Samurai]

Float corpses? You mean spawn them in water?

Dark alter: finally. Wondered when that was gonna happen.
Spirit tower: great idea.

[Constantin]

Float corpses? You mean spawn them in water?

He meant that you can move corpses with your finger across the screen with the green color of the indicator
(also as a builder chooses a place to build a building), which makes grave diggers very convenient to use. Also you dont need to put them any more at special to create skeleton dragons.

[Stratego (dev)]

new feature: we can animate a building that can carry units!

here as a sample the "spirit tower", and its json for sample

uos 10

[Stratego (dev)]

imperial crossbowman is in.
uos 5

[makazuwr32]

Good.

[Stratego (dev)]

new updates on how-shadow-grows campaign, uos 20

i must point out that these maps by Julien Pope are AWESOME! they are very detailed
-> i thought of running a vote on nicest campaigns in game (in different aspects: most detailed and nice, best gameplay, best triggered gameplay, what else?)

[makazuwr32]

Best storyline maybe?

[Sunrise Samurai]

Might want to mention a few things like goblin grenade and combining the orc cavalry upgrades into one tech.

[makazuwr32]

In this update?

[Stratego (dev)]

Might want to mention a few things like goblin grenade and combining the orc cavalry upgrades into one tech.

those are buggy yet, working on it

[Ayush Tiwari]

With this update,can we make Olog Hai?

450th post in 83 days.Last 8 days had 50 posts

[Alexander82]

Might want to mention a few things like goblin grenade and combining the orc cavalry upgrades into one tech.

The requirement for cavalry will br both race tech + cavalry tech

I plan to do the same for giants.

I want to make the Orc tech tree a bit more complicated cause at the moment there are techs you can just ignore to research to go directly toward the best options.

[Sunrise Samurai]

Sounds good to me. I noticed the work in progress kind of names for the techs, that look like file names more than anything. Figured that would get worked out soon, probably with some more changes to it. Looking forward to seeing a more in depth tech tree. I like seeing goblin grenade requires goblin shout, for example.

[Ayush Tiwari]

What about Olog Hai?Can we build them now?

[Stratego (dev)]

in the productions list you see the required tech to upgrade a unit to a upggraded version of the unit (in detailed mode)

uos 20

[Stratego (dev)]

mega orc race rework techs and tech dependencies and so on.

[Alexander82]

All uruk units will be tied to their subrace and to other categories' techs

[DoomCarrot]

Lol we still need the dragon rebalance so I can use them against menselot without feeling guilty about it.

[Ayush Tiwari]

Please tell what is that tech from where we can research the raptor to elite,because O researched the upgrades tech,I knew I have to research one more tech,but I can't find it,where?

[Sunrise Samurai]

Raptor upgrades are now combined with the warg upgrades. One tech does all.

[General Brave]

?

[Sunrise Samurai]

Developer version thing. You'll see when it's published General. Orcs are getting some massive changes. Mostly to make their tech tree make sense.

[Ayush Tiwari]

I thinl that idea is a good one.
However,to make sense,warg is completely different from raptos

[Sunrise Samurai]

Perhaps the mount is different, but I think the training is more for the rider anyway.

[Alexander82]

I adopted a general idea that to upgrade elite units you need the race tech plus an additional tech. In case of uruks you need the base race tech (orc or troll), the uruk tech and, for elite units such as the olog hai, the elite type specifi tech.

Example:

Orc infantry: require orc techs
Orc cavalry: require orc techs and cavalry techs
Orc king: requires orc techs and giant techs

Every unit will upgrade under this new logic

For example the squig rider will require cavalry techs and goblin techs

Cave Troll upgrades will require troll plus giant

And so on

The reason behind that choice are multiple:

Before this you could start upgrading the only units you needed (e.g. Orc kings) ignoring all the rest.

Now to have a strong upgraded unit researching at least 2 techs will be required.

Also you won't ignore anymore orc infantry sinxe you are forced to research it anyway if you want stronger units tio.

During a game it will be necessary to use progressively stronger units and having the strongest one will require a heavyer effort from the player.

[Sunrise Samurai]

Personally, I like it. Orcs have a very strong late game presence, and many possible strategies. This simply forces you to take them in stages. At minimum, it encourages the use of basic orcs before moving to uruks or giants, and basic orcs can be very strong in themselves.

[Ayush Tiwari]

Alexander,please clarify,orc tech,troll tech,giant tech?Where are they,in-game?
Giant,means Orc Leader To Warlord,and Warlord To Orc King.
What is troll tech?
Is orc tech,the upgrades,in which orcs improve,like axe thrower,swordsman,armoured warrior?
I think I should update the game,to make it more clear.

[Sunrise Samurai]

Short form:
Orc leader to warlord tech requires you to research orcs to elite orcs first. Orc warlord to king requires you to research elite orcs to master orcs first.

Similarly, the orc cavalry to elite requires orcs to elite orcs first, as does uruks to uruk XP 1

Trolls, including ologs, will be similarly dependant on the techs for upgrading headhunters, and goblins will depend on the tech that upgrades goblin spearmen and archers.

This pretty much gives a straightforward tech treebased from the basic upgrade techs, rather than the randomness of being able to jump​ to any tech you want right away. Previously, it was all too easy to start with raptors and​ switch straight to uruks and orc kings to get some late game power going in the early part of mid game.