Kael
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No way I'm typing out this entire game, but here's a few screen shots I collected while playing. Enjoy!
0.34 Game Test - The Illians
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Corlis
Warlord
Oh good heavens...
Let's see:
- Auric can ascend to godhood. Looks like he can annihilate armies (and probably my video card) in one hit!
- Priests of Winter are in, and can drag around Blizzards
- Illians can build something/someone called Samhains (that's something to do with a real world religion IRL, isn't it? Maybe Wicca?)
- The new mana types are in. Auric predictably loses Water for Ice
- Ice Elementals are summonable
- Lairs can be explored (I think the previous preview confirmed this for us)
- Drifa is baaaaaack! Seems like she's built, but Wilboman still has his Hero promotion so I suppose he's the resurrectable one
Zechnophobe
Strategy Lich
Samhain was a world project, so may not be Illian in specific. Either way, though, it's not a unit, but a building of some kind.
Darksaber1
Secret Emperor
Samhain... had a... frostling picture....:falls on floor in shock and awe:
:falls on floor in shock and awe:
Atnanor
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Perp and Sheiam were Order in that game, looks like the only ones who were order, lol.
Only see priests of winter however, no high priest upgrades and such?
Only see priests of winter however, no high priest upgrades and such?
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Oh wow. Amazing. Glad to see that the Illians are coming in a big way.
I'm so incredibly excited for .34 now.
haha, does Auric have a "God" race type as well?
- I noticed that a ice/hills tile gave 1 food/ 1 hammer. another ice/river plot gives 2/1/1 output
- Samhain has a picture of Mokka as the icon
- Auric is 60 strength and as fitting for the god of stasis, cannot gain levels
- New building art
I'm so incredibly excited for .34 now.
haha, does Auric have a "God" race type as well?
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I noticed that you can see what techs the other civs are researching, so it looks like some aspects of passive espionage effects from BtS are being incorporated into the next version.
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o.O
Words can not describe the level of awesome that has just been unleashed upon us. Post .34, I may never play any civ but the Illians ever again. Kael, you have completely blown me away. I expected the Illians to have less than half of what has just been revealed... "Maybe they'll make Auric buildable", I thought. "They'll probably do something small with the White Hand", I thought. "Drifa probably won't show up outside of scenarios", I thought. Holy crap...
I don't think I have been looking forward to the release of a game this much since... hm... Spore? Maybe? The only thing I know for sure I've been this psyched about before was Shadow... XD
EDIT: I just noticed that Auric Ascended has strength 60. SIXTY? Jebus almighty that's ridiculous.
Words can not describe the level of awesome that has just been unleashed upon us. Post .34, I may never play any civ but the Illians ever again. Kael, you have completely blown me away. I expected the Illians to have less than half of what has just been revealed... "Maybe they'll make Auric buildable", I thought. "They'll probably do something small with the White Hand", I thought. "Drifa probably won't show up outside of scenarios", I thought. Holy crap...
I don't think I have been looking forward to the release of a game this much since... hm... Spore? Maybe? The only thing I know for sure I've been this psyched about before was Shadow... XD
EDIT: I just noticed that Auric Ascended has strength 60. SIXTY? Jebus almighty that's ridiculous.
Zechnophobe
Strategy Lich
How are you seeing the food hammer output there?
xienwolf
Deity
Hrm... Icon for Ice Mana is a bit of a square shape 
But quite livable. I do say that I suspect you staged the Hyborem/Wilboman and Drifa/Acheron battles 
Spells appear to be interesting. Worldspell Icon is nifty, Auric can "ascend" to be Mulcarn reborn and has a nifty personal spell when he does so. Drifa is brought to life by a ritual, and there is a ritual available on turn 1 to bring out... Mokka? Not sure I remember the icon, but it is from AoI.
Have to drag a blizzard along behind your priests, that might get a few people to whine about micro. But the Ice Elemental has a pretty summon animation at the least. And the counterpart to Ring of Fire seems nifty, be nice if the only way to get a Blizzard started was if that successfully kills a unit (and it does low damage with no damage limit naturally - but as it did 40% in the screenie, that is obviously not the case).
New goblins and the adventure stuff also looks good, but doesn't reveal too much I suppose
And what kind of Debug mode were you running to see what everyone is researching, but not have all tiles revealed? Odd that.
But quite livable. I do say that I suspect you staged the Hyborem/Wilboman and Drifa/Acheron battles Spells appear to be interesting. Worldspell Icon is nifty, Auric can "ascend" to be Mulcarn reborn and has a nifty personal spell when he does so. Drifa is brought to life by a ritual, and there is a ritual available on turn 1 to bring out... Mokka? Not sure I remember the icon, but it is from AoI.
Have to drag a blizzard along behind your priests, that might get a few people to whine about micro. But the Ice Elemental has a pretty summon animation at the least. And the counterpart to Ring of Fire seems nifty, be nice if the only way to get a Blizzard started was if that successfully kills a unit (and it does low damage with no damage limit naturally - but as it did 40% in the screenie, that is obviously not the case).
New goblins and the adventure stuff also looks good, but doesn't reveal too much I suppose
And what kind of Debug mode were you running to see what everyone is researching, but not have all tiles revealed? Odd that.
MagisterCultuum
Great Sage
Awesome!
I may have to drop two classes so I can have time to play this.
It doesn't look to me like Drifa was built. I'm guessing that Stir from Slumber is a new ritual that must be completed in order to unleash dragons on the world-possibly making all the dragons whose civs are present al enter the world at once.
Not sure what Samhain is (other than a Celtic holiday that eventually became Halloween), but the icon for this ritual looks like Mokka to me.
Auric Ascended looks better than Mulcarn ever did. I do however think it would be better still if his hair and beard had turned white by the time he became a god. Mulcarn's persona is one of a grumpy old man after all. Blue eyes might be more appropriate than red too.
What kind of stats/abilities do Ice elementals have?
So, is Ice the only new sphere for this version? It would be nice to finally have all 21 spheres in, even if they would need tweaking in future versions. I find that most of FF's new spheres' spells are pretty good, although the Ice spells there kinda suck.
I may have to drop two classes so I can have time to play this.
It doesn't look to me like Drifa was built. I'm guessing that Stir from Slumber is a new ritual that must be completed in order to unleash dragons on the world-possibly making all the dragons whose civs are present al enter the world at once.
Not sure what Samhain is (other than a Celtic holiday that eventually became Halloween), but the icon for this ritual looks like Mokka to me.
Auric Ascended looks better than Mulcarn ever did. I do however think it would be better still if his hair and beard had turned white by the time he became a god. Mulcarn's persona is one of a grumpy old man after all. Blue eyes might be more appropriate than red too.
What kind of stats/abilities do Ice elementals have?
So, is Ice the only new sphere for this version? It would be nice to finally have all 21 spheres in, even if they would need tweaking in future versions. I find that most of FF's new spheres' spells are pretty good, although the Ice spells there kinda suck.
FfH2 teamorangelex44
Partisan
Did anyone else notice the new button on the top left corner?
I wanna press it....
And Auric isn't a hero, he's an angel!?!?! (looks like angel in the upgrade panel)
Plus, there's a screen where a Farm is built on Ice terrain. Actually, a lot of the Illian territory seems to be frosty.
I like the new goblin archers, by the way.
HOW do you play a game where Wilboman squares off against Hyborem AND Drifa fights Acheron? Seriously, that's like a double biggie beastie battle.
I wanna press it....
And Auric isn't a hero, he's an angel!?!?! (looks like angel in the upgrade panel)
Plus, there's a screen where a Farm is built on Ice terrain. Actually, a lot of the Illian territory seems to be frosty.
I like the new goblin archers, by the way.
HOW do you play a game where Wilboman squares off against Hyborem AND Drifa fights Acheron? Seriously, that's like a double biggie beastie battle.
If anybody told me that somebody created a game better than FfH .33 I would have said they were mad, that they obviously didn't understand gaming and excellence of design and strategy.
But if looks like the FfH team can beat itself. This is like the infinite impossibility drive in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy -- if the game keeps getting better at this rate, soon it will be impossible to make the game better!
From the early look, Kudos the the FfH design team!
Best wishes,
Breunor
But if looks like the FfH team can beat itself. This is like the infinite impossibility drive in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy -- if the game keeps getting better at this rate, soon it will be impossible to make the game better!
From the early look, Kudos the the FfH design team!
Best wishes,
Breunor
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Atnanor
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The buildings look surprisingly nice and advanced for the Illians.
KillerClowns
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Showing us these screenshots is either an act of supreme kindness, or one of the most brilliant torture methods ever devised.
Holy Chaos, is that... Auric gone Mulcarn?! Drifa!?!? Ye gods, what is that ritual for?!?
I notice the Priest of Winter is specifically named. Did you just name him yourself? Or are they great people like Grigori Heroes?
EDIT: Wait, 60?!? With four moves and flying?!? Guess Meshabber of Dis is gonna have to chill out (terrible pun intended). Ye gods, if I have to choose between preventing Armageddon and keeping Auric mortal, I'll arm myself against the horsemen and go straight for Auric...
Holy Chaos, is that... Auric gone Mulcarn?! Drifa!?!? Ye gods, what is that ritual for?!?
I notice the Priest of Winter is specifically named. Did you just name him yourself? Or are they great people like Grigori Heroes?
EDIT: Wait, 60?!? With four moves and flying?!? Guess Meshabber of Dis is gonna have to chill out (terrible pun intended). Ye gods, if I have to choose between preventing Armageddon and keeping Auric mortal, I'll arm myself against the horsemen and go straight for Auric...
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