Dragonia - New Fantasy Mod

[Quinzy]

i think that either of those are good

 

[Darque]

Good news everyone. Looking at the amount of free time I have, and how much work is left....it looks like the next Dragonia beta release will be available in 1-2 weeks! This release will include:

• 33 New Naval Units
• 24+ New non-Naval Units
• Reorganization of Furn unit progresssion
• 5 New Resources
• New LH for Runehaven Elves
• Updated Advisor Screen graphics
• Tech Tree Updates
• Large update to Civilopedia
• Map Updates
• Bug Fixes
• And possible other updates as well.

 

[bigdog5994]

darque you da man, cant wait

 

[Stormrage]

My idea with the elemental nodes follows this example:

But...if you still feel this idea sucks, my next idea is to have a resource called manashards. Manashards would be crystals that when used in the spellcasing ritual, increase the strength of the spell. The manashards would be a rare resource that can appear in any terrain.

That sounds like the Mana Crystal resource idea I have for the SFM!, allows spellcasters (mages, wizards, etc.) and magic related buildings (wizard`s guild, healer`s house, etc..). Nice thinking

 

[bigdog5994]

wow i just read the other post i love it

 

[Darque]

OK...based on feedback I'll use mana stones instead of elemental nodes. Should I have a single mana stone resource, or should I seperate them into four different crystals? (Maybe Water Crystal, Pyroxene, Airshards, and Geodes)

 

[bigdog5994]

i think you should seperate em

 

[Quinzy]

if you want more obscure/archaic sounding names i can bastardise Gaelic words for them for you?
such as:

english---irish---new
water----uisce--Ishka
fire------tine---chin-ah
earth----cré----cray
wind-----gaoth-goui

 

[Darque]

Sounds interesting...how about:
water - Ishka Crystal
fire - Gems of Chin-Ah
earth - Cre Stone
wind - Goui Shard

 

[Stormrage]

Turn Cre Stone to Cray Stone, sounds cooler, and you are on a roll there

 

[Darque]

OK...here is a preview of the new resources:

 

[Stormrage]

Looks nice

 

[bigdog5994]

cool i like all the stones but i dont really like the boars and also i dont really like the exotic animals icon (egg) either or the stone icon, WH has some really nice resources maybe you should look there

 

[Darque]

Show me a pic of your choice of an alternate graphic for those resources and I will consider them.

 

[bigdog5994]

ok i dont know where to downlaod them but here some pictures of them.

 

[Darque]

I have the resource images for all of those except the nest with smaller egg.

How does everyone else weight in? Use the graphics currently in Dragonia? Or switch some/all to bigdog's suggestions?

 

[Stormrage]

I hate WH boars - took me a month to realise it wasn`t a dead fish in the marshes.. Yours is much better, altho I`ve seen one even better, can`t remember where, tho.

 

[bigdog5994]

storm come on now that boar is way better than the fat lil piggy doodle darque chose, and what about that egg that egg is the bomb right? and the stone resource look more like a stone quarry than the one that in game already

 

[Quinzy]

go with what you want Darque, i'm just glad my suggestions were taken in

 

[Darque]

My personal opinions:
Stone blocks...they look too perfectly cut and industrialized for a fantasy mod.
The WH boar...hard to see. The colors blend in too much. (BTW anyone have a good civopedia image for a boar?)
The egg is fine, but I would need a copy of the resource image used.

Quinzy, what IS your opinion?