THE TRENT WAR --- a new campaign!

[Axeslammer]

Originally Posted by 1darklord

The Paladin was level 5, I was managing but each battle was very tough losing me units, that I was struggling to replace.

I had the same problem, but I managed....it added to the difficulty (I thought it was part of playing as Paladin which I never did before).

From level 12-ish to 22 (where I am/was now) units where no longer a *serious* issue and limitation.

[Sirlancelot]

I didn't have much trouble with the Paladin at the start, once you find all the recruiting shops you have plenty of units to keep forward. You can feel overwhelmed though if you try to kill some of the heroes or the boss before reaching that point.

I killed the Kraken at level 8 or 9 and did the Heroic challenge even later.

[raknefne]

To 1darklord: to test Mana price u could open Trent\trent.kfs and find spells.txt, then search for animal. Call of nature is called spell_call_animal I think. Change Mana to 15-25-35. It will work in current game.

[1darklord]

I actually managed the heroic challenge with my level 5 Paladin. Mostly by using the Trap spell, combined with the Dragons push.

Left my army pretty anhilated though.

Daniel.

[1darklord]

Originally Posted by raknefne

To 1darklord: to test Mana price u could open Trent\trent.kfs and find spells.txt, then search for animal. Call of nature is called spell_call_animal I think. Change Mana to 15-25-35. It will work in current game.

Good idea, I've made this change. (I didn't realise it was so easy to mod)

Daniel.

[1darklord]

Well about 15 fights since and the new values feel way more balanced. The difficulty feels much better now as I had very little spare Mana after casting, giving me a genuine choice.

I'm casting the order magic blades spell quite a lot now, at 7 Mana for level 2 it does a lot of damage, so is pretty efficient.

Daniel.

[raknefne]

Good to hear. I'm cruising games these days, will have a go with a mage in trent and test the Call nature spell. BTW modding in .txt files is relatively easy, its the .lua files that are more complicated! For instance when I made several new items for Trent, I just had to have a 52x52 pic, adding a copy-paste code from existing item and just change a few stats, and ofc add text for the item. Also spells are easy to mod. If you create a completely new spell it is more difficult, easy to adjust existing spells. Also let me know about the new items you find, the the general 2-items set combo which is ofc easier to find but with a lesser bonus than a 3-4 items set. Most new items is low level items/set.

If you are still cruising you could consider having a stack of marauder for gold, in trent they pick up about 25% more than vanilla...

[1darklord]

Originally Posted by raknefne

Good to hear. I'm cruising games these days, will have a go with a mage in trent and test the Call nature spell. BTW modding in .txt files is relatively easy, its the .lua files that are more complicated! For instance when I made several new items for Trent, I just had to have a 52x52 pic, adding a copy-paste code from existing item and just change a few stats, and ofc add text for the item. Also spells are easy to mod. If you create a completely new spell it is more difficult, easy to adjust existing spells. Also let me know about the new items you find, the the general 2-items set combo which is ofc easier to find but with a lesser bonus than a 3-4 items set. Most new items is low level items/set.

If you are still cruising you could consider having a stack of marauder for gold, in trent they pick up about 25% more than vanilla...

Good shout I'll keep my eye out!

Daniel.