So I've got some units lined up for the "Artillery Pak" and want to get a little feedback on them.
Point: I'm assuming the units you pictured are only in the very early development stages, correct? Sounds like none of the Fear work is done, right?
- What I've got right now are:
Units currently in the set:
* Sak Cannon (previous tagset only subbed for Warlocks)
* Dirigible (Welly's unit modded by A-Red)
Existing units I'm simply rebuilding in the new set:
* Trebuchets
* Leggo Airships
* Baron Baums
Candidate units:
* Catapult (Hexotagset 2 - not sure if this one is as fun as Trebs)
* Griffin (Hexotagset 2 - looks pretty sweet and fits in)
* Dragon (Hexotagset 2 - also looks sweet and fits in)
* Ballista (Hexotagset 2 - stationary unit (for CtF, FR, etc.))
* Castle Catapult (Siege 2 - also a stationary unit)
* Dwarven Airship (from Giant's Taliesin Downs)
I'm going to do some testing on the candidate units over the coming weeks and will request permission for using the ones that make the grade (assuming anyone can be contacted anymore - will at least attempt as always).
I didn't want to get too far away from the original Myth units - the Leggo Airships being the notable exception to the rule - so have not included anything WWII or Sci-Fi.
To recap what the heck these plugins are, they are rebuilding of original unit/tagsets into plugins that substitute almost 700 units on multiplayer maps (these could also be used on Solo games too but are primarily meant for multiplayer).
Each unit will have 9 (!) different plugins, to substitute said unit for the category shown. An example for the new Sak Cannon plugin is:
- ~~ Sak Cannon (archers) ap02
~~ Sak Cannon (barons) ap02
~~ Sak Cannon (dwarves) ap02
~~ Sak Cannon (fetch) ap02
~~ Sak Cannon (ghols) ap02
~~ Sak Cannon (giants) ap02
~~ Sak Cannon (healers) ap02
~~ Sak Cannon (warlocks) ap02
~~ Sak Cannon (wights) ap02
(where ap02 stands for "Artillery Pak v0.2" - the "~~" puts the plugins in alphabetical order to override maps and even mix with other OoH plugins)
Thus, if you want the unit for Barons (for Assassin targets - these include Barons and some other designated assassin targets on third-party maps) you pick "(barons)", if you want it for Dwarves you do "(dwarves)".
The beauty of the whole setup is that you can do things like we did Saturday night where you have a Trebuchet for the Baron and Sak Cannons for Dwarves on Venice Assassin. Was VERY fun.
Adding in the various airship/floating units as options will take it even further. Dirigibles for (wights)? Muhahahahaaa...
Let me know if there are other known units you can think of - we may have the perfect set above, but I want to hear back if anyone knows of others.