Has anyone tried modding Mistform instead of Ethereal for all vampire units and tried that out instead? Vampire myths aren't always consistent on how exactly they should be killed;
Carmilla, for example, written in the 1840's, seems to emphisise decapitation and burning as well as staking. And neither are peculiarly magical forms of attack.
From some tests its clear any flying unit with regen, life drain, ethereal, mistform, MI, quickness, high prot/attack is going to kick ***, just some kick it more than others.
Another giant problem is life drain that early in the game. Once successful attack replenishes her fatigue, which is just as if not more important than the life siphoned off.
The basic problem with the VQ is that she just simply has too many natural spell effects. Get rid of a couple of them and she should be alright.
IMO get rid of fear (beauty), replace ethereal with mistform (so she has to use a cloak instead of armor) (and should be done for all vampires), remove regen (already has life drain), strength to 10 or 11. And maybe change Life Drain globally to not siphon or remove as much fatigue.
Edit: and change Immortality to not work if unit is fatigued out (100+).
[ April 20, 2004, 03:22: Message edited by: SelfishGene ]
Re: Vampire Queen mod
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