Mod: LA Oceania - seas of blood

[PriestyMan]

So i really like this mod, and the idea of an UW blood nation. in fact, i like it so much i can't wait to see it become more balanced etc. so i decided to make some adjustments of my own. I hope you dont mind, i am of course giving all the credit to you, and if you add anything new, i will fold it into my rework. I made a lot of changes, feel free to look or comment. the thread for it is here:
http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/...?showtopic=426

Thank you for this great mod

[PriestyMan]

Hey, some guys said you were on IRC the other day talking about me editing you mod. I dont want you to think that i am stealing it in any way. I give you full credit for it, and that is the first thing i say in my posting of my version of it.
Basically i apologize for being too impatient. I loved the concept and you didnt seem to be too keen on updating it and making it MP playable etc, which i understand if you are just busy and dont have a ton of free time.
That said, anything you add, i am sure will be really awesome and probably much better than what my limited modding skill can produce, so i surely dont want you to stop improving it.

Btw, if you want to talk more on IRC, i am usually on pretty much all day (US Time)

Oh, and you should allow pm's on your profile

[Treant Hugger]

I've not done anything to this mod since May. You can play around with it, but I think you all are missing the thematic point - blood magic is evil, and Oceania's rulers wouldn't be dealing with demons if it weren't for the madness and death R'lyeh causes. Much like LA Ulm is a nation whose mages and vampires are (meant to be) hidden from the population.


I haven't checked your changes but I recommend giving the Black Capricornss a 200% random pick (like I originally intended, but was not available at the time). I also think #onebattlespell Sabbath Slave works well on the acolytes.

[kianduatha]

I was bored so I made some minor adjustments to the mod, mostly fixing spelling errors and changing MR values to things that make more sense against LA R'lyeh.

[kianduatha]

Frozen said I should actually give a change log, so with the latest iteration I'll give one:

MR is higher for demonic/demonically altered units. From lowest to highest:
Devilfish 13,
Demonic Triton 15
Greater Devilfish 16
Sea Fiend 17
Inferno Born 17

Ichtydevils have 100% FR now and heat-2 in water instead of useless heat-1.
Blood-Bathed Kings have 100hp, reinvig 5(from 75 hp, reinvig 2)
Unit slots tightened up so the mod doesn't actually run into Ulm Reborn's slots anymore.
Blood Vortexes now just as good on land as on water.
Summon Aboleth cheaper at 24 gems
Various bug fixes and typo fixes.

[kianduatha]

Whee, another iteration! FL wanted a baseline to work off of, and I figured I might as well put in the changes he told me about. So...

Capricorns have evolved to Survivor Capricorns which are exactly the same but don't go insane!
Acolytes of the Shoal now are F1B1H1 and cost 140g, up from 115. Might need more, who knows?
Black Capricorns are now W1B2 200% EWN 100% EWNB 10% EWNB
New national spell! Low-research Shark Attack in the blood tree that requires W3B2!
New national spell! Semi-low research battle summon that gives you a Blood Vortex! It's, uh, pretty powerful at the moment. I don't have a unit number free to make a 'lesser blood vortex', which might be a good idea. As a reminder to me for later if we do make a lesser Blood Vortex, full Blood Vortexes used to have BV 3, not BV 0. Might need to go back up, who knows?

[kianduatha]

Whee, five in a row! FrozenLama has been giving good suggestions and I've just been implementing them.

1.24: Blood Vortex as commander summons is out. Battle summon only! Nerfed just a little bit(mostly taking out the fear aura) and I think they might be okay now. Really powerful against unscripted stuff but some cleverness on LA R'lyeh's part can greatly reduce their effectiveness.