Devourer of souls

RamsHead · #1 August 29th, 2007, 06:06 PM

No, I wouldn't say that it is worth thirty death gems since you will have to bring mage support to ensure that he can hit the SC.

Xietor · #2 August 29th, 2007, 06:33 PM

My point is not that they should be better than 3 tartarian gates, but they should not be conj 9. It is pointless to have a conj 9 national summon cost 3 times as much and be not as good as a 10 d gem summon any nation can get.

Maybe make them 10d gems and move them to ench 5.

Considering that Tartarians are the damn best thing in the game, how would you weigh anything else against THEM for comparison?

not for my money. I will take a gorgon any day.

Valandil · #3 August 29th, 2007, 06:43 PM

I think he means for cost effectiveness. I wouldn't pay 120 gems for a gorgon over 30 for a tartarian. (GoRed- 100 vs 10 otherwise.)

lch · #4 August 29th, 2007, 06:46 PM

Do it like Sombre does, compare them to Bog beasts.

Valandil · #5 August 29th, 2007, 07:14 PM

Souless are free, therefore more cost effective than tartarians. Ha.

Kristoffer O · #6 August 29th, 2007, 07:17 PM

The devourer of souls is a singular entity. He is named Ammit. He doesn't bother about cost effectiveness. He only comes if enough death gems is offered him. Ammit consumes souls. He will consume the soul of the one ridiculing him for inefficiency!

Valandil · #7 August 29th, 2007, 07:19 PM

Will he consume said person's soul efficiently?

Kristoffer O · #8 August 29th, 2007, 07:21 PM

Very efficiently! A bit like ice cream in the jaws of a five year old.

Endoperez · #9 September 1st, 2007, 04:47 AM

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Kristoffer O said:
The devourer of souls is a singular entity. He is named Ammit. He doesn't bother about cost effectiveness. He only comes if enough death gems is offered him. Ammit consumes souls. He will consume the soul of the one ridiculing him for inefficiency!

IMHO, the real problem with the spell is the fact that the Devourer of Souls isn't created as a commander. He could even be a commander without any commanding ability and without any item slots, just as long as he appeared as a commander. If he had any slots, he'd be much more powerful already. I've done a minimod to make the spell summon him as a commander IIRC. He isn't even named Ammit when Gift of Reasoned, he just gets a random name and then will always keep that one.

Reverend Zombie · #10 August 29th, 2007, 08:43 PM

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RamsHead said:
No, I wouldn't say that it is worth thirty death gems since you will have to bring mage support to ensure that he can hit the SC.

I've been told the Devour Soul effect always hits (even if the bite doesn't) and it is irresistible.

GoR him for some extra scripting control.