[Total Conversion] Under Siege

[TheDoc]

I REALLY don't want to come across as selfish, but when can a release be expected? What will it have?

[Hallan Parva]

I REALLY don't want to come across as selfish

you already are

I really don't want you complaining like you did over at Strength in Numbers though so I'll answer question things possibly

When can a release be expected?

when it's done

What will it have?

nothing's concrete, but our projected totals are

3 Maps!
8 to 16 Classes!
24 Levels to grind!
32 unique Items!
All making for 1 exciting mod!

COLDY'S MOBIES: UNDER SIEGE
coming never 20XX

[Myroc]

So, I made some changes to Mordecai, juggling around a few of his skill mods and, most importantly, adding an actual background.

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Mordecai, the Immortal
(Ranged, Hybrid, Caster, Disabler)

Background
Mordecai once lived several hundreds of years ago as a masterful progidy, highly skilled in the arcane arts, being a voice of wisdom for many, and a greatly inspiring man. All that changed, however, when his fiancιe, Emilia, succumbed to illness, and perished. Unable to save her with his talent, and equally unable to cope with her loss, he decided to bring her back no matter the cost, going so far as delving deep into the land of the dead to recover his loved one.

But the realms of the dead are not a place suitable for the living; The journey was a harrowing and scarring one, slowly eroding Mordecai's sanity and wisdom, as he strided ever so closely to his goal, never faltering as he determinedly sought to be reunited with his beloved. After months of warding off countless spirits, as well as the guardians of the realm itself, he finally found her.

He had barely laid his eyes on her for one last time, when she suddenly vanished into the howling wind. The Goddess of Life and Death revealed herself to Mordecai, outraged that a mere mortal of his stature would dare to defy death itself, and using her divine powers, decreed Mordecai forbidden from ever being reunited with Emilia. That was enough, and Mordecai's mind, having already been eroded to the brink of insanity, snapped. He decreed himself that he would spite the goddess for as long as he lived, forever defying her will until he was given the woman he had rightfully fought for.

He returned to the world of the living, where he became a force of terror and dread, as he started to brutally slaughter everyone in his path, his once benelovent powers being used for unspeakable evil. He could not survive eternity by his own power, but he could steal years of life from others and add them to his own. Ever since, he has walked the earth, forever delaying his own demise by consuming the innocent. No one knows if he still even cares for his Emilia after all these years, or if he even remembers her. But the goddess, who denied him what was his all those years ago, is still fresh in his memory.

Appearance
A fairly young man with jet-black eyes and chalk-white hair, wearing a long, black coat covered in eerie symbols.

Passive – Consume
Mordecai's immortality comes at a cost: In order to cheat his own death, he must steal his life from others, and use it to extend his own lifespan. Getting the killing blow on enemies will refill a portion of his health, and a much larger amount if he slays an enemy hero.

Weapon – Necrolance
Fires a medium-ranged railgun-type beam of dark energy. Boring, but practical.

Skill: Malignova
Deals moderate area of effect damage centered on Mordecai. Has no noticable cooldown, and can be quite easily spammed, but costs health to use.

Skill: Phylactery
By using this skill, Mordecai can sacrifice a portion of his current health to create a Phylactery, an item that can later be used to refill his health (although some health is lost in the process). Only one phylactery can be carried at once.

Skill: Desecrate
Floods the area with lingering necromantic energies. Everyone who finds themselves inside the field becomes Vulnerable and Slowed for as long as they're inside, and up to one second after leaving.

Skill Mods
Spiteful Arcanery – Makes Necrolance cause more damage depending on how much health Mordecai is missing. The amount of extra damage that can be gained is limited, and increases by rank. The third rank will also make Necrolance pierce enemies.
Profanity – Increases the radius of Malignova. The third rank will also increase the damage of the next Necrolance after casting Malignova.
Mark of the Heretic - Progressively increases Mordecai's maximum health, as well as the health gained from Consuming enemies. The third rank will also cause Phylacteries to cleanse negative status effects on consumption.
Divine Vendetta <Ultimate Mod> - Mordecai swore to forever walk the earth, spitefully defying the Goddess of Life and Death against whom he seeks vengeance.
Rank #1: Unlocks Desecrate.
Rank #2: Desecrate now damages enemy heroes inside its radius, and heals allied heroes.
Rank #3: Increases the effective range of Desecrate, and Mordecai will permanently emanate a Desecration field in a smaller area around him. The personal Desecration field cannot heal heroes.

[Ceridran]

This is totally going to end well will it no it won't but it might but it won't but it shall but it will never end well.

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Sharahin
(Melee, Special, Caster, Pusher, Lockdown)

Appearance

In the art thread. Click this.

Passive - Jungle Beast

Attacking a poisoned target deals bonus damage.

Weapon - Bite

A normal biting attack. Deals low-medium damage.

Skill 1 - Venom Shot

Sharahin channels for 1.5 seconds, then spits out a poisonous ball, that poisons targets that get hit.
This deals low damage and goes through enemies.

Skill 2 - Spin

Sharahin quickly spins, dealing medium damage in an AOE and poisons targets that get hit.

Skill 3 - Toxic Pool

Sharahin spits out a toxic pool where he is aiming (limited range, of course), that slows and poisons targets. The pool's AOE expands over time. This ability lasts 5 seconds on the field. The pool itself deals no damage.
Continual exposure renews the poison.

Skill Mods

Whirl - Spin deals 10/25/35% more damage. At max rank, it has slightly increased AOE.

Limber -  Sharahin's movespeed is buffed by 10/20/30% after using Spin, lasting 2 seconds. At max rank, Spin also buffs Sharahin's attack speed by 20%.

Plague Bath - Toxic Pool has 5/10/15% increased max AOE. At max rank, Toxic Pool expands faster.

Poison Mastery <Ultimate Mod> - Venom Shot marks targets who are hit by it, this mark lasts 5 seconds on the target. When Sharahin deals damage through Bite or Spin on a marked target, he restores 10% of his missing HP, limited at a cap.

Rank 1 - Along with that, Sharahin's poison deals a percentage of bonus damage based on how much HP his target has. Less HP, more damage. This bonus is somewhat small, to keep balance.

Rank 2 - When Sharahin consumes Poison Mastery marks, his cooldowns are reduced by 0.5 seconds.

Rank 3 - Sharahin instead restores 20% of his missing HP via Poison Mastery marks.

What I have added doesn't instantly turn him into a Disabler, right? I hope not. You know, if every character in Dota 2 with some form of CC was instantly a Disabler, I think that nearly everybody would be a Disabler.

If you feel the percentages contain imbalance, (too low, too high, etc) feel free to edit them. I'm usually pretty bad at guessing what will happen with them.

[Hilman170499]

At least 2 pages haven't passed, but days had so I'll leave this here.

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Claw Droid
(Melee, Physical, Duelist, Lockdown)

Appearance
A grey robot with a sphere head and a humanoid shape. Its armour parts are coloured red and green. It wears a helmet resembling a stylish hat. Its body armour is light and it has foot armour that resembles sandals. It has no fingers but has three daggers on each hand serving as claws and the arms are a bit thick. It also has glowing purple eyes and no mouth.

Passive – Artificial Mind
Since Claw Droid is a robot, it is not considered a life form. Therefore, it is about 30% resistant to Berserk, Disorient and Distract, which mess with the mind.

Weapon – Droid Cutter
Claw Droid slashes enemies with the daggers on its hands. They deal medium-weak damage but the rate of fire is moderate.

Skill – Claw Sling
Claw Droid fires the daggers on its hands. They deal low damage. Claw Droid does not need to retrieve the daggers because the claws regrow. They also have slow Rate of Fire.

Skill – Claw Torch
Claw Droid places down a burning dagger on the ground. On its own, dagger will only damage enemies that step on it and break, but won't set them on fire because the torch extinguishes from lack of air. But when shot by any projectiles; except water, cutter(including Claw Sling), maybe melee and ice(the elements listed here will destroy the dagger); it will be blown in the direction of the shot. The flaming dagger will set fire to where it lands, dealing low but continuous damage. Also note that the dagger never burns away.

Skill – Netting Device
Claw Droid places down a special item on the ground. After a second, the item turns to a wall consisting of 2 poles and a wire net shaped like a spider web in the middle. It blocks enemies but their projectiles can damage the net. When damaged enough, the net breaks and the wall is destroyed. Besides that, only 4 nets can be erect at a time(per player that is). Enemies will not try to destroy the net on purpose, but they can see through it.

Skill Mods
Endurance – Claw Droid gets a slight boost on its armour toughness.(Armour is normally weak to balance its abilities) Also increases power of Artificial Mind by 5%(out of 100%) each rank.
Extra Claws – Claw Droid stores more daggers(attack still unlimited), allowing it to throw more when using Claw Sling. First rank fires 5, second fires 7 and third fires 8. The daggers travel in compass directions.
Taser Web – The Netting Device gets upgraded with electromagnetic spark wires. Enemies that go near the net will get damage and Stun. The net is also more durable.
Bladed Rebel <Ultimate Mod> – The Droid Cutter gets 3 more upgrades, making it more versatile...
> Rank 1 – Energy Claws – The Droid Cutter now produces a mid-ranged slash-shaped energy beam. It also slashes faster.
> Rank 2 – Hoarder Slice – The Droid Cutter can now cut open enemy possessions, producing loot for every damage it deals with Droid Cutter. The loot from killing enemies remains normal.
> Rank 3 – Droid Shredder – The final upgrade to the Droid Cutter. It gets sharpened to a deadly edge and deals more damage. It also has a 4-slash combo; if the attack is tapped(not held) 4 times, the next slash deals more damage than the last and makes the energy beam longer-ranged. Naturally, holding or tapping fire less than 4 times cuts the combo short.

More notes

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*Difference between Claw Droid and Predator Unit: Claw Droid relies on strategy and can set traps.
*I know the new Droid Shredder could break the keep-it-simple rule but what do you think? If the tapping is too complex, you can make it the other way around(hold for combo).
*To make Endurance's resistance thing more specific, Rank 1 increses the power from 30% to 35%, 2 increases from 35% to 40% and Rank 3 increases from 40% to 45%.
*If it does not seem right, you can exclude Claw Torch's blowing exceptions.
*Assuming that armour is in the form of damage factor, I'd say Claw Droid is 1.25.

[Hallan Parva]

warning - NSFB

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AN UPDATE HOLY SHIIIIIIIITTT

Thanks to an incredibly attractive children's building tool, Coldy's Mobies: Under Siege is now 100% standalone. This means a number of things, the most important being that we can take advantage of new Zandronum features that 8BDM can't, due to being locked on to a single Zandronum build. Lego didn't stop being beautiful though, and now we have a smorgasbord of neat little shiny bits, including:

Kill Streak support! End opponents' lives in rapid succession and get cool achievements like Killamanjaro!*
Survival Spree support! Defeat opponents over your lifetime without falling yourself for corny titles like Godlike!
Damage Over Time custom support! Now you can throw an explosive flaming poison flask that causes enemies to bleed!
The turrets finally work properly. HOLY HELL. NOW THEY CAN SHOOT THINGS AND MAKE YOU DIE.
Custom teams! We're still not sure what colours to make them, but hey, they're in now!
Berserk added! Force opponents to stare at your firmly toned asscheeks and empty their weapon clips in fear!

There's some other changes in there too but honestly I can't even remember them all. Lego is a freaking baus, be sure to donate all of your monies in his general direction. On behalf of the Coldy's Mobies development team, I'd like to leave with a quick "thank you for your continued support, have a nice day".

* Awesome announcer voice from "The Halo Guy" Jeff Steitzer not included.

[Russel]

It's always nice when Smash bro likes things I do, because his reactions are over-the-top and it makes me feel appreciated.

Anyway, changes I plan to make are:

Minion base for both ranged and melee - variants can be made at will as needed. Flying will probably be made later on but GRGGG.
Team base cores - As of now called the Zenith; working name.
Turrets - They need health bars.
Siege Defense - announcer visual ques to tell you when a turret is under attack and (probably) reveal a direction to you as to where it is. (I have this planned, but it might clutter the screen or something, so I fully intend to run the idea by Cold Fusion before starting work.)
Completed statuses - Having only Damage over Time, Berserk, Jamming, Silencing, and Disabling made, I need to finish the other effects like weighted, snared, disoriented, and distracted. After which, I will give indicators about their effects as icons above their heads in order to allow players around them know their effects.
Nitpicking - there are a few dependencies left in the class base leftover from forking...gonna need to fix that.
Other minute details - Turrets log how many kills they made, adding possibility for more cash/xp drops from turret kills as well as turrets getting kill sprees. Ring outs*, Shut Downs, and Denials** are soon to exist. Kill streaks don't have proper titles; this will be brought up with the dev team later. Current team names as I have them now are Crimson and Cobalt; this will probably take some time to resolve, but I like how they sound now.

If anyone has any questions or suggestions, now would be a pretty good time for them, I suppose, because we're doing stuff!

* Ring outs are when a player falls into a pit. The plan here is to try and have that earn a frag if an opponent assaults you into a pit. There is a special message when rung out by an opponent.
** Denials are when a player kills another during a streak, which requires at least two kills to achieve.

[Hallan Parva]

This is part "I'm posting so Lego doesn't feel bad about double posting" and part "he's been confirmed for eons but nobody outside of the dev team actually knew about it".

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Rock Strider, Master of Modification
(Physical, Ranged, Acrobat, Explorer, Disruptor)

the backstory was stolen and held up for ransom
I apologize in advance to the three of you who cared

Passive Power: Take Five
If Rock doesn't move, attack, or take damage for a while, he'll cop a seat right there in the middle of the battlefield. While sitting, Rock regenerates HP at an impressive pace until his next attack or if he tries moving. Both of these things make Rock stand up again, though note that taking damage while sitting won't lift Rock off the ground. This means that he keeps sitting, of course, but it also means Rock can completely ignore aerial knockback while seated. Those must be some very impressive pants to keep him rooted down like that.

Rock's MP is his ammo. All of his weapons use MP for their attacks, though his Evasion Part uses a separate reserve of energy. Rock will automatically generate MP when he isn't firing, even if he's reloading or using an Evasion Part. Likewise, the Evasion Part's energy will continually refill as long as Rock isn't using it.



Weapon 1: Buster Gun
Rock's first "weapon", the Zapper Gun, given to him by his father Albert "in case you're in danger". After his disappearance, Rock increased the potency of the gun's shock rounds to create this all-around useful sidearm. The standard Buster Gun continuously fires plasma rounds that have average power and dissipate over time, though the shots have a range among the farthest-reaching non-skill attacks. While fast, its low power and constant energy drain discourage the insanely popular FPS strategy of "spam".

Weapon 2: Cracker Bang
After a surprise encounter with the self-proclaimed "Crimson Vigilante", Rock realized that he needs more than just his gun if he hopes to stand a chance against the Robot Masters. Throughout his adventure, he's crafted a collection of amazing weapons with the help his friends, but for his current endeavor he's elected for the enigmatic Star Light and the simple charm of the Cracker Bang. Tap the button to throw a grenade, dealing low damage and briefly Softening the target. While a great support, it uses a lot of MP so use sparingly. Cracker Bang's explosion is also very capable of blowing yourself up. For your own protection, make sure to exercise good bomb safety.

Weapon 3: Star Light
Using blueprints and a strange power core hidden in the lab by his father Albert, the Rock Star - a unique weapon firing star-shaped bolts of foreign energy - was assembled. Seeing this odd energy, Rock's friends became interested in the weapon. Vanessa offered to combine its power with that of a traditional plasma core to create the Fusion Star. On the other hand, Carollyn wanted to study the energy and unlock its full potential. Rock eventually sided with the latter, giving birth to the Star Light. Its slow-moving rounds are very unwieldly in direct combat, though they split apart into tiny starlets when they collide with terrain. It's best used to pressure foes or serve as a distraction... until Carollyn can reveal its many secrets.

Skill: Evasion Part
Besides his weapons, Rock can equip different Evasion Parts to modify his dodging ability or to help him reach areas he normally couldn't access. This skill's effects change based on what Legs Item is currently equipped; as item loadouts are different for each map, this often leads to Rock having a different skill for each game. The default Dash Part causes Rock to perform a quick shoulder bash, granting a short-lived burst of speed while knocking rivals out of the way. Mighty Boots enable use of the Slide Part, causing Rock to lie down with extended legs like a baseball player stealing base. This swift slide covers more distance than the dash in roughly the same amount of time, bumping hit players skyward. Rock equips the Hover Part with the No-Pressure Legs, enabling a floating hover until cancelled with either attack button. The Skip Booster changes into Rock's Frog Part, making him perform a jumping skip to cover ground while leaping small gaps. The initial jump also causes a slight motion burst for better damage than the other Evasion Parts.



Skill Mods

Boost Power
Right on! You got an upgrade! The first level enables contact damage with your Evasion Part; with the Hover Part, pressing Fire consumes remaining energy for a dive-kick blast, with power scaling based on the amount of energy used. Subsequent upgrades increase the Evasion Part's distance (mostly speed, though Hover Part gets more air time). Rank 3 also adds a brief invulnerability frame to the very beginning of an Evasion Part's use.

Lucky Star
Carollyn's research on the Rock Star is still very inconclusive, though she's managed to improve its combat effectiveness with her current findings. This mod increases Star Light's firing rate and projectile speed, with additional effects based on Mod Rank. Rank 1 causes direct hits to briefly Silence the target. Rank 2 makes starlets bounce around for a short period of time before expiring. Rank 3 doubles the amount of starlets formed from a single shot, as well as boosting Star Light's all-around attack power.

The Day Before Yesterday
Rock establishes a radio link with Kalinka's workshop in order to purchase an obscene amount of high-yield explosive force. The first level gives Rock the ability to scrap Beacons he doesn't need by holding Fire with Cracker Bang equipped. Doing so will create special grenades with additional effects, which vary depending on the type of Beacon recycled. Subsequent upgrades increase the damage and blast radius of Rock's grenades. Rank 3 also gives Rock resistance to explosive attacks, including self damage from grenades.

Memories of Another Time <Ultimate Mod>
"This place... I think it was an amusement park. Dad used to tell me stories about the past, how people came to these parks to ride metal serpents at mach speeds. Sounds more terrifying than enjoyable... Huh? You found something in the wreckage? ... It's an album with pictures of me and Dad. Strange... you think it's a clue? I don't care if it's useful or not. I'm glad you found it, though why it's here is beyond me."

"Don't worry, Dad. I'll find you soon."

Rank 1 - Excitement
The Buster Gun becomes the Rockin' Burst, which deals bonus damage versus shields. If that wasn't good enough, shots fired will be reflected from solid terrain, setting up opportunities for 1337 MLG PRO trick shots.

Rank 2 - Concentration
The Rockin' Burst becomes the Omega Zapper, which restores the original Zapper Gun's stun feature while somehow managing to retain the added power of the Buster Gun. Enemies hit by your shots become Snared for a very very brief period of time. Actually, it's hardly noticeable unless you're able to connect several shots in a row...

Rank 3 - Desperation
The Omega Zapper becomes the Pocket Armageddon, which shoots insanely freaking fast. Seriously, is this a hand gun or a wall-mounted turret? The obvious downside is, of course, that your MP is going to dry up faster than Freeman's inspiration for Cutstuff War (zing!) but that won't matter much if you can pelt someone to death in two seconds flat.

[Russel]

And now to submit my character~

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Felicia Strong - The bookmaster
(Support, Mixed, Physical, Caster, Pusher)

Appearence
She is a librarian wearing a white gown with purple frills in the sleeves. Her silverish hair is shoulder-length and she wears square glasses. Parts of her body are irreparably scorched, due to her library being burned to the ground.
I'm breaking two rules/trends here because my character is female and is wearing glasses.

Passive - Circulation Assembly
When near teammates, (radius of 128 units [64 is silenced]) her attack power increases by 50%. Bear in mind that she has one actual attack.

Main weapon - Opus Cosmicam
The tome that is said to contain knowledge of everything in existence...the book is unnatually small and light, however.
Her one and only method of attack. The infinite world of her cosmic tome harbors few attacking abilities. This book contains one attack that follows a mid-ranged assault, but also supplies hidden runes that can be applied to its assults.
Skill: Runic Arcana
This is her ultimate skill that allows her to apply runes to her one attack. This makes the attack drastically different for all of five seconds, changes its cooldown, and causes the attack to use mana. The effects are sort of randomized, except not really.
--think Twisted Fate, but with different effects.
The amount of time a rune lasts depends on level and how much mana you have left. While a rune is applied, it constantly drains mana. When mana runs out, the rune wears off. Higher level = higher efficiency.
Also bear in mind that just casting the ultimate costs 25% of the current mana and cannot be cast when below 50%
Runes
Runic Esscense "Evil Sealing Circle"
Shots fired explode with infinite height and snare all targets caught in the blast for a very short time.
Mana: 5/shot; 10 tic cooldown
This attack can be renamed, but I would like to keep it because I have taken quite the liking to Reimu lately on account of Hopeless Masquerade.

Runic Esscense "Fahrenheit 451"
Shots fired have a 40% chance to cause burn [poison-based...sort of, not stackable] on a struck opponent. Burned opponents experience slight slow until the flames have subsided.
Mana: 10/shot; 15 tic cooldown
I am obviously referencing tons of things with these...this is obviously a reference to the book whose title is the temperature at which a book begins to burn.

Runic Esscense "Draining Nightfall"
Shots are fired in slight spread. Life is sapped from struck enemies.
Mana: 10/shot; 18 tic cooldown

Runic Esscense "Archangel's Smite"
Shots fired have slight homing and rip.
Mana: 5/shot; 6 tic cooldown

ugggghhh...Runic Arcana might be the most overpowered thing ever.

Weapon two - Warded Tome
My personal favorite out of the entire bunch.
Weapon remains the same because I'm stealing Korby's "3-weapons with the same main" idea.
Skill: Warded Tome
Warded tomes are these fun little buggers that take 25% health to spawn, all of your mana to manage, but they freaking worth it.
Only one can reside in the field at any time of the game.
Ok...so what's so great about a book lying on the ground?
Well...
It's a ward that lasts forever if properly managed
It's a healing/mana recharge beacon for your entire team. [I was thinking maybe 3 health/mana every 30 tics, which is about 6/7 of a second.]
Enemies within it suffer stronger blows from skills and non-physical attacks.
Standing within one as Felicia [very] slight movement speed increase.
Health of Warded Tomes is equal to half of your "true" health, which is whatever is calculated to be left after Damage over Time wears off.
Downsides:
The tome is obvious. [it glows brightly, has an orb floating where it resides, and is team colored.]
Has low health. [already described]
Can only have one out at any time.
Requires both mana and health to spawn.

weapon three - Buch Zwischenraum
Skill: Reading Rainbow
Places book in a location with main, with alt you place another. These books now act as teleports between these areas.
When used, they need to recharge and use mana when doing so. Note that they have their own supply of mana that is synced between teleports.
These books, like the Warded Tome, can be destroyed, but have significantly less health than the tome itself, and thier health is fixed and synced between portals.
Well. I wonder what I was referencing with this weapon.

Skill mods
Finishing the story - Warded tomes take 10% less damage from enemy fire and begins to heal weak teammates [<25% health] with more strength
The next chapter... - Tome-gaps require less time to recharge
Runic Translations <ultimate mod> - Upon discovering the secrets hidden deep within the Opus Cosmicam, Felicia discovers she has the ability to enchant her attacks.
Fortified Novelties - This is a passive skill mod that gives protection against turret fire, allowing her to both serve and push...and push hard.

[Balrog]

lego is awesome

I would have helped you, you know. You just have to ask and give me a checklist of what you want done.

EDIT: making it standalone was completely unnecessary btw

[Russel]

The difference here is, I volunteered actively and did stuff...this would be the second time I rebooted a mod, the first being AwNet's reinception.

[Balrog]

The difference here is, I volunteered actively and did stuff...this would be the second time I rebooted a mod, the first being AwNet's reinception.

I didn't volunteer because nobody asked me, therefore I assumed that coding was well in hand. (If "did stuff" refers to RNC, I left that hanging because nobody gave me info on what needed fixing.)

[Russel]

By did stuff, I mean I offered to work for CF, realized a small thing that is in most MOBAs, (that is class locking) and immediately knew how to make it on account of my knowledge of clientside scripts. After which I decided to make a turret system and upon realizing how bad the turrets were then, I made them better then made some status effects and a kill streak/spree system. Before I knew it, I had half the mod's vital systems completed.

[Hallan Parva]

making it standalone was completely unnecessary btw

Among the advantages I brought up earlier, making the mod standalone also fixes a problem that's been plaguing Saxton Hale since the beginning of time...


Morons can't host this with Jax Classes.

[Balrog]

Morons don't know how to use alpha builds. MM8BDM should run just fine on 1.1.