[Total Conversion] Under Siege

[Ceridran]

I think I've got it. Although there's not really much to change at all.

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Predator Unit
(Melee, Physical, Assassin, Stealth)

Appearance

You could call this a "+ATTACK -DEFENSE +SPEED" character.

Passive - Weakspot Detector

Predator Unit ignores 10% of it's opponent's armor when attacking it.

Weapon 1 - Razor Claws

Quick slashes with the claws. This is best used when your foe already knows where you are.

Weapon 1 Skill - Stealth Module

Predator Unit turns invisible, with a short period of time before full invisibility, in which transparency gradually becomes higher to the point where he is completely invisible. Being hit reveals Predator Unit for a short time, but it is somewhat transparent in the short duration.

Weapon 2 - Deadly Strike

A slower, but stronger attack, attacking with both hands at once. This is used to initiate, but can still be your main source of offense.

Weapon 2 Skill - Pursuit

Altfire sends Predator Unit into flight (To clarify, a gliding stance.) for 4 seconds, increasing movement speed for the duration. Don't think Gyroman.
Attacking in this stance deals extra damage, hitting and missing cancels the movement speed increase.

Skill Mods

> [hurr.]

> Crippling Strike - Predator Unit attacks at an area that will deal out enough pain to hinder their movement for a short time. Attacks during Pursuit slow the target, scaling amount increasing by rank.

> Momentum - Wind running through Predator Unit's wings generates power to achieve greater speeds. Speed increases overtime during Pursuit, scaling amount increasing by rank.

> True Terror - <Ultimate Mod> - Predator Unit is applied with advanced technology to highly enchance his performance. Stealth Module is unlocked, upgrading True Terror adds bonus effects to itself.

Rank 1 - Artificial Fluid - Razor Claws and Deadly Strike deal extra damage.

Rank 2 - Fade - Predator Unit's full invisibility wait time is reduced.

Rank 3 - Fury - Predator Unit's attacks drain some of his foe's life and converts it into power. Hitting an enemy increases Predator Unit's movement speed for a short time.

Fade and Fury can be switched around if necessary.

If this guy gets accepted, he'l be on the list, yes? Infact, when are you going to start approving of some things?

[tsukiyomaru0]

Revised the revised Eigil

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Eigil, the Sharpshooter
(Ranged, Hybrid, Carry, Assassin)

Appearance
Think something like the classic Final Fantasy Red Mage, but add an ammo belt shoulder-to-waist and oval-rimmed glasses. Not too original in appearance, right?

Focus
Primary: Skill
Secondary: Speed

Passive – Warped Reality
Gains partial invisibility after standing still for five seconds.

Weapon 1 – The MagiRifle, Gungnir
Eigil's trademark weapon, a sniper rifle that combines magic and science, capable of firing high damaging projectiles in a perfect straight line, said to never miss a target as long as it is in the right hands.
Weapon 1 Skill - Sure Shot
Gungnir, like a famed spear of the same name, has the ability to never miss the target. However, it requires a considerable portion of the user's energy to be embeeded into every bullet fired. By activating this skill, you will fire a projectile that will actively seek the enemy and attempt to hit.

Weapon 2 – The MagiRifle, Jormy
An assault rifle he rarely uses. Why is that? It has a low reach, slightly lower accuracy and eats his energy away with every round fired. And it lacks a magazine of its own due to the kind of "bullets" it uses; raw magic. No more, no less.
Weapon 2 Skill - Midgard Serpent
By charging it with an absurd amount of energy, Jormy can unleash powerful blast of pure magic in a straight line (wave-motion gun?), able to cause an absurd damage. But takes five seconds to fully charge, which slows Eigil due to the massive drain.

Skill Mods

> Quick Shot - Reduces the interval between shots by 25%

> Head Count - Boosts attack power for a while after you kill an enemy.

> Remote Barrier - Increase an ally's defense by shooting them.

> Ragnarok - <Ultimate Mod> - Halves all MP costs and cuts Midgard Serpent's charge to two seconds. Additional perks unlocked per rank.

Rank 1 - Hel - Jormy's accuracy is increased and its projectile now ccreates a smoke that causes blindness (darkens the victim's screen so they can barely see what's ahead).

Rank 2 - Loki - All projectiles gains the ability to rebound and causes 20% more damage and allows Eigil to create a flame explosion when jumping.

Rank 3 - Odin - Gungnir's projectiles are given the ability to cause radius damage, but the radius damage can cause up to 50%(20% on Sure Shot) of the projectile's actual damage.

[Ceridran]

> Shield Breaker - Makes the projectiles ignore the defense of the target.

.. What? Armor Piercing at a percentage is fine, but 100% armor piercing? That cannot end well.

[tsukiyomaru0]

> Shield Breaker - Makes the projectiles ignore the defense of the target.

.. What? Armor Piercing at a percentage is fine, but 100% armor piercing? That cannot end well.

more like "always 1.0". And, yes, this applies to those who would take 1.5 from that as well. As in: characters with naturally low defense would take the same damage as a character with naturally high defense. Example: Projectile does 70 and Target A has overall DamageFactor of 0.5 and Target B has DamageFactor of 2.0. Rather than A taking only 35 points of damage and B taking 140, both would take exact 70.

[Hallan Parva]

Just thought I'd point out that we're not using armor factors for inherent health. Since this is a total conversion rather than an add-on modification, player classes will be using actual Max Health values. The only things changed by damage factors are when a player buys an armor upgrade or has their defense weakened by an enemy champion's skills.


Also, you both aren't done. Champions need four Skill Mods, not three.

Also also, since I'm seeing only 2/2 layouts (two weapons, two skills) I'll post a 3/1 or a 1/3 later so you know how that works.

Also also also WE DON'T STILL HAVE JUMP SKILLS DANGIT. If you want a jump bonus or something, it uses the passive slot.

[tsukiyomaru0]

Just thought I'd point out that we're not using armor factors for inherent health. Since this is a total conversion rather than an add-on modification, player classes will be using actual Max Health values. The only things changed by damage factors are when a player buys an armor upgrade or has their defense weakened by an enemy champion's skills.


Also, you both aren't done. Champions need four Skill Mods, not three.

Also also, since I'm seeing only 2/2 layouts (two weapons, two skills) I'll post a 3/1 or a 1/3 later so you know how that works.

Also also also WE DON'T STILL HAVE JUMP SKILLS DANGIT. If you want a jump bonus or something, it uses the passive slot.

Look up again, I revised the revision.
As for the 2/2, I opt to because that's my standard way of playing Borderlands (sticking mostly to two weapons even with four slots open.

[Hallan Parva]

As for the 2/2, I opt to because that's my standard way of playing Borderlands (sticking mostly to two weapons even with four slots open).

Disregard my previous burst of fervent range.


I totally understand where you're coming from; as a fully-decked Mechromancer, I still find myself using only two neighbouring weapons, with the other two being backup devices for getting easy Second Wind (because nothing says "free Second Wind" quite like a Torgue Rocket Launcher).

Actually, Borderlands 2 was one of the main inspirations for answering the question of "How do I make a MOBA game interesting in first person?" along with Awesomenauts, Monday Night Combat, and SSBB's Subspace Emissary. The game was veering to be a lot slower and focused on sharp min-max specializing, but after a lot of persuasion we're down to the quick and fast-paced build Coldy presented on the previous page.



EDIT: After looking back, seems like there's still a slight breakdown in communication! Basically, all four of your Skill Mods have three levels each; the initial purchase of Ragnarok would also be its Level 1, so to speak. In other words, the initial purchase effects of Ragnarok (halved MP for everything and low charge on top of it? wow that's OP) as well as the Level 1 effects (accuracy bonus plus auto-blind!? hell, that might be worse) are both earned from buying the Ultimate Mod ONCE. Sweet geezus, that's going a bit too far. Adjusting the power of the Ultimate Mod, as well as changing up your Skill Mods to all have three ranks would fix up the remaining issues.

Also, note that some of Alphonse's Skill Mods also apply some secondary effect at the Level 3 final purchase; this is to sort of encourage players to opt for getting a Level 3 in a Skill Mod earlier in the game to make that particular bonus "super badass", instead of just waiting until end-game to Level 3 everything. Again, like Borderlands gives you the freedom to fill in select skills or just have a wide balance of skill points, the Skill Mod system is meant to allow players who evenly spread their Mods to stand on a roughly even ground with players who specialize in one area before moving on.

I see where you're coming from though, so if you're a little confused I could actually use your character as a good example for an alternate 2/2 build (where, unlike Alphonse, the Ultimate Mod isn't so much a skill as it is an upgrade).

[tsukiyomaru0]

-snip snip-

This whole ranks and skills thing is much more confusing... Why not use something in a more solid context, like based of a game such as Borderlands, where we know that each point in a skill just gives a boost to what it currently does?

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Eigil, the Sharpshooter
(Ranged, Hybrid, Carry, Assassin)

Appearance
Think something like the classic Final Fantasy Red Mage, but add an ammo belt shoulder-to-waist and oval-rimmed glasses. Not too original in appearance, right?

Focus
Primary: Skill
Secondary: Speed

Passive – Warped Reality
Gains partial invisibility after standing still for five seconds.

Weapon 1 – The MagiRifle, Gungnir
Eigil's trademark weapon, a sniper rifle that combines magic and science, capable of firing high damaging projectiles in a perfect straight line, said to never miss a target as long as it is in the right hands.
Weapon 1 Skill - Sure Shot
Gungnir, like a famed spear of the same name, has the ability to never miss the target. However, it requires a considerable portion of the user's energy to be embeeded into every bullet fired. By activating this skill, you will fire a projectile that will actively seek the enemy and attempt to hit.

Weapon 2 – The MagiRifle, Jormy
An assault rifle he rarely uses. Why is that? It has a low reach, slightly lower accuracy and eats his energy away with every round fired. And it lacks a magazine of its own due to the kind of "bullets" it uses; raw magic. No more, no less.
Weapon 2 Skill - Midgard Serpent
By charging it with an absurd amount of energy, Jormy can unleash powerful blast of pure magic in a straight line (wave-motion gun?), able to cause an absurd damage. But takes five seconds to fully charge, which slows Eigil due to the massive drain.

Skill Mods

> Quick Shot - Reduces the interval between shots by 25%

> Head Count - Boosts attack power for a while after you kill an enemy.

> Remote Barrier - Increase an ally's defense by shooting them.

> Ragnarok - <Ultimate Mod> - Obtaining the skill causes Eigil to give off a dark red aura and gives the following abilities

Rank 1 - Loki - All projectiles gains the ability to rebound once and causes 20% more damage.

Rank 2 - Odin - Gungnir's projectiles are given the ability to cause radius damage, but the radius damage can cause up to 50%(20% on Sure Shot) of the projectile's actual damage.

Rank 3 - Hel - Jormy's accuracy is increased and its projectile now creates a smoke that causes disorentation.

Skill Mods (Borderlands Style)

> Quick Shot - Reduces the interval between shots by 5% (+5% per additional skill point).

> Head Count - Boosts attack power by 10% (+5% per additional skill point) for a while after you kill an enemy.

> Remote Barrier - Increase an ally's defense by 10% (+10% per additional skill point) by shooting them. Effect does not stack with other abilities

> Ragnarok - <Ultimate Mod> - Build up dark energy and use it to finish them off!

>> Level 1 - Loki - All projectiles gains the ability to rebound once and causes 20% more damage.

>> Level 2 - Odin - Gungnir's projectiles are given the ability to cause radius damage, but the radius damage can cause up to 50%(20% on Sure Shot) of the projectile's actual damage.

>> Level 3 - Hel - Jormy's accuracy is increased and its projectile now creates a smoke that causes disorentation.

[Hallan Parva]

Kung-Fu Cutman

HUZZAH

YOU DID IT


That's pretty much what the theme is, yeah. You get a skill, then you can buy the same skill twice more to upgrade it. Sure, added effects are cool, but if the skill is good enough then you can "just have each point in a skill give a boost to what it currently does". Head Count would probably also increase duration per Rank, but you have the idea of it pretty much down to a science.

I'll go punch Cold Fusion out of hibernation and let 'em know he has something!

[tsukiyomaru0]

Kung-Fu Cutman

HUZZAH

YOU DID IT


That's pretty much what the theme is, yeah. You get a skill, then you can buy the same skill twice more to upgrade it. Sure, added effects are cool, but if the skill is good enough then you can "just have each point in a skill give a boost to what it currently does". Head Count would probably also increase duration per Rank, but you have the idea of it pretty much down to a science.

I'll go punch Cold Fusion out of hibernation and let 'em know he has something!

Ah, got it. So it goes the Borderlands-style...

[Orange juice :l]

Two maps and Three characters Incoming
Open to feedback cause I have no idea what I'm doing

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MAPS:
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Runeterraria WIT
This once pure landscape has been washed over by two warring elements: The Hallow, and The Corruption.

This map has Two Lanes.

UPPER LANE: The Hallow
A land of peace and benevolence, this lane is well-defended against enemies who see it as an easy route into your base. It has Two towers. Neutral Creeps are weak and drop moderate gold.

LOWER LANE: The Corruption
A fearful, blighted area, left unguarded as it was not thought that anyone could survive. The lane is full of aggressive neutral creeps that will most likely kill anyone under level 10, and seriously harass anyone who isn't level 20+. There is only one tower.
This lane is home to the Eater of Worlds, a large boss that will provide a buff to the team of whoever kills it.

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Worldstone Keep
At the heart of the world itself, the two warring factions now seek omnipotence by laying claim to the enigmatic Worldstone.

This map has Three Lanes.

The top and bottom lanes are standard, with two towers each and neutral creeps.

The middle lane CANNOT be used to access the enemy's base (One way door/teleporter), but instead serves as a KotH style capture point. Whoever holds the point procures a strong buff for his team, and allows them to move between top, middle, and bottom lanes through a shortcut circumventing the Worldstone.
Baron Nashor, eat your heart out.


CHUMPIONS:
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Communist Mage
(Mixed, Special, Carry, Disabler, AP Snowball)

Appearance:


Passive:
Alteration: All of Communist Mage's allies gain a very minor boost to all stats (~3% improved attack, armor, jump, speed, etc etc)

WEAPON: STAFF OF +3 DESTRUCTION
Your last-hitting stick mystic artifact is a rather weak source of damage, probably because you're bashing people over the head with it. Whatever, it works.
Skill: Alchemy
A master of subatomic transmutation, Communist Mage can tear down the very matter that comprises the organic forms of his enemies. These tasty tasty elements can be molded into millions of shapes, especially ones that help him kill more people. Of course, transmuting a person's skull into lead is a pretty effective direct damage spell, too. If you kill an enemy player with this ability, it gains a very small amount of damage permanently.
Skill: Absolute Zero
By chilling the air to absolute zero, Communist Mage creates an impassable wall of solid air around the target area for 5 seconds. Projectiles that contact this wall are frozen until the effect ends, at which point they all continue in their trajectory. Rippers do NOT deal damage while frozen.
Skill: Evocate
Communist Mage stops everything and enters a trance. He is unable to defend himself while in this state, meaning he takes 50% more damage, but he regains all of his mana and half of his health over 10 seconds.

UPGRADES:

Philosophy:
Wait, lead? Wouldn't that be useful for bashing skulls in? Your bonus damage from Alchemy now increases the damage dealt by your Staff of +3 Destruction by [75/100/125]% of the current bonus value.

Thermodynamics:
All enemies inside Absolute Zero are slowed for the duration plus a short amount of time. You know, because being in a prison of impossibly cold air might be a bit unhealthy.

Meditation:
Communist Mage realizes it'd probably be a good idea to turn his skin into steel. Of course, he can't exactly move steel, but that never stopped anyone from trying. Instead of the normal 150% damage taken while Evocating, you now take [120/100/80]%.

GEAR UPGRADE! <Ultimate Skill>
Adventuring seriously pays off. Trust me.
These are all one-use enchantments that can be placed on the Staff of +3 Destruction for a mana cost, and have a short/moderate cooldown.
RANK 1: MOMENTUM
Sends an enemy flying, and I'm talking about halfway down the lane. If they collide with a wall, they take additional damage and are Stunned.
RANK 2: IGNITE
Lights your staff on fire. If you don't know what being on fire does to your enemies, you may want to think about that for a bit.
RANK 3: TELEKINESIS
Point your staff at an enemy, and you can pick them up and move them around. Drains a LOT of mana based on how much you move the enemy around and how long you hold them.
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Jeus the Pious
(Melee, Hybrid, Tank, Assassin)

Appearance:
Heavy Plate Armor. That's basically all you can see.

Passive:
Honorbound: You gain 1% of your health every second when under 30% health. Also, you cannot die if you had 40% or more health within the last 5 seconds; you will instead be brought to 1 hp.

WEAPON: BROADSWORD
When you've got a giant two handed sword, nothing's gonna get in your way.
Skill: Overpower
Fire a massive shockwave in front of you, dealing heavy damage to whoever is hit. If two or more enemies are hit by the shockwave, no damage is dealt, but enemies are instead stunned for 3 seconds. If an enemy is stunned by this move, you gain the Advantage for 5 seconds. Note that only players are included in this effect- NPCs will always take damage.
Skill: Parry
You become immune to damage from the front for one second. If you block a melee attack, your enemy becomes Off-Balance, reducing their movement speed by 20% for 3 seconds.
Skill: Execute
Jeus's most powerful attack, this move drains 60% of his remaining mana to deal tons of damage.

UPGRADES:
Shake the Earth
Single enemies are slowed by increasing amounts by your Overpower. At max rank, Overpower stuns enemies that are alone.
Dancing Steel
Parrying a ranged attack gives you a large boost in movement speed and refreshes the cooldown on your parry.
Blessed Blade
Execute's hitbox becomes larger.
Wake of Gods - Ultimate
RANK 1: Execute's damage is increased 10% if you have the Advantage.
RANK 2: Execute's damage is increased 10% if the enemy is Off-Balance.
RANK 3: Execute's damage is increased 75% if you have the Advantage over an Off-Balance opponent. Yes, this will most likely kill them.
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Skeletron Prime
(Mixed, Carry, Pusher, Disabler, Physical)

Appearance:
Huge, mechanical skull with four arms, each bearing a powerful weapon. Google Images if you're curious.

Passive:
Red Hat: When you die, you drop a red hat. Anyone who touches this hat will then have the hat appear on their head, and they will drop it if they die. Whoever brings the hat back to their respawn point obtains a small gold bonus.

WEAPON: PRIME SAW
One of Skeletron Prime's four limbs, the saw-bearing arm flies out in front of him, dealing damage to any enemy that touches the saw. Similar to Rolling Cutter sans ripper, honestly, but the arm can take damage for Skeletron- fire carefully!
WEAPON: PRIME CANNON
Skeletron Prime's second limb fires bombs that are affected by gravity.
Skill: PRIME VICE
The third limb stuns immobilizes enemies as it crushes the life out of them. Long cooldown.
WEAPON: PRIME LASER
Finally, the fourth limb allows Skeletron to fire off lasers, but these drain his mana dramatically.

UPGRADES:
Blast Zone
Prime Cannon now fires an extra bomb at a slight angle every [fifth/fourth/third] attack.
Quadridextrous
You can change weapons [66%, 33%, instantly] through Prime Vice's CC duration. Enemies affected by Prime Vice are still invulnerable to outside damage.
Soul of Fright
Hitting an enemy with [10, 8, 6] consecutive lasers with a delay no longer than 10 seconds between shots will fear them for a short time.
Hooked Blades - Ultimate
Prime Saw's teeth become hooked, gripping any enemy it hits along the path of the saw.
LEVEL 1: You release the enemy at the apex of the shot.
LEVEL 2: The enemy will come into contact with you.
LEVEL 3: The saw deposits the enemy slightly behind you and causes them to bleed for a short duration, causing damage proportional to the distance they travel while bleeding.

[xColdxFusionx]

Runeterraria WIT

We're trying to go for more original content here, but I have to give props for the idea of a "Hard Mode lane".

Worldstone Keep

This one might actually be used as-is. The side-objective is certainly a cool idea.

Communist Mage

As much fun as Nasus/Veigar is, I'm a bit hesitant about including this guy because he suffers the same problem as Daveris in CSCC: Snowballs are REALLY hard to balance effectively in something like Zandronum.
Also last-hits are really hard to pull off when there's no visible enemy health bars
Also also see rule 1.

Jeus the Pious

The only thing I'm hesitant on is having Undying Rage + VoliPassive as a passive. I'd reduce the duration of Honorboud's UnderShirt period, but other than that I think he's pretty good.
...Also I'm willing to let the edge-skirting of Rule 1 slide on this one because I kind of like the character idea. You win this round...

Skeletron Prime

See my note under Runeterraria.

[Balrog]

MAPS:
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Runeterraria WIT
This once pure landscape has been washed over by two warring elements: The Hallow, and The Corruption.

This map has Two Lanes.

UPPER LANE: The Hallow
A land of peace and benevolence, this lane is well-defended against enemies who see it as an easy route into your base. It has Two towers. Neutral Creeps are weak and drop moderate gold.

LOWER LANE: The Corruption
A fearful, blighted area, left unguarded as it was not thought that anyone could survive. The lane is full of aggressive neutral creeps that will most likely kill anyone under level 10, and seriously harass anyone who isn't level 20+. There is only one tower.
This lane is home to the Eater of Worlds, a large boss that will provide a buff to the team of whoever kills it.

So, Murderbridge with a jungle from hell.

Worldstone Keep
At the heart of the world itself, the two warring factions now seek omnipotence by laying claim to the enigmatic Worldstone.

This map has Three Lanes.

The top and bottom lanes are standard, with two towers each and neutral creeps.

The middle lane CANNOT be used to access the enemy's base (One way door/teleporter), but instead serves as a KotH style capture point. Whoever holds the point procures a strong buff for his team, and allows them to move between top, middle, and bottom lanes through a shortcut circumventing the Worldstone.
Baron Nashor, eat your heart out.

This I like. Not sure how you can squeeze neutral creeps into a lane, though, and the capture point would be hell to balance between the buff and the teleport; Shen is OP primarily because his ult lets him turn around teamfights and gank all over the place.

[xColdxFusionx]

Welp
I made a thing


...Anyone want to try their hand at cleaning up and adding a [firing/reload/twirl/any combination of the above] animation for these things?

[tsukiyomaru0]

Welp
I made a thing


...Anyone want to try their hand at cleaning up and adding a [firing/reload/twirl/any combination of the above] animation for these things?

Coldfusion, that's damn awesome.