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@Sokolov: Have you ever considered placing Nora Globes on maps for balancing them, just like they have those Mana Globes in Duelyst?

 

How is that different from fonts? Both reward you with Nora for moving to certain parts of the map.

 

Difference is that the Nora is gained only once, not every turn. It might be a good tool to balance first player advantage or to provide new and interesting methods to add map diversity without much coding or even creating new maps.

 

would it be easier if the effects triggered off of team1 and team2?

 

Would a setup script also allow champions not owned by either player?

I'm thinking non-player characters that protect areas of the map.

 

Maybe with a Shrine Ability (which is removed after use) that generates Nora Globes on predetermined and/or random spots on the map?
Could a script automatically execute such an ability for the players?

 

is it possible to create another player that's strictly AI owned and run? i'm assuming no

 

it couldn't say a random space with a caveat that excluded impassable or chasm spaces?

i mean, i've seen single player- i guess if it were that simple things wouldn't deploy on chasm over and over

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But if you're spawning the Nora globe for 'balance reasons' why not just give that player the Nora at the start? I don't see how Nora globes balance anything unless they are meant for a specific player in which case you can just give him the Nora at the start or on specific turns.

 

Absolutely true. You only offer something on the map if the possibility of both players getting it is real, and this is one thing that I don't really like in Duelyst, you're too draw dependent. If you get good draws you can get all 3 mana balls, if it's not your day you deploy nothing for 2 turns and lose the game. But then again, you can pick a card that wipes the whole board and win. Too RNG focused to my taste.

 

There is a difference: In your scenario, you gain one resource for free (Nora); in the proposed scenario, you use one resource to gain another (AP to gain AP).
This may have several consequences: If you usually start with k Nora, and the Globe gives you l extra Nora, in your scenario a player could start the game with deploying Champions costing k+l Nora. In the proposed scenario, a player could only deploy for k Nora and could only use the +l extra Nora for other purposes.

It could still be a good tool if done right. The inherent difference in Pox Nora is the fact that Champions do not cost multiples of each other, like the Minions in Duelyst do.

 

By requiring ap you are rewarding map position which fonts already do.

As to the mechanics, they can make maps with different font layouts. So make a font type that only rewards Nora once and does not have the deployment functionality. Then make new maps for each kind of 'Nora font' pattern you want.

Considering all the different font zone effects there are it seems there is some design space there. Couldn't you program fonts to 'simulate' all kinds of map objects?

 

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