Fire mage now does look cool!

Ariel#4992

Still would have prefered actual Dragon Mage, but what can you do. It appears that Imrik starts with friendly relationship with Caledor (possibly non-aggression pack). As a Czech, I am not good at Polish language, but whatched it anyway just to see what to expect from Imrik. Love Imrik's voice.
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgZrczrrfhI

Pics from the video:

#902441

Teeny bit disappointed he's in a Vortex campaign, but not unexpected.

His Dragon Princes look absolutely beautiful.

Lunaticprince#9972

Ahh cool they gave her a own design!

at least that.

ROMOBOY#7812

Looks really cool

Ariel#4992

Just added picks for those that are not interested in Polish language (can't blame you ) and it appears he starts with non-aggresion pact and military access with Caledor.

#23570

Oh that's neat, really looking forward to seeing them on dragons.:3

Manpersal#3961

Arsenic said:

Teeny bit disappointed he's in a Vortex campaign, but not unexpected.

His Dragon Princes look absolutely beautiful.

They're like those of Teclis, just darker. I'd have prefered something more different. But that's easy to mod.

Maedrethnir#1968

It should be titled 'Książę koronny'(the Crown Prince).

Can someone tell me what changed in appearance of Fire Mage? Still, I cry for Caledoriaan robes!


P.S. Excellent voice, ah my Prince!!!
P.S.2 Imrik doesn't refer to himself as 'the Crown Prince'. Unplayable.

Lunaticprince#9972

Maedrethnir said:

It should be titled 'Książę koronny'(the Crown Prince).

Can someone tell me what changed in appearance of Fire Mage? Still, I cry for Caledoriaan robes!


P.S. Excellent voice, ah my Prince!!!
P.S.2 Imrik doesn't refer to himself as 'the Crown Prince'. Unplayable.

the armor seems new and the collar, look new to me, but maybe my eyes play pranks on me.

Ariel#4992

manpersal said:

Arsenic said:

Teeny bit disappointed he's in a Vortex campaign, but not unexpected.

His Dragon Princes look absolutely beautiful.

They're like those of Teclis, just darker. I'd have prefered something more different. But that's easy to mod.

Now it doesn't matter from which faction the mages are as the lore of magic is the thing that defines the look of the mage. So this coloured fire mages should be for all factions.

sirItan#6623

On 11:10 there is a mission that gives you an option to confederate Caledor. Sack,raze or Occupy 6 settlements.

Neodeinos#5871

The armour doesn't look new, this is just a different colour.

Lunaticprince#9972

neodeinos said:

The armour doesn't look new, this is just a different colour.

My mistake then.

Steph#6413

Glad had the same idea I had in november 2018

AxiosXiphos#9040

Oh whoa he starts with his unique horse! I'm really glad as thought I'd never end up using it. These days I never bother unlocking the lower mounts; which is a shame really. Don't want to waste skillpoints though.

Ariel#4992

neodeinos said:

The armour doesn't look new, this is just a different colour.

Yeah I was talking about the recolour - it looks good and there was no recolour for fire mages in Loremaster's video, so it must be a new thing. I was not expecting any new model, as that would go beyond what CA does for flc stuff.

Neodeinos#5871

steph74 said:

Glad had the same idea I had in november 2018

Somehow you always manage to promote your mod even if it's not relevant to the topic.

Draxynnic#3149

AxiosXiphos said:

Oh whoa he starts with his unique horse! I'm really glad as thought I'd never end up using it. These days I never bother unlocking the lower mounts; which is a shame really. Don't want to waste skillpoints though.

Honestly, that's why I resisted taking away mount prerequisites so much. The higher-tier mounts are certainly worth multiple points, and prerequisites meant that the lower-tier mounts at least get some play along the way. Also helped give some advantages to foot lords, at least in campaign, since they had more skill points they could afford to spend elsewhere and that was more likely to be an even trade (as opposed to spending one skill point and jumping straight to a dragon, mammoth, or similar top-end mount).

eomat#7953

Such a missed opportunity to have a visually distinctive Dragon Mage. I really hoped they would have made him Male too.

Nitros14#7973

AxiosXiphos said:

Oh whoa he starts with his unique horse! I'm really glad as thought I'd never end up using it. These days I never bother unlocking the lower mounts; which is a shame really. Don't want to waste skillpoints though.

Mounts not requiring the previous mount was a terrible change. Now no one takes the early mounts because they don't want to 'waste' points.

IamNotArobot#8850

steph74 said:

Glad had the same idea I had in november 2018

oh so you are a modder.

wait till im out of jail, youll see.

Tayvar

Draxynnic said:

AxiosXiphos said:

Oh whoa he starts with his unique horse! I'm really glad as thought I'd never end up using it. These days I never bother unlocking the lower mounts; which is a shame really. Don't want to waste skillpoints though.

Honestly, that's why I resisted taking away mount prerequisites so much. The higher-tier mounts are certainly worth multiple points, and prerequisites meant that the lower-tier mounts at least get some play along the way. Also helped give some advantages to foot lords, at least in campaign, since they had more skill points they could afford to spend elsewhere and that was more likely to be an even trade (as opposed to spending one skill point and jumping straight to a dragon, mammoth, or similar top-end mount).

The mounts should cost currency not skill points, and more lords should get access to mounts.

Fabi

AxiosXiphos said:

Oh whoa he starts with his unique horse! I'm really glad as thought I'd never end up using it. These days I never bother unlocking the lower mounts; which is a shame really. Don't want to waste skillpoints though.

All thanks to the stupid unchained skilltrees. Now there never is any point in choosing lower tier mounts.

AxiosXiphos#9040

Fabi said:

AxiosXiphos said:

Oh whoa he starts with his unique horse! I'm really glad as thought I'd never end up using it. These days I never bother unlocking the lower mounts; which is a shame really. Don't want to waste skillpoints though.

All thanks to the stupid unchained skilltrees. Now there never is any point in choosing lower tier mounts.

Yeah it's abit stupid. They should copy age of wonders: plentfalls method. Add some extra incentives to take the mount traits; maybe some bonus large or something - something to represent the effort the LL put into learning that new skill. Purely so each trait is relevant beyond just taking the mount and there is incentive to take the earlier ones.

Maedrethnir#1968

crazycrix said:

Yeah I was talking about the recolour - it looks good and there was no recolour for fire mages in Loremaster's video, so it must be a new thing. I was not expecting any new model, as that would go beyond what CA does for flc stuff.

Imperial Wizards send their regards.

Nemox#3260

Maedrethnir said:

crazycrix said:

Yeah I was talking about the recolour - it looks good and there was no recolour for fire mages in Loremaster's video, so it must be a new thing. I was not expecting any new model, as that would go beyond what CA does for flc stuff.

Imperial Wizards send their regards.

Imperial Wizards are meant to look different. It would've been nice to see a Dragon Mage officially, but that is the only one who really stands out.

It would be weird to see all the elven mages just copying the imperial wizard looks. Surely that would be beneath them? :P.

Ariel#4992

Maedrethnir said:

crazycrix said:

Yeah I was talking about the recolour - it looks good and there was no recolour for fire mages in Loremaster's video, so it must be a new thing. I was not expecting any new model, as that would go beyond what CA does for flc stuff.

Imperial Wizards send their regards.

Yeah but that was back in the day, when they were not doing the whole factions reworks and could spare resources to add uniquely looking mages for the Empire. (They got no FLC lord because of that, so maybe some people would be more happy with FLC lord, instead of every possible wizard variant. Funnly or rather sadly enough, we are still missing gold wizard and all 8 lord variants of those mages)

Maedrethnir#1968

Nemox said:

Maedrethnir said:

crazycrix said:

Yeah I was talking about the recolour - it looks good and there was no recolour for fire mages in Loremaster's video, so it must be a new thing. I was not expecting any new model, as that would go beyond what CA does for flc stuff.

Imperial Wizards send their regards.

Imperial Wizards are meant to look different. It would've been nice to see a Dragon Mage officially, but that is the only one who really stands out.

It would be weird to see all the elven mages just copying the imperial wizard looks. Surely that would be beneath them? :P.

So do Dragon Mages. It should be made precisely because it is the only one with unique looks.

crazycrix said:

Maedrethnir said:

crazycrix said:

Yeah I was talking about the recolour - it looks good and there was no recolour for fire mages in Loremaster's video, so it must be a new thing. I was not expecting any new model, as that would go beyond what CA does for flc stuff.

Imperial Wizards send their regards.

Yeah but that was back in the day, when they were not doing the whole factions reworks and could spare resources to add uniquely looking mages for the Empire. (They got no FLC lord because of that, so maybe some people would be more happy with FLC lord, instead of every possible wizard variant. Funnly or rather sadly enough, we are still missing gold wizard and all 8 lord variants of those mages)

Didn't we get Amethyst Wizard a year ago? Reworks were then.

Ariel#4992

Maedrethnir said:

Nemox said:

Maedrethnir said:

crazycrix said:

Yeah I was talking about the recolour - it looks good and there was no recolour for fire mages in Loremaster's video, so it must be a new thing. I was not expecting any new model, as that would go beyond what CA does for flc stuff.

Imperial Wizards send their regards.

Imperial Wizards are meant to look different. It would've been nice to see a Dragon Mage officially, but that is the only one who really stands out.

It would be weird to see all the elven mages just copying the imperial wizard looks. Surely that would be beneath them? :P.

So do Dragon Mages. It should be made precisely because it is the only one with unique looks.

crazycrix said:

Maedrethnir said:

crazycrix said:

Yeah I was talking about the recolour - it looks good and there was no recolour for fire mages in Loremaster's video, so it must be a new thing. I was not expecting any new model, as that would go beyond what CA does for flc stuff.

Imperial Wizards send their regards.

Yeah but that was back in the day, when they were not doing the whole factions reworks and could spare resources to add uniquely looking mages for the Empire. (They got no FLC lord because of that, so maybe some people would be more happy with FLC lord, instead of every possible wizard variant. Funnly or rather sadly enough, we are still missing gold wizard and all 8 lord variants of those mages)

Didn't we get Amethyst Wizard a year ago? Reworks were then.

Yeah that was a weird gift to a weird patch out of nowhere, I do not expect that to happen again.

Maedrethnir#1968

crazycrix said:

Maedrethnir said:

Nemox said:

Maedrethnir said:

crazycrix said:

Yeah I was talking about the recolour - it looks good and there was no recolour for fire mages in Loremaster's video, so it must be a new thing. I was not expecting any new model, as that would go beyond what CA does for flc stuff.

Imperial Wizards send their regards.

Imperial Wizards are meant to look different. It would've been nice to see a Dragon Mage officially, but that is the only one who really stands out.

It would be weird to see all the elven mages just copying the imperial wizard looks. Surely that would be beneath them? :P.

So do Dragon Mages. It should be made precisely because it is the only one with unique looks.

crazycrix said:

Maedrethnir said:

crazycrix said:

Yeah I was talking about the recolour - it looks good and there was no recolour for fire mages in Loremaster's video, so it must be a new thing. I was not expecting any new model, as that would go beyond what CA does for flc stuff.

Imperial Wizards send their regards.

Yeah but that was back in the day, when they were not doing the whole factions reworks and could spare resources to add uniquely looking mages for the Empire. (They got no FLC lord because of that, so maybe some people would be more happy with FLC lord, instead of every possible wizard variant. Funnly or rather sadly enough, we are still missing gold wizard and all 8 lord variants of those mages)

Didn't we get Amethyst Wizard a year ago? Reworks were then.

Yeah that was a weird gift to a weird patch out of nowhere, I do not expect that to happen again.

IIt most definitely will happen, if only because of goldies who are stil missing.

Draxynnic#3149

Tayvar said:

Draxynnic said:

AxiosXiphos said:

Oh whoa he starts with his unique horse! I'm really glad as thought I'd never end up using it. These days I never bother unlocking the lower mounts; which is a shame really. Don't want to waste skillpoints though.

Honestly, that's why I resisted taking away mount prerequisites so much. The higher-tier mounts are certainly worth multiple points, and prerequisites meant that the lower-tier mounts at least get some play along the way. Also helped give some advantages to foot lords, at least in campaign, since they had more skill points they could afford to spend elsewhere and that was more likely to be an even trade (as opposed to spending one skill point and jumping straight to a dragon, mammoth, or similar top-end mount).

The mounts should cost currency not skill points, and more lords should get access to mounts.

Yeah, that's an alternative I've put forward myself. Problem with the current system is that efficient skill allocation for the long term is to ignore mounts until you can get the best, and then once you do it's usually the most valuable skill point on that tree by a significant margin.