Topic: The Greater Evil

Hi guys,
at the moment I can only say that the whole topic is still under game-design-construction. Whe are pondering a variety of different paths to go and I dont feel comfortable sharing too many thoughts on the topic before we have decided on something internally.

So for now its “No Comment” :)

I think the “great evil” bosses will be tied to some of the legendary artifacts. So the lich gives “staff of worms”. Goblin “archshaman” a charm. Orc khan a unique battleaxe. Knights a set of black plate armour (This reminds me of the mount and blade native expansion). So on and so forth, assuming you don’t destroy the items while fighting them. That’s one way to make them stand out, which in my opinion is highly likely since leg. artifacts are planned and it only makes sense to reward the player with one after defeating an end game boss.

Personally I can’t wait to see the lich battle, I’m assuming it will take place in a crypt somewhere in the mountains/swamps. I hope it floats around like the liches/dragon priests in the elder scrolls. Either way I’m curious to see the art.

I agree with GOD, diversity in the game is needed. But what other forms would the unification of the orcs and the endless undead coming from a crypt take other than an orc big boss and an ancient lich, respectively? I’m sure there can be creative ways of representing that. But I’d like it to be a little more than simply, “there’s a bunch of skeletons coming from the crypt, kill the 50 inside and you saved the village”. Maybe if it’s not a lich, it could be the magic seeping out of grimoire, or a possessed statue you need to destroy. Something must be responsible for these great evil challenges even if it doesn’t take the form of a conventional boss.

Plenty of ways to add diversity. I don’t know what lore they have planned, so I’m not sure how unconventional I can be here, but here’s some simple suggestions off the top of my head that seem to fit what we’ve seen so far: magical artefact, restless spirits of the deceased out for revenge, necromancer cabal, vampire lord, ancient curse, magical plague, the spirit of a great king whose burial mound was disturbed, ancient hero who cannot accept his death and wants to conquer the world of the living, a crypt whose dead can find no rest, old Roman outpost carrying out its last duty, magical ritual gone awry or ghoul elder leads the hunt.

Yeah but half of those will function as boss fights, and some of the others as groups of unique special monsters, which is essentially a form of a boss fight. I do like the Roman outpost idea though, chance to find some legionnaire armour and tower shields.

Please by all means I like all the suggestions in the threads, more bosses, more special loot. But I feel like with a little thought the devs can create missions that go beyond, “Go here, kill X, come back”. Like for the orc unification, there can be an objective to assault a fortress that constantly spams orc young and warriors/berserkers from time to time, but you have to light X huts on fire than go to the edge of the map and retreat.