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Full Opie: The Defender update
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What changed
- Balance
- Gameplay
Opie: The Defender changes
Hordes of Jarl Hrafnar Sterkrson
You are not the only one who seeks Old Kingdom's treasures. Vikings are your strongest rival in this adventure. Your real journey begins after you learn combat and basic mechanics of the game in training island. You will arrive the first Old Kingdom island and built your headquarters there. But you need to build defences not only for dangers in the island. Vikings will try to seize the island from you. Jarl Hrafnar thinks you are weak. Therefore he sent a small ship of warriors to you first. Everytime you win your defence, he will increase number and strenght of his fleet. This plot is our "tower defence" mechanics, we will talk about this in more detail in future. Viking Units
Ulf - Basic Footman, uses one-hand axe and shield
Moderate health
Moderate damage
Moderate defence
Can block with shield
Bjorn - Barbarian Brute, uses heavy battle-axe
High health
Health regeneration
Moderate damage
Low defence
Ambush attack doesn't work
Helga - Basic Archer, uses bow and arrow
Low health
Moderate damage
Low defence
High range
High accuracy
Guardians of Old Kingdom
Dark magic knowladge lost with Old Kingdom but in the ruins you will encounter with remains of Dark Knights and Dark Mages, The Undead. Probably the reason islands of Old Kingdom vanished long ago is dark magic. Scolars think something prevented these islands to be found by some magic they don't have knowladge about. For unknown reasons this magic is faint so islands start to pop up out of nowhere. Skeleton Units
Dark Knight - uses sword and shield
Moderate health
Moderate damage
High defence
Fast attack speed
Can block with shield
Ambush attack doesn't work
Dark Mage - uses staff and grimoire
Low health
High damage
Low defence
Can leach health with channeling spell
Can knockback with dark explosion spell
Ambush attack doesn't work
Tribes of the Wild
On second island you will encounter with an uncivilized natives, are they survivors of the Old Kingdom? That is the biggest mystery to solve. We don't want to spoil any story you will uncover during your first island expedition. So we will just continue with unit types for now. Tribe Units
Wild Fighter - uses spear and shield
Low health
Moderate damage
Low defence
Fast attack speed
Fast movement speed
Can block with shield
Medium attack range
Wild Scout - uses dagger
Low health
High damage
Low defence
Fast attack speed
Fast movement speed
Stealth attack
Wild Shaman - uses staff
Low health
Moderate damage
Low defence
Can sacrifice friendly units to heal
Can summon sand creatures
We separated Animals, Humanoids and Bosses so there are more dangers out there waiting for you. We will discuss animals and bosses in future weekly announcements. Stay tuned!
Source
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