Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-4750818-20150525160513

Hello folks,

I was thinking about how lances might be implemented in the mod. Now, I'm not exactly suggesting that lances be added at all, but rather that spears will be used as lances.

How is this supposed to work?

Well, to attack with a "lance" you simply place a spear in your hands. Then, you charge at your foe, dealing damage proportional to the speed that your horse is moving at (if you've ever run over zombies with a car in Unturned, you know what I'm getting at). That means that the faster your horse is going, the more damage you deal, up to the maximum hit that your spear can provide; this maximum is reached at 12 m/s, and is the same maximum that your spear can deal when thrown through your opponent. In addition to dealing great damage, the spear will also inflict significant knockback (also dependant on speed). This means that you can repeatedly charge down your foe until it's dead; you can attack this way when riding any mount, with the exception of Spiders and Wargs (they're so broad that there's no way you could use a lance on those mobs).

Certain NPC's will also use this attack, most notably Rohirrim, but also mounted Gondor Soldiers. All melee cavalry will spawn equipped with spears, but they won't throw them. Instead, they will charge down their foes. Note that NPC cavalry will deal 75% of the damage that a player would deal when moving at the same speed. If the mount of a horseman is killed but they survive, they will conduct normal melee attacks with their spear.

Now, I know what many of you evil players are thinking: this is too OP. Well, if this is OP, then thrown spears, Olog-Hai, Mirkwood Spiders, and Mirk-Trolls are OP, too. And, in the lore, 120 Rohirrim attacked 200 Orcs/Uruk-Hai near Fangorn and won a decisive victory. The way they currently are, there's no way that Rohirim would win that fight at all. Good players need a few powerful units too, don't you think?

If the strength of these units still bothers you, the cavalry could be made more expensive.

Glflegolas (admin) Send a Messenger   16:05, May 25, 2015 (UTC) 