no way two patches in a year
download here: Night of Oblivion v1.38
Human AI Macro Update
for the uninitiated, the warcraft 3 melee ai language is a bunch of "user-friendly" API which conceals a lot of what the functions actually do. there are no debug logs, so if anything breaks, the whole script will, and both of these combined make for a hellish programming experience.
excuses aside, the human ai now has massive macro improvements, such as
being able to train from multiple barracks at the same time
maintaining good macro while teching
deciding what comp to go for (non-adaptive)
improved build order
spreading workers across their bases evenly
protects their bases with towers properly
yeah, only Ws in the chat. because of this, their economy was tuned to be much more similar to the player. for example, peasants now mine 5 gold with no penalty instead of 10 plus a penalty.
Human AI Combat/Unit Changes
Heroes training time increased from 45 to 60
Heroes base HP decreased from 200 to 100
Buffed: Priests (Heal/Inner Fire), Flying Machine
Nerfed: Riflemen (range upgrade), Knights, Gryphons, Guard Tower
archmage blessing now grants hp and mana, no longer reduces damage. now affects priests too
paladin blessing now grants additional 2 armour. now affects priests too
bloodmage blessing now correctly affects flying machines, no longer decreases hp
king blessing now affects gryphon riders too
General Changes
added unbuildable terrain to ramps cuz the ai would often block themselves with their buildings.
Spellcaster attacks now deal magic damage (makes sense no)
Curator Force
wildkin and green dragon moved out of regular production structures.
buildings now all have 5 base armour. notable buff is towers gaining 5 armour (was 0)
air units all gain +3 armour per upgrade, base armours adapted, hp decreased.
Chimaera
damage decreased from 65 to 54, damage type from normal to magic
Faerie Dragon
celestial faerie renamed to faerie dragon.
curators blessing changed to benevolence, which halves manacost for faerie blessing.
faerie blessing from +2 armour/+5(+5) hp regen to +3 armour/+5 hp regen.
Gnoll Enchanter
natural energy new upgrade which improves aspd and mspd by +25%/+25%.
rejuvenation from 480+240 over 12 seconds to 700 over 7 seconds
elderwood treant hp increased from 600 to 750, manacost from 200 to 300
Wildkin Oracle
- max mana increased, mana regen increased, manacosts increased. The intended effect is for wildkin to ramp up to be strong.
Green lizard
attack range decreased from 900 to 750
Defiled Swarm
snap dragon
damage decreased from 29 to 24
Exalted Order
buildings now have overall higher mana, lower hp, and lower mana regen. Buildings are tankier overall. Notably, buildings under construction have 0 mana, making them more fragile during construction. lower mana regen also makes attrition more effective.
sorceress and priest trainings now grant hp and mana as well
Archer
attack type from normal to pierce
no longer needs arcane fountain
Emissary
attack type from pierce to chaos, damage decreased to compensate
Crossbow
attack range decreased from 1200 to 900 (this was a typo in previous patch)
Hyperion cannon
attack range decreased from 1000 to 800 (this is a nerf)
Grand magus
now correctly has arcane implosion
divine revelation now improves slow and cripple instead of aoe. base aoe is now the previous upgraded amount (450).
Priest
new spell: dispel magic, replacing Neutralize.
Concord manacost increased from 50 to 75.
Sorceress
Arcanite attack deals more damage but more mana cost.
Fallen Conspiracy
fire elemental self damage increased from 10 to 13 hp/s
ghost units base armour decreased. This is to create a pseudo resistance towards spell damage.
Harbinger
ruination now cant target buildings.
death mark threshold decreased from 40% to 30%.
Bugfixes
town centre upgrades were negative cost due to misunderstanding
fuschia dynamo also had the same problem
town centres now repair normally
detection fixed for exalted
aaaaaaaaand thats it
game feels better to play now due to the ai feeling more fair in the way they operate. new map coming next patch!
download here: Night of Oblivion v1.38
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