Gargoyles that can be Animated and Controlled
Basically, I believe gems should have the opportunity to be more of a continuously useful resource. Currently, at end game gems become rather pointless despite the fact there are SO many variations of them.
I am suggesting two things here.
1. Animated Gargoyles for defense
2. Gargoyle Rune
So, to put things simply, I believe you should be able to craft statues which utilize stone and gems that animate once hostiles are near. I would imagine each castle would have a cap of 10-ish of these. The different types of gems you put into these gargoyles will give them a unique combat effect/bonus. If they die, you need to craft them again. They're dead permanently.
Next, while the siege golem is for offensive raiding, I think it'd be rad if you could create a defensive/combat oriented Gargoyle rune. This would let you summon a massive (but smaller than the golem, think like.... Fallen Angel size.) stone gargoyle that you can take control of for a certain amount of time.
Comments: 7
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13 Jun, '22
Jehkoba MergedI love the cosmetic gargoyles and statues in the game, but what if they could also help keep your base safe?
To clarify, I'm only talking about the column-mounted ones here, not standing statues. Increasing the cost of the column gargoyles and giving them tower-defense-style abilities (rapid projectile, slow projectile, AOE, slow, etc) would encourage players to build fewer honeycomb structures and more 2x2 (or larger) rooms, with gargoyles on each column.
This would allow for better offline base defense, more options around building (besides the current honeycomb strategy), and make raids more interesting and challenging. Let our magical, blood-fuelled Gothic vampire castles be a bit better at defending themselves while we're asleep, even if it's marginal compared to well-equipped servants. -
21 Jun, '22
Rooibos / C.M. Admin"Gargoyles as Base Defense" (suggested by Jehkoba on 2022-06-13), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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23 Jun, '22
RaltierI like the idea of gargoyles as a trap
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10 Aug, '22
St0L3DaB00Ty MergedWould love to see the ability to create sentient gargoyle statues within your castle borders. There are many statues you can build in the game that you could then use materials like Gem Dust, Spectral Dust, Dark Silver Ingots and maybe a Corrupted Artifact to bring these statues to life. Each style of statue could have a different move set and attack enemies that get within range by hopping down off their bases and fighting like a normal servant. Set the limit to each castle heart to something like 3 so they could be powerful front line options for defense or allow for a higher number to be built but they are weaker defenders with good utility.
Abilities could include Claw/Bite basic attacks, Flight/Dash attacks, Leap/Smash attacks that stun, Screech attacks that silence/daze/slow, Golem style overhanded smash/shockwave, perhaps add a petrify gaze effect so they can have a unique stun. So much could be done using the statues you have in game already for both function and form. -
10 Aug, '22
Rooibos / C.M. Admin"Special Castle Defense Item: Gargoyles" (suggested by St0L3DaB00Ty on 2022-08-10), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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04 Nov, '22
ZlaxI think this idea is really great, both the wall mounted heads that could shoot or bite nearby enemies, but also for a limited amount of the bigger ones.
The bigger ones I would imagine as sort of an anti siege weapon, where they would have a damage modifier vs the Siege Golem, so they you cant just summon a siege golem and destroy an entire castle, as these things would destroy your golem if you dont have players alongside you to help kill them.
Also have them tiered so you can build them from tier 1 and up, but with higher damage mod vs the golem at higher tiers. -
09 Dec, '23
Vlad de la SimWould like if statues just sometimes(once or twice a day) just moved slightly when there is no action going on. Turning their heads looking around. shift position slightly. limbs get stiff and uncomfortable when still for so long as statues are. A Gargoyle boss would be cool.