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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0004524Valley 1Suggestion - Spell IdeasMay 10, 2012 8:28 am
Reporterzebramatt Assigned To 
Status strongly consideringResolutionopen 
Product Version0.513 
Summary0004524: New spell idea: summon sentry
DescriptionFor substantial magic cost, summon a critter who hovers above and behind you, with its own health (or duration, or both) and launches projectiles at closest enemies.

Like a friendly Lightning Esper who follows you about for a while.
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Jerebaldo1

Oct 5, 2011 8:00 pm

reporter   ~0015838

I've always been a fan of summoning spells

Misery

May 8, 2012 5:10 am

reporter   ~0023737

As long as it's useful in a practical without being overpowered, I'm all for this idea.

And the summon spells that ARE in the game already are fun to use and can be quite useful, so seeing more is definitely a good thing.

Tallgeese

May 8, 2012 10:21 am

reporter   ~0023757

Last edited: May 8, 2012 10:33 am

It may be best to implement these similarly to the concept of "Options" in Gradius.

Basically, instead of giving summoned sentries their own AI, which would cause a problem in Anachronism missions (because how would it know who to target? It would be useless or way too good), make it stay relatively still next to the player (making it move when they move) and dumbfire in the same general direction you are firing at every time you fire an attack spell. I would suggest giving them a duration instead of health.

If incredibly ambitious, allow the player to summon multiple sentries, of mixed types (up to, say, 3?) and allow the player to cycle through possible sentry formation settings with a button.

Quaix

May 8, 2012 10:30 am

reporter   ~0023758

I'd love to see it as a technology-based satellite, not magic-based.

twowinds12

May 8, 2012 6:16 pm

reporter   ~0023793

What Tallgeese said, "Options" like Gradius are the way to go. This would be a cool feature, and I'd like the extra firepower.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Oct 3, 2011 9:38 am zebramatt New Issue
Oct 3, 2011 10:12 am tigersfan Internal Weight => Feature Suggestion
Oct 3, 2011 10:12 am tigersfan Status new => strongly considering
Oct 5, 2011 8:00 pm Jerebaldo1 Note Added: 0015838
May 8, 2012 5:10 am Misery Note Added: 0023737
May 8, 2012 10:21 am Tallgeese Note Added: 0023757
May 8, 2012 10:24 am Tallgeese Note Edited: 0023757
May 8, 2012 10:30 am Quaix Note Added: 0023758
May 8, 2012 10:33 am Tallgeese Note Edited: 0023757
May 8, 2012 6:16 pm twowinds12 Note Added: 0023793
May 10, 2012 8:28 am zebramatt Category Suggestion - Gameplay => Suggestion - Spell Ideas