Siege wars

[jimbob9999]

This is a very long post, beware.

 

 

 

I plan to improve this over the next few days before i post it on the RS forums, give me your opinions please :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*note: the necklace of war is a enchanted ruby necklace which can teleport you to siege wars or the Tzhaar bank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction:

 

 

 

Lanthus has decided to open another castlewars arena, if you decide to venture to the digsite you should be able to find the new siege wars arena. Alternativly you could teleport there with the necklace of war.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Siege wars:

 

 

 

Siege wars is a pvp minigame, players are split into two teams wearing cape with thier team's colours, you are not allowed to take any items into the arena, you will be supplied with everything you need. Each team has a base, in this base you have a armoury, a infirmary, a laboratory, a chapel catapults.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The armoury:

 

 

 

Here you can collect the armour of your class, you choose a class in the waiting room before you enter a match, more info on different class and their armour + weapons later on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The infirmary:

 

 

 

In the infirmary you can obtain bandages as well as other things with which to heal your or your comrades.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The laboratory:

 

 

 

In here your stock of explosive potions, flammable liquids, and performance enhancing potions can be found in here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The chapel:

 

 

 

Here you will find some altars, with which you can recharge your prayer once you die.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The catapults:

 

 

 

These can fire flaming rocks (or ordinary rocks) as well as players, although you may want to be careful handling others here. Your ranged level will improve how accurate you fire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each of these 5 features of your base can be destroyed by the enemy (and vice versa) which will make them less effective, your armoury will have less effective equipment, your infirmary and lab will have limited supplys, your chapel will restore less prsayer points (as well as increasing respawn times slightly) and your catapults will fire off target. But fear not, all of these things can be fixed by using your hammer and chisel, better to try and defend it though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to score:

 

 

 

The first way to score is by destroying your enemies base, for every % they have lost *at the end of the match* you will score one point, allowing 500 points to be gained from there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The other way is kill count, depending on how many people there are in the game, and the level gap between teams your kills will count for more, or less. It should be fairly balanced so the game is not just destroying or killing, but a mixture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The classes:

 

 

 

Melee:

 

 

 

Guardian:

 

 

 

These troops are outfitted with a large pike with which they can attack from over walls, they have fairly heavy armour as they don't need to move much, they are best suited to guarding a base.

 

 

 

Secondary weapon: A hachet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light infantry:

 

 

 

These form the backbone of most armies, the wear light armour, chain mail and so on, and wield a long sword, the light armour also allows them to move over most terrain and agility obstacles, allowing them to respond to any distress calls. They are best to stay in a group, otherwise they are fairly easy to pick off.

 

 

 

Secondary weapon: A poisened dagger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heavy infantry:

 

 

 

These troops are equipped with thick plate armour, as well as a variety of weapons to take down anybody that may stand in their way, these weapons include: 2 handed swords, and battleaxes. THeir vulk prevents them from crossing most obstacles and they are advised to take the most direct route.

 

 

 

Secondary weapon: A dagger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rangers:

 

 

 

Sentry:

 

 

 

These troops wield a longbow, perfect for shooting enemies from a distance, they are equipped with light and durable leather with a chainmail underlay. They are best suited to sticking on walls, as they are easy targets in hand to hand combat.

 

 

 

Secondary weapon: Knife

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conventional archer:

 

 

 

Equipped with a short bow and dragon hide armour these are the most common archers on the field, they can shoot short distances, over rivers and so forth, they are advised to accompany light infantry as they also move swiftly.

 

 

 

Secondary weapon: Knife

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tactical archer:

 

 

 

With a crossbow in one hand and a buckler in another they are often the best ranged unit available, as they have a shield they are advised to use any throwing knives or axes the may find scattered around the battlefield.

 

 

 

Secondary weapon: Throwing knife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magic:

 

 

 

Guardian (m):

 

 

 

They wear robes that give both a magic bonus, but also a prayer bonus, their staff has long range and ok power.

 

 

 

Secondary weapon: Mace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battle mage:

 

 

 

These mages wear armour and robes, their magic bonus is only just positive but their defense bonus is big, their staff can be used as a effective melee weapon as well as for spell casting.

 

 

 

Secondary weapon: None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warlock:

 

 

 

These mages wear robes which give a huge magical bonus, although they have very very little defence, their staff is quick for spell casting and is effective, although it'd be terrible for hand to hand combat.

 

 

 

Secondary weapon: Mace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, every combat type can be part of the stealth infantry:

 

 

 

These troops are all equipped with robes with a special enchantment placed on them to take on the appearance of their background, it is placed over dragon hide for rangers or chainmail for warriors (mages just wear the robes) they only show up on their allies mini map and you can only see their outline and folds of their robes when you look at them, when they attack, their shortbow, scimitar or staff will be visible and they will show up on everybodys minimap.

[geoffreak]

sweet!

 

 

 

great idea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

like castle wars II :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The chapel:

 

 

 

Here you will find some altars, with which you can recharge your prayer once you die.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your prayer is restored when you die...

[rambaldi]

i like it, sounds great although kinda like some other games i have played atleast in the class set up

[jimbob9999]

No, it's set so that when you die you prayer is not restored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later on I'm going to add things about player ranks and so on, I think jagex might not like it because it's a tad complex :?

[Barihawk]

he catapults:

 

 

 

These can fire flaming rocks (or ordinary rocks) as well as players, although you may want to be careful handling others here. Your ranged level will improve how accurate you fire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Launch a noob!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like it, except for the stealth troops.

[jimbob9999]

Hmm, i might take them out...

 

 

 

But also you can send your own troops using the catapult, they will of course take damage.

[knight10071]

Good idea, it sounds great but maybe stealth only for meleers because range and mage are all ready first 1s to attack

 

 

 

and that stealth is invisible, not shown on map but u can attack them if u click on the right spot

[hazardmaster]

Castle War clones ftw?

[cardsfan]

good start, but needs a ton of modification. the stealth troops need a negative bonus to offset their special ability. u will also need to clear up the xp issue, and how to make repairing your base fair. if one click repairs, u can tell that theres not much point to it. also, add MUCH more diversity between the classes. warlocks and longbowmen need to be much more different. and lastly, give BOTH high lvl and low lvl ppl fun and enjoying jobs to make the game appeal to everyone.

[bigballer101]

awesome idea but i need 2 become a member lol sad aint it? i have played like once a month for like a week for a year bout so im level 45 but i used 2 have level 56 and played everyday for 4 weeks not bad right? lol

[jimbob9999]

Evidently some people didn't pick up that Lanthus created castlewars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is like another castlewars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the moment how much time you've played siege wars along with your total kills and damage and also your combat levels will determine how good the armour and weapons you use are.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am planning to add a fair bit more and then modify it on the critiscm I get back. Would it be a good idea to add some stats for example armour?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, should players supply their own runes and ranged equipment?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for repairing bases, you would not fix it all at once, perhaps 1% per 20 seconds per person or something, I'm thinking of adding in non combat skills, so your crafting and smithing could help with fixing these things.

[jimbob9999]

On another note, what's people's opinions of using this arena to test out possible new weapons and armour etc?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For example, if they are stuck between two weapon designs they could add them into the game one week prior to the introduction and use the poll for peoples opinions.