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[Gameplay] Nerf Chandragupta aura
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Authored by real_tabasco_sauce on Sep 8 2023, 10:49 PM.

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rP27876: [Gameplay] Nerf Chandragupta aura

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After watching some maury gameplay, I concluded that the aura I gave Chandragupta in a previous patch was too strong.
This patch makes the ranged aura only for +1 armor for all units in the aura, but I let it apply to elephants too.
Basically, this will be a strong ele hero, but still have a helpful aura for non-elephant units.

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real_tabasco_sauce created this revision.Sep 8 2023, 10:49 PM

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Build failure - The Moirai have given mortals hearts that can endure.

Link to build: https://jenkins.wildfiregames.com/job/macos-differential/7265/display/redirect

Successful build - Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B22308: Diff 22226.Sep 8 2023, 11:09 PM

real_tabasco_sauce requested review of this revision.Sep 8 2023, 11:09 PM

So, it just removes the effect on elephants and the attack bonus wholly, just keeping the armor bonus?

wowgetoffyourcellphone added inline comments.Sep 23 2023, 8:41 PM

binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/data/auras/units/heroes/maur_hero_chandragupta_1.json
12 ↗	(On Diff #22226)	standground.png would be better. :)

I don't think it's op. But I would like something more elegant for this aura. He was one of the founders of the empire, I think we can find something more creative than just attack/armor.

In D5124#218579, @borg- wrote:

I don't think it's op. But I would like something more elegant for this aura. He was one of the founders of the empire, I think we can find something more creative than just attack/armor.

I think its plenty creative, sort of in the same way Alexander is creative. There should be fairly broadly applicable heroes and some that affect very specific things. Currently, they don't have a hero to provide any damage or armor boost.
This will be the second elephant hero in the game, and the first with a global aura. Also the dynamic of adding armor to nearby units with the global aura affecting elephants allows his affect to work in tiers:

elephant + in range gets the strongest buff.
elephants globally get the next strongest buff.
and soldiers nearby get a decent bonus.

In D5124#218524, @wowgetoffyourcellphone wrote:

So, it just removes the effect on elephants and the attack bonus wholly, just keeping the armor bonus?

It allows the armor to affect elephants and removes the attack bonus for the 60m aura. There is a separate _2 aura for elephants and it is a global speed and attack rate aura.

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Build failure - The Moirai have given mortals hearts that can endure.

Link to build: https://jenkins.wildfiregames.com/job/macos-differential/7332/display/redirect

Successful build - Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Link to build: https://jenkins.wildfiregames.com/job/vs2015-differential/8421/display/redirect

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