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Yeah there is actually, blunt attacks (Fists and the Mourning Star melee) will build up extra Grit (Blue Mana), and sword attacks will build up extra Mettle (Red Mana)

Blunt attacks also have more knockback to them, so fists are good for bullying enemies.

Ah, just use the console and summon yourself a berserk kit, that'll give you the mace. I'll look into making a CVAR to make berserk upgrades permanent for folks that want it in the next update.

Blaz's sword is pretty simple honestly. When you press fire he opens up with the stab that forces a flinch, and then as you hold fire he'll just infinitely swing back and forth. Of course landing attacks builds up FP and at 100 the sword powers up for increased damage and lifesteal.

I don't wanna make any statements on this, but just keep your ear to the ground.

Just added it! It'll be in v1.8.3 which should be out shortly.

Would you believe I've joked around when I first saw the announcement of The Dark Ages of something to the effect of "Id is going to hear from my lawyers."

and thank you, I'm happy to see Kustam back as well.

It'll take awhile, as I need to focus on GMOTA this year and try to finish that. After that, I'll get back to Combined_Arms.

I'm afraid not, there'd be a lot of Heretic/Hexen based concessions I'd need to consider, and GMOTA's awfully big.

I'd say go for Doomslayer with Scythe 2!

Ah the mini HUD isn't ready yet, it doesn't work  properly for anyone at the moment. This will be something I'll get hooked up properly soon enough though.

Alfonzone is always a safe bet too, really I should get around to getting more map recommendations though.

I'm afraid not. I just did visuals for this one. I have my own personal soundpack I use with this but it's really damn messy under the hood.

I just discovered the demo earlier and I fell in love with this game, the Wonder Boy/Monster World influence is really strong here and I adore the game's aesthetics and music! The gameplay is rock solid too, smacking enemies around with the sword and chaining it with the little robot pals feels great! 
I'm shocked how much content there is in this demo, the classic B.U.D.D. game you had made is also great, the extra character there was really fun.

Immediately wishlisted this, keep up the great work!

Nothing yet, as I'm still working on GMOTA.

Your altfires change depending on what primary weapon you have equipped, and you can switch between the three different subweapons at the bottom of the screen with the reload and zoom keys. Though you gotta pick up a super shotgun-tier weapon for the middle one, and a rocket launcher for the far right one.

I'm afraid I don't, I've been steadily picking away at the mod. I'm not sure if you saw it but I did put out a dev diary recently showcasing that changes I've made so far.

In hindsight I should post that stuff here too, that's on me.

He'll be returning in 2.0. I'm currently in the process of revamping Doomslayer, Kustam will be up next, and then finally the 4th playable character, Samson will be added.

While I don't think I'll just bring back the standard vanilla Archvile see sound, I do agree I need to make it more audible and distinct. I'll sort that out in the future as well.

Oh and I plan on making the Icarus Launcher more costly to use as well, that's actually been on the todo list for awhile now!

yes it is, I actually made a dev diary about 10 days ago. I don't really use the devlogs here on itch.io, that's my fault.

Blaz is getting some further tweaks, Doomslayer has some notably big changes on the way, and Kustam is getting overhauled. THEN I'll be adding the final character.

More changes are on the way, fairly substantial ones as well. Blaz's fists are going to be far stronger, and it'll be easier overall to recharge the meter for powered strikes seeing as both the fists and the sword build it now.

Eventually, if memory serves right I threw those changes over to the boys.

If not then I'll need to get on that.

Yeah, I've been getting a lot of reports about the Miscreant cubes getting a little ridiculous. I'll probably remove the Vile's ability to spawn those guys unless they're actively trying to kill something.

Yeah, autoaim breaks a lot of my custom weapons so I disable it entirely, you'll need full mouselook enabled.

Go Medieval On Their Asses

Making the hammer melee just be an explosive attack and then triggering the cooldown isn't a bad idea, honestly. You're also absolutely right about the issues with some maps insisting on ranged combat with super out reach enemies where I have issues dealing with that even with the failsafes I've added. I'm sticking to my guns here though, or swords in this case. One day when I break away from the Doom engine and go into standalone games, I won't have that problem.

I appreciate your patience as I continue to adjust everything and flip this mod upside down for like the 4th time. With any luck with the next upcoming update I can further finetune Blaz and get things feeling good.

Funny you mention some of those things regarding Blaz's sword. I intend on changing up how powering up works in the very near future where it'll be automatically triggered and instead of being consumed on use, it'll be a timer you can extend by continuously hitting enemies, giving you more time and HP in return this will also apply to the fists. Because I'll be doing this new system, I'll be moving the sword throw command to the reload button. In fact the only reason why I didn't do it with v1.5.2 is I've been working at all this stuff enough and I needed to give myself a break.

You're better off treating Blaz's subweapons as tools to set up for making things easier to fight in melee, with the exception of the lance, that one's purely a ranged weapon. Removing the free melee swing from the hammer was intentional to prevent players from leaning on it constantly like a crutch, you get one attack and that's it. Finally, I will not be adding anymore buttons, the mod suffers from that enough as is.

I've had a lot of people complain about losing Doomslayer's bombs and only having the daggers. I might swap the daggers out with the bombs in the future, though this would require some adjusting with the healing effect, most likely lessening its effectiveness with single targets. He'll be getting some more changes in the future as well, as I'm dissatisfied with the "drop ammo on kill" system, I'm going to switch it over to gaining MP on melee strike similar to how Blaz works, and he'll have a two mana pool like Hexen for his arsenal.

Also as new as everything is, I would advise against playing Knightmare until you acclimate to the new mechanics.

I'm definitely not done with this project, and I'll be making sure things feel right.

I'm good, and yeah I'm still working on the project! I put it down for what was SUPPOSED to be a short time so I can work on a Combined_Arms Gaiden update and that's been taking longer than I anticipated, lol.

It's not a game, it's just a weapon reskin pack for another Doom mod. What you see there is pretty much what the addon adds: Just visual reskins. I don't see a need to add video for this project.

Now for the other projects I've added, I've included trailers with video, but it's not necessary here.

Nah, you can just load it up like you would any other HDest addon. I just mention that up there on the main page because that's what I made it for originally, but it works with stock player skins too.

It's still in, it just has a new primary fire and is buffed overall.

I'm glad you're enjoying the mod so much, getting it to work with Zandronum has been no small feat either, though I'd say it's been worth it. As for the issue with the shield actors preventing you from using target spy, I'm aware of it, though I'm uncertain if there's anything I can do on my side to prevent it. As much as I've done to keep the mod compatible with other mods, there's only so much that can be done.

It does! Though you might want to bring more than vanilla weapons against those monsters, they're a little more aggressive that vanilla monsters.

Enhances your rate of fire for the Blazter, letting you mash and shoot faster, once you get enough of them you can shoot an extra shot for free.

Very good use of particles! I'm grateful for the extensive customization options for visuals and controls. Default blaster feels really good to spam. Good sound design as well! I also like the steady progress in equipment at the start, felt very well paced, exploring in general was pretty enjoyable. My only real gripe is the protag's running animation feels a little odd when she's in her Geo Armor. That and I first walked past the helmet before quickly turning around and grabbing it.

Yeah actually, inside the .pk3 itself there's a credits.txt file that lists all of tracks I've used for characters, and I've gone into detail as best I can for each track. It's a little harder for Kustam as a lot of NES tracks don't have names tied to them.

Ah you found that, very nice. Keep your eyes peeled because I'm going to make sure all of the sets have a cheeky secret. The crate weapons are in the process of being overhauled too, they won't need reloading anymore, but that button you pressed will be used to trigger the old reload animations and stuff for fun.

The berserk tier item varies from class to class, the Super Venter is a power up that lasts for the duration of the stage, so that one's intentional. The plasma gun being called the grenade launcher is a definite screw up on my part and it's something I've actually fixed for this big update I'm working on.

I should probably add a bit of text somewhere to tell the player if their current class has a permanent or temporary berserk upgrade.

I'm afraid not, I usually don't do much with Heretic or Hexen compatibility, as there's a slew of extra items and tools between those two games. It doesn't help I'm not very familiar with either of those games so trying to balance stuff against those would get really sloppy.

Wait, fire elementals? I don't have any fire elementals. That might be a Scythe 2 enemy, but with the increased damage of the characters, you should be able to crush them easily

Pavise guards are the big fellas with shields who shoot cannonballs. I'll take a look at the damage numbers for them when I get back to updating GMOTA, the Cybermancers should be tough so that's fine. I'll need to nerf Blaz's Hyper mode a little more as it's currently too strong. The reaper looking enemies, the edgelords, they don't have an invincibility mechanic so I'll need to look into that too.