Idea Bard and Other Game Changes

Hey lads, it’s your boy, Raging_, back at it again with some ideas for gameplay changes. Well not really, this is my first idea post ever. Anyways, let’s get started shall we.


Adding a new Class- Bard

For a while now, I’ve thought that the addition of bard from HCF (Hardcore Factions) would be a good idea. For those who don’t know what bard is, bard is a HCF Kit that is used as support. In traditional HCF, the bard would have Enchanted Gold Armor corresponding with the protection values of the map (If the HCF map at the time was Protection 2 Sharpness 2, the bard would have protection 2 armor if possible.) It also gives buffs like Strength, Speed, Resistance, Jump Boost, Regeneration and Fire resistance as well as debuffs, like poison or wither. As for itself, it always gives itself Speed, Regeneration, and Resistance. Bard also has Energy which is used to amplify the effect it is giving, meaning Speed I to Speed II and so on. Now how would this make its way into CTF? Well here’s my class idea for Bard.


Armor

Leather Helmet, Leather Chestplate, Chain Leggings, Gold Boots.

Since we already have classes that have full gold, leather, and chainmail, it would confuse a lot of people when trying to identify the class. Protection values can be added if the class is too weak, though I do not think that would be the case.

Inventory slots

Slot 1- Wood sword

Slot 2- 3 Steak

Slot 3- 2-3 Ghast tears

Slot 4- 1-2 Blaze Powder

Slot 5- 3-4 Sugar

Slot 6- 1-2 Iron

Slot 7- 1-3 Spider Eye

Slot 8-9 Compass and Class Selector

Abilities

Passive- Has Regen I, Speed I, Resistance I

When spawning in, bard has 0 Energy represented by the XP bar. Every 1 second bard will generate 5 Energy. Energy cap will be 100. All effects will be given in a 6-8 block range. *Note- All effects will still have effect when out of range. All effects will last 4-6 seconds if player leaves the range of the Bard. Example- Bard holds speed I giving effects to player 1. Player 1 moves out of range, player 1 will still have speed I for 4-6 seconds.

Ghast Tear- When holding, it will give Regeneration I to all team members, when right clicked Regeneration II will be applied to all team members for 4 or 6 seconds. When right clicked 40 Energy will be used.

Blaze Powder- When holding, it will give Strength I to all team members, when right clicked Strength II will be applied to all team members for 2 or 3 seconds. When right clicked 45 Energy will be used.

Iron- When holding, it will give Resistance I to all team members (Except maybe heavy for obvious reasons.), when right clicked Resistance II will be applied to all team members for 3 or 4 seconds. When right clicked, 40 Energy will be used.

Sugar- When holding, it will give Speed I to all team members. When right clicked, Speed II will be applied to all team members for 6 or 7 seconds. When right clicked, 20 energy will be used.

Spider Eye- Holding it does nothing. When right clicked Poison II will be applied to self and all Enemies within 6-8 blocks of the bard for 2-4 seconds. When right clicked, 35 energy will be used.


What does this mean for Chemist?

I believe that chemist should stay as its own class. As people in the CTF Community discord have suggested, chemist should have drinkable buffs and that is what should happen if Bard is implemented into the game.


Why even add Bard?

Well it’s simple really. A new class is needed, and it should be a support class. There are already more than enough classes that deal damage, but not enough that are support. With bard implemented, the issue of people always having buffs and people complaining about things like buffed heavy will be minimized. And there will be a new support class woohoo


Flag Poison Testing

Overall, I think the health reduction should be kept. It definitely helps with stalemates and no one likes those. Also adding bard would mean that ninjas with strength won’t be invis camping flag carriers. Other possible change to this would be giving the flag carrier Resistance I when they are at 5 hearts regardless of the class. This could make it so that there is some more tankiness while still having little health.

Spawn Changes

Nin has already made a thread and I replied on it with saying that there should be a PvP Timer of sort. Maybe around 20-30 seconds of getting attacked from an enemy, you’re not allowed to get back into spawn. As for flag carriers walking into spawn, it should be the opposite, if you have the flag you’re not allowed to walk into spawn, however when you have PvP Timer you may be hit into spawn so hitting people into spawn as a tactic to recover can still be utilized.

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EDIT- As for people who vote No on the poll, I request that you add why you say no instead of just voting it. Thank you

 

Of course that's a possibility, but with the low armor and low damage output, I'm more than certain a ninja can easily take out the bard. Bard is strictly a support class (In this situation) meaning it's not really made for capping but you have the ability to do so

 

Buffs will work for bard itself yes, spider eye will only poison the bard and enemies, and no jump boost because not enough inventory slots and swapping them out could be a little complicated for new people. But jump boost can be implemented instead of the poison.

 

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