I wish there were a way to perma kill a hero

[Drocis the Devious]

One of the things I dislike in most 4x games is that the heroes always recycle after a few turns.

It would be nice to have a mode or a mechanic to prevent that from happening.

In AOW4 we're able to lock people up on dungeons, but (unless it hasn't been announced yet) it doesn't appear that heroes can be perma-killed.

[dontplease]

its an option in planetfall sooo I would assume they will here

[Von Herbst]

Do you mean by hero the leader or the generc heroes? Because the last one you can obviously kill (and, as a Necromancer reanimate). They did it in the evil toad-stream.

[Drocis the Devious]

Yeah, I saw that. What I mean is when you battle an army and the hero is defeated and takes like 3 or 4 turns off only to come back better than ever.

I find it really annoying to both the game play and the story.

[Drocis the Devious]

Originally posted by dontplease:

its an option in planetfall sooo I would assume they will here

Oh, I didn’t realize it was an option in Planetfall. I’ll have to check that out.

[Roderick]

Originally posted by Drocis the Devious:

Originally posted by dontplease:

its an option in planetfall sooo I would assume they will here

Oh, I didn’t realize it was an option in Planetfall. I’ll have to check that out.

For anyone looking: It is in the advanced setting of creating a planet, in the speed tab the last entry in the list. :)

[Oscuritaforze]

Originally posted by Roderick:

For anyone looking: It is in the advanced setting of creating a planet, in the speed tab the last entry in the list. :)

I just checked, but the only thing I could find was the auto-resurgence option. Is that what you were referring to?

I think OP is talking about the presence of the "Hero Resurrection" spell, which can't be turned off (except perhaps through modding) and has an analogue in Planetfall. I'd imagine it'll be the same in IV.

[KingTiger78]

I mean you have a chance of capturing heroes in 4, and keeping them locked up pretty much permanently it seems though there might be some narrative events that cause them to break out. But assuming there aren't you could just hold them forever, though the AI would probably just replace them with a new one after a while.

[PaleEnchantress]

I hope permanent hero death isn't a normal thing in the game. If there is some way to use curses or things to tie up the hero for a bit longer or increase the resources your enemy needs to call them back that would be fine. I already have trouble sacrificing units I get attached to. Losing a favorite hero is an instant quit. The last thing a developer wants is for people to not want to play.

[BBB]

OP are you talking about hero resurgence?

Because that is optional.

[MrButtermancer]

I think if you kill them and keep their bones, they're essentially out.

[Roderick]

Originally posted by MrButtermancer:

I think if you kill them and keep their bones, they're essentially out.

They might come back as ghosts and haunt you!