Steam Review + Hopeful request for ‘Specialist’ Warlock rework with Spiritseer model
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:24 pm
Hi Slitherine
I hope you’re well.
Thank you for Gladius. It’s excellent. I wanted to send you my Steam review I’ve posted, and go a step further in getting this message to you.
I really hope this comes across in the right way, as this is a hopeful request and not in anyway meant to seem demanding - I was just excited to get the ‘Specialist’ pack, and let down with the Warlock models, and really feel what I’ve suggested below could be a quick fix by using the Spiritseer model to fix the proportions.
Not meaning to repeat myself, but the Devastator Centurions are excellent, I would just love to see the Warlocks and Krootox Riders match the same quality.
If this is a possibility I would be very grateful, and be happy to update my review to state how the devs granted this request, and express my love and recommendation for Gladius on Steam more highly.
Thanks again for Gladius, and I wish you well.
Andrew
Steam Review
‘I love Gladius, and love the DLCs, and look forward to more, but if the Devs are reading this:
If you can please redo the Eldar Warlock models. They are one of the main reasons I got the Specialist DLC, and their proportions look off, especially when next to the Spiritseer - You could reuse the Spiritseer modal for the Warlocks, and just add the Singing Speer instead of the Witchstaff, as the Spiritseer's proportions are much better, as are the rest of the Eldar units - I hope this reaches you, and the Warlock unit can be improved, as this was one of my favourite units to use in Dawn of War, and it's unfortunately been disappointing here. I appreciate effort would have gone into creating them, and I mean no harm to the model designer/s, but when you compare both the Eldar Warlocks, and the Astra Ratlings against the Space Marine Devastator Centurions, they don't seem to be of the same quality.
After seeing the Warlocks and Ratlings, I was relieved that the Space Marine Devastator Centurions do match the quality of the base game units, and look excellent.
The Krootox Rider for the Tau (my favourite race, and the whole reason I found and bought Gladius) look ok, but if it is possible to rework their proportions also, as the Kroot rider looks too large in comparison to the Krootox, making the Krootox seem more like a turtle sized creature, instead of a gorilla.
I don't mean to be negative in my criticism. I highly recommend the game, as it is one of the closest representations of the table top game in digital form I've played. It is only because I'm passionate about the game that I'd like to see consistent quality across all unit designs, especially DLC units, and I felt particularly let down by the Warlocks. I hope they can be reworked so I can look forward to building them, because at the moment, they look like dwarfs disguised as Eldar... again no offence to the Modeller/s who made them.
Thanks for the game. I look forward to more Gladius units, races and development.’
I hope you’re well.
Thank you for Gladius. It’s excellent. I wanted to send you my Steam review I’ve posted, and go a step further in getting this message to you.
I really hope this comes across in the right way, as this is a hopeful request and not in anyway meant to seem demanding - I was just excited to get the ‘Specialist’ pack, and let down with the Warlock models, and really feel what I’ve suggested below could be a quick fix by using the Spiritseer model to fix the proportions.
Not meaning to repeat myself, but the Devastator Centurions are excellent, I would just love to see the Warlocks and Krootox Riders match the same quality.
If this is a possibility I would be very grateful, and be happy to update my review to state how the devs granted this request, and express my love and recommendation for Gladius on Steam more highly.
Thanks again for Gladius, and I wish you well.
Andrew
Steam Review
‘I love Gladius, and love the DLCs, and look forward to more, but if the Devs are reading this:
If you can please redo the Eldar Warlock models. They are one of the main reasons I got the Specialist DLC, and their proportions look off, especially when next to the Spiritseer - You could reuse the Spiritseer modal for the Warlocks, and just add the Singing Speer instead of the Witchstaff, as the Spiritseer's proportions are much better, as are the rest of the Eldar units - I hope this reaches you, and the Warlock unit can be improved, as this was one of my favourite units to use in Dawn of War, and it's unfortunately been disappointing here. I appreciate effort would have gone into creating them, and I mean no harm to the model designer/s, but when you compare both the Eldar Warlocks, and the Astra Ratlings against the Space Marine Devastator Centurions, they don't seem to be of the same quality.
After seeing the Warlocks and Ratlings, I was relieved that the Space Marine Devastator Centurions do match the quality of the base game units, and look excellent.
The Krootox Rider for the Tau (my favourite race, and the whole reason I found and bought Gladius) look ok, but if it is possible to rework their proportions also, as the Kroot rider looks too large in comparison to the Krootox, making the Krootox seem more like a turtle sized creature, instead of a gorilla.
I don't mean to be negative in my criticism. I highly recommend the game, as it is one of the closest representations of the table top game in digital form I've played. It is only because I'm passionate about the game that I'd like to see consistent quality across all unit designs, especially DLC units, and I felt particularly let down by the Warlocks. I hope they can be reworked so I can look forward to building them, because at the moment, they look like dwarfs disguised as Eldar... again no offence to the Modeller/s who made them.
Thanks for the game. I look forward to more Gladius units, races and development.’