These ain't your daddy's Skulls!

[Forager]

I need your help with this!

 

This is a complete redesign of the best gang in the game! I have a long running series of AE arcs that has had extensive testing up to level 25, but I need these guys playtested from 25-40.

 

I have created a short 3 mission arc designed to test them. The story is straightforward and there are no strange mechanics or hard to win fights until the last one. I've also included a bonus mission to fight some of the higher level Skulls I have designed including The Bone Mommy.

 

I would love any and all feedback, even negative feedback. I really want to know how they play for you, in particular how the mezzes fall. There are a few enemy combinations that can get you, but I tried to spread it out enough that they wouldn't stack too much on you at once. I wanted the fights to feel frantic, but not frustrating.

 

Here is the arc Find the Bleed, Arc ID: 68427

 

 

Edited July 10 by Forager

[Forager]

The core Skulls, the Gravediggers, are still present and make up the bulk of the gang. I updated the costumes, but kept them white and grey. I want them to have some personality but still give the idea that they are mooks, so I tried to be sparing with the details.  Here is a sample of them.

 

 

[Forager]

I wanted the Skulls to have different factions like some of the other enemy groups, and created the Bloodsuckers. For them The Skulls are an aesthetic as much as they are a gang, and they use their membership as an excuse for a violent, drug fueled lifestyle. They're party kids and rich junkies that buck the traditions of the Skulls. They wear synthetic masks instead of real skulls and use a new designer drug called Sanguidine, which is made by cutting Superadine with The Blood of the Mu. They are one of the primary antagonists in the main storyline I'm writing.

 

 

[Glacier Peak]

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/forum/31-mission-architect/

[Forager]

There are also The Edgelords. They were born on the internet and take being a Skull very seriously. They favor edged weapons and spend significant time and money on their gear.

 

 

[Forager]

Skull leadership is still mostly controlled by the old guard with a few exceptions. Death Heads, Death Dolls, Bone Daddies and now Bone Mommy still run things for the most part.

 

 

[Triumphant]

Those all seem like cool variations.  Keeps the overall theme, but offers little aesthetic and conceptual 'tweaks', here and there, to give them more variety.  👍

[Forager]

6 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said:

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/forum/31-mission-architect/

 

If you joined The Skulls you'd definitely be an Edgelord Slicer. My goal is for these Skulls to escape AE. I believe that these are the real Skulls.

[Forager]

8 minutes ago, Triumphant said:

Those all seem like cool variations.  Keeps the overall theme, but offers little aesthetic and conceptual 'tweaks', here and there, to give them more variety.  👍

 

I love The Skulls, but MAN do they need an update. This is what I think they look like in 2025!