Yeah, I can see how to do all the others, I think it's just getting pretty grinding working through the different frustrations of each challenge. Like, they're a good "ultimate test of skill", but I don't think I'll be re-playing many (probably any) of them once I've done them.
Yes, they were meant to be completed once and that's it. Maybe "one-shot" is fun to replay, or taking on all the trolls in the "Trolling" one. Others, not so much.
Two left, and I feel like I've probably done the hardest ones now. I hope the barbarian is worth it after all this
I think Barbarian should be ready by the end of this week.
I tested his weapon yesterday and after a couple of iterations I think I nailed it. His axe has combo buildup: as long as you can string hits together without pausing or missing, the damage goes up. Similar to the Blood Axe it doesn't make the enemies lose ground with subsequent hits, so you can keep the combo alive until you kill an enemy. While your combo is active, you are immune to projectiles (just like having an Elven shield). The strong attack is uppercut, so you can take down shielded enemies. I tried it out with a Knight (because Barbarian isn't finished yet) and it really gives you that "berserking" feeling of just going out with melee strikes and killing everything in your way without thinking much about "defense".
Special attack for the axe is the "mega throw", similar to Mjolnir and Goblin Axe.
As for the hero, I want to make him rarely use magic. He starts with 100 melee, 90 archery, 10 magic and his specials include "double rage buildup", i.e. his rage fills up twice faster than other heroes and "+3 mana cost" similar to distraction but cannot be removed with potions.
I feel like he has great melee potential because of double rage, so he will probably start with 80 health. At first I wanted to have something like "suffer more damage from enemy attacks", but I find that lowering the starting health has the same effect without having to explain too much to the players.
UPDATE: Barbarian is IN. Version 3.2.3. If you want to try him out without having to complete all the challenges, there's a cheat code for that. Just let me know and I'll post it here.