rayans should be able to go up cliffs by levitating instead of
needing ladders(because they are the magic faction) and instead there
could be a mana resource they would use instead and possibly gather over
time somehow which could be very interesting. I love magic so i think a
faction based on magic should definitely have more magic features (i
mean if you have magic why do you need ladders ect… or tools for that
matter) Maybe they could have magic tools instead like staves/rods/magic
armbands or something that generate a magical version of the tool when
they need it… just to make the faction actually seem magic based…
yeah it would require more animation/designing but for a faction that is
supposed to be based around magic they cant play the same way the
ascendants do… that wouldn’t make sense.
I believe they shouldn’t have footmen or archers (as they are focused on magic) instead they
could have summons or elementals or some physical transformation as a
melee option… and for ranged instead of an archer give them a wizard or
something (which would be awsome btw)
and maybe the downside to not having footmen or archers is that while
they summon their troops their soldiers individually are much weaker
than other factions (who need to use hearthlings) and the raya faction
would have to be played with more thought and teamwork between the
soldiers or something as generally magic is more about the mind than
physical body so Rayan armies would be more focused on strategy rather
than strength… and instead of using iron and metals for armor and
weapons… use those for certain spells or even as ingredients to summon
their armies (to make it fair)