Tasunke Tasunke

HERE HOPING!!! For Beta 2

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HERE HOPING!!! For Beta 2

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My ONE wish for today is that Beta 2 starts today. Bar anything else, good or bad, I hope we get beta 2 today!!! :)

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Reply #26 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Grove12345, reply 17


oh well another week. aint too bad. not like a month

 

i dont really see an august release. I mean first public beta coming up and bound to be lots of request on combat and exploring and such. Going to take time to tweak or erase and redo alot of gaming mechanics.
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:)

At this point in the project, we're not really looking to "redo" game mechanics. That is what the 9 month Beta 1 phase was for.

We can certainly tweak/balance things but there's no scenario where we'd create some new combat system or build a new city building system. That sort of thing would come in an expansion pack or sequel.

In beta 1, we worked with the community to hear different ideas on how combat should be done, how cities should be built, how the economy should be done, etc.

The main hold up now is the AI (my part).  Not just in terms of functionality but bugs I introduce while implementing it.

Reply #27 from Elemental Forums Top

is anyone helping you with the AI this time around?

Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #28 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Tasunke, reply 27
is anyone helping you with the AI this time around?
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Yes.  My team writes up lots of worker functions for me to make use of. In GalCiv, I had to write those functions myself.

Moreover, since a lot of the AI is data driven, we'll be able to make a lot of tweaks to it from playtesting a lot faster.

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Reply #29 from Elemental Forums Top

I saw the post on Joystiq yesterday and am super stoked about this game!  I want to play it yesterday.

Reply #30 from Elemental Forums Top

Would be great.It reminds me at "Masters of MAgic" and that was an awesome game!!!!

Hope to see the beta in some way...

Reply #31 from Elemental Forums Top

Will Beta 2 include tactical battles?  I know that betas 2 and 3 were melded together and I believe beta 3 was going to introduce tactical battles...does this mean its found its way to beta 2 which we will be receiving soon?

Reply #32 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting VivaGabe, reply 31
Will Beta 2 include tactical battles?  I know that betas 2 and 3 were melded together and I believe beta 3 was going to introduce tactical battles...does this mean its found its way to beta 2 which we will be receiving soon?
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No, Beta 3 will have tactical battles, Beta 2 was the multiplayer beta, Beta 3 was what we're going to get in Beta 2, and Beta 4 was tactical battles.

Reply #33 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting VivaGabe, reply 31
Will Beta 2 include tactical battles?  I know that betas 2 and 3 were melded together and I believe beta 3 was going to introduce tactical battles...does this mean its found its way to beta 2 which we will be receiving soon?
End of VivaGabe's quote

Beta schedule: https://forums.elementalgame.com/363845 Beta 2 gives us 3D, beta 3 is tactical battles.

Reply #35 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Drake7177, reply 34
I thought they were merging beta 2 and 3 due to financial constraints?
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hmm financial pressure and investors can ruin a game. Seen it happen with many games.

Reply #36 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Grove12345, reply 35

Quoting Drake7177, reply 34I thought they were merging beta 2 and 3 due to financial constraints?
 

hmm financial pressure and investors can ruin a game. Seen it happen with many games.
End of Grove12345's quote

 

99.9% sure that is not the case.

 

 

EDIT: See this thread

Reply #37 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Drake7177, reply 34
I thought they were merging beta 2 and 3 due to financial constraints?
End of Drake7177's quote

 

Where did you get that impression?

 

Reply #38 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Grove12345, reply 35



Quoting Drake7177,
reply 34
I thought they were merging beta 2 and 3 due to financial constraints?


 

hmm financial pressure and investors can ruin a game. Seen it happen with many games.
End of Grove12345's quote

Too bad Stardock is a private company, and makes plenty from their customization software. :|

Reply #39 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 37



Where did you get that impression?

 
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You mentioned that it would be overly expensive to cripple Beta 2. People probably thought this meant you were in financial trouble.

Reply #40 from Stardock Forums Top
Yeah but he said that was more of a case of the marketing folks badgering him about it because they don't believe it's worth the expense to cripple beta 2.
Reply #41 from Elemental Forums Top

Just pre-ordered, can't wait to start some beta-testing!

Reply #42 from Elemental Forums Top

same here \o/

Reply #43 from Elemental Forums Top

ditto, but i can wait i have finals =o

Reply #44 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Azrailx, reply 43
ditto, but i can wait i have finals =o
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Quarter System?

Reply #45 from Elemental Forums Top

I finish my quarter finals on Wednesday. Just in time to join! :w00t:

Reply #47 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Sareln, reply 44

Quoting Azrailx, reply 43ditto, but i can wait i have finals =o

Quarter System?
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u are correct sir, i attend ucsb so i am on the quarter system

Reply #48 from Elemental Forums Top

Just curious...have we gotten any confirmation that Beta 2 is this week?

Reply #49 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting TS22, reply 48
Just curious...have we gotten any confirmation that Beta 2 is this week?
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Well, last week Frogboy said it would be last Thursday or this one, so unless it's delayed again, we should have it this Thursday.

Reply #50 from Elemental Forums Top

Yeah, that is what I figured.  But Frogboy didn't mention it when he released the FAQ last week indicating that the Beta 2 wouldn't be that week.  It would be nice to have it this week!