Attn: Stardock Devs, slow down we can wait

I don't think 'slowing down' is good idea, most likely they work on normal 40hrs/personweek schedule anyway

However it would be good if they separated balancing, mechanics altering and bugfixes. Working on private balancing branch and releasing bugfixes patches meanwhile would be more reasonable approach, rather than dropping these quite confusing rules changes with each patch upon us to play test.

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Frogboy

Join Date 03/2001

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Fixing the bug in monster loot necessitated a review of the cost of weapons and such. Our primary game play changes are actually in a separate branch that will show up in v1.1 (new UI, new spell system, etc.). But having monsters give 2000 gildar loot was game breaking and was never the intent.

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No offense, but how about we let the professional developers set their own pace. Offering suggestions on how to improve the game is all well and good, but telling them the method they should be using or the pace...that's just arrogance. Put another way, let the adults do their job so that we kids can play.

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Quoting Frogboy,

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Fixing the bug in monster loot necessitated a review of the cost of weapons and such. Our primary game play changes are actually in a separate branch that will show up in v1.1 (new UI, new spell system, etc.). But having monsters give 2000 gildar loot was game breaking and was never the intent.

Are the reductions in equipment cost significant?

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Quoting Frogboy,

reply 2

Fixing the bug in monster loot necessitated a review of the cost of weapons and such. Our primary game play changes are actually in a separate branch that will show up in v1.1 (new UI, new spell system, etc.). But having monsters give 2000 gildar loot was game breaking and was never the intent.

Yes, I will agree there were several "overpowered" things. I guess what I meant to say was to really concentrate on the QA piece for each patch so other not so loyal fans aren't turned away about some confusion in patches.

For example, yesterday I see the note about increasing the Organized talent cost and today I see a note about another patch removing this talent entirely. Really I think we could have waited to have the stuff in 1.08b simply be included in 1.08. This would have eliminated the archery cost bug and wouldn't have started a conversation about the Organized talent increase simply to have it removed entirely.

I sort of agree with the post above

However it would be good if they separated balancing, mechanics altering and bugfixes. Working on private balancing branch and releasing bugfixes patches meanwhile would be more reasonable approach, rather than dropping these quite confusing rules changes with each patch upon us to play test.

Maybe concentrate on the REALLY game changing fixes such as the loot farming but not so many other little things?

The other problem seems to be that most saved games and saved sovereigns seem pointless to keep after each patch so we get 1.08 load up a saved game and miss with every spell because of a known magic combat issue that doesn't happen with newer saved games.

Or maybe I should just shutup as the other poster suggests and just wait to play until 1.1

Or just use this opportunity to report the little inconsistencies to help the patch process. nothing wrong with a little free community QA I guess.

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Nice to see the frog back in his natural habatit (i.e. forums). I'm looking forward to v1.1. Can't wait to see what you've been cooking up.

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No bro, we can't wait. Civ5 next week is likely to decimate (most likely literally, as in reduce to 1/10th), the general Elemental community. Patches need to be consistently cranking out in order to keep Elemental relevant.

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Quoting lord ebonstone,

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No bro, we can't wait. Civ5 next week is likely to decimate (most likely literally, as in reduce to 1/10th), the general Elemental community. Patches need to be consistently cranking out in order to keep Elemental relevant.

That doeasn't matter. They wont know what they're missing .

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Quoting lord ebonstone,

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No bro, we can't wait. Civ5 next week is likely to decimate (most likely literally, as in reduce to 1/10th), the general Elemental community. Patches need to be consistently cranking out in order to keep Elemental relevant.

we shall see, I played all the Civ titles and they just started to get very boring. This is a much different game and I would prefer not to patch something one day and change it the next. ie Organized talent

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Frogboy

Join Date 03/2001

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Quoting ajax bomb,

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Quoting Frogboy, reply 2Fixing the bug in monster loot necessitated a review of the cost of weapons and such. Our primary game play changes are actually in a separate branch that will show up in v1.1 (new UI, new spell system, etc.). But having monsters give 2000 gildar loot was game breaking and was never the intent.

Are the reductions in equipment cost significant?

Yes. In tonight's slipstream system it's been defaulted to be a formula:

A weapon = 1.5 * gold cost + 3X materials cost + 10X metal cost + 25 X crystal cost.

The idea being, you're "paying" for them to import the special elements needed to get it to you and they're adding 50% gold mark up (they're not part of your government, they're merchants).

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Quoting Frogboy,

reply 2

Fixing the bug in monster loot necessitated a review of the cost of weapons and such. Our primary game play changes are actually in a separate branch that will show up in v1.1 (new UI, new spell system, etc.). But having monsters give 2000 gildar loot was game breaking and was never the intent.

Fixing the loot from monsters is all well and good, but why when the amount of G they drop is drastically reduced is the price of items at the shop for our Sov's increased, and the stats decreased?

Oak spear went from 52g to 160g? A mace is now 360g and does 6 damage? Short sword is 300g and does 4damage?

If that's they way it's supposed to be, I'm fine with that, but, could we have it explained, and mentioned somewhere that it is happening? I may have missed it in the patch notes, but I don't think so.

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I dissagree totally.

Fix as much as you can when you feel its right Brad and Stardock!
The game is already epic and fun as heck. Keep bringing us these awesome updates!
Each update makes the game better then the previous version! KEEP EM COMING!

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Quoting cordell9,

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we shall see, I played all the Civ titles and they just started to get very boring. This is a much different game and I would prefer not to patch something one day and change it the next. ie Organized talent

Organized wasn't patched yesterday, (I don't believe?) it hasn't changed since..heck..beta if I remember right (it's always been sov's stack moves at sovereign's movement)

It's not like they put it in yesterday, then took it out today.

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Quoting VR_IronMana,

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Organized wasn't patched yesterday, (I don't believe?) it hasn't changed since..heck..beta if I remember right (it's always been sov's stack moves at sovereign's movement)

It's not like they put it in yesterday, then took it out today.

umm...cost for organized was doubled yesterday and it has been announced that it will be removed tonight...so...yeah. what?

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Quoting stethnorun,

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No offense, but how about we let the professional developers set their own pace. Offering suggestions on how to improve the game is all well and good, but telling them the method they should be using or the pace...that's just arrogance. Put another way, let the adults do their job so that we kids can play.

I´m not a kid., but thats sooooo right.

Yes. In tonight's slipstream system it's been defaulted to be a formula:

A weapon = 1.5 * gold cost + 3X materials cost + 10X metal cost + 25 X crystal cost.

The idea being, you're "paying" for them to import the special elements needed to get it to you and they're adding 50% gold mark up (they're not part of your government, they're merchants).

Thats sounds logical...

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Quoting katalist,

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I dissagree totally.

Fix as much as you can when you feel its right Brad and Stardock!
The game is already epic and fun as heck. Keep bringing us these awesome updates!
Each update makes the game better then the previous version! KEEP EM COMING!

Updates tend to introduce new bugs, which is what the OP was hoping to avoid by not rushing them.

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Quoting Frogboy,

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Quoting ajax bomb, reply 4
Quoting Frogboy, reply 2Fixing the bug in monster loot necessitated a review of the cost of weapons and such. Our primary game play changes are actually in a separate branch that will show up in v1.1 (new UI, new spell system, etc.). But having monsters give 2000 gildar loot was game breaking and was never the intent.

Are the reductions in equipment cost significant?
Yes. In tonight's slipstream system it's been defaulted to be a formula:

A weapon = 1.5 * gold cost + 3X materials cost + 10X metal cost + 25 X crystal cost.

The idea being, you're "paying" for them to import the special elements needed to get it to you and they're adding 50% gold mark up (they're not part of your government, they're merchants).

While that's nice, I think we should be able to make the items ourself with a State-Owned armory ... (the shops being primarily for NPCs and visiting Champions).

Or in otherwords, if we have all the necessary resources, we can just use a raw resource payment within our own cities.

// Please Please Please (and of course, if we don't have all the resources we can use the Shops)

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@Beerzilla

I think we can assume they are professional enough to know what they do.

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I'm all for frequent updates, but when the bug that I (and others) have reported since 1.05 (the on-map city label of one of my cities changes to a foreign city) is still there, for some reason Janusk can always move 2 spaces through forests and swamps and hills (but my Sov can't, guessing it's a bug with Janusk), and the bow cost, I'm guessing QA is headed by Creed Bratton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCewsReTg5A

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1. Basically, if you have the resources AND the tech, you should be able to simply pay the raw resource cost ...

2. however ... if you have the Tech and not the resources, you can buy it from the shop.

3. If you don't have the Tech ... then you can buy it from a Rival's Shop that does have the tech.

a randomly wandering NPC with its own AI and its own treasury of GOLD would only have the option of purchasing from a Faction shop. (or go adventuring for Items)

(then it would be possible to impose tariffs upon other Factions perusing your wares) ... and of course, you would need at least one of your champions in rival territory (and not at war) in order to peruse your Rival's wares (based on Tech).

Any tarriffs imposed ... the extra gold would go into the State Treasury that held the shop.

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heck, you could also Tariff the goods bought from "free agent" NPCs

... so on the Diplo screen you could have a Tariff% for Faction A, B, C, D, X, and Free-Agents

heck, you could even have an additive constant-effect for Tarrif% of empires or kingdoms ... so you (if Kingdom) might want a high tariff on Empire buyers.

Tariff sliders oh my!

//

even without tariffs, I think the Three option system is superior to ALWAYS having to buy from a Shop. (If you are a Sovereign)

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Quoting Frogboy,

reply 10

Are the reductions in equipment cost significant?

Yes. In tonight's slipstream system it's been defaulted to be a formula:

A weapon = 1.5 * gold cost + 3X materials cost + 10X metal cost + 25 X crystal cost.

I like it! More in-line with typical costs of equipment, with a built-in cost ramp-up for the more exotic equipment (which should help with balance).

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And yes ... I do highly like the new equation for the SHOP-COST of equipment ... I just want another option than Shop-cost only.

Which is why I propose a Shop AND an Armory. The armory is only accessible to the Sovereign, and uses a raw-resource price ... while the Shop is open to EVERYONE and uses the proposed gold-price equation.

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If I may toss in a suggestion, please use:

Item cost = (Gold cost + 3X materials cost + 10X metal cost + 25 X crystal cost) * 1.2 instead.

The reason for this is simple, there are items that are ridiculously cheap in materials, but high in gold, and items that are the reverse. As a result, if you just use 1.5 * gold, you get item cost that will seem pretty out of balance.

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I already suggested being able to build items.

A special building like an armory should only be required for that if it also takes an armory to build troops with the same weapons.
Beyond that you really only need a small room to store the finished weapons.

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Quoting Kalin,

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If I may toss in a suggestion, please use:

Item cost = (Gold cost + 3X materials cost + 10X metal cost + 25 X crystal cost) * 1.2 instead.

The reason for this is simple, there are items that are ridiculously cheap in materials, but high in gold, and items that are the reverse. As a result, if you just use 1.5 * gold, you get item cost that will seem pretty out of balance.

I am sure [ Item cost = (Gold cost + 3X materials cost + 10X metal cost + 25 X crystal cost) * 1.5 ] is what they are shooting for. Frogboy does't use () then posting formulas on the forum. *grin*

Sammual

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