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It doesn't matter what you're promoted as, but what you are used for. If companies are using this primarily for DRM, which I think could be proven, there could be anti-competitve behavior alleged on that front also. The question is would this apply to Impulse- and I think it wouldn't, as there aren't really any games exclusive to Impulse that aren't Stardock-published, and I think Gamersgate sells games with Impulse Reactor.

[quote who="Archonsod" reply="51" id="2812782"]I'd like to avoid only having a single town in which it's feasible to train units too, just makes it dull.[/quote] Maybe there should be a transportation cost imbedded in the cost of units. Allow them to be buily anywhere, but cheaper where the resources are?

[quote who="itchanddino" reply="35" id="2812661"] Quoting EvilReborn, reply 32Am I the only one who starts to think of Colonization with all this talk of people as a resource and turning mind resources into refined resources? I was just going to write this. I LOVED Colonization's resource management. Min/Maxing each settlement's production was half the fun for me.[/quote] I don't think Colonization-level detail is necessary or war

Basic Resources: Wood- used for bows, ships Metal- used for metal weapons Horses- used for mounted units Materials- used for building construction Crystals- used for high-lvl magic buildings, magical equipment formulae (sword +1 would require 10 metal, 10 crystals), sword+5 might require 250 crystals (it should be exponential) Elementium- lategame material. The old standbys: Mana- used for spells. 1.1 magic s

[quote who="RikazeMA" reply="15" id="2812557"] Quoting Alstein, reply 14Some suggestions: If you're going to put refined resources in, it should require a building, like a blacksmith. One area I think you should look at for refined resources: horses. Spend 2 horses to get a better horse? Breeder's farm for various horses? Magical Crystals should be part of enchantment recipes. A +1 Sw

Some suggestions: If you're going to put refined resources in, it should require a building, like a blacksmith. One area I think you should look at for refined resources: horses. Spend 2 horses to get a better horse? Breeder's farm for various horses? Magical Crystals should be part of enchantment recipes. A +1 Sword should be like making a regular sword + crystals, instead of the system we have now. <

I was thinking, maybe there's another anti-competitive angle to this that I hadn't considered before, though it's the bad guys who would be complaining here. Steamworks DRM is free, which is its big selling point. Couldn't the other DRM makers claim that the integration of Steamworks and Steam DRM would be price dumping against them? Admittedly none of us like them, but they might have a better case, as price dumping would be clearer to see here.

[quote who="Gavadel" reply="40" id="2811608"]I just hope I'm still not showing as a pirate. My fiancee (with the help of my flatmate) bought me this a month ago for our first anniversary. I don't knpw if it's registered to my account or not. I tried the account merge thing, but I don't know if Daniele actually 'got it' when I explained the whole account merger thing. He's italian (and so is she). We're getting married in June 2012. hurrah. Gav[/quote]<

[quote who="Savyg" reply="152" id="2811054"] Quoting Alstein, reply 150There's also a possibility the US will get caps also, due to non-existant regulation and a very pro-business political climate not seen since the Gilded Age. Maybe. I'm waiting to see what happens with 4G. I don't think 'unlimited' is actually in the cellphone companies vocabulary, but 4G might not have the severe limitations 3G does on the server side of things. Normally I can find the info, bu

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="87" id="2810895"]Impulse::Reactor doesn't have high profile titles like Modern Warfare 2 or Counter-Strike Source pimping it's features to the mass market. Impulse is basically where Steam would be if Valve didn't shackle Half-Life 2 with it; fighting for ground. The only reason Steam is even has 30,000,000 accounts is because Valve forced a signficant portion of them to make those Accounts. Every Civilisation V owner, every PC Modern Warf

[quote who="SpardaSon21" reply="83" id="2810061"]The biggest issue with Steam is that Steamworks the in-game overlay, achievement, and matchmaking system has no competition besides Games 4 Windows Live, which is like Mike Tyson against Michael J. Fox in the boxing ring. I'm hoping Impulse::Reactor comes out soon and is as excellent as the hype so companies no longer have to go with Steamworks and therefore Steam integration if they want decent third-person multi-player features.[/quote]

There's also a possibility the US will get caps also, due to non-existant regulation and a very pro-business political climate not seen since the Gilded Age.

Things I like about the game, either wholly, or I like the direction and just want expansion on the idea. I like how it interacts with Impulse. I haven't seen that done better in any other game. I like the building side of the game, though I think the 1.1 system will be a big improvement there. I like how the RPG elements interact with the game, though I think improvements can be made there. (Namely, not benefitt

I thought reactor was already out- I see some games using it in Impulse. Stardock needs to try undercutting Steam on price to get people to use reactor, maybe even if it means taking a small loss. (maybe reduce the cut Stardock gets, but Stardock gets an exclusivity period or something?)

[quote who="the_Monk" reply="137" id="2810387"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 136 While NES and SNES didn't require you to make a boot disk for every freaking game to get DOS to allocate enough memory to start a game of Serf City, I still remember blowing on a lot of cartridges, turning off game decks (i think we called them that then), to let them cool and then just restarting all the time to get rid of graphic garbles. Hell even the consoles now have some maintance issues... j

That said, the beta is one of the reasons to pre-order, without an open beta , there would be no point in pre-ordering- just wait until it comes out. Stardock would get a benefit of seeing what the interest is, and it helps them make a proper budget.

Ideas on stats and other stuff off the top of my head. STR: damage, reduction to dex penalty for heavy armor. INT: overcoming saves, level of spell castable, power of summons WIS: saves vs most spells, tactical mana limit DEX: to-hit, DEF bonuses, combat speed bonus. CON: hp, healing rate, saves vs poison/disease. CHA: recruiting heroes, saves vs mental spells, stack bonuses I do think all units should have

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="92" id="2809023"] Quoting Lord Xia, reply 87Well, I got that from Stardock's Gamers Bill of Rights. If they created that shit, they should at least live up to it, if not them, who? I don't think it was intedned as bullshit. They need to try harder to live up to that. The Gamers Bill of Rights states that a game should function without technical problems. If it does, the gamer has the right to return it for a full refund. This is so

These sorts of posts are what got that thread locked. You guys should know better. As for the chargeback abuse, you're right that it's wrong. The question is- who should absorb the costs: Steam, or the purchasers on Steam? I have no issues with banning accounts from buying games, or banning cards. I do have issues with banning games legitimately paid for over a dispute on something else. People who are going to delibrately try to sc

The anticonsumer policies involve chargebacks, as well as no refunds for technical issues (which Stardock offers and should be standard- I believe gamersgate offers this also) Poor support- your 1 day is my 1-2 weeks on average unstable servers- Steam crashed when I wanted to play TF2 whenever there was a major update or big game came out.

I'm not arguing Steam's quality, though I could. My main issue with Steam is that I dislike their anti-consumer policies, poor support, and unstable servers. I prefer Gamersgate and Impulse for those reasons I'm arguing that they are engaging in what is POTENTIALLY predatory, anti-competitive behavior.

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="33" id="2807935"]Supporting the market leader is not considered anti-competitive behaviour, regardless of it's implications. Valve was founded by ex-Microsoft employees, which in itself means nothing however it does give the situation an sense of deja vu. The problem is no cares right now because Steam isn't abusing it's position. When it does - and it will - people will turn on Valve like they turned on Microsoft and Activision. The problem

Civ 5 not being on Impulse, a DD service that disproportionately favors strategy gamers, is a sign that Stardock had its profits impaired by the tie-in between Steam and Steamworks. The fact that Impulse is forced to cannabilze is the anti-competitive impact to me.

Ok, how about this as an idea. Spell damage would be flat dice roll damage, but opponents can save vs spell to change effect high caster int makes the save harder, high target wis makes save easier Flame dart: does 2d4 damage. If saved 1d4 damage save is INTd2 versus target WISd2

I'm a little skeptical on the static spell damage myself. I'd like to see an caster's INT/ target's WIS relationship affect spell saves for more or less damage. Also, I'm a little worried people will shun the low lvl spells due to irrelvancy in the later part of the game, or in MP everyone rushing will mean only low lvl spells matter.