That could work in a culture/trade system. Rare/Unique techs should only be learnable through espionage. Common techs would be learned via trade- if one civ has iron, eventually trading the iron someone will figure out how to make it. Same with cultural clashes (Which really should be the primary engine in my eyes) I don't think this is something the player should have direct control over, outside of espionage.
I really would like to see it handled in a more realistic fashion then outright tech trading. It really should be tied into trade and cultural invasion.
If Elemental has any acheivements, it should be done Alpha Centauri style. Brass Dragons- unsafe at any speed.
It's full price. However, you can use this workaround. Take half the price, and put it aside. Then use it when you get the other half of the price , and then get it then. It's an arcane process called saving, like we used to do in the good ol' days. ^_^ Sorry if that came off as a little mean, but I just had to do it.
You sound like my coworker here in the weather office, while my boss just got out a huge dumping of rat poison and put it as many places as practical. I didn't get a good look at it, and thought it was just a ROUS This was about 2 months ago. I do miss the weather bunnies though. At least you don't have Snathi running around the house (is it too late to suggest putting them in Elemental as well?)
Just curious- are you limited to Feds and Klingon, or other groups you can play?
What I'd like to see is passive tech diffusion instead of outright trading. You trade with another civ, you can get their techs passively, and they can get yours.
The thing is, on the AAA titles, DRM isn't the big concern to most people. Look at the success of MW2 even on PC, where they put every anti-PC gimmick known to man on it. DRM concerns seem to be the main concern of Stardock/GG customers only at this point.
For tactical battles, one thing I'd like to see is general tactics you can set before the fight- like trying to kill their best units, trying to kill as many units as possible, assassinatting the channeler, trying to win the fight, etc... Think Ogre Battle. As for fire/frost vulns, I'd suggest leaving that in or putting it in, even if you don't use it in the core game (which makes sense given the nature of the core game). It will get used/wanted heavily in modding. Guaranteed. as for
On steam, you can turn off those popups in the option.
The question is, how do you overcome Steam's advantages? I don't think the Impulse model will ever be #1 in the market, but it will work well for being #1 in some markets (strategy games for example) I really think you'd have to take heavy risks and losses (basically start a flat-out price war) to compete with Steam except in the longest of terms. That said, Impulse is my #1 choice for DD now, and I have noticed in general gaming forums,
Maybe he wants to get the game on Impulse?
The Consumerist thread seems pretty well-reasoned. I just think Brad or someone from Stardock should post on there and let people know their side of it. It will be appreciated and respected, especially since you're not getting nuked. I don't think Stardock will ever be in the running for the Golden Poo on there. That said, a semi-written rule on that site is "don't blame the victim" so people tend to not blame the victim even if
http://consumerist.com/2009/11/stardock-ceo-takes-responsibility-for-broken-game.html#comments Comments seem to be mostly positive- but I think someone from Stardock should come on there and explain things, just don't say that you're "taking it seriously" unless you're not being serious.
If you guys ever do go into console gaming, I'd like to see you hire Dave Sirlin to do an original fighting game, even if it results in a homicide between you and him. (he's good but he may actually be the most stubborn developer out there)
I can see a raid and raze strategy working. Force the enemy to split his forces up. Speed kills in 4X.
No point in voting with your wallet, IW is making mad bank on this. Fact is IW has no reason to care about PC gamers. Fact #2- there are better games that do. I'm not worried. The only reason I own a console period is due to fighting games. Yeah, SFIV is on Impulse, but I'm a fan of the genre in general. (And yes Stardock, do whatever you have to do to get SSFIV on Impulse as well, Capcom is waffling about doing it)
You're not missing much with MW2- there are no dedicated servers even for PC version.
When the paradox patches are out? Worst case scenario, register on Paradox's forums with your serial, and get it there. It will work that way. I'd recommend that anyways- Paradox does put out beta patches like Stardock , which go on their site but not Impulse.
Solved the display problem, but now get a CTD on startup. Second try worked though, so thanks- I forgot it unupdated the drivers. Thankfully this is a one-time problem. Weird. Never had problems before.
says failed to initialize display when I run it. Beta windows 7 it worked fine, but with the warning message.
All the negative hype around this- I really hope this game bombs now. Wasn't going to buy it anyways- so no point in me saying I'm boycotting it, but I really want Activision to lose money on this. If Impulse was carrying this game- I would sign a petition asking Stardock to not carry it. (probably as ridicculous as that sounds- and Stardock would rightfully laugh at it)
Elemental has a real problem with being unintuitive on the UI right now. I much prefer the Civ IV or even GC2 model to what Stardock does right now with Elemental.
I like those suggestions, but I don't think they're female friendly. That said, i would love some Balsa- types in the game. Character customization is addictive in fighting games- and made me stay with SCIV a lot longer then a game of that quality would have (SCIV is not good for those who take their fighters seriously)
I was going to buy this. Not anymore. I hate pre-order exclusives. Thankfully the next game I'm getting (Tekken 6) the pre-order exclusive is so horrendous I don't want it (Penny Arcade doesn't do it for me.)