Ah, so if I didn't pre-order by mistake (Pretty sure I did) I'd still be able to get in at launch?' I think for Impulse future upgrade you should have a "My Preorders section" or a purchase history.
The Elemental Twitter made it sound like next week sometime.
My concern is Impulse may grow too fast iin userbase, which may negate that speed advantage. Good problem for Stardock to have, and one they'd be able to solve. Impulse looks REALLY nice now, and of all the client-based stuff, I think it's the best one of there now. Steam still has a better overall catalog, but I think that will change with time also. Stardock moved up from Mr.Pibb to Cheerwine to Valve's Coke, and I think being the Pepsi is now reacha
Will those people be playing Elemental though? While not all of Elemental's customers will have high-end computers, it is reasonable to assume they have some form of broadband access, even if it's wireless. The reason this issue concerns me: At work, I have a wireless broadband connection, and I wondered if I'd be able to have MP on that? It's laggy but otherwise is decent- TF2 is playable on it.
SMAC was before the age of broadband pretty much. I don't think speed will be a big problem. At least there is an option to get around Stardock servers- which is a good thing, because what if Stardock went under? (Yeah, I know there's no reason for it to happen for a LONG time, but you never, EVER know) This is why I'm not a fan of forced central servers.
Thanks. I need to remember to not trash email so quickly next time- just old habit. Since I remember hoping to get into the Alpha, I'm pretty sure I did, just not 100% sure now.
Trying to make sure of this, I believe I did, I just can't find the email, and checking my registrationns didn't give me the info either, which I expected. Is there a way to check for sure, outside of going through old bank statements?
I'm not a fan of the current good/evil dynamic also. I don't mind races starting good/evil though, and events/actions changing them, even if that means ditching some of the neat graphical effects that have been planned. Perhaps, kinda like FFH2, what happens to the world, whether it gets renewed or further torn, would depend on actions more then just your race? That said, there should be a "victory condition" where you destroy the world through actions, and
Glad to see it isn't October as well. This will give me something new to do at work. I am expecting this game to be bigger then you guys are thinking as well, though maybe not as big as I think (I see potential for it being a top 10 title of 2010 saleswise, seriously)
This model works well in EU3. Just allow for pausing in battles (with a time limit in MP) and you're set
Maybe a warning/guarantee system as found in the EU series would work?
Since there aren't a lot of fantasy creatures, only humans, trolls, and dragons so far, hitting vulns such as blunt isn't a big deal. It's not like we're going to have Gnomish anti-paladins running around screaming "EVIL EVIL EVIL!" I'm kinda imagining it will be like Kohan where weapons/units have offense rating, defense rating, movement, hit points, and special modifiers. Maybe a little more complicated like the AoW model which added in resistance, but tha
TB shouldn't take that much bandwidth, as the info will be the same for both sides, and saved in-game. Again, we really do need someone from SD to explain what type of connection will be considered minimal.
Why should we have to use Hamachi though? I say this should be user choice, SD mandated only in ranked. Stardock really does need to come down and clarify the connection upload speed they mean for it not working. That would save a lot of people from stressing out.
Let us make our own judgement. (as in , make this an option) The one area where I can see enforcing limits is if you have ranked matches of some sort. That said, I just can't see a turn based game needing this.
It's a feature whether you like it or not. Honestly, if I knew that the game would not let me play MP because the best connection I can get here wouldn't be good enough, especially when I know for more latency-demanding games it is, I would not buy the game.
Hopefully it doesn't make it out of Alpha, at least for Elemental. Other games, I can buy this, and yes, I know how annoying it can be, as I am an avid fighting game player- which is the least lag-tolerant genre out there. The main reason I got a 360 over a PS3 for fighting games, despite 360's not being the approved standard, was because PS3 allows wireless connections, which makes many matches laggy as hell over PSN. That said, the GGPO netcode idea, if it can wo
Including most Americans. If anything US upload speed is worse then Europe, and SD is not going to piss off Americans that way. This is why I think the minimum number will be something really low, like dialup speed On top of that, the broadband industry in the US is trying to cap uploads even further in the name of anti-piracy (really it's about profit gouging) www.stopthecap.com. Stardock needs to get on board with this- as it could kill I
I don't like this idea- let the AI stand on its own. If it's not good enough, it needs to be worked on.
I want a definition on what tiny number is. A lot of Americans have tiny numbers as well, due to ISP gouging. This system will not be fair to many parts of the world. On top of that, I'd say latency wouldn't be nearly as important in a turn-based game then a real-time game. Doing this for Demigod is fine, a fighting game would make even better sense (this is why PSN sucks for fighting games BTW) The concept is fine. I just really don't thin
[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="7" id="2345370"]As of now, it is planned that the discovery of similar equipment types will yeild automatic upgrades for units using that item. However, if you unlock a new Axe and all units are using spears, you'll need to manually upgrade that unit type (if desired). [/quote] What sort of weapons do you have?
Stardock usually doesn't release Betas on a Friday- especially on a holiday weekend, thinking it will either be September 3rd or 8th. They have good reason, what if something goes really wrong and they need to make a fix to keep people from having their computers break or something? Hopefully it's the 3rd, as I work on the weekends and would love to try out the beta at work.
Maybe this could be an event, but in a modified form more appropiate to the times, like a lord building such a thing in his lands (would require high loyalty and high talent perhaps on a governor) Maybe later on the game you get better settlers who start towns off with more buildings?
The influence thing is revolution and people going over the hills claiming your land. As we don't know how influence works in this yet, I would say influence should cause riots/partisans, which can take over and settle areas, instead of an instant takeover. A strong enough military garrison should buy you extra time.
if Stardock was to make an RTS-type game, I'd rather them remake Kohan then X-Com, especially since Timegate jumped the shark immediately after KAG.