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[quote who="Sierra Dragon" reply="31" id="3319879"] Quoting kangon, reply 19I switched to steam when impulse was sold. I have close to 60 games on steam and have never had a problem. I play offline most of the time but my minor sons prefer online for scores and chat. Now steam is also helping the smaller game developers with greenlight. Steam is not evil, it is a platform that has done a lot of good for pc gaming. Stardock has already said they are using it, how many tim

I was getting a He-Man vibe from that tiger.

New factions are something that should be in the base game, and we really should get 4 in LH (Umber, Capitar, and 2 new ones) 8 is just flat-out insufficient.

[quote who="Nibelung44" reply="22" id="3319722"]Will I be able to maintain a mod of my own (private mod) without Steam trying to erase it because it is not in steamworks?[/quote] You can.

I'm really wondering if Stardock is the mystery publisher.

Of those complaints 1-2 already apply to Stardock store purchases, and you can't buy FE at retail. 3 was changed to where they don't brick your games at least. MP you're boned, but being non-Steam doesn't mean the service you're using instead can't bone you instead. 4 is something we'd have years of warning, and I suspect Stardock would do something in that case. Valve's not going under anytime soon. 5 is a problem sometimes<

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="3319593"]Achievements are a big thing. Getting mod support (if not in LH, in whatever comes later) started is a big thing. Getting cloud saves going is something we'd like to see. Getting a cloud high score list would be a cool thing. Setting things up so that unit designs can be more easily shared would be nice. How much will make it into the release I have no idea. But these are a few of the things that a steamworks version opens up t

[quote who="Edwin99" reply="27" id="3319093"] I like the changes that you are making to further differentiate - conclaves, fortresses and towns as currently I find that I can with just Fortresses, and looking forward to the AI changes.[/quote] I would like some differentiation, though one bit of differentiation I'd like to see disappear is limiting walls to fortresses. I'm also curious about the status of the other DLC's- ar

I see your point, though I think the folks who really strongly distrust Steam, will tend to be folks who don't care about those "basic features". I also agree that the actual true Steam-haters are a tiny minority. Again,, I'm not opposed to this move, I'm just a little wary of too much power with one company- we've seen them mess things up recently (Greenlight) I just hope Stardock has a failsafe in case they outlast Valve as a company. I&

[quote who="erischild" reply="3" id="3319456"]I am sorry, but I will have to disagree with this request. My Steam account works fine and I have no paranoia about Steam or need for a physical copy I would likely lose or damage anyway. Please, Stardock and Brad, continue your migration into the twenty-first century style of game purchasing. It is my personal perception that the anti-Steam percentage of gamers is loud but very much in the minority.

[quote who="mangadrive" reply="146" id="3319056"]One of my favorite games of ALL TIME is Dragon Force. I'm a huge fan of Disgaea and Final Fantasy Tactics as well. This game is strangely similar to me, but it could really use some influence from these games. I know I'm mentioning console games and some PC master race users are glaring at me but I'm not JUST into MoM/Moo/Civ/GalCiV and what not. I've spent 75% of my gaming life behind a PC, but I'd just kill for a game that

This is based on one of Brad's old ideas. Basically, make this promise now if you can: that when LH development is finished, that you would offer folks who have the game on DD, a chance to purchase a DVD-rom that is DRM-free. I know you guys say that you never finish development on games , but you haven't had a GC2 update in years , and you did finish War of Magic updates. You did put out this idea for GC2 back in the Impulse days.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="35" id="3319222"] I've been familiar with expert systems, neural nets, and genetic algorithms for over two decades now. I might be wrong but I'm not familiar with anyone who has been writing computer game AI as long as I have (maybe someone reading this could check). The OS/2 version of Galactic Civilizations used to save bits of data to disk that when the player played future games the AI could gather what type of player he or she was. I even tr

Agreed on both points above. Vertical expansion needs to be rewarded more in general- that's a general problem with this genre- it always seems to be underdone. That said, I suspect weak vertical expansion helps the AI- is that true as a general rule?

the ancient libraries seem to be only +1 research. Nice, but not as important as clay pits, and no more important than most other improvements.

AI's need to recognize when they are overextended, and when they are going to lose, in which case the best idea is to get an ally to barge in. AI's should be more willing to jump into wars that look even.

[quote who="paladinjb" reply="160" id="3318087"]I am sad that this discussion has become all about Steam rather than the great features and changes that are being brought to the world of Elemental.[/quote] Given how Stardock built up its fanbase and goodwill in the GalCiv 1-2 days with a number of folks who were sick of DRM in general, it's to be expected. Your average Stardock forum user is a long-time fan who despises any DRM much more than the average

The F-22 is a POS, so I wouldn't compare it to that. I'm still wondering what percentage of your customers for TBS games are still using XP- and when do you pull the plug? I can understand why you didn't on LH, but if you're getting down to 10%, it's time on your next game.

Like these changes. I saw a clumsy attempt in 1.29 by Resoln at a spell of making victory already, along with constant requests for peace.

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="25" id="3318427"]@Willie Sanderson Your opinion is worthless because you're comparing a 10 year old title to a state of the art AI. Comment when it has been released and patched for 6 months if you want to "compare" how AI is challenging.[/quote] The AOW3 devs have probably looked at Elemental's AI some, as they are also going to be doing multithreaded AI. I asked this question on thir forums and got a response from the dev,

[quote who="Jythier" reply="19" id="3318445"]So, guys, if hardware isn't the limitation, why aren't you making the next gen RTS? Obviously you're in the business of making games or you would be ignorant of the actual challenges while the OP is deeply involved in them daily. So get to work.[/quote] Asking Stardock to make an RTS is like asking a pizza place to make Chinese. It requires a different skillset. Stardock ha

I've been kinda harsh (but IMO deservedly so) on the AOW series for its garbage AI, but on their forums, I did see a promising sign- it sounds like they're going to try and use the threading AI idea that Stardock did for the Elemental games. One thing Stardock should borrow from AOW3- they're going to make the quick battles run like full tactical battles, just under the hood. This will be different from how it is done in FE (which is pretty terrible an

I still think the FE world would be a perfect place for a Kohan-style RTS. It's got many of the things needed to make it work. Too bad Stardock isn't interested in doing a TBS themselves. One crazy idea: since Brad is a big fan of GPG and they're in serious trouble, why not pitch the idea to them of doing an RTS in the Elemental world if the Wildman kickstarter fails? </p

Maybe this project doesn't, but what about Cryamore? The only argument you could make is rabid Skullgirls fans, but the Skullgirls fans are pretty much tapped out these days.

[quote who="simon_sin" reply="151" id="3317999"]Quick question: Is this 1.3? Or a separate direction? Will I be able to have a Fallen Enchantress 1.3 & a Legendary Heroes version to choose from, or once LHs is installed I basically have to use the New rules? Or will this mean FE 1.2 is as far as that game will be developed, and future enhancments will be based on LH builds? thx.[/quote] A 1.3 patch will b