Bingjack

It's now been suggested to me that my issue was related to saving and re-loading a game within the same session, as I have a dirty cheater's habit of reloading a game after dying if I enter a quest location to complete it, and find it is populated with lethal bulls*** I couldn't have possibly handled. Or if I accidentally click on the wrong square during a tac battle and blunder my way into a loss because of the interface. Or if my sovereign gets ridiculously killed by a bear cub

This was the way it was in WOM, and it was easily exploited. Well, not exploited really, as it was part of the game, but it removed the need for trained units, and allowed players to steamroll the map with early summons. When summons were reigned in a bit, players then moved onto steamrolling the map with Champions. We are just now getting to the point where we might actually want to build armies. Putting back in an easily replenishable source of early game fodder that doesn't requi

Had the exact same thing. I uploaded files for SD earlier today on it. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to apply to all cave bears, as I fought mixed cave bear groups without incident, but a specific lone one would hang the game.

[quote who="legaceez" reply="2" id="3090133"]yea i think that's intentional. it was like that .77. i agree there needs to be something that tells you he's untargetable though. as for claiming the territory i was always under the impression you still had to build your own outposts or cities to claim the resources in those lands.[/quote] Yes. The issue was even after the region is purged of monsters, and the main boss is destroyed, the territory d

[quote who="feelotraveller" reply="12" id="3090131"]And I thought you hated forests for the sake of it! To avoid the movement penalty you will then have to cast lower land. [/quote] So 50 Mana up, and 50 mana down, not to mention the spell book micro for a single tile of forest? It seems odd there's not a more direct and efficient option, to both deforest, and even grow forests, for city beautification or defensive purposes.&nb

[quote who="feelotraveller" reply="10" id="3090118"] Pretty sure raise (or is that raze?) land will do the trick for you.[/quote] Raise Land doesn't mention anything about forests in the description, and raised terrain comes with movement penalties of its own (I think).

I hate the forests so much. So much. Please tell me there's a spell I haven't found yet to remove them in the gameworld when not adjacent to your city. The AI always builds roads through them. Whats the point of having an ecologically devastated world, if you can't count on global warming to kill those awful trees? Summon chainsaw!

I got the same thing, but I couldn't tell if it was intentional or not. I kind of suspected what was supposed to make him unique and difficult was the fact you couldn't use magic or special attacks on it it directly. Obviously, if that is the case it needs to be more clear so it doesn't resemble a targeting error. I will also add, that upon killing the worm, the territory did not open up to be claimed. The sparkly altar says you must build a monument there to claim i

You can download the patch without installing it. Finish your testing in .77 if you wish, and install .85 ( or probably .86 by later today) when you're ready to begin the current testing phase. I dont believe it's possible to install two different versions of the game. You would have to re-install and re-patch to the desired version to roll back.

[quote who="Gazz_" reply="85" id="3089916"] Why not distribute XP based on level? [/quote] That might inhibit power leveling of newb Champs, but doesn't really solve the early game issue. There's no practical difference between a 50% split and a split by level when grouping low level champs around the same level. The net effect is that they still level too slowly from halved XP gain to be competitive, and standing armies are too costly or f

Also, in case I didn't make this clear when I mentioned it previously, Im not complaining about the build, which sports AI and a challenge level I'm very enthusiastic about, and making me very optimistic for the game. Just reporting on some issues I experienced that can potentially cause your game to grind to a halt in an early stage when that shouldn't ever happen.

[quote who="CdrRogdan" reply="80" id="3089737"] @Bingjack: given that experience is split between champions there really isn't a rush to claim all of them around the map. Personally I think you are better off with the minimum number capable of defeating the enemies around the area, and just waiting to pick up the better ones with higher level techs.[/quote] I disagree here. Early game champs that you buy for a pittance and that can level up/equip as

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="75" id="3089636"]yes, currently it is not financially feasable to BOTH 1. recruit extra champions and 2. maintain an army for each champion (at the same time)[/quote] It's not a problem later in the game, I dont think. Just early on when your income is in the single digits, you are hungry for infrastructure, and production queues are precious. Unfortunately, that&

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="70" id="3089599"]A big issue I'm running into with 0.85 is the experience. It's too heavily biased towards the leader of the enemy side. Without more experience, you level up slowly. That's what 0.86 (tomorrow) will address. I can assure you, there's a huge difference when facing a cave bear as a level 4 champion versus level 2. [/quote] Yes, thank you Brad, that's pre

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="67" id="3089565"]Well, if you are blocked behind monsters that 1 hit your leather troops ... then either you are on a small map or GG man. Personally if I was in that situtation, I would build TONS of crappy troops and throw stacks of them at the enemy (and add a caster to the next stack once I have enough mana). Trust me ... those big guys? they tend to miss, a LOT. Even on my -dex Cannon Fodders. Just build the useful build

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="65" id="3089545"]Have to Disagree with this. I've found that I have *too much* production. Sure, early on production is kinda weak, but a few more cities and 20 turns later ... you run out of anything good to build other than units. Units you can't pay for.[/quote] If you have multiple cities, you are already out of the hole I was speaking of. I was bottled up with a single city, and no real way to settle more or invade. Monster

I'm overjoyed to see the game more challenging now, and the AI putting up an actual fight. I'm very happy there's an actual reason to build armies now, whereas before there was none. But something is going to have to be done to keep the early game from grinding to a halt. I recognize the Fall From Heaven influence, where you start off helpless and have to run screaming from everything in sight, and can't stay alive in order to earn xp, until you ca

The hell is a "clambercoil"? Also, do you really need a "special" name for a magic breastplate that... "increases defense", beyond what a normal breastplate would? Isn't that pretty much every piece of "magic" armor, in every game, ever? Why not just "magic breastplate"? Save the fancy names for really special things that have more distinctive characteristics.

Havent read the entire thread, so apologies if I dupe someone else's suggestion. Ideas in bold. [quote quoting="post"] Still Needed: Unit Abilities: ?- Unit starts at 2nd level A Leg Up Armor: ?- A magical breastplate with increased defense Champion&#39

[quote quoting="post"] Monsters can and WILL attack and destroy settlements if they think they can do it and if they are lead by an intelligent monster. [/quote] Perhaps contrary to some, I don't actually want monsters to be *too* smart about attacking settlements. I'd prefer there to be some fuzziness to the decision making. Otherwise, every time monsters attack you at all, it tend

1.1 sounds better than I honestly thought it was going to be. I'm anxious to check it out.

[quote who="Zubaz" reply="43" id="2822444"]Any progress? Anything to show?[/quote] I gave some people in chat a peek at some of the stuff Im working on. I want to have a couple decent pieces of eye candy to show when I announce the mod, which I'm thinking now will be next week. I always tend to become over ambitious outside of any time or practical constraints. Quite a lot of work I've bitten off for myself here. Even more work to not suck, which is al

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="8" id="2822344"] And I'm sad to say, that the mods being done absolutely have not warranted such an application of resources. That is to say, that the modding has been very disappointing, in my opinion.[/quote] Ouch. Ive seen a few impressive mods that have done nice things despite the limitations of the tools, and the amount of hoops people have to jump through to get more substantial modding than maps, quests, items, and sim

[quote who="Trojasmic" reply="12" id="2821669"]I think they have to summarily reject all other spell ideas and only put the winner's spell in the game or it will somehow dilute the grand prize. [/quote] A high end video card for a few sentences about a spell concept can't really be "diluted". It's a great payoff, for *one* person, in exchange for relatively minimal effort. So a handful of people will be very happy, regardless. Getting the kinds of spells t

[quote who="klane13" reply="4" id="2821514"]One will be chosen to be implemented into the game, the others get gift cards. [/quote] I would hope that if you ask your community for the best spells they think should be in the game, more than one might find their way in. ;)