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An Open Letter From A Former Bungie VP to Bobby Kotick While perhaps not seen in the full context of his talk at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference, Activision head Bobby Kotick 's comments about Bungie did create quite a stir last week. Among those bothered by Kotick's talk was
[quote who="Edwin99" reply="226" id="2770849"]My favorite RPG was the D&D classic - Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil - though it had a buggy start (somehow my system never encountered those bugs) and a poor story line - the tactical battles were said by many to be the best. [/quote] Yeah ToEE is my favourite cRPG as well...and I agree...it has the best tactical battle system as well. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]
Wow......[e digicons]8O[/e]
[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="96" id="2783954"] I'm not saying it's a good idea. It may stink. I'm trying to come up with ideas that are: -based in part on lore as much as possible -balanced -create relatively hard choices I'm not wedded to any of my suggestions. Better alternatives are welcome! [/quote] 1. Many stuff has been changed in the last 2 years. What is the problem with "spamming" cities? I will tell y
[quote who="Kalin" reply="265" id="2783604"] Quoting GaelicVigil, reply 262 With Civilization, human history is the limit to our imaginations. With Elemental, the sky is the limit to our wildest dreams. Gonna have to disagree with you here. Civilization have always been a base for a great deal of mods, some of which has nothing to do with human history. Many of them are GREAT (I can't emphasize this enough). One of the
[quote who="Bellack" reply="59" id="2783252"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 41 Here's the issue at hand and the corresponding hole in the current system: Players should not be able to get something for nothing. During the beta, we used to allow players to build an unlimited number of buildings or 1 per level and this created a runaway economy. The imperfect solution chosen in the end was to limit many buildings to only 1 per city. &
[quote who="Dariune" reply="33" id="2761977"]I really want to play this game again. I tried it and had no idea what to do. I didnt really give it a fair chance so i might go back to it because, according to what i had heard, it had/has a lot of promise. Is there somewhere where i can get all resources from one place such as tutorial, game itself, graphics updates, patches, documentation, partidge in a pear tree, etc? [/quote] The <a href="http://df.mag
Congrats Boogie, and welcome back! [e digicons]:beer:[/e] [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]
My subjective opinion about the eco system: I don't like it. 1. I liked the original concept of city building [..when farms produced food, and there was no limit / number of farms, workshops etc. / city...etc.] If I wanted to create a "farming capital" or a "military capital" I was able to do it. Now everything is limited. I cannot create specialized cities. I don't like being limited in anything. 2.a I don't like the global resource system
Heh, this [item creaton & item enhancts] has been suggested many times already. [..in fact we've talked about this before the beta has been started] :) Hopefully the devs will add it in the first or second expansion.
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[quote who="Jharii" reply="386" id="2782021"] It's better than the TW games imo...but really...it was underrated? I've only seen a couple of reviews, but those reviews were absolutely positive. Yeah, I pretty much meant that in the aspect that it's not getting a lot of recognition when it should. I should have clarified. If this game would have been released by EA, Bioware, or (insert big name publisher here), it would be a rock star. 
Perhaps I should open a topic for the Bobby Kotick related "news". I really enjoy reading his sentences [and laugh at them sometimes..[e digicons]:pout:[/e] :D] Anyway...-> http://www.vg247.com/2010/09/20/bungie-probably-the-last-remaining-high-quality-independent-developer-says-kotick/ This ain’t going to swallow well. <sp
.....argh not this fanboy - hater stuff again...just drop the topic already. [e digicons]:rolleyes:[/e]
[quote who="Jharii" reply="379" id="2781827"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 377 Yep, it worked like a charm in the King Arthur game as well. Maybe the most underrated and under the radar game in history...? IMHO, of course... But it is a pretty stellar game that no one has really heard of. [/quote] It's better than the TW games imo...but really...it was underrated? I've only seen a couple of reviews, but those
[quote who="Hozy" reply="17" id="2781943"]I would like to see a silder vaule for thing like resources, shards, adventures & monsters the higher the vaule the more likely you would have that item near your city & more of that item thru out the start of the game. This would give everybody the chance to play as they see fit. [/quote] Agreed. It's a must have option.
[quote who="Clawdius_Talonious" reply="376" id="2781764"] The ability to attach heroes to squads , ala Dawn of War and Company of Heroes, could add quite a bit to the game. Every few levels you could offer a perk system that would boost the unit or it's command abilities. [/quote] Yep, it worked like a charm in the King Arthur game as well.
[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="176" id="2781136"]First pass at a Missionary. XML http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8370296/E_Elf_Missionary.rar Reduced 66% Original 852 x 536 Reduced 66% Original 852 x 447 [/quote] This is lovely. I wanna rent this lil' house. :D
[quote who="AncientLich" reply="12" id="2781399"]I gave in and purchased the alpha, now I'm utterly hooked on this game. Check out the rpg texture pack it makes Minecraft look pretty cool. [/quote] I must be in the minority, but I don't really like this game. [Which is why I am amazed, that how can be this game so popular] It's ok, but nothing special. Weird, because Dwarf Fortress is amongst my 3 favourite games...:P
[quote who="VR_IronMana" reply="364" id="2781456"] Quoting falconne2, reply 363 Part of the reason the thread got so long is some of us who aren't too keen on the devs looking at this before the long list of more important things that need fixing or improving in the game started arguing. Between that and arguments over: -What "epic" means -Whether or not this should have had "off
[quote who="dragoaskani" reply="206" id="2781336"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 205 I was just over at the civfanatics forum to see what's going on, i will warn you now, don't say anything negative about Steam on that forum! They are surprisingly nasty about it as well, too many people that haven't been taught any good forum maners, but i just ignore those ones and only respond to the reasonable posts.ROFLMAO Well if you think they are mean. Don't eve
[quote who="Gravedancer" reply="43" id="2779864"]Speculation on Kotaku is that it's a marketing ploy. What's Happening With Good Old Games? http://kotaku.com/5642141/what-happened-to-good-old-games [/quote] "Good Old Games' owner is Warsaw-based CD Projekt" [e digicons]:omg:[/e]
I see, now I am getting confused...ah well, 4+ patches/week > 0. The dev team is working hard, that is for sure! :)
[quote who="Malloreon" reply="135" id="2777199"]What I think we need: General Combat: A to-hit system: We need this for melee, ranged, and magic attacks Melee: Each unit has a base chance to hit (depending on weapon, e.g. Longsword gives 85% chance to hit) adjusted by both positive and negative modifiers. Positive modifiers include boni from STR, AGI, and/or special abilities. Negative modifiers include mali from dodge, parry, and/or special abilities. S