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[quote who="joasoze" reply="7" id="2622396"]I havent actually bought this game yet, but I suppose I will when I get a new and faster laptop. Did the 1.04 do much improving of the game? Does anyone have any experiences with it? [/quote] They've fixed lot of stuff in the 4 patches AFAIK, I stopped to play when the first patch came out. I am waiting for the expansion, because it will have sandbox mode + diplomacy as well -> <a href="

[quote who="joasoze" reply="3" id="2622422"]I would like bidding for mercenaries. They offer themselves to the players and you would have a certain number of turns to make a blind bit for their services. Their services could be limited to 50 turns or something. This could vary. [/quote] Sounds good to me. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="16" id="2621787"] Quoting HuaynaCapac, reply 13 http://www.softsailor.com/news/20406-red-dead-redemption-pc-version-confirmed.html Yeah I know about this, but it's not official. [/quote] Bad news. [e digicons]>_>[/e] Some facts from the Podcast with Rockstar: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21242630&amp

[quote who="Dale_" reply="4" id="2622347"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 3 quoting post There are also numerous XML editors to help new people to XML become familiar with the layout and usage of XML files. Which is the best available XML editor in your opinion? They're all much the same truth be told. I did all my Civ4 XML modding via notepad. XMLSpy I've heard is a really good one. [/quo

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="10" id="2622375"] Should I mention the Economy Camp 1? Be thankful that modding is part of the package. [/quote] Welcome to the "Camp1 Eco FTW" bandwagon. ;) Seriously, we must make a mod team to work on the Camp1 eco system after release. Ok erm....LOOKING FOR PYTHON CODERS! [e digicons]*_*[/e]

[quote who="Autarkhos" reply="2" id="2622042"] I've never actually played that Warhammer game, Mark of Chaos. Anyone know what it's like? [/quote] It's quite good. If you like the fantasy RTS genre, you should buy it. ..on-topic: There are some excellent mods for AoW2 - SM. I am still playing it, and I am using the 3in1 mod package. Basically it combines the 3 best mods, which have been made for the game.

[quote quoting="post"] There are also numerous XML editors to help new people to XML become familiar with the layout and usage of XML files. [/quote] Which is the best available XML editor in your opinion?

Completing quests should give xp. [quote who="lwarmonger" reply="1" id="2621109"]I agree that quests should give experience. It should be quests and combat that give experience, but only those two things (essence should be de-linked from leveling to make this balanced). [/quote] Agreed.

Interesting idea, but it's against the lore, isn't it?

[quote quoting="post"] P.S. I am going to send email with same question to Gabe Newell [/quote] Good luck! [e digicons];)[/e]

[quote who="SD_Zebrafox" reply="42" id="2621806"] Really though, it was only the 3rd spell id ever made - and was first showed the particle editor just 2 days prior. I can attest to how cool of a tool it is. It needs some UI polish and debugging for sure but whats there is really mindblowing. For those who *are* artistically inclined you can draw your own emitters textures and the particle editor will find them, and you can then put it into your effect.

[quote who="HuaynaCapac" reply="13" id="2621710"]http://www.softsailor.com/news/20406-red-dead-redemption-pc-version-confirmed.html [/quote] Yeah I know about this, but it's not official.

There is a very promising Rockstar game which I would like to play: Red Dead Redemption...but it won't be released for PC. [e digicons]#:([/e] I don't really understand why...I thought that GTA4 for the PC was very successful for example. [e digicons]o_O[/e]

[quote who="lokideath" reply="7" id="2621661"]Mike Capps is like Bobby Kotick (Activision CEO), the reason why gaming industry sucks. [/quote] Lol...funny...this is what I was thinking about as well. :D --------------- Either way, I don't want to make a new topic for the following article, so I post about this here. [Sorta on-topic] How to fix what's

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="2" id="2621618"] Now seriously: we need a new thread about "PC gaming is dying. (Unless Facebook saves it)". [/quote] [e digicons]:w00t:[/e]

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/05/16/epic-president-the-moneys-on-console/ Speaking to Edge this month, Epic president Mike Capps opens up about piracy, and why “the money’s on console”. In a frank and open interview on Unreal 4, Gears of War and Bulletstorm, Capps claims that “piracy’s already had its impact”. “If you walked i

[quote who="CrusaderScott" reply="4" id="2621296"]From watching some of the replays on Youtube, it seems that the maps are too small when you have such powerful weapons as rocket launchers. LSN had sizable maps with lots of buildings, some of which offered protection even from explosives, but FS seems to play out in a relatively confined space with fully destructible structures. This seems to make every engagement short and brutal. [/quote] Well, as

Well...I don't know. The current system is not that bad, but it should be tweaked. IE. If the only way to gain essence won't be changed [IE. gain essence @ lvl up], the XP system should be tweaked. Give XP for completing quests. Add some special sites or buildings like Arenas. The Sovereigns can participate in arena battles / turn in order to get XP. You got the picture. PS. I don't like the "get X number of XP / turn while the Sov is sitt

[quote who="cdtoaster" reply="59" id="2621380"]the idea is good but i dont think these forums are a good representation of the wider target audience. some people will be turned off if the game becomes too complex. some people just dont want to spend a lot of time managing diplomatic relations, i stopped playing medieval 2 total war because of this. its not that a cant do it its just that i cbf spending a crapload of time sending individual people around. if there is complex diplomacy elementa

[quote who="mormegil" reply="37" id="2621276"]Im hoping to get one more pass at the UI of the particle workshop, before it gets into the hands of user, at the moment is very "Designed by engineers", however that dose not stop it form being awesome. [/quote] Good to hear. Now mormegil...once you are done with it, don't forget to start to work on your next project: The creature creator for Elemental! [Something like what we had in Spore] [e digicons]*_

[quote who="Tenebrion-" reply="26" id="2621085"]OP is high. [/quote] Nop, he is Russian. [e digicons]*_*[/e] [Sorry, couldn't resist..]

[quote who="Orvidos" reply="16" id="2621344"] Tormy-, I don't suppose you could send me a PM with detailed impressions on King Arthur? I've been looking at that since it released and I just haven't pulled the trigger because I'm not quite sure. [/quote] Well, it's definitely one of the best [fantasy/medieval] strategy games which was released in the last couple of years. - Here is a a well detailed review about the game: <a href="http://www.incgamers.com/Reviews/1008/k

[quote who="CrusaderScott" reply="2" id="2621284"] The only possible negative with this game is that each match seems to last only six or seven turns (30 seconds total), which is a bit short for me. [/quote] The maps are are too small?...or perhaps the number of units/squad is not enough?

Looks interesting! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]