[quote who="WhiteElk" reply="13" id="2696497"]LoL This is "show the Elemental Devs some love" thread. Not a show Blizzard some hate fest. Just saying. Though I agree with much thats been said. But I'm mostly a one game gamer. Was fine with Civ until it got steamrolled. Though 2k had been chipping away my enthusiasm ever since they arrived. A search for a Civ replacement lead me here. For a number of reasons I am Very G
Why play an over-hyped rehashed game that offers nothing new to the genre, coupled with draconian policies, and ran by a company that would sell your soul if it'd get them an extra buck a month; when you could be making a game that's genuinely new, and is already more fun in its beta form? I know this is my opinion, but really if you played star craft brood wars, you're not missing much in SC2. More of the same.
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="55" id="2696361"] I also have decided to pass on this and I'm very glad after seeing the horror stories on their website about not being able to play the Single Player game due to battle.net connectivity issues. ugh. It's pretty common to have launch day issues with any online service. I haven't gotten the chance to try for myself, but, it's not like it's not going to be fixed ASAP if it's a big problem.[/quote] I will not b
[quote who="KillzEmAllGod" reply="41" id="2695935"] Quoting SpaghettiMon, reply 40 Quoting strongking, reply 39> #3 PLayers will have access to the Workshop’s Map Editor Any word on the slow (but good) random map generator? I'm also curious about this. hmm what about custom factions...[/quote] I'm very interested to see how they've integrated faction customization with the mod tools.
[quote who="KillzEmAllGod" reply="10" id="2695913"] 3 full priced games instead of 1 game and 3-4 expansions. Second nail was not having actual LAN support that doesn't require a battlenet connection. Third nail was region play. Fourth was taking over the eSport of SC so they could suck profits from every aspect of it. Final nail was REAL ID. as far as i know the other games continue the story line they might or might not cost as much as a full game need to wait and see if that's the cas
[quote who="strongking" reply="39" id="2695924"]> #3 PLayers will have access to the Workshop’s Map Editor Any word on the slow (but good) random map generator? [/quote] I'm also curious about this.
If I recall correctly, the writers at Random House publishing were the ones handling things like quotes and back story for the game. To work on an official level she may have to contact them. However, I obviously can't speak for them.
I pre-ordered it, but sadly I have come to a decision not to support Activision-Blizzard anymore. The first nail in the coffin was when they decided to split the game into 3 full priced games instead of 1 game and 3-4 expansions. Second nail was not having actual LAN support that doesn't require a battlenet connection. Third nail was region play. Fourth was taking over the eSport of SC so they could suck profits from every aspect of it. Final nail was REAL ID. Call me o
I think they haven't been in the Beta 3 because they were still working on artwork for them in the 3D engine, maybe we'll see them in beta 4?
[quote who="DethAdder" reply="21" id="2695626"]These corps always pull that shit. They have no interest in making it right until it blows up and becomes bad press.[/quote] Can't please everyone. I guess it's not likely they don't see certain things like this until it explodes and affects a lot of people. VAC is an automated system, and if/when it ever has a false trigger it will affect many people, and this isn't the first time this has happened.<
Mannnn I can't wait! The out of memory crash, and lack of interesting tactical combat are, as you say, killing my brain in 3C. However, I keep playing because of all the pieces that are already decent there, imagining what you guys are coming up with. Also can't wait to mess around with modding tools to see what kind of stuff I can do in a day and/or week of just experimenting.
For everyone who is calling Steam/Valve the anti-christ over this; it looks like Valve has identified VAC as triggering a false positive. Know what those evil bastards at Valve did? They un-banned everyone, and gave them 2 free copies of L4D2 for their problems: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1380803
Congrats!
Reading up on this, it sounds like the most plausible explanation, assuming not everyone banned is cheating, is that MW2 allows for hackers to set their own lobbies up that uses IW's old system to inject modified files into other players' game folders. So people could have unwittingly downloaded hacks, due to some idiot running a server and their own ignorance of what was going on. Certainly if that's the case, then Valve should ban the guys with the hacked lobb
[quote who="BlackRainZ" reply="71" id="2695117"] Quoting SpaghettiMon, reply 69 Quoting BlackRainZ, reply 65 Quoting SpaghettiMon, reply 63Flood gate arguments are a red herring logical fallacy. To put it in another way, where does the developer have to draw the line with anyone's moral sensibilities? These are subjective to each person, and not universally objective. For example, what if a person demanded females to have covered faces, or no interr
[quote who="BlackRainZ" reply="65" id="2695098"] Quoting SpaghettiMon, reply 63Flood gate arguments are a red herring logical fallacy. To put it in another way, where does the developer have to draw the line with anyone's moral sensibilities? These are subjective to each person, and not universally objective. For example, what if a person demanded females to have covered faces, or no interracial relationships, or no this or that or the other thing. <br /
Flood gate arguments are a red herring logical fallacy. To put it in another way, where does the developer have to draw the line with anyone's moral sensibilities? These are subjective to each person, and not universally objective. For example, what if a person demanded females to have covered faces, or no interracial relationships, or no this or that or the other thing. My answer to that question is, the developers should go with their gut feelin
I miss Sierra style adventure games. Also Freespace 2 style space shooters.
[quote who="ddd888" reply="1" id="2694942"]man, the game settings are just temporary beta, there is no balance or whatsoever, this stage is to test bugs and mechanics not to balance things lets wait next beta and go step by step also dont forget the cost of a summon is nearly zero while building a pack of powerful soldiers costs a lot of money/metal etc[/quote] Also in our build there
I agree, giving people a lot of choices is obviously the problem with the marriage system.
[quote who="si1foo" reply="73" id="2694763"]so stardock central pre-dates valve aswell steam is better then impulse what would u rather have a free company owned by one person with exclusives mostly or a company with ties too most big brands and games from them aswell with sales pretty much every week i dont know how many times i saw a email come threw for a lower price demigod which i already own impulse is not as good as steam <
That chick looks like a Klingon zombie, or one with a very bad skin condition.
I have confidence in Brad and his crew. The game has a lot more going for it already than Sins or GalCiv had at launch, assuming they will tie everything together nicely and balance it over the coming weeks of working over time. You'd be amazed at what a developer like Stardock can accomplish during the crunch period. I've been in so many betas, and Stardock has by far pushed out the quickest changes and bug fixes I've seen even at this stage. I get worried when a
[quote who="lvletalsoljah" reply="63" id="2694360"] Quoting kyogre12, reply 1This is a topic that has been brought up a lot in the past, and I can promise you it won't happen. For one thing, 70% of the digital distribution market is not the same as 70% of the overall distribution market. IIRC, retail sales are still a much, much larger portion of overall sales, although DD is growing. Plus Steam is Impulse's largest direct competitor, and it would be unwise to do something tha
[quote who="OMG_BlackHatHedgehog" reply="43" id="2693873"]I'm worried about making DC ANOTHER required resource, like Gilder and Materials and Iron. It should be a useful resource to have, like Enchament Crystals or Shards. It shouldn't be something that you need in order to conduct warfare. Maybe forcing peace or a small cease fire. Not to do normal things such as go to war.[/quote] I agree with this. It should be enough to make diplomacy a viable option, bu