[quote who="Asharak" reply="16" id="1934452"]I'll echo the thoughts of those who have said: 1) No guns, please. 2) I would like some interdependence among the branches of the tech tree. - Ash[/quote] I concur. I want this to be a swords & sandals type of combat game. Moreover I think that an off-set dependence every three levels of tech would work well.
Multimon is something I'm hoping for big time. A fully user customizable interface layout is what I want.
[quote who="Zoomba" reply="9" id="1933880"]The major benefit for me? I'll be able to craft the truely epic, ancestral home of The Pink Space Ponies. Only the 64-bit map will allow me to recreate this divine land with the scale and wonder it deserves! For some day, the decendents of this great land will become legend amonst the Vasari, Advent and Trader Worlds![/quote] OMG!!! </stron
All I'm asking for is the option to do blind. That way both camps will be happy.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="1933359"]The beta testers will be making the final call on this. But my opinion is that if they die, that's it. [/quote] Whoa! Can you feel the power brothers and sisters? [e digicons]8O[/e] [e digicons]:borg:[/e]
@landisaurus - excellent ideas.
[quote who="lwarmonger" reply="22" id="1933696"]If I recall, in EU: Rome (and I think EU3: In Nomine as well) they added rules to prevent the common problem of a continually running stack. If an army twice its size routed it in less than five days (and armies can't retreat voluntarily for the first five days) then the smaller army would be destroyed. That was to prevent having to detach a large army to continiously chase down those annoying 1-2K armies that just refused to die.[/q
[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="3" id="1933811"]We're missing a SD title![/quote] Yep. Frogboy will announce it in the future. I hope it is a follow up to Entrepreneur.
[quote who="lwarmonger" reply="13" id="1933897"]One question. What does SMAC stand for?[/quote] Google is your friend. However in the interest of time... S id M eier's A lpha C entauri.
@Frogboy - Sign me up. I have been a SD customer since you started SD. Hell I vaguely remember you on Usenet talking about starting SD and preaching the goodness of OS2 as well as talking about some space game idea you had. Additionally I always pimp SD every chance I get on other forums; from gamer sites to business ones and beyond.
[quote who="Zubaz" reply="16" id="1934077"]Spartan . .what didn't you agree with?[/quote] The primary thing I firmly disagree with it the often quoted "multibillion dollar loss" and its derivative arguments. The position is purely illogical and simply untenable. I also disagree with the tacit support for "protection" methods that would make it acceptable to release unfinished games forever tied remote content.
[quote who="Asharak" reply="23" id="1934103"]Will it be possible to customize / create our own faction, in a manner similar to GalCiv2? Or will we be required to play as one of your twelve pre-determined factions? - Ash[/quote] I'm under the impression that full customization is the goal.
I think McCracken76 & lwarmonger have the right idea based on what Frogboy posted which pretty much confirmed my argument. In short if you conquer them you may lose a special resource. Of course there is always a chance they could turn against you if you don’t let them grow strong but hey that is the fun right??? I truly hope a vassal system like the one in EU3 or better yet CK is implemented.
[quote who="SilentStryder" reply="9" id="1934060"]I try to click the button to upload a image I even tried it with IE but nothing is happening it won't even click... I want to add the beast pic. Edit I see the bug report of it, I probably have Flash 10[/quote] You should download firefox and do it that way then. I dont think flash 10 is part of the default package yet. @ The rest - your welcome guys. I figured I would do what little I can to hel
[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="4" id="1933255"]You only can have so much at the screen at one time without it getting out of hand. And needing to split the screen for a 2 layer world isn't really a good option. Imho it doesn't add enough gameplay for what it makes it worse in game usability.[/quote] Ah. In my case I have a quad monitor system so never an issue. Nonetheless I don't see how a tab system or even a second map window on the main screen could be a great distracti
[quote who="Sammual" reply="13" id="1933282"] If they can win and have wizards running them what is the difference between them and major civs? [/quote] They may not have wizards running them in the beginning but who knows after some time they grow/evolve into a major civ. Additionally like you said choice is what is important. If I chose to trade with them they might grow into a enemy or an ally. If I attack them it could cost me a lot but I might gain something spec
[quote who="Infidel" reply="3" id="1933193"]great avatars can't decide which to use[/quote] Use a different one every week - just use one. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]
[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="20" id="1933218"]Only sometimes? Dang, I'll need to work on that.[/quote] No doubt... [e digicons]:borg:[/e]
That should not be an issue with current PC duel core processor capability - especially for those of us with 64b systems and multi quad cores.
[quote who="hiddenranbir" reply="14" id="1933163"]I want to be evil but have lush green kingdoms.[/quote] No doubt. Greenpeace terrorist are pure evil to highly cherished free market industrial capitalists.
[quote who="Nights Edge" reply="9" id="1933111"] Also, please not Wizardry 8's character dialogue. The list of clickable topics with stock answers style of conversation needs to die die die. Furthermore, the writing was terrible. I gave up half-way through, because the game was very frustrating and the story not good enough to keep me going. Unless it gets much better in the latter parts, do not recommend.[/quote] I tend to agree. I was thinking something like the new ME dynamic
Aright. I always assumed the emptiness was a purposeful decision since space is so vast vs a world with a living biosphere. Anyway I'll add the Civ4 explore and management system to the list.
[quote who="McFungos" reply="2" id="1933057"]Elemental should be available in bundle with 4 gigs & 6 gigs rams packs. [/quote] Word! [e digicons]:cylon:[/e]
I agree hence my suggestion on using a psychological system like the one used in Close Combat. I don’t think any other game has even come close to developing such a thing. So here we have Frogboy a noted AI programmer, and an opportunity to test his mettle at branching out with such skills. It is a daunting challenge in programming methinks...
[quote who="LDiCesare" reply="24" id="1933023"] I'm not against allowing people to micro. I'm against forcing them to. If you have to devise one unit per city to make the most out of their training/construction time, then you're forcing micro through bad interface. If you abstract training a little, then you can get the same effect without forcing to micro. You'll still have a lot of opportunity at micromanagement with Brad's system anyway, since some units will be trained, ot