[quote who="IROKONESS" reply="341" id="2850560"]Hi, to Istari. Every time I see your nic I hear Italian. Is that OK wit yous Istari? Forget about it. [kidding, Merry Christmas] And yes Fuzzy Logic, all those ufo ships and alien hieroglyphics in caves are actual fact to me. Not to mention what you mentioned. [/quote] Hey miss. Italian? hehehe. I think Tolkien would have liked that connection. Marri Chreestamas.
[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="340" id="2850551"] Quoting Istari, reply 333 I'm going to say something, and I want you to read it, and then disregard it until such a time when it is made known to the greater population. No material person or thing from this planet has ever left the Earth's inner orbit. The further you try to travel, the harder the going. Sort of like plunging into the depths of the ocean. The pressure increases. The moon has never been reached. No probes h
I'm going to say something, and I want you to read it, and then disregard it until such a time when it is made known to the greater population. No material person or thing from this planet has ever left the Earth's inner orbit. The further you try to travel, the harder the going. Sort of like plunging into the depths of the ocean. The pressure increases. The moon has never been reached. No probes have been sent to Mars. Space exploration has benefited communications and scientific kno
[quote who="Glowing_Ember" reply="166" id="2849517"]magic node trap door spiders. [/quote] Stay away from that trap door! <td style="color: #b2b7f2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10p
[quote who="harpo99999" reply="26" id="2849323"]istari, found an abandonware game by Accolade from 1986 called psi 5 traders, the screenies at http://www.myabandonware.com/game/psi-5-trading-company-8q suggest it might be what you are trying to remember by description. found it by google harpo[/quote] YES!!! YES YES YES YES!!!! [e digicons]:D[/e] Dariune had it right, but the misspelling threw me off! [e digicons]k1[/e]  
So, non-egalitarian factions will find the following joke funny: Why did the woman cross the road? Who cares? What was she doing out of the kitchen? And, as Peter Griffin supplied as an answer to a particular question... 'So you have something to look at while you're talkin' to 'em!' [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
[quote who="Aeon221" reply="18" id="2849335"]In simple terms, given two equivalent economies where, ceteris paribus, one has no females in the labor market, the society with women as active participants in the labor market will economically dominate. Again in simple terms, given two economies where, ceteris paribus, one has a fluctuating dependency ratio and one of which has a stable drat, the stable drat economy will dominate. So make the Egalitarian society 50% better in al
[quote who="Aeon221" reply="18" id="2849335"]This is a world rebuilding after an epic shattering. A world in which _everyone_ is in mortal danger from giant spiders and rats and people who can fart out fireballs for real. Anyone who can hold a spear is going to be given a spear. Any country that chooses not to arm women out of some sense of obligation to being douchebags is going to do with a military capable force that's roughly half as large as the available pool of a group that is wil
Inventory and shop screen: Please to make a same. [e digicons]v_v[/e]
[quote who="MrRadical" reply="23" id="2848981"]The setup of the game reminds me of Galleons of Glory, where you were a captain of a boat, mostly interacting with crew as you explored.[/quote] No, it was definitely a spaceship. But the crew and ship interaction was pretty much the whole game (from memory). I have no idea if this game was even popular to be honest. I can't even remember where I got it from.
-Spoilt sandwiches or strawberries. -Ear trumpets. -Gerbil Accountants. -Vanishing cats. -Chess Board Terrain. -Talking Oysters. -Homicidal Matriarchs.
Make it so that minor factions are the pawns who would be Kings when they reach the other side of the board. In other words, they should have a chance to become a major faction. They might also come into their own as a permanent ally to the player(s) who were allied with them whilst they were still minor. Which brings me to my next question: Is it political paedophilia for a major faction to have relations with a minor?
Neither. They're just French. [e digicons];P[/e] (Just kidding. Really [e digicons]:grin:[/e] )
Ambassadors work much like the Federal Reserve Bank in that they generate Diplomatic Capital without any tangible diplomacy advantages. They then use this diplomatic capital to take over portions of worthless minor factions from their leaders at full price, thereby acquiring toxic assets for you. The leaders of these factions then loan you diplomatic capital that is now washed, and can be used with major factions. You pay a very small diplomatic interest on these bonds, though the leaders are
[quote who="kapeman" reply="6" id="2848661"] Quoting Phylast57, reply 5Why would you want to build it? It is so limiting and only in the rarest of occasions does it ever benefit. I have been playing since August and it is the lowest of priorities on my tech list. I am curious as to what advantages it gives you. Would you mind sharing? I thought the OP was rather clear in their post.[/quote] Yes. And given that this is a game, it might have simply been for fun.
I still think a combination of the two systems would have been a more interesting solution. Have sovereigns use the global mana pool, whilst offspring and imbued champions have their individual mana pools. The loss of the essence stat didn't bother me, because you can easily simulate essence in a better way. For example, an imbued champion takes up mana upkeep per turn to remain imbued and be able to cast spells with their own individual mana pool. If you like the concept of t
Some good ideas here. Personally, I would switch piercing and slashing below. [quote quoting="post"] Damage Types With the inclusion of armor types, 3 damage types should also be used. In Gal Civ II, 1 defense type was fully effective against 1 damage type. I'm proposing something similar. If the armor type is effective against a weapon, the weapon has its attack reduced by 33%. Blunt: Countered by Light Armor. <b
[quote who="Aranneas" reply="12" id="2848518"]Consider also you're talking about additional drilling in the field, whereas a unit's initial setup is supposed to have taken place using established facilities and instructors. Possible fix is to have a large time cost and some gold cost attached to the proposed tech. Consider also the fact that the unit design system can create thousands of different combinations. Two soldiers with exactly the same loadout but different hairstyles wil
[quote who="MichaelCook" reply="20" id="2848285"]So what was the game?[/quote] It might have been Sci 5 Trader as Dariune suggested, but I can't find any reference to it anywhere, and so I cannot confirm it. I've checked up on every suggestion in this thread. Thanks everyone, but still no go. [e digicons]:'([/e]
[quote who="Istari" reply="11" id="2846419"]It is very very silly that you cannot group singular units in your own army to form a stack, especially if you have researched the appropriate tech. Even the fact that you need a tech to know that stacked units are better than single ones seems ridiculous.[/quote] [quote who="Istari" reply="12" id="2846419"]Unless, the game is simulating the fact that people who are not trained to be able to fight well as a cohesive unit tend to get in each
And now for your lame joke of the day: When two trash cans that came from the same trash-can factory in the same production line have dirty sex, what do you call it? .....Bincest! This joke was brought to you by BPAW (Bored People At Work), in collaboration with yo mama.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="12" id="2848225"]I've never looked at the tactical AI, so I don't know how much I can do (and I don't want to step on someone else's area even if it's during the holidays). There's probably a handful of stupid things the AI does in tactical battles i could address though while I'm messing around.[/quote] Just a general note. I don't think you can do the best job on the AI if you have separated development of the tactical com
Bob and Carla sitting in a tree, I-N-C-E-S and T. So, if you marry someone who is not your sibling, is it called Outcest?
Scrap everything and just implement a D&D system for all units. If there was a 4X Fantasy TBS with D&D units and combat, it would wipe the floor with everything else for that reason alone.
The team at Stardock take all suggestions made anywhere on the Interwebs and put them into a numbered list in the order they found them. They then implement every suggestion that falls on a prime number, and then every suggestion with a number that corresponds in any way with Mickelmas Tuesdays on the calendar. Finally, they run all the suggestions through a shuffling algorithm so that the words interweave into new and more interesting suggestions, and then start the process all over