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Reply to Ashes: Extreme zoom in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="104" id="3565377"] Ultimately, we're going to make the game the best we can. But when people start out, without even knowing what the game is like, insisting that we clone SupCom it naturally makes us a little skeptical of their feedback. We're not hostile to strategic zoom (as I'll be saying over and over, Stardock was using it before GPG was and every single Stardock strategy game since 2006 has had it. What we don't wa

Reply to The Impulse/Steam scam: Gamestop is selling Steam client required software on Impulse in Everything Else Stardock Forums

Just an FYI, you're wrong about not being able to play steam games unless you're online. But then I doubt that'll go through the red-tinged rage. Also, Steam by itself has, in the eyes of the publishers (who are unfortunately who matter in this respect) atleast, singlehandedly saved PC gaming in recent years. So really, it's a rare treat to see someone be as completely and utterly wrong on every single point as you are JCD.

Reply to For those that say that when a team gets momentum, the game is pretty much decided. in Demigod Multiplayer Demigod Forums

[quote]In fact with that matchup i think the game should have lasted about 25-30 or so minutes. You go HP build, AoE the rook's towers while they are busy with your creeps and thus prevent the rook from making a garden of them. Push them back up in the corner, then one of you keep them busy there, while the other warps into their base and caplocks their flag once you hit warscore 10. Upgrade to giants and its GG.[/quote] And then it rains frogs and you can eat heartily. You're

Reply to Elemental: Internal debates made external in Elemental Dev Journals Demigod Forums

Camp 1, but only if it doesn't require micromanagement every single turn to achieve good performance.

Reply to No Killing Floor thread? It's out tomorrow! in Everything Else Demigod Forums

Better than L4D is wishful thinking. But it's decent.

Reply to What needs to be buffed? in Demigod Demigod Forums

Soul Power? Really? You want to make him even more Assassin like. Change Soul Power to something that's actually appropriate for a General - even a (smaller?) weapon damage buff in a radius would be better.

Reply to Demigod: Clan Wars concepts in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="18" id="2201849"] (FYI, to do replays the right way is actually a very complex issue as the right way includes being able to always view a replay even if the game has been patched and you want to view an older replay). I don't think that one is ever going to be possible, not without far more coding than should ever occur. [/quote] C&C3 already does it. And yes, it's a huge amount of work - but EA had money to burn on that game (wh

Reply to When pure isn’t pure in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="FlyByU" reply="16" id="2201260"]LOL thats funny DatonKallandor because if they had all that on a floppy and the HD's back then were very small a few games would have filled up the HD with just the copy protection you say it had. [/quote] I never said they had it on the floppy itself. Code Wheels and other copy protection came with the box - unless you pirated your games. Since you don't even seem to be aware of the existance of that copy protection...

Reply to Monday update is up but… in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

Then you'll have a problem. That's the nature of online play.

Reply to When pure isn’t pure in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

Although you could take your CD out of the tray after launching (if you chose the full install) most of the time. Back then, you had to make a tradeoff - do you want to install those huge 100 mb games and need no CD or do you want to save your precious space and use the CD.

Reply to Demigod: Understanding RTS multiplayer and why it sucks in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

Well, it would impact mostly P2P. RTS mostly, some download sharing software (Blizzard's Downloader comes to mind - that's one finnicky piece of P2P), etc. . Many people reporting problems with the same thing, while having the same provider is a big clue.

Reply to Demigod: Saturday’s status in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="Colonel_Jessep" reply="14" id="2196861"] Quoting Sheezwack, reply 7Yeah I mean as game in progress, why can't you just connect to the existing people, then update the new player with the necessary data which is what you have to do for everyone in the game anyway. To keep the games in sync you have to be sending that data to everyone anyway... it's not like there would be much extra to send that isn't being sent already.The engine doesn't work like this. The data you tra

Reply to Demigod: Breakthru in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="Christian Ons" reply="13" id="2182641"]A multiplayer demo is very rare, actually I can't remember ever seeing one before, and there is a reason for that.[/quote] They're called "Betas" nowadays. It's just like a demo but with built in "it'll be fixed in retail for sure!".

Reply to Demigod: Understanding RTS multiplayer and why it sucks in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="illumin8" reply="10" id="2192825"]You can't enter the lobby until you have first connected to everyone else who is in the lobby? I can pretty much guarantee you that if you have a server with 1000 random people connected, I won't be able to connect to at least a few of them.[/quote] I don't think that's the "lobby", since there isn't a traditional RTS lobby. I think lobby in his explanation refers to the pre-game set-up screen. So that's a lot fewer than 1000 - yet s

Reply to When pure isn’t pure in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="FlyByU" reply="6" id="2196256"]When I first started playing PC games you did not have any of this crap.[/quote] Bull. The heyday of the PC had copy protection - code wheels, random word checks out of the manual, etc..

Reply to When pure isn’t pure in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="Sblade1" reply="13" id="2189652"]We DID. we ASKED. We got NO REPLY, we removed them from the DRM free section.[/quote] Unfortunately that's not how contacting someone works. If you try to contact someone to get information, you do not get to make up whatever you want if they don't reply. You try atleast one other venue of communication - SOP is "if the recipient does not reply, assume he did not get the message". PS.: Please remove "Reclaim Your Game" from the DRM-

Reply to Demigod: Understanding RTS multiplayer and why it sucks in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="ElPopo" reply="25" id="2191512"]AFAIK DoW2 is using a p2p system too, Games for Windows Live is just for the matchmaking part. (And hey, that one doesn't add 5 bots in a 3vs3 game...)[/quote] Nope, DoW2 uses GFWL for it's entire online system. That's why DoW2's online system works so well - Microsoft have spent a lot of money making sure it does (which also means a lot of certification required - see 1+ months of leadtime on patches). You also shouldn't confuse the

Reply to Frogboy = My Hero in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="ganKing" reply="6" id="2187265"] How can they be releasing "betas" for a game I already bought? I don't understand the people who, this far in, can still have such a positive attitude about this.[/quote] Running Betas for patches is standard operating procedure - it's a good thing, not a bad one.

Reply to Stardocks such a tease.... in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Evanescent" reply="11" id="2187284"]A Customer wants to play a 5v5 game, the game has maps that a capable of 5v5. Is it Slurpie's fault that he is not able to play a 5v5 game? Are we still blaming the people who pirated Demigod? I sort of lost track of the last few weeks.[/quote] I can play 5v5 - if you can't that's not the products problem.

Reply to Fantasy Wars / Fantasy General Nostalgia in War of Magic Stardock Forums

The Archers support fire makes them invaluable, and they hard counter flying units. Spellcasters I agree with, they're incredibly niche. But Healers are quite useful, as are Druids on the 3rd Continent.

Reply to Fantasy Wars / Fantasy General Nostalgia in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Davos10" reply="3" id="2178913"]I've got Fantasy Wars and FG is just better somehow. Maybe it is the shoulder pads LOL.[/quote] I think it's the more generic setting and, because of that, less varied troop types (no mechanical/magic/mortal). It just generally lost depth compared to FG. I don't recall troop type label issues, but I never really used bombers - Skyhunters just tore them to shreds, as did Archers.

Reply to Since Last Patch Generals like assasins? in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="TarlSS" reply="25" id="2147582"]Honestly I don't see where the problem is here. I usually play a different god every game, and I find assassins/generals to be more or less well balanced. The trick with assassins is to use their high burst damage early and often, and to get one or two AOE spells to take care of minions. For instance, with TB, I usually start out with Fireball/Deep freeze, but as the game progresses I use Frost/Fire Nova to take care of minions in one hit

Reply to Since Last Patch Generals like assasins? in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="scyldSCHEFING" reply="21" id="2147351"]Perhaps this was because it was simply too difficult in the end to implement a true RTS interface that would give a player tight control of his mionions and minions that are powerful and durable enough to be true primary sources of damage?[/quote] Which is simply hilarious because the game is built on the engine of one of the most advanced RTS games, interface wise.

Reply to Your must have items? in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

[quote who="gkrit" reply="6" id="2080939"]im just wondering.. coz i havent actually read it anywhere (plus i dont have the game). are items "1 use per item"?[/quote] Only items which are in the "Consumables" tab of the store have charges. Mostly potions with some utility items like universal gadgets and slow scrolls.

Reply to [Bug] Erebus attack orders still buggy in Demigod Demigod Forums

Not only is Erebus himself having those issues (although they're a very minor niggle - a quick second click or minor move order will solve it), his minions are still broken. Only they're far more broken - they simply ignore attack orders, irregardless of how many you give.