DatonKallandor

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[quote who="AngryZealot" reply="12" id="2110109"]The core of the problem is that generals are balanced under the assumption that their minions are worth more than dog shit.[/quote] Minions are stronger than people think. I've had people ignore them (or confuse them with grunts) and subsequently get half their hitpoints knocked off before they even got into combat with an actual Demigod. The mistake General players seem to make is to keep their minions with them at all times - split up

Reply to did you love homeworld/homeworld 2?? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

If you do plan of playing HW2 you should also grab the HW2 graphical update mod - again, purely cosmetic, but it introduces parallax mapping and per-pixel lighting. It's state of the art.

Reply to comparing with another DoTA inspired game: League of Legend in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="RiskbreakerRiot" reply="9" id="2111038"]WoW is over 4 years old. When it first came out it had the best graphics for any mmo. Warcraft 3 was the same- amazing graphics for its time.[/quote] Neither of those things are true - they have a cohesive art style (less so for Warcraft 3), however technically, they were underpowered even at the time of their release.

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You should never skip Homeworld - if anything, you should look for that first and if necessary skip the other ones. If you do manage to grab Homeworld, download the mod that removes lodding. It's purely graphical, and a modern computer can easily handle no-lod HW.

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To be fair - it's their fault people have the wrong expectation. They kept saying how Generals would play like an RTS up to a few weeks ago - long after it was clear they never would. In fact, I don't think they've even cleared that up officially yet.

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[quote who="PossiblyImpossible" reply="8" id="2109867"]lol good job not understanding what he was saying. I love how people see "SC2" in a post and immediately assume the person is making a comparison and throw out the standard "BUT THEY'RE NOT THE SAME AND YOU CAN'T COMPARE THEM!" response.[/quote] Good job missing the point - even if the comparison was valid despite the genre difference (hint: it isn't), there'd still be no point of comparing them. There is no way SC2 will <st

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You're comparing General skills with Assassin skills and want them to be equally powerful. That's not gonna work. Erebus is actually incredible when played right - I've yet to loose against the supposedly overpowered Regulus for example. Edit: And on Bite - a good Bite means a demigod kill. Buffing it would make Erebus the most overpowered Demigod yet.

Reply to What Game Does Morgan Webb Like to Play? Well, Sins of Course in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

Morgan Who? On the what-what show? Since when were insular pseudo-hip shows internet celebrity worthy?

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Not wanting the game you're playing to be reworked entirely into a game that already exists is not elitism.

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[quote]Hmmm had a match vs an Erebus using all his night walkers and idols. They actually hurt quite a bit...Will have to try in a more viable match.[/quote] It's a long shot, but could that have been me? Erebus idol build is fantastic when you play it more like a strategy game and less like an RPG (use your minions seperately from your demigod, heal friendly demigods with priests, get those +minion regen items). Incidentally also butchered a triple-Regulus team in my second g

Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote who="uglycow" reply="6" id="2058663"]Things I dislike about steam: Snip. [/quote] Your post is chock full of blatant falsehoods (eg. Steam stopping you from modding non Valve games), but it's really far too much to go through point by point.

Reply to Should mana be shown? in Demigod Ideas Demigod Forums

[quote who="Ke5trel" reply="9" id="2059320"]The variables increase and consequently take more skill to interpret, imo.[/quote] The variables do not increase by reducing the number of unknowns (aka variables). You're switching the x in an equation to a certain, known value - that is literally the definition of decreasing the variables.

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

I don't remember Conquered Kingdoms, but I do remember Seven Kingdoms - which was basically a real-time 4x Fantasy game. Kind of a Sins of a Solar Empire but in a Fantasy setting. It was hard as all hell, but really fun once you got the hang of it.

Reply to Should mana be shown? in Demigod Ideas Demigod Forums

[quote who="Nubsawce" reply="4" id="2055905"]It becomes less luck-based if mana is shown.[/quote] It becomes utterly boring if mana is shown.

Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="15" id="2056593"]But Impulse doesn't force you to start it whenever you want to play your game, only when you want to update it.[/quote] Well, then the problem is solved. Steam doesn't force you to be online. It did when it was in it's intial phase, but by now that's long gone.

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[quote who="Soccer194" reply="23" id="2056759"]Yeah right now spells rule all and those who have high damage spells are at a great disadvantage because spells kill all. Theirs no real counter to a spell. While auto attack becomes use in late game against other DG's making it so u cant go uber statsa which i would certinly like as an option.[/quote] Hm...Yeah I see how that's totally the case [quote]I should be forced to adapt my strategy and upgrade my spells. Otherwise replay

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[quote who="Einlanzerous" reply="12" id="2056483"]X-Box Live, is not a comparrison. That's software built for a propritary console, so that I can understand, and accept. If you don't like X-Box Live, go get a Playstation with PSN or something. A PC has no OS provided game center, so there should be choice. Even Microsoft didn't make their service a hassle, GFW Live is nice, and stays out of the way. Sure it's not as good as X-Box Live yet, but it's doing quite well. At least it onl

Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]Steam is where it is because they forced people to use it in the beginning. Steam provided no added benefit to Counterstrike players.[/quote] Yes, Steam got it's first "customers" by forcing them to go to Steam. No, Steam did not provide "no added benefit". Infact, one of the reasons cited for the CS change was being able to implement a more functional anti-cheat tool (VAC). Cheating was one of the most rampant problems for CS and the Steam switch all but completely fixed it.</

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

That'd be the second continent - the first one is basically a tutorial/level up your guys zone against a General that "Sauron" wants to get rid of anyway. Second Continent means you're fighting someone actually competent - equating to being completely outclassed both in quality and quantity of troops. While having the worse tactical position on the field. God I love Fantasy General. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] PS.: for the people picking it up now, and having a hard time - try pla

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[quote who="Xan" reply="4" id="2055554"]Is "architecture" a new euphuenism for DRM? The only reason Steam is required when you buy a Valve game is because Valve games use Steam for their DRM. Stardock games don't ship with DRM so don't force users to use Impulse. But those bastards at Stardock make you use Impulse to download free updates. The scum. Why can't they be like those heroes at Valve they put DRM on their games at retail and force me to use their clunky D

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

[quote who="Sarcerok" reply="13" id="2053129"]If you are serious about turn-based strategy, pretty much all the good stuff over the last few years has come from either Stardock or 1C (Dominions 3 was also good though could have used a bigger budget, and of course some excellent Civ4 mods). Fantasy Wars is a great title but the Orc campaign is punishingly hard at the end. Could have used a tad more balancing. The "turn-limit" in that game is the developers' way of gauging difficulty level. Try

Reply to Should mana be shown? in Demigod Ideas Demigod Forums

[quote who="TheBigOne" reply="19" id="2055184"]DatonKallandor, How do I know if his base mana pool is 2K or 5K ? [/quote] Yet again, by paying attention - almost all (mana costing) abilities have clear visual signals and those that don't are obvious from their effects. If he uses say, 8 spells that you know will be mana intensive (that's where the skill comes in), without quaffing a potion, then you'll know he has invested in a high base mana value. You can even guess at ho

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[quote who="Ke5trel" reply="20" id="2055210"]Tell you what, DK - go face off against a couple of UB nightmares as Rook and spend 10k gold on armor. Don't even spec boulderslam. Now face off 2 Rook nightmares as UB and spend 10k gold on attack damage and attack speed items. Tell us which victory was easier?[/quote] And how about, instead of wasting time with that, you test something that actually has controllable inputs. Which, for starters, m

Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote who="Xan" reply="19" id="2055416"]I find it rather interesting that Steam fanboys complain that Sins of a Solar Empire and Demigod and GalCiv and other Stardock games aren't on Steam but don't complain that Valve forces people to get its games off of Steam. A user can buy Sins of a Solar Empire at the store and never mess with Impulse if they don't want. A user who buys Left4Dead at the store is forced to become a Steam user.[/quote] Let's correct that a

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[quote who="TheBigOne" reply="17" id="2054994"]nah, showing mana is only bad when you also see the items of your enemies (as in Warcraft III and Dota) as that completely reveals the whole situation players are in, but when you neither show mana nor items you reveal to less - you have no way of knowing if the enemy has mana.[/quote] Yes, you have a way of knowing it. Pay. Attention. Did he throw out a great amoun