[quote who="Jafo" reply="8" id="3515308"] ID, yes....the PSU is the 'heart' of a computer....if it doesn't pump the watts yer screwed....but you have one half of a pair of bookends...[e digicons];)[/e] You don't 'need' my choice of a 1200 ....but 6 doesn't cut it...not with high-end graphic cards....yes, smaller architecture means less juice....but it's all relative...[e digicons];)[/e] Think around 800. At the moment I
You can definitely play the game. It ran smoothly on my Surface Pro 2 (at least the first few dozen turns) and looks just as crisp as on my PC. But playing on the Surface sapped all the enjoyment I had for the game. The interface is too awkward (lots of right-clicking) that it's not enjoyable. I was constantly sending units to the wrong tile in both the main map and the battle map. IIRC, I also ended up having to zoom way in to have any accuracy which then resulted in making the experienc
[quote who="TorinReborn" reply="36" id="3436655"] 1. By people trying out the Steam controller it is supposed to be revolutionary and next step and it will only get better in time.[/quote] Yeah, yeah. And Burger King fries are better than McDonald's fries. I generally find marketing hype unreliable. If they make a better controller, bully for them. Hopefully MS/Sony will notice and rip them off/license their tech so the rest of us can enjoy it. [quote who="Tori
Things you need to do to win in the Console game: 1. Have a better controller than the Microsoft or SONY 2. Have more/better titles than Microsoft or SONY Hardware & OS are largely irrelevant. As far as I can tell, the SteamBox has neither. It's a niche product for people who want to pay $1000 to stream games from their computer to the TV. That's some niche. [e digicons]:(O[/e]
Let us use the unit designer to upgrade troops!
[quote who="erock25" reply="4" id="3389151"] Yeah and it's not that I want to make the game easier but this really kills the game for me. Tired of attacking enemy AI and seeing epic monster stacks hanging out right next to their cities.[/quote] That's a separate issue, which Frogboy addressed here . And I think it's fixed in the 1.3 patch (which is still in beta). That post shows how complex debugging the AI c
[quote who="Replicators" reply="82" id="3388900"] I was referring to the loot, spells pack. Within 1 day of release of the Skyrim Creation Kit, there were more "Loot", and spells added to the game w/ mods than there are items in FE.[/quote] I must have missed the part of Skyrim where it's a turn-based fantasy strategy game in the vein of MoM. I really thought it was the latest overpriced firs
[quote who="Leo in WI" reply="5" id="3388108"] Quoting sweatyboatman, reply 4 If you don't see at least one really good expansion nearby -- a spot with two essence (or two decent spots - 3-4-1, 5-2-1) -- quit to the menu and start a new game. I'd only advise this while new to the game. Once you get better, starting with crappy spots is kind of fun, at least more challenging.[/quote] Oh absolutely, I'll edit my post to make that clearer.
Things I wish I knew when starting out. When to just start a new game. The random maps can sometimes screw you. So scouting early on is very important just to determine whether your start position is viable. If you don't see at least one really good expansion nearby -- a spot with two essence (or two decent spots - 3-4-1, 5-2-1) -- quit to the menu and start a new game. Once you have the hang of the game though, the added challenge of resource-poor starts c
[quote who="Magog_AoW" reply="61" id="3387224"] This! Just ditch the whole Elemental thing, name, storyline, world.. everything. Just reboot the game as a new IP with a new name and different storyline. And of course some really interesting races that does not look like humans. Does not have to be classic fantasy, even if that would be cool as well.[/quote] Your advice is that the sequel to LH should not be a sequel to LH in any way shape or form? That's so
Reading the tea leaves, but I think Stardock has expanded in size to the point where they can actually develop multiple games at one point. So when Frogboy says [quote]Fallen Enchantress will continue to go forward with meaningful updates that we’re funding with the DLC purchases.[/quote] He means that they're making enough money from DLC sales to continue investing money in development for the franchise. They can keep staffing the game, and putting resou
[quote who="coyote303" reply="50" id="3385535"] Usually, I look forward to Sweatyboatman's posts since he is so often "the voice of reason." However, he is really missing the boat on this one [pun intended]. The argument that the pirate/thief wouldn't pay for the game anyway is specious. The pirate/thief's argument that he would buy the game if he liked it is also a lie. There is always an excuse why he won't pay for any particular game. It's tr
[quote who="Alstein" reply="47" id="3385523"] And those games are designed for MP. Tacking on MP willy-nilly just doesn't work- you have to implement it intelligently. [/quote] WoM. The grand disaster that was Elemental:World of Magic was designed top-down to support multiplayer. I think all threads about MP should have one reply with a bare URL to the metacritic page of WoM and then be locked. There's nothing else
Lol @ the piracy thread hijack. @Simegall: Well played, sir! Piracy is just a reality of game development. Pirating games is not ethical, but it is not stealing. And a pirate, by definition, would never pay for the game, so it doesn't affect game budgets or take food out of the mouths of developers.
[quote who="Cackfiend" reply="15" id="3384741"]I did read the entire post and understood it, unlike you. You have to understand that for MoM fans to see the "spiritual successor" of MoM to be released with the very thing that MoM didn't have is the equivalent of blasphemy. It's truly shocking really, and why you see so many passionate people make threads about multiplayer.[/quote] Not to put too fine a point on it, but if there really were such high demand for a MP-version of
[quote who="FatherAntics" reply="14" id="3384379"] if thebrought back dynasties they should do something like you can pass your kingdom off to the next heir if your soveriegn dies. i remember losing a game of wom because my soverien died and i thought it was odd because my children could take over.[/quote] Crusader Kings is a great game, isn't it? [e digicons]:grin:[/e] The problem with permadeath in WoM/FE was that champion recruitment was basically random.
[quote who="flagyl" reply="14" id="3382927"] So what? [/quote] So what? Chicken butt! That's what! Let's all pretend we're in sixth grade! [quote]He has a right to 'whine' of he wants to. If the mods don't like it, they can tell him to stop. What business it is of yours if he chooses to express himself by 'whining' or expressing another point of view that doesn't fall in line with the 'SD Rawks!!!' cro
"Squelch dissent"? Seriously go outside. You have no idea what you are saying. This is Stardocks forum. Not your personal garden of whineration. And you are whining. Which is what everyone here is trying to tell you. Stardock is a company that sells games. They set their own prices. You think it costs too much. And never the twain shall meet.
[quote who="Ruzinus" reply="8" id="3382735"] Locking topics tends to increase sentiment immensely.[/quote] Pro tip: if you find yourself getting worked up because a forum thread you were venting on got locked, go outside.
[quote]I guess the Stardock that I once knew is gone.[/quote] Alas, poor Stardock! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? Your songs? Your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
[quote who="qwertas" reply="30" id="3382480"] I think you are misunderstanding me. If it's a daily deal, there should also be a price change for previous owners as well. [/quote] You are misunderstanding the point of Stardock (or any publisher) have for participating in Steam's Daily Deal program. They're not cutting the price of their game to gin up sales, they're offering a limited time discount to attract attention. At this point, the
[quote who="qwertas" reply="22" id="3382415"] Shouldn't the discounts stack? Owners of FE should be getting LH for $6.80, which is 50% off the current Steam price. Otherwise there was no point at all to the daily deal for previous owners since it was $9.99 during the entire sale. [/quote] Ding! Ding! Ding! Give the man his prize! There's no point in the daily deal for FE owners. They are already getting a great deal.
Thanks for writing these up, Brad. It's always interesting to peer behind the curtain and it's one of the things I really enjoy about Stardock. Any project that requires division of labor is susceptible to the issues you're pointing out. I don't really think that using helper functions written by others is the issue (after all, the graphic designers use helper functions -- and the UI team and the audio team...). The distinction that AI has is th
If it is pathfinding, I would guess that it's trying to pathfind to the other side of the city. It can't do that because the city takes up the tiles between the ocean and the gorge. So the monsters just stand there scratching their butts. Hmm, could it be that AI improvements are somehow blocking monsters from pathfinding into cities? So when the player takes the city over the improvements are destroyed and then the pathfinding succeeds and the monst
@sophontteks Not off-topic, IMHO [e digicons]k1[/e] the fact is that practically every change discussed in this thread can be implemented with a few tweaks of the core xml files (aka, modding). Right before the last update, I'd changed crushing blow to have a casting time of 1 (to simulate the windup for the strike). So you still get the burst damage but you have to expose yourself to an attack. It seemed to work, but I didn't really test it much because the