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[quote]Another thing that has been mentioned here is the "General" or "tactics" ability that lets you place units before battle. AoW didn't have this and it was maybe the only drawback of the TC in those games. It should be in, in one way or another.[/quote] I disagree. This system adds little value if the game already smartly positions ranged units in the back and melee in front. This feature could be "cool" in some higher end battles, but not in the vast majority of them. The game j

[quote]Building Editor (not in game yet): Notice when we create our own Units that the "Design a Unit" screen is where it should be under the "Training" Tab for raising armies. I would like to see the "Design Your Own Building" Editor added to the "Build" tab where you que up buildings to built in your city when the Full Game launches next month.[/quote] Buildings are tiles which you'll make in the tile editor. It doesn't make sense to be able to design buildings on the f

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="18" id="2685610"] Quoting NullAshton, reply 17Here's one idea I had that would give more flexibility. Action points = Move Number of action points it takes to move one tactical tile = 1 Number of action points it takes to attack once/cast a spell once = Action Points/Combat Speed Number of action points it takes to counterattack = Half that to attack That way, combat spe

[quote]this is possible but would make (in the actual setting) other problems lets say combat speed and move are separate so i have 2 move and 5 attack speed i am able to attack FIVE times with no counterattack? ok, without moving, cause i moved in the start but that would be SURELY gamebreaking i mean i run in with whatever high attack no def unit and throw 5 attacks all over the enemies without any drawback<b

That would be incredibly annoying. I would much rather have some notice that a city is idle than being forced to exit from the city build menu constantly because I don't want to build anything.

[quote who="Istari" reply="22" id="2685303"]We are listening to your ideas on this. There are many different ways to do tactical battle. The battle system that you have IS what our current system is but we are looking at making a number of changes based on actual game play feedback. [/quote] The absolute most important feature that it needs to have is either "counterattacks", or separate move/attack such that if you land on a tile adjacent to th

Yeah, there should be some better spacing for the larger battles. I don't mind starting 2 tiles away from the spiders at the start, but armies should really start farther apart so you get wiggle room.

That's what I get for writing it early in the morning. You're right. Frog said elsewhere that the beginner monsters won't have abilities, but as you fight higher level ones they'll start.

1) The hp portraits are nice, but not in a good place. All the action happens in the middle of the screen, and on the bottom. In all my tactical battles, I haven't actually seen them because I would have to consciously look to the edges of the screen, since I'm normally focused in the center. The portraits are small, so on high resolution they're way up in the corners and completely out of view. I would suggest combining 1) and 2). Instead of making a separate sequence bar, just t

Sounds awesomely promising. :D

[quote who="Grove12345" reply="5" id="2683933"]So how will this game maintain balance with 400,000 items being created by modders? Sword of Doom kills everything comes with all spells available for download? I myself rather just download super mods. IE Total Conversions or Graphics enhanced mods. But i get what OP is saying. Using mana to build enchanted items wasnt a huge deal for me in MoM but it was one of the charming things that makes MoM a legend to this day. What

Rather than letting hope die, you (or collectively 'we' who'd like a fun item crafting/enchantment system) should push for it after the game's release ;)

Eventually? Hopefully. I know they've been thinking about it and at least some want to do it (I remember talking to BoogieBac about a crafting system), but I don't know if it's currently on the list of things that will definitely get added at some point.

You didn't start it, we did :P

He does own :P

Instantly. Have you checked your spam folder just in case? Did you order with Paypal that might have a different e-mail address attached to it than the one on your Impulse account? If none of those are the case, chances are your order got flagged for manual checking for fraud prevention. Stardock (and all digital retailers, really) always have to deal with credit card fraud, and they get penalized pretty badly if they let one through, so Stardock's fraud checks are a little stringent.

[quote]@Reply #1 & 2: Wow guys, you've stunned me with your level of dedication to the forums and being..helpful..where applicable.[/quote] They're laughing because he posted the exact same thread previously. It got an official response from Frogboy, then ended up becoming an argument about Multiplayer and got locked - then he went and remade the thread with the exact same OP for no discernable reason, since he already got an answer from Frog. And both of them were posters in that

That's great, but I'm pretty sure it's impossible to properly diagnose a mental disorder over the internet.

[quote]The "cap" for a size 5 city could be soft-capped, or at a high invisible ceiling.[/quote] By soft-capped, do you mean something like tying it to one of the repeatable research techs? I could probably go for that a bit. The main issue is that I don't want to see a single level 5 city spreading to a quarter of the map and grabbing up all the resources. Since resources go to the nearest city, this would always make few cities much more beneficial than more cities - you get the sam

To be fair, music and sleep deprivation aren't classified as substances :P

[quote] You can bet there will be an unofficial Elemental: Hot Coffee [/quote] I can totally see it: you enter an inn from the world map, your Sovereign appears naked with his chosen partner, and combat animations are replaced with various thrusting and acrobatics moves :P

[quote]And those who natively speak english can't even try to understand them without making fun. And much less try to communicate in other languages (although in this case that's right, because this is an english forum). So... Only people with good english skills should be allowed to participate in this forum?[/quote] Except English is his native language. That's why everyone is making fun.

This is potentially a much bigger issue when attacking out of the city garrison because that's the only way to select units.

Frogboy posted in the "Maybe Today?" thread (that was posted yesterday) that it would actually be today. But, don't expect it until later in the afternoon and quite possibly later evening since they're cramming it.

[quote]Human life is hard to find[/quote] I'm sure I don't have to point out that this is factually inaccurate. :P