[quote who="Tattyhat" reply="10" id="3496697"] What does asymetrical mean? [/quote] Asymmetrical in this context means you and the AI are not playing the same game. In most 4x you and all the AI are competing to do the same things. In the new game, The AI will have a very different starting point and set of objectives from the player.
You can do this, only slightly less effective, with Sions.
[quote who="DARCA1213" reply="22" id="3488242"] If I understand you, they think going to a planet twice for one improvement is reducing micromanagement? [/quote] Because of auto-upgrade you will build your highest level version without having to return to the planet screen. That said, there should be a way to go straight to the highest-level version.
non-aggression pact also allows free movement through territory I believe.
The ultimate items for mages are the mage robes imo. With a robe and mantle of oceans you can get your spells costs down to 0.
[quote who="abiessener" reply="51" id="3480286"] I ask because I genuinely think that the unrest nerfs end up creating a more balanced game between tall/wide empires, which is a scale that has previously tipped *hard* to the "wide" side. [/quote] I'm not sure that the tall/wide dichotomy makes sense in the context of this game. As I understand it, playing tall means you have a few awesome cities, and wide means you have many smaller/weaker cities. The reason unrest se
[quote who="Schaefespeare" reply="68" id="3480353"] Of course you change the playing field in mid-development,when you're in alpha stage, especially if you're going in the wrong direction. I mean how much of a game have we really got at the moment ? A little bit of AI, stuck in War-Mode, and I'm sure there must be something else but I can't remember what ! [/quote] At least now I know you're trolling.
Graveseal is still giving auto-crit against crit-immune units in 1.7 beta. Is this working as intended or just not addressed?
[quote who="Ericridge" reply="9" id="3479762"] I have yet to see the wildlands expand. Although I think i seen the bihimiri fissure expand to six tiles before it got overrun.[/quote] [quote] Wildlands will start to spawn increasingly nasty monsters in the unknown areas of the world the longer they are left around [/quote] Wildlands aren't supposed to expand, just spawn more monsters, though the "in unknown areas of the world" part concerns me, sho
For me, the problem is not that we get too many champions, but that champions don't have a big enough impact on the game. The obvious culprit in my eyes is the xp gimping for armies with multiple champions. I'd love to be able to have multiple champs in an army and then getting a new one would actually feel like an important reward. I know they must've felt that multiple champion armies were too powerful; but if that's so, why are henchmen in the game?
I'm all for more streams, but the idea that it would be a good forum for feedback for 1.7 is a bit misguided I think. For one thing, hopefully most of what will be in 1.7 has already been decided and at this point there is mainly just QA to be done. Also, we already have this forum which is a wonderful place for posting feedback and ideas about the game which invites extensive discussion by the community.
I guess I've never given it much thought. I often build Ereog's tower in a fortress or even a town because the research and mana producing buildings are usually a priority for me. I've never felt like it didn't fit that I was able to build them in non-conclaves, same thing with the towers that lead to the spell of making. I guess the justification in my head was always that these are major works of your civ and not buildings that are specific to a magic/knowledge based city. I
Like many have said, the 3 starting civ techs, leatherworking, and shard harvesting are usually my first 5, though I usually play a sov with atunement which decreases the need for shard harvesting a bit. Usually I get the bell tower first because I hate unrest.
I'm curious as to exactly what about them you find non-competitive, as I have found them to be among the most powerful factions. Free Units, Morrigan's Call, and Undying Curse are all monster bonuses. Not having to worry about food gives them different and often better options for prime city cites. They have a huge military advantage early due to not being restricted as to how many early units they can build, and mid to late game Sions with Undying Curse are probably the best units in
I have seen this bug before. I don't remember if I found a workaround or gave up on it.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="47" id="3473296"] Generally, I want t see, make more summoning spells.[/quote] Here are some ideas I came up with: Ball lightning – Zero movement, but lightning form ability on 0 cooldown Avatar – Attack = caster’s Spell Power, defense = caster’s Spell resist, keeps caster stunned while in play, has ability to unsummon self Djinn – Can cast growth,
I have to say that golems are one of my big disappointments in this game. Juggs have a few different interesting builds due to the exclusive perks they get. A few more interesting perks to choose from would go a long way toward making golems as cool as they should be.
[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="29" id="3473556"] Quoting perigrine23, reply 28 2) If you focus your civ on pumping out ideology you should be able to climb all the trees. Why? What makes you think this is a good thing?[/quote] Because you should be able to be good at anything if you devote your whole civ to it. If you want to sacrifice the other aspects of your civ to pump out ideology, well then you sho
[quote who="androshalforc" reply="26" id="3473214"]looking at the points spent to completely (first 3 tiers) fill all my ideology trees atm are benevolent 439 pragmatic 1335 malevolent 725 so at my 310 points per turn i could have completed benevolent in less than 2 turns malevolent in less then 3 turns and pragmatic in less then 5 turns [/quote] 1) Every ideology you pick up will raise the costs of the others, so your math is way off.<
[quote who="DARCA1213" reply="6" id="3473307"] didn't read any of this OP (too fu!$ing long). But maybe some more in depth trade would be nice to have. Nothing to complex but more strategic would be a dream. IMHO. Also X3 AP would be worth looking Into trims2u as everything changes constantly. (again, I didn't read anything) DARCA [/quote] I'm not at all saying the game couldn't profit from more depth
This all looks very cool. I know you say not to judge graphics yet, but this is more of an aesthetics question than graphics: The city shown looks kind of cartoony compared to the mood we are used to in Elemental games, Is this a style choice, or a symptom of non-final graphics? Thanks!
[quote who="Edwin99" reply="41" id="3472403"]New School of Magic: Charm[/quote] Not really a fan of new schools: a ) The origins of this game is Elemental and I think that the idea that magic is tied to elemental forces is important to lore/feel. b ) Gameplay-wise, I don't really like the idea of deluding the shards any further with more varieties, and I don't like the idea of a school of magic not tied to shards.
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[quote who="Schaefespeare" reply="39" id="3472760"] Having read all the above, I still think this area of the game, "Influence", and its corresponding Influence Victory, is inevitably badly implemented in the Game and should be completely scrapped wholesale. The whole political versus cultural borders dispute is then resolved in favour of political borders being based on a specific number of Hexes around the planet you colonize. yes I'm canvassing for support of thi
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