[quote who="TCores" reply="11" id="2616312"] Are these things Stardocks' fault? Not necessarily. They published the title, they did not distribute it . I am not criticizing anyone, just giving my views on what seemed to harm the game's playerbase.[/quote] Sorry, but I had to LOL here. I think you meant to say Stardock did not develop it.
Reproduced the crash. Started new game, played approx 10 turns during which created one city and recruited some heros, then saved and left the game to main menu and clicked new game and had CTD. dropbox
[quote who="KickACrip" reply="264" id="2616294"] Quoting myfist0, reply 261@ KickACrip Those steps you describe are USER CONTROL. When Steam gets control there is no other option but what Steam allows. I "DO NOT" want any part of it. Steam is for cooking vegetables. Are you a vegetable. Not true - even with Steam you can easily install mods to the game yourself (downloading from the mod site, and insta
[quote who="Xan" reply="80" id="2616113"] Well then you have not been paying any attention to the criteria that STARDOCK (you know, the guys making the game?) wants as a determination of whether to move forward. They are not going to "complete" the game any more in beta 1 either way, it is ALL about stability. And they have already made it clear that their internal; builds that we don;t see, the game is MUCH further developed than what we are seeing. So if you are wanting to see a more c
Started up Elemental after a hard freeze(game didn't produce any reports after I closed it manually) and started a new game. I had played 1 turn and don't think I even founded my first city when I left the game and went to the main menu. I clicked new game and immediately crashed. dropbox
I like the idea. Adds more lively feeling to the world.
[quote who="Dale_" reply="198" id="2614754"] Quoting Myles, reply 188 Quoting Dale_, reply 187 Quoting Myles, reply 182 Quoting KickACrip, reply 180Civ5 is not a Steam exclusive - other retailers are offering it (boxed) as well. It requiring steam is nothing new - stockdock requires Impulse in order to receive updates... People keep bringing this up, but the fact is that you never need Impulse to play the game right out of the box. You can't say that about
[quote who="Dale_" reply="187" id="2614562"] Quoting Myles, reply 182 Quoting KickACrip, reply 180Civ5 is not a Steam exclusive - other retailers are offering it (boxed) as well. It requiring steam is nothing new - stockdock requires Impulse in order to receive updates... People keep bringing this up, but the fact is that you never need Impulse to play the game right out of the box. You can't say that about Steam. If you can't see the difference there than this disc
[quote who="KickACrip" reply="185" id="2614559"] Actually, please explain the differences. How is requiring a user to install third party software in order to get a patch "right out of the box" - sometimes just to play on their machine - any different? [/quote] The difference is that if I want to play my game when I buy it from Walmart - if it has Impulse then I can install it like a regular game and play it right there. If it has Steam I can't. Plain and simple. That'
[quote who="KickACrip" reply="180" id="2614531"]Civ5 is not a Steam exclusive - other retailers are offering it (boxed) as well. It requiring steam is nothing new - stockdock requires Impulse in order to receive updates...[/quote] People keep bringing this up, but the fact is that you never need Impulse to play the game right out of the box. You can't say that about Steam. If you can't see the difference there than this discussion is pointless.
[quote who="the_Monk" reply="20" id="2614035"] @ Myles, Things happen, servers go down from time to time. When that happens I go outside, walk my dog......smell the roses. I mean what happens when the power goes out in the middle of a research paper you were working on or while you were watching america's next top model? It's like that with anything. The only things guaranteed in life are death and taxes. [/quote] The majo
the_monk So you're ok with Ubisoft telling you when you can/can't play your game? That's basically what they're doing because if they have server downtime, you can't play. You lose your internet connection for whatever reason, you cant play. I don't mind companies protecting their hard work, but all new DRM schemes are doing is inconveniencing paying customers while stopping pirates for a week, if that.
[quote who="Dale_" reply="139" id="2613643"] Direct from Elemental product pages off Stardock's website (both LE and Std edition): * Impulse must be installed in order to download and update software. Seems pretty clear to me.[/quote] Yet again, the difference is that you can play your game to hearts delight right out of the box without ever touching Impulse. You can't do that with Steam. EDIT: Yes, if you want extras such as updates you need to down
Most people on TL, just like on any forum(though Stardock forums do tend to have a smaller idiot:poster ratio), is full of idiots who think they know what they're talking about. However, that said there are tons of top players on TL who do know what they're talking about. I also don't think strategy games should be based solely on micro. However, I do think micro should be an important part of the game that separates players. This comes from a top(lol) silver league player who suck
Here is a link to a explanation of the patch changes from Blizzard. I personally didn't think it was that big of a buff. What I personally find crazy is Blizzard's definition of a moving shot. There has been a relatively large clamor by top players for Blizzard to implement better 'moving shot' mechanics where you can fire then move away very quickly, and if timed right, fire and move off before coming
I agree that the world doesn't feel alive yet. However, at this point in development I don't think its expected to. Once all the core game mechanics are in the Devs should be able to focus on the 'small' things. Right now it's a good time to provide ideas on what makes the world feel alive and interesting.
[quote who="Shurdus" reply="8" id="2610988"]Meh, SC2 will not be something to look forward too I'm sure. It will like the original too much but with improved graphical stuff and such. The concept of the RTS where you toss units at each other like that no longer interests me, I prefer anything where thinking is favored over fast clicking.[/quote] I used to think SC was just throwing units at each other as well. However, after watching a lot of top level matches and recently getting int
See this thread,
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="52" id="2607656"]I think most of you forget that your opinions are all irrelevant since you all will soon be replaced by your Korean equivalents. [/quote] Wait...I thought the Chinese were taking over the world...?
[quote who="strager" reply="101" id="2606493"]Frogboy- Why even put the distinction between Fallen and Kingdoms to begin with? It would simplify the game a LOT to remove these. [/quote] I'm pretty sure that kingdoms and empires are already too established in the lore(remember there's a book in production) to remove them. And I personally don't think it's all that complicated. You're one race that generally aligns with a certain side. Though there are a few distinct races/species,
[quote]Let's face it, as soon as you get tired of playing the game and you know how all the factions play out you're going to put away the game and move on. You aren't going to learn how to write computer code just so you can make a new enemy or two. If it's built into the game already it's a Lot Easier to do.[/quote] I disagree. I played GalCiv2, and still do sometimes, using the normal races. They act the same from game to game(as they should since they're supposed to have unique pe
Please do not shy away from including lots and lots of Elemental lore. I would be very disappointed if you guys have thought up all this lore to simply not include it in the game because some people might be confused. The uniqueness of the story in Elemental(IE not using the stale orcs, elves, ect) is one of the main reasons I'm so interested in the game. Please make each faction detailed and immersive so it really feels like you're playing a different people and not the same faction with som
Basically agree with pigeonpigeon. Though I think it's good to limit max number of a building type in smaller cities to encourage growth, I think larger cities should definitely be able to build as much of whatever they want. There maybe some efficiency reduction or something for going beyond a certain number, but I do cringe at the situation where I can't build more banks or barracks despite really needing it simply because I'm at the max number for the city.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="75" id="2601493"] Also... purposefully nerfing the user interface (the way the hotkeys work while macro'ing) to make it more difficult to use, supposedly to inject more "skill" into the game? I actually find that infuriating - to the point that I won't buy the game if they keep it that way. Do people out there really support that? Your thoughts? Hotkeys as a Terran is a pain. I need a hot key for my command ce
Queen speed off-creep was nerfed because of some pretty bad cheese involving the use of 1 or more queens with creep tumor, a canceled hatchery, and spine crawlers. From an interview posted on TeamLiquid, Protoss is still winning roughly 55% of the time, while Terran and Zerg are within 1-2% of even, prompting the continued Protoss nerfs. Immortals have been a topic of discussion for some time now so I wasn't surprised to see them get hit. And I haven't seen a Protoss or Zerg w