[quote who="merlinme" reply="1" id="3397482"] They sort of get away with it on higher difficulties because they get so many levels and bonus traits, but there's definitely room for improvement.[/quote] That seems to be the answer for a lot of AI work unfortunately. "Just give em some more traits and bonuses!" Man I hope that's not the only answer haha
Nice graph. What's it mean? Armor prevents some damage?
[quote who="StevenAus" reply="2" id="3397447"] I thought Teams created in Game Setup acted as Allies from the start of the game? I guess faction relations are on a "per civ" rather than "per alliance" basis.[/quote] They aren't really allied if they don't protect each other. What benefit do they have from being on the same team? Will they declare war on each other? Maybe that's it they won't do that but it doesn't seem like t
I think if your faction's caravan successfully navigates the wild world to an AI's city when he delivers his good he gets 20 pennies and a sense of job satisfaction. It's either that or they are seem like they are completely worthless units that take up space on the strategic map and AI's like to cast wither on them.
@NeoNick7 I don't know, as me and McBeefy found similar things, stealthy just doesn't seem to do anything at best you get attacked "less often" woo-hoo, that's not worth it.
[quote who="NeoNick7" reply="16" id="3397322"] At first I was surprised that you didn't get the AI Sov's magic items (as you do in HoM). This would probably be unbalancing, but I agree with more Xp or perhaps one random item from the AI. If the game doesn't track AI magic items (for some reason) then it can be just a created random item.[/quote] Yeah this is what I'd suggest, one of the ai's random items (or yours) are transferred if you lose. I kno
I think stealthy is worthless or bugged. I got a bright idea to customize the scout with stealthy! brilliant eh? Go scout and not have to worry about monsters attacking! Well they still attacked them, it just cost more for my scouts so now I don't bother.
[quote who="razzafazza" reply="16" id="3397190"] even if defender got some total revamp and more usefull skills i think its role in a game like elemental is too limited/niche to warrant a whole class designed around it when warriors and assassins could do the same duty. just my 5 cents. if i missed anything that makes defenders worthwhile i d be happy to read what it is because i dont see it. [/quote] I fail to see anything useful in Defender as well.&nb
yeah they are not a team if you can war one and peace the other. Where's the united front?
[quote who="Fezziwig" reply="5" id="3397129"] I kind of think the outpost upgrades should be dropped from the game because the AI can't use them (at least I have never seen the AI upgrade one). I feel like I'm cheating every time I build one.[/quote] First couple games I played I didn't even know you could upgrade them and I did just fine. Consulates are very OP. If the AI won't build them, then I don't want them in the game e
A lot of times I force AIs to surrender. When I do, I can see what they've picked as their traits when they level up. There doesn't seem to be an any strategy to their picks or maybe I'm missing it. They just seem to incrementally pick, or have a great preference for at the very least, the traits on the "General" tab. Consider this example Procipinee decide
They altered Maul in 1.3, it seems less OP than before. Seems fine to me now no more OP than "crushing blow"
I'd like a planes DLC that offered alternate planes (like MoM's Arcanus and Myrran planes). There could be say 9 planes and any game you could by randomly or selection get some additional ones. So if you only wanted to play with one random additional plane you could. In MoM, there were these warp pipe things IIRC (and eventually a spell) that let you explore the other planes of existence. A plane could either function like a world sized wildland o
I've noticed the AI casting wither on my caravans as well. ooh that showed me who is boss! Caravans should be taken out of the game imho as the serve no useful game or even fun purpose. Juggernauts get a backswing on a Maul miss because they use axes and axes get the backswing effect as part of their thing. The backswing seems to take place at the lower percent attack that you get from maul. So if your maul goes a few times and the hit percen
I haven't played Diablo 3 because it seems to be living up to it's bad previews, however, D2 was very good out of the gate and the expansion made it great. Only that that sucked and was behind the times even then was the graphics when it was released.
yeah this is a pretty big bug. It's been going on at least a year apparently: https://forums.stardock.com/426899/page/1/ and I reported it again a couple days ago: https://forums.elementalgame.com/448233/page/1/#3395891 in the LH Support forum. I haven't seen any official word from Stardock that they pl
monsters move only on these random turns? Or once it's unlocked they move that many?
[quote who="merlinme" reply="5" id="3396693"] The Fortify ability is most useful if you can let the enemy come to you[/quote] And this is why I avoid Kraxis. I prefer high initiative and getting the first usually decisive strike in the battle so that the enemy doesn't have the ability to come at me bro'
I think Champion bonaza mod addresses this no?
Yeah... My SOV warrior used that sword but decided he'd rather use a shield as well as a sword so I armed him with Heartseeker instead because while it does less damage per strike it is one handed and the damage difference doesn't actually seem that big in "real world" applications
[quote who="webusver" reply="4" id="3396539"] Quoting smeagolheart, reply 3 I think costs in shops should advertise one price but then when you buy it the cost is 9.5% more due to tax. Like VAT? )))[/quote] yes lol, financial humor! haha
I usually pick only Air. I play empire so Life isn't available and I can live without death. If I need more I buy Pariden tomes or find tomes through quests or recruit heroes with other schools.
[quote who="Kadrush" reply="5" id="3396649"] My lvl 19 Bacco with that sword (dropped from Vettar for 28 physical + 28 cold damage) + that demon horn which gives maul killed a storm dragon in a single mauled attack yesterday. Quite game breaking I would say... [/quote] Much less any AI troops are pretty much butter you can slice through as well with this setup.
[quote who="Trojasmic" reply="10" id="3396653"] Quoting smeagolheart, reply 9 Can't you just buy the tomes from Pariden instead of killing one of your units for a spellbook? I don't see the point 1. Pariden is not in every game. 2. Buying a book from Pariden won't advance you from Earth II to Earth III but Steal Spirit can.[/quote] pretty situational... Earth II to Earth III is one level up.. &nb
[quote who="davidabc66" reply="24" id="3396073"] Quoting Roloccolor, reply 23 I hope and cross my fingers that breaking bad will not end like LOST (i felt cheated and tricked after watching it to the end, i better invested that time into something productive) I can see that.. The Ending, LOST edition: Walt is dead, has been dead for a long time. He never went into remission, never even considered cooking meth. He was diagnosed with