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[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="52" id="2673859"] Correction: they would need just as advanced an AI as the major factions. It'd just be different, and admittedly wouldn't have to take into account nearly as much and therefore might be easier to code, but it should be just as sophisticated in what it actually does. It's a technicality, I know, but we don't want to go putting lazy ideas into Brad's head! [/quote] You know that's what I meant :P . Pretty sure Brad knows

Sounds awesome. I would indeed have to agree that Stability trumps adding in tactical battles. Though, as tactical battles in themselves are a "new feature" I'm sure they'll introduce a whole bunch of new bugs and stability issues on their own when they are added. Greatly looking forward to things to come. I especially can't wait until the Modding Tools are enabled. Well done Stardock :) @Frogboy: If you're having problems with AI Pioneers try adding this line: Pioneer_AI

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="84" id="2673290"] Now THAT is a Well Informed Article. Thank You for finding that m'lady, well done. "Consumers may use pirated goods to 'sample' music, movies, software, or electronic games before purchasing legitimate copies," the GAO continued. "(This) may lead to increased sales of legitimate goods." An article that is well informed would have numbers backing it up. That whole article isn't defending piracy, it's just saying t

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="309" id="2671411"]Well, like I've been saying since the beginning, I have no problem with powerful champions, but how powerful they are has to be balanced against how many of them you can have, as well as the (admittedly dreaded) army limits. You can't just say "Imbued champions should be Sauron-like!" with no consideration for the fact that if you can get a bunch of those into the same army, no limited mundane army can ever kill them and if the other player does

[quote who="Rath3130" reply="38" id="2672871"] Quoting Kazriko, The only penalty they should have is no sovereign/ maybe no magic unless they somehow get a magical hero. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I agree with this post. Perhaps allow a toggle between having the minor factions having the ability to expand like a "normal" (not having a magical hero tha

[quote who="PoSmedley" reply="79" id="2673336"]Okay, first of all.....having personally 'pissed' off a few women to the extreme in my day...this is fake. To rehearsed and she's to in control. If she really wanted to piss him off she would have given someone else the beta key or showed the key number to the camera for anyone to use (first come first serve as it were) The shredding machine...it's like she rehearsed turning to it. I say BS. Secondly...having personally 'pissed' off a

[quote who="k10w3" reply="81" id="2673218"] Oh, you make me want to pirate something now!! (I'm not tech savvy enough, and I'm afraid of getting nailed with one of these letters. I have enough stress in my life right now). The government decided piracy doesn't hurt the industry as much as it claimed, either. Check it out here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20002304-261.html And a few years back, when the writer strike took place, the industry didn't

[quote who="joasoze" reply="69" id="2672836"] Why does americans mix socialism and communism? The whole of Western Europe is more or less a socialist society, but not a communist one. [/quote] As an American myself, I never understood why most of us think that way either, Joasoze. It's most likely a by-product of mass cold-war indoctrination through the media in the 80's and early 90's before the Berlin Wall came down. Most of those who are "adults" in the US now grew

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="33" id="2672313"] Ok the Committee is still meeting but "Bear Calvary" sounds overly dangerous.[/quote] You spelled Cavalry wrong :P . Google spelling: Cavalry: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=cavalry&aq=f&aqi=g5g-s1g4&aql=&amp

[quote who="Jafo" reply="45" id="2671922"] Exactly. There are (sadly) plenty of sites people can go to Online and see Movies still playing in theaters. Most times its some crappy Cam that's of low quality. Other times it's a DvD Screener that got leaked. Either way the person watching it isn't actually "Downloading" anything. It's buffered and streamed. The person watching it does Not have a copy of whatever the movie or show is sitting on their computer. Oh for christ's

[quote who="scharchuk" reply="19" id="2672379"] Yeah right, it is OK in your mind to have a 3 - some, but then you are bitching that the girls want the same and they dont kow the meanig of true love. You cant make a conservative stand on how girls should behave and then proclaim a 3-some is alright. You are saying that loving one but sleeping with others is OK. You are defeating yourself here. From my experience hypocrisy IS a conservati

I like it. Makes sense too. Not to mention the much more "Epic" feel some battles would have. That all depends on "Why" their "Unit Caps" are in place though. If it's a hardware/software issue then that might be too many units for the engine to handle at once without slowing down visually. Even to mod this in we'd have to know if unit limitations were hard coded or if they are going to be left open like everything else has. If I had to guess I'd say this is something they will leave o

[quote who="Peace Phoenix" reply="8" id="2672452"] Major factions expand, minor factions stay at home. That the only way to different majors (those who want to to influence the world) from minors. [/quote] I'd say Not having a Sovereign would be a Major Difference. Making them not expand isn't the "Only" way to differentiate between the two ;)

That sounds really awesome. :) I don't see the logic behind not letting them expand though. Aren't they capable of making Pioneers? Granted, perhaps limit them to only building a new settlement very slowly and only on land that's already been reclaimed magically by a Sovereign. I think you should give them the ability to spread out if they get lucky enough. This way they present a "speed bump" to the player as well and as you say aren't "just fancy goodie huts". They woul

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="6" id="2671750"] John_Hughes retracts -3 Essences from Raven X for such a blatantly obtuse statement. [/quote] NoooOooOOoOOoooo.... LoL There's a user here on the forums named "lucky" who's always going on about his "Bear Cavalry". Go take essence from him. I need all mine to....you know....live. :P (and to Conquer the World with later....ssshhh)

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="40" id="2671866"] Damn it! Why the hell did I go to Med School anyway!??!!! [/quote] Med School?!?!?! pffft...if you wanted to make Real Money you would have went to Law School. There will always be dirty scum ball Criminals out there to prosecute. Doctors will end up getting pressured from "Health Care Reform" to end up working for Peanuts. Why do you think Doctors come from all over the world to Work in America? Because in countries like

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="36" id="2671849"] Quoting Raven X, reply 32 Quoting Fuzzy Logic, reply 30 Yay! The pirates get what is coming to them at last. Who do I start sending names to? LoL, Fuzzy, are you litterally "The Fuzz" ? Everyone watch out, we got us a Nark in the house!! J/K Fuzzy Oh, you think there is only one. [/quote] N

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="35" id="2671848"]Well, it's good to finally see some action being taken against piracy, unfortunately - as I'm sure we all expected - it's for all the wrong reasons by all the wrong people. Instead of the Government Agencies acting to enforce the law and send a message, they're simply acting to appease campaign contributors and large scale Copyright holders. Most such Actions taken in court, for example suing someone, are for the

[quote who="MadDeez" reply="34" id="2671847"]what makes you think that in order to play an online game, you'll be required to give a bank account number? you're spreading conspiracy theories now. besides, EVERYTHING on my computer is legit and paid for. that includes software and music. if i have to pay for it, so does everyone else. [/quote] Um...Hmm, lets see, there's WoW, UO, Lineage 2, and any other MMO I can think of that charges a Monthly fee (normally with Credit Card). Ma

[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="30" id="2671816"]Yay! The pirates get what is coming to them at last. Who do I start sending names to? [/quote] LoL, Fuzzy, are you litterally "The Fuzz" ? Everyone watch out, we got us a Nark in the house!! J/K Fuzzy :P

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="29" id="2671812"] "Welcome to the future, where if you are not a under our total control, then you are a public enemy. Welcome to Business: Total Totalitarianism." You know that about "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"? Well, most up there have no good intentions but the road is the same. I don't think that fighting piracy is bad but sue me if I don't trust greedy capitalists as Champions of What is Right.[/quote] That

[quote who="k10w3" reply="27" id="2671797"] I followed the link Raven X posted regarding the law firm, White Berberian, who is representing the criminals who have received letters from their ISPs subpoenaing from Dunlap Grubb & Weaver. From their website: We charge $249 for negotiating a settlement with the Plaintiff. This tells me the plaintiff really doesn't really expect to put the criminals in jail...they intend to negotiate. This is in regards t

[quote who="MadDeez" reply="23" id="2671777"]the government cracking down on peer to peer sites and other pirate sites is bad? not in my book, it isn't. i'm all for it. if you want music and movies, buy them. the artists deserve their royalties. limit our online freedoms? i seriously doubt that. there are far too many conspiracy theorists out there. [/quote] So you don't think it will "Limit Your Freedoms" some day when EVERY multiplayer game on the market requires yo

[quote who="k10w3" reply="18" id="2671753"] Quoting WebGizmos, reply 15 Gee...wonder how and "who" they got them from "prior" to release...seems to be they need to be looking a bit closer to home as well. I mean seriously...since their own people are obviously some of the ones letting these movies out...this is like closing the barn door after the horses left. Maybe they're doing it because the economy is in a tailspin, and people are struggling ju

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="20" id="2671761"] Yeah, because the history books are just full of times when the government tried to fight online piracy and that made things so much worse for everyone, right? Oh, wait.. There's no "throughout history" on this one, sorry. [/quote] Piracy, No. You're right. But I'm not limiting my "throughout history" to JUST Piracy. When Hitler rose to power a LOT of people LOVED HIM simply because he made the trains ru