[quote who="tesb" reply="4" id="2733790"]yes but the demon spell affects every unit on every tile, never misses always deals ten damage.[/quote]The dragon spell never misses either and deals 9 times more damage. Sure, it's only one target but...
They also seem to have some kind of defense malus, they have less defense than other units with equal armor. It's especially egregious with the Fallen peasants, whose massive hp (13) turns into some 70 hp per head with shock trooper training and a levelup.
[quote who="VR_IronMana" reply="8" id="2726902"]Sounds like you haven't gotten any material "mines" (i.e. stone pits, old forests, etc) and are just working from the workshops in your cities. [/quote]If you play kingdoms you can build the Great Mill. It can only be built once but gives 4 material per turn. You need to research production to be able to build it.
You'll need to research the logistics line of techs. They allow you to group soldiers as a single unit, effectively multiplying their attributes. A unit of 9 peasants armed with boar spears, for instance, would have an attack of 81 and 45 hp at a cost of 72 gold and 18 material and only requires 4 warfare. As you get further techs you'll also get the option to recruit veteran troops, the most veteran getting about 20hp per man, at no extra cost but recruitment time. When you g
[quote who="Droog" reply="6" id="2726357"]No i dont think that the settlements are supposed to be free, coz one of the factions has as perk that settlements cost less.[/quote]That one just makes pioneers cheaper, and they are pretty cheap to begin with.
[quote who="Slainangel52" reply="4" id="2726411"]The death worship tooltip says it grants +10hp to that faction. However I don't know what it applies that HP bonus to because units I make start at 5hp.[/quote]I don't think Death Worship works in the current build. Empire and Kingdom can recruit different monstrous creatures - Demons against Dragons, for instance. The Fallen have a special unit called scion, but for the moment it isn't even close to worth its cost.
He seems pretty weak for that combat rating, must be the combat speed multiplying the rest of the attributes into the stratosphere. Anyway, set a full group of experienced mastercraft-equipped shock troopers on him and let's see who is crying next.
Restart until you at laest have a lost library and gold mine near your starting position - no reason to start learning when you have an uphill battle. You'll need to build a workshop to get some early material. Send your sovereign out to explore the surrounding area, you are looking for space to expand. It might be a good idea to lower some mountains/build land bridges across water in stage. Build pioneers constantly. they are cheap and an expanded area of influence is always
Dual monitors; tripple monitors? Now I want photos - this has to been to be believed.
What's the Scion's story? I though there was supposed to be more to them than a role as an overpriced peasant... And speaking of peasants, what's the deal with fallen peasants having 13 hp? Upgrading units from the peasant chassis is an abusively powerful result.
How about morally ambigious vs morally ambigious? As a sandbox game, there is no reason to restrict any faction to "good actions" or "evil actions" only. If it is a matter of appearance, then why should that be the sole judge for if a people is evil or good?
[quote who="StoweMobile" reply="8" id="1937742"]I still would like to know if get to deck the dragon out in armour and and such, Even if it's only for aesthetic purposes[/quote]How about we set up a betting pool? One karma on "not yet finalized"
I still prefer the original AoW's campaign. It was brilliant, in many ways. The first mission in the "evil campaign" had you assassinating the elven queen. You had 6 points in the storyline where you could choose different, unique, campaign paths with their own missions. With persistance between the missions, you had a core of heroes that took you through the whole campaign
[quote who="SackLunch" reply="12" id="1936740"] Another thing I hope for is for dragons NOT to be a playable race. They're supposed to be extremely powerful units and having a faction like that would diminish their importance. [/quote]If they are supposed to be so extremely powerful, why couldn't dragons be a certain flavour of channeler? Channelers are supposed to have to potential to become Titans, afterall.
[quote who="Nights Edge" reply="11" id="1936472"]How bizzare. I just had a look at Wikipedia's list of Square-Enix games, and it doesn't look like they've done anything like Supcom before. Hopefully they won't push for a console version.[/quote]Would be suprising if it was computer only, their only no-console game yet was Everquest 2 and Supreme Commander had a console port
And please allow us to bribe the enemy dragons as well as the neutral ones! As the greatest, most narcistic, beasts there is, why wouldn't their allegiance be fickle? [quote who="StoweMobile" reply="7" id="1936479"]Well the dragons are sentient, so you could also use diplomacy to get them on your side, rather than a spell of binding. It would be cool if you could bribe some particularly greedy dragons to join your cause![/quote]
If nothing else, multiple mount types seems to be a player favorite feature. Sounds good that your "starting channeler" is less powerful than a dragon, plenty of room to grow [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]
[quote who="keithLamothe" reply="2" id="1936369"]In other words, they disappear from significance.[/quote]Classicaly, that's not fading out of significance but destroying the countryside. I don't think there will a mechanic which allows opposing forces to stay in the same tile, but a general mechanic which increases civilian unrest near battlefield or close to where enemy forces are stationed? Ccould be an interesting and realistic feature, depending on what timescale the game will work
[quote who="Spartan" reply="16" id="1936165"]I was going to suggest that. Great job! A classic case of out-of-box thinking.[/quote]Which says a lot about typical "out-of-the-box" thinking, just taking something and putting a new name on it.
[quote who="Shadowgandor" reply="6" id="1934605"]I personally don't like the idea of Avatar death=game over. Let's say ships are in the game and you want to move your channeler to the other side of the ocean when all of the sudden, a technologically superior ship fires its guns at you. Ship dead, game over.[/quote]What would you say if no channeler could die nearly that easily? Someone compared the Channeler to the king in chess. As everyone knows you have to close off every escape route
SMAC had a slight problem with people always beelining for the same few technological advancements, which blind researching somewhat prohibited. It very much became a balancing factor, with blind research benefitting martialy inclined factions.
Guns or perhaps something like muskets? There's plenty of fantasy settings with gunpowder or a variation thereof. Naval combat ought to be more interesting with it, as would going down a technological road with your empire.
[quote who="McCracken76" reply="14" id="1933604"]I agree with Gorgon about too much detail. After all, there's a reason why the 'rock-paper-scissors' mechanic has been a staple of most strategy games for decades; it's simple. Players can understand that polearms are more effective against calvary than they would be in close quarters combat against infantry[/quote]I can only say "bleh" to rock-paper-scissors. Warcraft 3 began that way, so did Dawn of War and Battle for Middle Earth. All of the
What defines a city and what defines a village? Size, mostly. It makes sense that you would need to settle at a resource to obtain it, though horses in particular seem odd if they are constrained to single tiles on the map... Animals can't breed or be relocated, huh? Still just a gameplay mechanic, there's plenty of ways to solve gameplay issues.
How about shield s then? They are a classic and basic element of armed combat, so how sould it work? I would hardly mind if armor was given a straight protection value. Would help with nonstandard protection such as the natural armor of a dragon. <p style="b