OrionM42

[quote who="Vallu751" reply="3" id="3241823"]It's good to connect faces to the names we see on the forums. Hopefully that will make posting somewhat more civil, knowing there's an actual person on the other end. [/quote] Good Point ! ... I hope (I think) that I have repeatedly said on these forums that I am very impressed with the efforts of your whole E:FE Design team. I really do think that you have been doing an amazing

[quote who="Trojasmic" reply="3" id="3240961"]Stardock, please send Kongdej a candy bar or a new video card for his nice suggestion. [/quote] Or some Starbucks coffee ... the only Starbucks storefront in Denmark, is located in the Copenhagen airport terminal [e digicons]X([/e] how Crazy is that !?! <span style="text-decoration: underli

[quote who="joasoze" reply="9" id="3240879"]yeah, its not the quest, its the prize [/quote] Right, again, Joasoze -- Good Observation ! For my part, I am not really all that RPG/Quest-oriented. I prefer to play E:FE as a kind of perverse 4X game, where the first two X'es (eXplore and eXpand) are partially/purposely crippled and twisted. [e digicons]:D[/e] &n

Having finally finished two games under v0.981, I voted Excellent, on the Beta 5 . (I wanted to wait long enough to make sure of my vote.) Actually, I had already voted Excellent, when you did the last poll, on the Beta 4. However, I had been seriously concerned then, about the number of bugs that remained to be fixed; so that was a pretty close call, in my opinion. Thi

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It is a Beta Thursday ! Beta 5C ... since about 12:30 pm Mountain Daylight time (sorry, that's 1:30 pm Central Daylight time). ( Does this mean we shouldn't bother arguing about Standard Time, versus Daylight Savings Time ? )

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[quote who="Alstein" reply="118" id="3237485"] ... the only TBS that are A's in my eyes are Civ4 and Alpha Centauri. ... &

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[quote who="NorsemanViking" reply="42" id="3237021"]I see nothing wrong in being able to win the game with heroes only either, but it should be an unefficient way to win. I'm sure it will be alot more efficient now to do an early military tech or two and build some units to support your heroes. It certainly sounds like it reading the patch notes. After that there will be some really hard choices presented: Go even further up in military tech and get even better hero support in

[quote who="Sanati" reply="32" id="3236887"] Quoting OrionM42, reply 30 Actually, I like that fact that trained units grow in size, over the course of the game, as their training and tactics improve (including group cohesion, and interdependence). This is represented well enough through army size. Adding squads to it is redundant. The game would be so much easier to balance if everything was a single unit. [/quote] <span style="font-size:

[quote who="Lord Reliant" reply="76" id="3236596"] When you say, Assassin, do you mean Derek and the rest of the Stardock crew? If so, I'd say they're overpowered, 'cause they've been assassinating the crap out of bugs reported this past week! [/quote] Excellent Observation !

[quote who="Jean=A=Luc" reply="16" id="3236675"] The whole differing group sizes thing should've been axed imo. It just complicates balance so much. One group size for the entire game would work just fine and everything could be more easily balanced around it. [/quote] The thing is, guys, we can have an honest difference of opinion about this. Actually, I like that fact that trained units grow in size, over th

Kongdej's perceptive question, Re: the levels of your champion and trained units, and your excellent answer (above) provide some really interesting/useful information here. Nice work all around! Your practice of relating the narrative in character makes the story more interesting; and because you drop out of character periodically to provide <span styl

I had to pick a dozen, and a half, of the best (IMO): [quote quoting="post"] Fixes Fixed the Market and Merchantcross Bazzar (so they are now buildable in towns) Fixed a font issue on Vista Fixed bug with the AI treaty offer Fixed bug that could cause outposts to be built too close to one another (AI Outposts !) Fixed a bug with the Receive

I must say that your Fallen Enchantress 0.981 Changelog (for the, as yet, unreleased update) is really looking excellent! I appreciate that you are updating it almost daily, to keep the Beta-testers fully informed, regarding your progress and priorities. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] Now I just wish that more folks would rea

However well intentioned, I think OneLion's Original Post, here, is a little too critical and too negative. OneLion did repeat "our mantra" that he really wants to see Fallen Enchantress succeed . I agree whole-heartedly with that; but by now, I pretty much take it as a matter of course, that the self-selected (and serious) Beta testers want E:FE to succeed. A major success in this

As expected, this is a genuinely interesting experiment! Thanks, Tuidjy, for thinking of it, and for taking it on. (As Seanw3 notes, it makes for a good read too.) While I am not surprised that this is interesting; I have been surprised by several of the things you have observed. Can't help but note some of them ... 1. The "Ridiculous" level is ridiculously easier than the "In

Dancing Boots ??? ... shades of Sid Meier's Pirates ... [e digicons]XD[/e]

Good Observation, clearstar ! ... and good comment ... I agree that the intro music (and gameplay music too) is considerably above average. This kind of feature adds ambience and immersion to the game. It also adds class! Much like the artwork in this game, the quality that it adds is kind of subtle; but it really does make for an enhanced game-playing experience. I have pre

[quote quoting="post"] Difficulty: If it's not insane, it's usually not much of a challenge, but I can be convinced on this one. [/quote] Your suggested 0.98 Playthrough sounds like an excellent idea! The caveat on what I am about to say, is that I am not nearly as good (or as focused) a player as you; but I would suggest that you drop your playing level at least by one, to conduct a more relevant

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Beauty ! As I noted just now in the Derek's "Fallen Enchantress 0.98 Changelog" (the first URL high-lighted in Island Dog's Original Post, above), I found the Beta 5, available, about Noon today, Mountain Daylight time. The download worked flawlessly; taking only about 3 minutes and 15 seconds to download, and pe

The Beta 5 (v0.980.062) became available around Noon, Mountain Daylight Time (or perhaps a little before) - equates to 1:00PM Central Daylight time. On my (rather slow) InterNet connection, download took only about 3 minutes and 15 seconds. The Patching process ("Visual Patch") took perhaps another 2 minutes, making this the fastest update/download that I have seen thus far. Worked

Beauty ! When Frogboy posted his Reply #76, this morning, stating that he understood that the 3-turn-minimum-build requirement was NOT in the Beta 5, that was a Great Moment ! Then, this afternoon, when Frogboy posted his Reply #102, [quote who="Frogboy" reply="102" id="3231759"]I think it'll be the visuals p