Beric01

My preferred strategy in 4X games is to max research and tech, while making large production centers, and then cranking out powerful units once an AI declares war on me. I've yet to find an AI that can handle this. The point is, any military units you make early on are long-term economic benefit you could have had instead. The AI needs to factor in how well you're able to mobilize a powerful army from the ground up to crush their invasion. Not easy, I know, but

22. Started with Galciv 2, then Sins, then Demigod. Then WoM and now FE.

I'd say an 80. Probably not much more.

[quote who="thvaz" reply="58" id="3238812"]In the recent preview Rock Paper Shotgun did the reviewer said " The game feels less than the sum of its parts" as if individually each part of the game was great, but they don't quite work well together. Unfortunately, I'm forced to agree. [/quote] Have to agree as well. I'd currently say the game is "fair". I'd hope for it to be "good" by release". But excellent? Most likely not unt

This has been happening for the longest time. It's definitely nothing new.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="18" id="3237893"] Quoting mdonais, reply 17Any chance we can get a discount code or a way to buy it half price on steam? I would pay $10 to buy it again on steam so I never need to patch but not $40. Mike. I'll see what we can negotiate but I wouldn't count on it.[/quote] I'd just like updating capability to be built into the DRM-free version. Manually installing patches is a pain sometimes.

[quote quoting="post"] Longstrider Boots: +1 Moves, Value 18. Maybe this overpowered item should be Uncommon. +1 Moves is +50% experience in early game.[/quote] Or +100% in forests.

If someone rejects a quest, can the quest be made to stay on the map to be done later? It doesn't seem possible with the current system.

OP's post makes sense. An awful lot of sense.

I figured that this was a fantasy world, so waterfalls are just... different here. [e digicons]>_>[/e]

[quote who="seanw3" reply="66" id="3227651"]You might be neglecting Towns then. Each one adds a ton of Food to all your cities.[/quote] Each town by itself, or the global food buildings in each town that take forever to build? And yes I generally neglect towns, as I have no need for gold income, particularly not as much as they generate (you don't need many or any troops right now as it is, so no maintenance). I neglect fortresses, as their unit production b

[quote who="seanw3" reply="64" id="3227643"]I might put level 5 at 1000 and level 4 at 700. I like the food numbers, but city levels are a little too easy to get everywhere.[/quote] Really? For some cities, even with 5 grain and all buildings, I can't get to Level 5 without essence.

[quote who="sweatyboatman" reply="2" id="3227456"]I believe there are supposed to be at least 16 question marks in the summon developer incantation. That would explain why it didn't work.[/quote] No, another developer shard was required. He also needed someone with "development level III" and the "summon developer" spell, which the OP clearly did not have.

Clearly not posted. Was there some promise that it would be posted by this time today?

Are you sure your GPU isn't working for just this game? Can you start up another game and play just fine? My real question is your graphics gard situation though. Do you have Nvidia Optimus? It's possible then that Elemental just isn't triggering your dedicated card to activate, which would be a game problem. I have ATI switchable graphics, so I just enable them when I play games.

[quote who="Raledon" reply="49" id="3227432"] Regarding the flexibility of Essence- I believe it's actually a problem. Essence bring more than the other resources, and has the flexibility issue, with little to no cost. I do believe that Essence should see a slight nerf in this regard.[/quote] The main reason Essence needs to be nerfed is not because it's flexible. It's because it's exponential - see my post below. [quote who="Beric01" reply="26" id="322706

The problem with essence is it's exponential in value, meaning increasing your essence results in huge gains for enchantments 1 essence = 1 "enchantment point" 2 essence = 4 "enchantment points" 3 essence = 9 "enchantment points" (with Pariden) Having enchantments based on the total amount of essence the city has is the cause, and at this point makes the scrying pool OP.

[quote who="jmccrea" reply="6" id="3226354"]Any idea how big the upgrade will be? Im just curious because ill be out in the oil patch by the time it hits and I dont get very good speed out there. Hopefully on this update, ill be able to use the update vs the full DL.[/quote] Hopefully here as well. Unfortunately, the internet I'm forced to use is both slow and unreliable.

I gave in and added myself to the list of backers. I am now a victim of planetary annihilation.

Fully, agree; as a player who has been playing for quite a while, I actually thought the defend feature had been removed at one point. It's definitely not clear that pass=defend.

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="30" id="3222518"] Quoting Beric01, reply 27I support 100% of these changes, and have experienced 100% of them in-game. Frogboy/Derek, what are the chances of all of these being done Beta 5? Now now, let's not get greedy![/quote] It's called bartering. You start high, and work your way down. [e digicons];)[/e]

This is why I don't use antivirus software. It's a total pain. I tried such software back in the day, and continually got false alarms on games. I've never gotten a virus in my life, and I regularly scan my computer. Active antivirus software uses computing resources, and is a hassle. User error is 99% of all viruses. I simply know how to browse the web safely.

I support 100% of these changes, and have experienced 100% of them in-game. Frogboy/Derek, what are the chances of all of these being done Beta 5?

[quote who="auboy105" reply="2" id="3216939"] Quoting Madcatter, reply 1You need to find Wild Horses and build a stable over them. Yes I know but my point is if I can put heroes on horses without doing this then what is the point? Do they only apply to designed units this way?[/quote] Correct. Heroes can buy horses the instant you get the tech. Trained units need actual horse resources to be in stock.

The problem with the AI evaluations as I understand them now are, they don't take into account potential military, only active. My frequent strategy in such games is to focus on technology and production capacity/speed, such that a very small active military is needed, but that a small, highly advanced military can be trained at a moment's notice. This reduces maintenance costs, allows more buildings to be built, and also solves the issues of having a military that is constantly being