MegasAlexander

MegasAlexander

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Reply to The Lack of total control and massive armies in Ashes Bugs and Ideas AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Two very valid points. It has been claimed again and again that Ashes can have battles with thousands of units on the screen. And I do believe these claims. But in my own games, I've never come that far. Battling the pathfinding AI is something I also do all of the time. Add to this the fact that there is hardly any unit feedback and it makes for a very demotivating environment. I've lost huge armies just because they took forever to squeeze through choke points and I didn&#39

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Reply to PCGamesN - Exclusive Gameplay Footage from Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation in Ashes of the Singularity News AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Wow, the game looks very fluid in that video, not only the way units move but also the zoom speed. I like what I see. But then I don't understand pricing of escalation. I already own Ashes, bought the 4-pack from your website. So I should be entitled to a 75% rebate, making Escalation 10€, right? But when I want to buy it in steam, steam tells me to pay 20€. I still think it's a little sad that Escalation owners will not be able to play with regular Ashes players. Tw

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Reply to Improved Army Management & Planning UI Tools in Ashes Bugs and Ideas AshesoftheSingularity Forums

ledarsi, I love how you put so much thought into army management. On most points I agree, but there are some where I simply don't, especially concerning your point "Garrisons & Army UI". Your suggestions in that regard will lead to game play mechanics that I think will not be feasible to integrate into the game and if they are integrated, might hardly ever be used at all. -pac

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Reply to Ashes: WEEK 5 DEV STATUS in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Moomo: the negatives might not outnumber the positives, but they're more important to me. If somebody asked me "should I buy this game" I would say no. You said "Third faction will come in time": This is exactly the problem with my review. I can only review what is there and not what will be there or even what I hope will be there. -pac

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Reply to Ashes: WEEK 5 DEV STATUS in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

I don't completely understand the "please give reviews part". So far I haven't given a review, because I believe the game is not yet done. If I treat the game in its current state as it was done, I basically MUST give it a negative review. On the other side, I can't give it a positive review because it wouldn't be fair towards potential customers to act as if features were already implemented, that simply aren't yet but hopefully still come. If I wrote a review now

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Reply to Rewarding Early Adopters in the age of the STEAM SALE in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

In my opinion: highest prioroty should be to not alienate non-DLC buyers and thus split the community even more (I'm looking at you, gog-steam-incompatibility). Second to that there should be rewards and lots of it. However, they should be cosmetic, like tons of extra colors for units, etc OR the DLC should be non-mandatory so that DLC buyers+early buyers can play with people who didn't buy either. The Relic games are prime examples for that, where you can play as Dark Eldar o

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Reply to DRM-free release on GOG.com? in Ashes of the Singularity AshesoftheSingularity Forums

[quote who="The_Gear" reply="4" id="3617465"]Steam uses Steam servers, GoG uses GoG servers. [/quote] I do understand that. But this is actively splitting the game between Steam users and GoG users. I just don't like the idea. For the future I hope that Stardock will find a way to let computer players play together, no matter where they bought the game from. -Alex

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Steam group for Ashes Multi Player in Ashes of the Singularity AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Hi everybody, for all the Multi Player fans out there, I created a steam group called "AshesMulti" which shall counteract the problem of the low MP head count at the moment. The group should be used to organise competitive and cooperative MP games. So if you want to stomp the AI or battle each other, just join the group and get going. You can find it at http://steamcommunity.com/groups/AshesMulti or just

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Reply to Thoughts in Ashes of the Singularity AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Hi guys, when it comes to testing the MP mode thoroughly, count me in. I've got two friends and we've been playing RTS games for decades. We do it mainly for the MP experience and often ignore the campaign. So, what do you think? I created a steam group for organising multiplayer matches, it is called AshesMulti http://steamcommunity.com/groups/AshesMulti Feel free to join. -Alex

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More screen resolutions, "TV" mode, more distinct unit types, rework of formations, more detailed maps in Ashes Bugs and Ideas AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Hi! I bought the game and the game asks for feedback. So here it comes. Of course, this feedback just reflects my opinion. As a RTS veteran (playing them for more than 20 years now, with thousands of hours put especially into Relic games). 1) More resolutions need to be implemented. And they need to work. My brother and my friend both have problems running this game at resolutions lower than Full HD. The right side of the screen is cut off. 2) One of my friends runs th

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Reply to Graphics questions in Ashes of the Singularity AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Now that I bought the game and it has moved to early beta, I am even more concerned. The landscape looks still desolate, bland and empty. Together with the unbelievably generic unit appearance this creates a boring game to look at. And that is ironic, truly ironic, with an graphics engine as powerful as this one. -Alex

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