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One more good vote. I would have voted very good if it was there, since I gave a good last time, and this is definitely a step better. I can't quite give it excellent, since I could see a fair number of bugs and had a crash or two, and to me excellent should only be given if it really rivals all the big 4x games out there. E:FE feels like it should be excellent by the time that the polish is in place, and every new beta is a big leap forward, so it should get there. Ta

Looked good, always love the updates. I wondered a bit about the war, and why Tarth won. Was it just a lucky start vs unlucky start situation and then a bad judgement to dec war? Was it that Tarth had totally invested in war based techs vs more civ techs by Frogboy? Just curious since an early loss like that seems like the player should still have made bad decisions to lose, but the AAR seems a bit more like Tarth was just overpowering vs the player in the beginning.</

Yup, everything looks good to go. Sounds like you should have some nice things that you can morph into a more power gaming build later on. Shogun 2 isn't terribly demanding, you should be good to go with any midrange card nowadays if you wanted to max out its graphics. Enjoy the build!

On your main worry, the Sleep and Hibernate functions are going to be controlled by the BIOS on the motherboard. Look for motherboards that say 'Certified for Windows 7' on them, or if that fails, if you can find a manual or a list of BIOS functions for the motherboard, the necessary functions are S3 - Suspend to RAM (Sleep) and S4 Suspend to Disk (Hibernate). For components, PSU would be my biggest issue. Seems very high wattage for your build unless you're pl

Sounds interesting, been waiting forever for another update, so was great to finally see one. As least on paper everything sounds pretty good to me, solving the balance and samey-ness issues. Essence especially seems like a good idea, since it might make for some really interesting combos later on or the ability for some much more interesting enchants. I do wonder how city curses are going to work, if there is any limit to those as well, or if they take up an essence slot, o

At least with the specific scenario painted in the OP, I see a few flaws in the reasoning on how it would turn out: 1) Even if transformers are damaged, power plants are still capable of putting out energy. You might need transit to get gas/ coal to the power plant, but the OP allows for that. I'd see more of an "oasis" scenario, where areas around power plants would have electric power to some extent, and would likely be able to cobble together some system to get powe

A special sale pack I found that I thought was worth mentioning, this one from amazon digital. A Paradox pack: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085CD7BE?tag=cheapassgam08-20 A lot of good stuff for about $12.50 - Crusader Kings 2 (worth it for that alone IMO), Magicka collection, Sword of the Stars 1 (complete), SoTS2 (which is getting much better and playable), and Victoria 2. Really good buy,

With games, for me it seems that F2P really only fits competitive or social games. Where people will pay to avoid grind or to show off. Just so long as the game avoids the "pay to win" mindset. I particularly like when you can unlock the same items by playing as you can purchase - if you want to spend time not money. But in PC gaming, there are so many games that don't transfer well to that multiplayer/ PvP setting to encourage people to buy stuff. That&#39

I haven't been able to play any complete games (time and stability reasons) but I've tried a couple games on challenging/ hard, I generally played until I took over another faction or two before trying a different tactic. Generally I'd say the AI is much improved, and it felt far more strategic (in having to choose what I built/ did). Big step up on the balance and challenge factors lately, which makes it more fun. It does, however, lack richness and variation, a

Just a quick bump up for anyone who missed it when this first went live. They have a bit under 2 weeks left, looks like they'll hit their original goal, although they've already posted that they hope to make the initial game larger if they can go significantly over their goal. Its still a bit out before it would go live, so if you worry about being ARPG overloaded, you'll have a bit of time to play the Diablos and Torchlights before it'll be out. /ends fan

A few things I noticed on the tactical side- AI should probably do defensive buffs before offensive ones Defense buff should be cast on the unit tanking damage (a lot of time mana seemed wasted casting stoneskin on the sov, who wasn't being targeted) Step your regular unit back when its about to die. Save the unit to fight another day. I guess I notice that stuff more when watching rather than directly playing. I also tend to tr

Another good vote. On the new content, I'm liking what I'm seeing. The factions are feeling more unique, and I did use a few different tactics in the start of my games; I even designed a few specialized units to counter some tough units I was running into, which was new (and fun). I liked that the stalker felt more like a dodgy foe, and the ogres felt more slow and strong, etc. Seeing some different looking units from race to race that I fought, and feeling lik

I noticed on a few in the last world I played that the borders wouldn't clear until after I had finished the objective AND had fully scouted every part of the wildland (fully revealing all tiles). Sounds like some people have done that and are still bugged, but at least for me it helped clear 2 wildlands that I had killed/finished everything but the borders wouldn't go away.

I also have this issue; FE .90 and .91, crashes any time I try to enter diplomacy. Never modded, install from patch. The suggested fix of deleting C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Elemental - Fallen Enchantress\Screens as a directory worked, and diplomacy seems to be running properly now under limited testing. Note: if you try the fix, be sure you don't accidentally delete the C:\program files\stardock games\fallenenchantress\screens directory. Similar, but different.&n

Before I head to the new version, a few bugs I found in 0.90: The most annoying one I found seems to occur with counterattacks when you have a damage dealing aura up (like mantle of fire). The enemy attacks you, and will die to the aura, then you counterattack, killing it again. The battle then locks up about 75% of the time, the only option is to autoresolve and discover some fairly different results, with units dying rather than the flawless victory you ea

Wanted to throw a post up on this, because I know the Stardock crowd tends towards indy friendly, and I seem to remember a "best games in last ten years" thread where Titan Quest was mentioned a good bit. Ending date is May 18. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crateentertainment/grim-dawn Apparently its been in the works for a couple years, but without funding for a full time focus its been

I'd recommend it if you want something different, where you'd consider what you're doing hours down the road, and especially if you like some degree of roleplaying in your games. You can go for a domination victory if you'd like . . .the actual stated goal is your line's total prestige at the end of the game, which is the added prestige from every ruler you've played as until the end of the game in the mid 1400s or when you retire/ everyone dies in your lin

So long as your coworker is a close enough friend to be willing to help you out on tech support for the life of the computer, and did enough testing to be sure that its a stable overclock for regular use. If you do buy it and start getting crops of BSOD's or other crashes, just be aware it could be from the overclock, and you might have to tone it down. Hard to know how far he pushed it or how experienced he is at the process (some of the part decisions say more casual/early o

There's also a few things about that rig that make me think "overclocking attempt machine" - ie fan controllers, aftermarket cooler, huge wattage psu, the specific cpu used in the build. If its important to you, I'd investigate if it was used for that, as overclocking would have voided any manufacturer warranties (whether the manufacturers would know or not is a different beast). And theoretically if it was overclocked the parts could be damaged. So something to cons

The new system sounds good to me as well. I like specialization and more choices and the like. I would however say that the picture of the changed system doesn't scream high level powerful epic city. More farming village. I'm not sure if the current AI counters raised mountains, but small cities could be more prone to being fenced in by them under the new system. One possible exploit that could be more common under the new system. But liking all

Sounds great; I'm almost as excited for the damage/resist changes as the faction differentiation. I'll enjoy building something more than spear troops. On the factions - I'm really looking forwards to them. If not planned, one thing I'd ask for is some sort of breakdown (accessible from the faction choosing screen and in game) to let the player know the vision with the factions. Maybe not for the beta. I only mention because I noticed in some games (l

[quote who="Cruxador" reply="30" id="3112094"] In other words, if you don't like Mass Effect, you won't like it, and if you do like Mass Effect then you really won't like it.[/quote] More like if you hate 3rd Person shooters you'll dislike it anyways. And if you're the sort of person that will rage at a star trek book for not having 100% proper cannon, etc then you might be disappointed at ME3 as well, since it squeezed out some of the earlier lore/plots to fi

One of the early lore/codex entries tells you where Harbinger is - *very minor spoiler* - its the main Reaper assaulting earth. So its there, just not thrust in your face as much. I actually think ME3 is probably the best of the series for the most part (not so much the end, I really think there will be a DLC expansion of the end). The combat is especially more refined. A lot more flanking, more emphasis on movement, elevations, different tactics for different units.

I think killing off enemy champions is a tactic everyone uses, if nothing else to prevent the AI from getting them later on. So I'd agree that the champs need a bit of help. Plus I occasionally see wandering monsters (not even the big baddies, but like bears or ruffians) taking out an unrecruited champion. Which always feels sad. The ability to cast spells on their own has helped (I'm not sure how it entirely fits the lore, but that's okay). Some

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="105" id="3093145"] My personal opinion is that the mundane stuff (things that don't require a special resource) should just be vastly wimpier than they currently are. [/quote] I'd agree; I think one of the things missing from decision making when building troops is a cheap and plentiful army vs smaller but elite/expensive. Something like this could balance it out and insert that sort of dynamic. I'd also long term like to