[quote who="kenata" reply="41" id="2815581"] Any job that uses Monty Python trivia to test new hires is okay by me. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! [/quote] Is your name not Bruce?
[quote quoting="post"] My reign of terror has come to an end. [/quote] surely the launch wasn't that terrifying... Oh I get it.... Anyway welcome Derek
[quote who="ppboyle" reply="6" id="2811115"] There are a few solutions to this that have been employed The "everyone gangs up on the big boy" approach. This can feel artificial and strange, and also means that any sort of diplomatic game is subsumed by the 'real politik' of beating up the biggest threat, no matter who your allies or enemies were in the past. The "cheat the computer stronger" approach also just usually means the player takes longer to c
[quote who="kenata" reply="75" id="2812986"] Game mechanic: Resource X + Resource Y = +Z to some unit stat Improvement Chain: Resource X -> Xsmith -> Resource A Resource Y -> Ysmith -> Resource B Resource A + Resource B ->Zsmith -> +z bonus [/quote] Of course we can already do some of this through existing buildings (e.g. imagine a metals exchange building with an upkeep of 1 metal per turn, whic
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="6" id="2812410"]Ideally, in my opinion, auto resolve should yield the same results as an AI vs AI match. [/quote] and/or we should have some idea of the Auto resolve win percentage.
I think they share the empire wide gold (unless that has changed since I last played)
[quote who="shapechargeeod" reply="280" id="2811323"]Some Basic newbie questions: Equipment: I have a "moonrock" or "midnight stone" its in my equipment and says its highly prized but what does it actually do? I see no benefits to my stats either on my hero or globally. [/quote] midnight stones are used in certain quests (collect 3 to get a magic weapon), and I think can also be sold.
I think you saw it but in case you didn't [quote who="Tobear" reply="54" id="2811733"]Just to avoid any misunderstanding (to all the people asking in this thread): 1.1 -> Free patch which leads to the final version of E:WoM and will be the basis for a demo. 1st expansion: Addon which will be free for everyone 2nd expansion: Addon which will be free for everyone who purchased E:WoM until the 31st of october. Further expansions: ...will fol
Ideally we would want to be able to do some of the politicing outlined in a song of ice and fire, perhaps even have ambasadors within rival courts and bribe notable people to join our side, provide warning of attacks. (of course princesses would be the primary source of this)
[quote who="Grump2913" reply="71" id="2811132"] Whatever happened to this? [/quote] I think we are actually trying to do point 3 on that list. Whatever your view on Elementals performance against criteria 2 (and I know that opinions vary) that is what is going on here.
Or add a couple of options disband unit - XP lost, half the gold and materials used in the equipment are regained Retrain unit - same calculation as for training a new unit but only for the equipment elements that are added, any equipment that is removed, half the gold and materials are recovered. XP of original unit is retained.
[quote who="konjad" reply="2" id="2811113"] And how do I store character from actual campaign with it's lvl and items so I could use it in new one? [/quote] you can't - the soveregn at the start is saved, but level and items are not (otherwise it would be too difficult to balance with the other characters) re the other questions 2. I don't think anything else would be necessary as that would confirm the purchase date. 3. Not yet - you would
Like the dynsaties , (but should be able to take over as son or daughter if sovereign dies - or even have the option to rebel) Like the cloth map (need to be able to see harbours and non eneterable coast squares, would ideally like to be able to lock to the cloth map and not show 3d strategy) Like the variety of each element of the game (tech , tac combat, economy, magic, adventure and roleplay) but each aspect needs more polis
Could it just be that for the types of games we are interested in it is the strategic depth and replayablity that we value highest, which is the exact thing that it is difficult to determine after testing the game for however long they are given. That can only be found out after a few hundred hours of play time. That is also probably why everything is 3d and super graphics as that is easy to see and review rather than concentrating on the gameplay.
[quote who="thimon2k" reply="4" id="2800053"]Thanks for the help. I did not notice the icon in the upper-right corner of the icon. My mistake - I guess I am getting too old (31 y.o) to play games . [/quote] Thats not old - especially for strategy games (at least thats what I keep telling myself as I approach 40)
Kind of like a bar, when a stag do comes through, things get a little crazy for a while. In time things settle back down, the old guard are mostly still there and you get a few new faces.
[quote who="Campaigner" reply="59" id="2802244"]I don't know what exactly Kael has done for the Fall From Heaven mods so I don't feel much excitement. But if he truly that great designer that you people seem to believe, then great! We really need one! [/quote] well if you are here and have elemental you might like FFH2, check out what a copy of Civ IV complete would cost - (its about the equivalent of $10 on amazon UK) then go download FFH
[quote who="riadsala" reply="25" id="2800581"] I think the zoomed out overview map is PERFECT. (is there an option which allows me to zoom in a little more while still using the map display?) [/quote] I think you can alter your clothmap setting (so that persists to a lower level of zoom) then you should be able to do what you want. As to the rest of the thread, I don't think personality will be as hard as you think. I agree it is not
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="12" id="2794602"]Ive been thinking of requiring food to construct an outpost. Thoughts?[/quote] Absolutely essential - the basic structure of an outpost (i.e. a new outpost with no buildings) produces population growth (1 person per turn) and access to a second market/workshop/etc. If people are going to be a resource then you need some cost to offset this. This is exactly the same reason as why settlers went from 1 pop to 2 pop from
[quote who="Das123" reply="102" id="2795394"] In a recent interview Kael said that the main starting point was to get the lore 100% right and then build slowly around it. [/quote] That was because they had a well developed lore (17 years of a tabletop RPG) to work from. However good a writer Brad is, it is a huge advantage to have that much weight of Lore to draw on. That gives you a solid core, a reason to say no, and a help in making the inevitable desig
Perhaps have a cross bow that causes 2 effects 1 a high damage shot 2 a spell effect that means that the unit can no longer attack with a duration of a turn or 2 (simulate winding the crossbow) there was some example about a club that did extra damage but removed the counter attack somewhere.
Makes me think of the Civ V modders guide - if you haven't seen it its here http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=385009 That solution is quite neat
Depending on how modular the mod is it would be good to have the individual elements submitted so that people can do the elements that they are best at, and others can use them. That might help start off some more community projects like the elf one.
FFH2 - rise from Erebus - Not the scenarios though - just random world, random civ, random leader.
[quote who="LeeLament" reply="48" id="2790730"]What I would like to see is also a 'not' type list. For example (and I have not seen a 'not' list in ANY game as I can recall) is show me every city that DOES NOT have a barracks, granary, what-have-you that all cities should have. A few games with resource type items might even have a list. that is good. But finding that ONE or TWO places where the resource is missing, well that would be really helpful and a time saver. <b