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[quote who="Glazunov1" reply="57" id="3351540"] Going for the advanced mage, with Mass Slow, works well, too. After hitting level twenty you'll get two casts per turn, and using MS makes it even easier to shred high level enemy masses of troops with Fireballs. Consider getting Polymorph and Dragon Form, too. You may not be able to polymorph a scout leader, but a fast dragon moving in on him/her isn't going to make their day.[/quote] Actually, I *did* have

[quote who="N1ghthavvk" reply="14" id="3355137"] Glad to see Lord Xia still posting about the Knights of Asok. What will he do once they are adjusted?[/quote] Probably what I will do when they fix the weird AI decisions in diplomacy, and add more substance to it. ...But I did complain once about the KoA, so I'm right there alongside him. Right now, it's a bugfix players make, and shouldn't be.

[quote who="BernieTime" reply="25" id="3354180"] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 6 Over 95% of the customerbase is male? There's actually quite a large population of women using Stardock software. They just expect you'd know that already without having to tell you or by responding to a survey [/quote] Indeed. Perhaps they're too smart to spend their precious time answering surveys.

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="12" id="3353505"] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 11I think you're confusing "dialog full of weighted values" with weighted values by themselves, which are after all the core of AI rules sets. No, I'm not. All I'm saying is that the actions in the trade screen are not controlled by the AI. Brad said so himself. Just take a look at the link I posted.[/quote] I'm afraid I don't see your point, then. Weighted valu

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="9" id="3353249"] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 8Don't forget GCII. Brad to an excellent job on the diplomatic AI in it. Which is why he's really needed for this. What diplomatic AI? In Brad's very own words: "One part of the "AI" isn't really AI. A lot of people think of the trade screen in the game as being "AI". But it's not. It's basically just a dialog full of weighted values."[/quote] I think y

[quote who="Kamamura_CZ" reply="7" id="3353222"] Speaking of which, can you find a strategy game where diplomacy does not suck? Europa universalis series, maybe, but Civ games have and had horrible diplomacy, Total War games too, and every other mainstream strategy game I can think of. It's probably hard to do it without being exploitable. [/quote] Don't forget GCII. Brad to an excellent job on the diplomatic AI in it. Which is why he's really nee

This is an old, old issue, one of many with diplomacy. It simply hasn't received the TLC that's gone into many other areas of the game, and that one-turn-agreement-then-broken deal is a longstanding result. There are several others. Not to mention, a very limited number of diplomatic options to begin with. Brad, oh Brad: where are ye when we need ye?

Dominions 3 really needs a good, up to date manual. Great game, though.

[quote who="schattenjaeger" reply="10" id="3351903"] Quoting Anelyn, reply 6And here's the thing, as soon as I researched alliances, I could ally on same turn with EVERY faction. Why would X ally with me when I am an ally of Y, and X and Y are at war? Makes no sense. Because, in an ideal world where people don't give out information to people if they don't need to know it, X doesn't KNOW you're allied with their enemy, Y. If, in theory, th

It's been noted repeatedly in the past, but deserves to be noted, again: diplomacy remains the largest gameplay element in the game that is both impoverished in options, and wonky as hell. It really could use some TLC. Hard to believe it's part of a game put out by the same folks who did GC II.

What's still missing from the game? And how's diplomacy? I really like a raft of options, a smart diplomatic AI, and good feedback to let you know why an AI player is doing something or reacting in a certain way.

Going for the advanced mage, with Mass Slow, works well, too. After hitting level twenty you'll get two casts per turn, and using MS makes it even easier to shred high level enemy masses of troops with Fireballs. Consider getting Polymorph and Dragon Form, too. You may not be able to polymorph a scout leader, but a fast dragon moving in on him/her isn't going to make their day.

Isn't it out, now? General reactions of anybody who has played it, is in this forum?

Good luck to you, Carl, and to your product in development. May it show the same quality, care, and attention to detail as your previous efforts. :)

They're "weak" now because the loot was really fine for a while, and a lot of noisy people complained that it was too good. So all the garbage was added, and nobody said anything, for a while. I don't think the loot is too badly scaled at the current point. It is *not* randomized. It is randomized within classes of enemies determined by difficulty level. I think some monsters need to be reassigned within those classes, but not all, by any means. I've taken d

[quote who="bpalczewski" reply="52" id="3348074"] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 51You can do that in Genesis: click a prerequisite building you can see, then the building you want under "gives access to." That's the way you work up the tree. I've never been able to manage to find the kind of tree structure in MotBW that Genesis has. To me, at least, MotBW's method is completely counter-intuitive. Really? But i do not know which prerequisite building i should star

I prefer the Fleischer Brothers' Gulliver's Travels, myself. Was done quite a few years before Disney's "wildly ambitious project," all the way back in 1939. Disney was said to have learned a lot from it. [quote]Early in his career, Disney was devoted to moving “cartooning” into being a serious art. [/quote] I'm curious where you read this. I read up quite a bit on the early history of animation, while working on a book

I see you met my 6th grade teacher.

[quote who="bpalczewski" reply="50" id="3347806"] I find that most of beta testers that were criticizing new system were old veterans of Genesis, used already to existing one. I started to play Genesis one week before i started to play Edor 2 and Genesis was very confusing to me. If i wanted to plan to build a 4th tier building it was very hard to me to discover what i want to build first, and how to get there. In Eador 2 i figure it out. I just click on building i want, then i see what

[quote who="bpalczewski" reply="47" id="3347780"] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 46As for the construction screen, it is a thorough-going mess, I agree. Genesis was far better. Really? I find it easier than in Genesis ... [/quote] Each to their own. What is it about the construction UI in detail you prefer to that of Genesis? Just curious, because this single feature has been panned by most MotBW beta testers.

Not that I've seen. I suspect everybody is waiting for the gold release, although confusion remains about whether it has been released, or hasn't. Since it's still being tested in beta. As for the construction screen, it is a thorough-going mess, I agree. Genesis was far better.

I'll wait for a gameplay video, or a demo. These are the best ways I've found to judge the merits of a new game. That said, best of luck with it.

The only outstanding complaint I have is with the new construction screen. The old one from Genesis was a little awkward, but this is a mess. Otherwise, I like what they've done very well.

Curiously, they appear to running their round three beta even though the game is now available from Steam. I'm not quite sure what's going on, though it's been asked about in their forums.

[quote who="Beakie" reply="28" id="3346637"] Does anyone know if the new one will have an English manual?[/quote] Well, I got into the last beta, and it comes with what the developers refer to as a "brief manual." It discusses all the game's basics, with the exception of diplomacy.