[quote who="Big Fat Daddy" reply="46" id="3289491"]It is interesting that this thread goes on and the gal that posted it hasn't been on JU for almost three years...and I miss her.[/quote] That's because the subject is the kind everybody (including myself) likes to mouth off on. No reason other than that. No better reason needed.
Air shrills are meant to be rollovers. Not all shrills and elementals are equal. So what? We don't need everything being the same.
Agreed. Raze would be very useful. Or at least, give us the ability to turn off production of resources that produce troops.
[quote who="LNQ" reply="70" id="3288597"]There's so many generalizations going on in the replies here that when thinking about the point of Brad's message, the irony levels are reaching incredible heights.[/quote] Perhaps you could condescend to bring some welcome specificity to the discussion. I'm sure we'd all stand in awe of your efforts at epistemic rhetoric. Show us all up. You da man.
[quote who="Jythier" reply="18" id="3288565"]Shouldn't this go in the 'religion' forum? [/quote] Well, but it's not discussing religion. It's offering a wish of joy for Christmas, which has been broadened since by those of us who come from alternative religious and non-religious faiths/backgrounds. I'd just as soon offer up a wish that it doesn't get into the usual "my understanding of what lies behind and within
I'd trade a Wallace for a collar, any day. Hell, I'd trade a Wallace for a dagger. At least I can get some gold for the dagger.
[quote who="jackswift85" reply="67" id="3288323"] Oh I get that, we do trust each other completely. We have plenty of disagreements and differing viewpoints, and we always end up at least understanding each other if not solving the problem. It just seems like we define friendship differently. There's things we just don't connect over that my friends do. May have something to do with the fact that I've known my friends for 25 years and my partner for only 5.[/quote] &n
As a pagan, I wish those of similar beliefs a great Saturnalia or Yule, with the turning of the year. To everyone else, the best to you: the blessings of Jesus, or Mithras, or whatever god or gods you worship, or none; the joy of your families, health, happiness--whatever is worth most to you, and to yours. Soapbox is for rent. Try to keep it short, and simple.
[quote who="jackswift85" reply="65" id="3287922"] I guess it all depends on how you define friendship. When I think of what a "best friend" means, I think of somebody who I can connect and share anything with and expect equal reciprocation of that back. As a completely subjective way of putting it, how much you "click". I love my partner, we are honest with each other and she has a great time with my friends and I hers. We don't hide things from each other and make sure any prob
People might be better off maximizing memory they have, given the relative instability that can result from the 3 GB switch. You can turn off services that are unneeded while gaming, such as Routing and Remote Access, and processes, such as contact managers and background defraggers. There are several utility packages (System Mechanic comes to mind) that make this easier to do, but Gamebooster 3, which I mentioned above, does it as well, and you can certainly do it on your own.&nb
[quote who="Don Bemont" reply="13" id="3288042"]Back to the original point Maybe it should make a difference who attacks. If I plan my attack, I should be able to send whoever I want in front. But if I am attacked, maybe it is a surprise and the enemy really does knock off a pioneer or other weak unit before I can get things set up the way I want. [/quote] Well, if you're going to force us away from our hormones... &n
Not muddled together. We simply haven't been given the facts, and we're trying to figure things out. I'm sure everything is clear as can be for the developers. ;) A couple of points to keep in mind. First, on levels below Normal, monsters will not attack any cities. Also, on high difficulty levels, the monster AI's behavior will tend to give AI players a pass in favor of attacking the human player's units, cities, and outposts
[quote who="Jythier" reply="62" id="3287806"] Why did you marry them if they weren't your best friend, and second, why did you not go way out of your way to make them your best friend once you did? Marriage is a life long commitment - I can't afford to not want to be best friends with my wife, and I can't afford to not go out of my way to make sure it stays that way. She does the same thing. So we're best friends. I have men that I am also fri
[quote who="Piglet007" reply="8" id="3287799"] Quoting Lord Xia, reply 5 Ironeer women are pretty tough, I would hide behind them too. Just got an idea of a new picture thread. "Women you would hide behind." Hee. I wish I could have taken a screen shot of the end game Sov picture for one game - female melee Sov clad in champions plate, riding a Capitar warhorse and wielding Curgens Hammer. I'd hide behind her an
[quote who="Trojasmic" reply="5" id="3287839"]Yes it is too easy even on Expert... once you get a big lead, everyone will ally with you.[/quote] That's only because you and I have been playing the game for so long. :) Most people don't know it that well, and a relatively new player like the OP would probably have a difficult time playing a kingdom against three or more empires. on expert. The likelihood of all three ganging up when one goes to war with the
[quote who="MarvinKosh" reply="33" id="3287760"]Bear in mind though that the power rating may not reflect your actual capability to destroy enemy armies. If you have a glut of mana saved up and cities built up to shards (manual placement for the win!) then you have various options for dealing with them. From the simple Freeze/tremor spells which buy you time, to Pillar of Flame, Tidal Wave (if you're near water) or if you just have ridiculous amounts of mana and don't
[quote who="jackswift85" reply="59" id="3287733"] I like to view friendship and partners like a career: if you can find one that you are both good with/at and enjoy doing (rimshot), you're one of the lucky ones. Not everyone gets to work at a job they really enjoy, just like some people will not be able to be best friends with their romantic partners. If you have a job you can look forward to every day and a best friend for a wife, you lead a charmed life.[/quote] I sus
Looks good. Thanks! ...now we'll just wait for the people who show up and complain about how difficult it is to expand an archive and create a new one of a different type out of its contents. Could take oh, two button presses. Maybe three.
[quote who="jjkrogs" reply="26" id="3287224"]It seems you need to expand at all cost, monsters be-damned. Build as many cities as quickly as possible. Much different than Civ or Gal Civ as there are penalties for expanding too quickly in those settings. Here, it seems to be the preferred strategy. Not sure I agree with it, but there it is.[/quote] Pretty much, yes--and you could try putting your AI opponents at a level below the game difficult
Victory is as easy or difficult as you wish to make it, given the settings. And even then, there's such a large degree of randomness in the way a new world's resources and topography are configured, you could still find an easy setting more difficult than you suspect, and a hard one easier than you might have thought. Try playing at least on Expert and play a kingdom against only empires, or an empire against only kingdoms. See how quickly you make a
Landsharks? Did you get Chevy Chase as a consultant? :D Great idea.
Any 25 Warner Brothers cartoons made by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones.
[quote who="Jythier" reply="51" id="3286126"]I find that many women are busy making an actual contribution to the world, and so they don't have much time for gaming. Obviously some of them find gaming to be fun, and find time to do it. Shrug.[/quote] I suspect as much could be said about men. I also suspect a truly large number of gamers are male pre-teens and early teen players (though the userbase is so vast these days that even
No. It's been asked for, but there's been no word about adding it.
[quote who="sweatyboatman" reply="109" id="3287281"] But it seems that generally, if you don't want monsters to attack your cities, put the world difficulty setting below "Normal". If you just want it balanced, pick "Challenging". And anything above that, hunker down because it's you vs. the world. (Set the faction AI to whatever you feel presents the most challenge).[/quote] At lower than Normal setting, monsters won't attack cities f