I'm with lower initiative, too. Plus it goes well in defining a certain kind of Clumsy archetype, someone who is inexperienced or just uncoordinated in melee, but from a distance, with a ranged weapon they've trained in, can shoot well.
I've seen multiple humble inns within ten tiles of one another in a game. One of them listed its quest as weak, the other as medium. I suspect there was just a cheap architect at one time hitting up innkeepers with pre-designed elements for matching floorplans.
Definitely not ready for primetime. They need to go back to square one, and do everything we say, then put FE out in another eight years or so.
[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="34" id="3253994"]Yea, you can do it with others too that have special goods, like Athica longswords, trog axes, Gilden's glitter dildo, Kraxis one handed spears, etc.[/quote] Makes me rather wish there was a special treaty for this, a step above "move through my territories," and a step below "move through my territories and settle in the middle of them, you annoying bugger."
[quote who="Kongdej" reply="21" id="3253910"] Quoting Kantok, reply 18"Overpowered" is nonsense. This is nonsense, you CAN have "overpowered" things even in a singleplayer game, its just not really a big deal. ~ Kongdej[/quote] I think the same thing is being expressed in different ways. The point being made is that accusations of an overpowered starting combo are ridiculous in context, because they aren't a big deal. Everyone shoul
[quote who="Jythier" reply="31" id="3254134"]Yay, winter sales! EU4? Already? I'm still on 2! Sometimes 1![/quote] Not until late next year, if I recall correctly. So don't worry about it.
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="9" id="3253974"]Isn't it amazing how Steam bundled their service with a bunch of cool features, so now people are basically BEGGING to have DRM installed in their games? [/quote] I agree. I think it's much better to have these really neat achievements than actual game content, and to be able to talk to other players all the time!!!!1!!!!!
[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="32" id="3253971"] All you have to do is be on decent terms with her and have a champ/sov enter her domain and you can shop in her stores, and if she's researched the books, you can buy them[/quote] Nice. Thanks for pointing that out.
I've been lobbying for this for some time. It would certainly make things much easier for the new player, giving them a handy list of spells to see in one place, so they can grasp how each spellbook is structured--its strengths, and weaknesses. And it wouldn't hurt to have available for easy access to the beta veteran like you, or me.
This late in the day, shouldn't there be more information when you're approached by an AI player who wants an economic treaty? If I were a new player, I'd have no idea what benefits I'd receive, much less the other player involved. The screen definitely needs more information. And why are we still seeing offers to trade 22 Civilization tech points for 22 Civilization tech points? [quote]Ya, the treaty system was written
[quote who="auboy105" reply="30" id="3253680"] Thanks I think I see now! Is this because Pariden has the tomes and can get all magic paths but death to get all summons? Is there no Air Elemental? Is there a death summon?[/quote] Yes, Pariden can research the tomes, but with Pariden or a customized sovereign you still can't buy Life or Death books. You can only buy Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. I remember Brad writing something months' back
[quote who="mqpiffle" reply="5" id="3253886"]Not being able to use items in the trade window is a disappointing oversight.[/quote] It is awkward, agreed. I hope they put in a Use button before the game goes gold, though obviously this isn't a dealbreaker. It's just slightly...convoluted.
I don't find the arcane monolith spell overwhelming. You pay 50 mana up front for each, and it suffers from all the drawbacks of other outposts. In the early game, 50 mana is a lot that could be more effectively used as summons, city and hero buffs, and in combat, while in the late game you've got many big battles that require very mana-intensive spells. Of course, if you select dense resources and easy AI, you will be able to spam the thing, but that's your choi
No they shouldn't, and they won't. And seven exclamation points for a single sentence would be considered a felony in a more enlightened culture. If a very large man named Vito appears on your doorstep at 3 AM this morning claiming to be an officer with the Grammar Security Forces, it will serve you right.
No configuration is overpowered or underpowered. It's all how you want to play, and Stardock should leave these options available to each player. Want more of a challenge, or less? Good: that's your choice.
Threads for each AI? You remind me of when I'd play Sargon via external cassette deck loader on my old TRS 80 Model 2. If you wanted the computer to play its best, the documentation said, it could take up to 30 minutes to analyze a position, which it would of course only do once you'd finished a turn. So you might want to settle for a lower ply. Not fun times. ;)
[quote who="cardinaldirection" reply="20" id="3253264"] Quoting Lord Xia, reply 19Leaving a hero at home? Which home? Every city? Leave troops to defend? So limiting their ability to expand and defend their cities? These are all questions a strategist must ask, and answer.[/quote] And developers of strategic games, too. The Civ series allows you to upgrade troops for a fee, so you can keep those stationed at home
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="396" id="3253186"]Just 0.992. Added that to version history page.[/quote] Thank you.
[quote] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 19The most fragile of glass cannons. From what I see they're just glass without the cannon part. [/quote] Oh, the cannon part is the ability to cast all the spells your sovereign has. Not too shabby, if you go the Path of the Mage, and don't summon a familiar until much later. But since it will probably be killed off if you simply blink at the screen, it's likely not worth the bother.
[quote who="seanw3" reply="15" id="3252748"]Sometimes I upload pictures of nummy treats and post them as bugs. It gives the devs a nice little reward. [/quote] And they're less filling, too.
Compatible with 0991, 0992, or both?
[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="13" id="3253152"]Lady Porcupine is probably the worst built Sov in the game. She has spent all her sov points on 3 magic paths, 2 of which she could easily get through her nations enchanters ability, and has that terrible inefficiency ability to pay for it. [/quote] Inefficient production is a game killer, in my opinion. Not sure why it's in there, unless somebody wants to see how badly they can handicap themse
[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="18" id="3253069"]With things like imps and familiars, they are too easily the target of archers and other ranged attacks, often they are killed in the first round of combat. maybe some more hit points, more defence, certainly more range defence and spell resistance. I don't think they should have high attack or anything, but they shouldn't be easily killed. To me, the cost is too high. [/quote] Pretty much my
[quote who="Jythier" reply="5" id="3253027"]I couldn't get into CK. Then again, I was trying to play Ryazan, and they have no-one in their court. How do you get more people in your court?[/quote] One option is under Ambitions. You can get some people for gold, but the clerically minded require piety. Another, less expensive path is to look for people who like you, and invite them to your court. Your realm is a good plac
[quote who="StevenAus" reply="6" id="3253033"]Maybe there should be, but right from the earliest betas if a lair had gold as the reward you just get told that you got gold, you didn't get a special popup saying "Gildar +X".[/quote] I'm probably not being as clear as I should. I mean that when my party moves to the timber wolf's goodie hut, there's no message at all. Nothing about gold, or anything else.