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[quote who="Othello" reply="189" id="3245174"]The game is STILL unplayable on a system at the minimum requirements.[/quote] I translate "minimum requirements" for any game as "playable while in Zen meditation, when the fall of a single snowflake will appear to take hours, and engage you the whole time."

[quote who="joasoze" reply="15" id="3245224"] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 7I decided to test something. Set the overall AI for Easy and the monster density for Sparse. Started up a new game, and found two dragons (one of which I'd never seen before; nice artwork) within twenty squares of my first city. Now, I'm not saying this shouldn't happen--but I'd expect this to happen on Challenging or higher, which is my usual play setting. Easy? Really?<

Not sure if this is a bug, but hopefully, it isn't feature. My first city at level 3 got the ability to build the Merchantcross Bazaar. I decided to hold off for a bit, and built a Grocer, first. After that, there was no option to build the Bazaar. No popup appeared stating that it had already been built. When I tried destroying other buildings, just in case the Grocer was in the way, I still didn't have the Bazaar as an option.

[quote who="seanw3" reply="8" id="3245069"]I tend to be on the side of the dragons on issues like this. I love the thought of some juicy new players fattening up my wonderful dragons. Balance be damned. [/quote] Yes, but you gain the souls of new players that languish in horror after facing your modified enemies, which you in turn feed to your boss and master, Don Cthullu. Stardock is supposed to gain money based on offering a balanced product that draws in s

[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="1" id="3245085"]Yeah, I steer clear of darkling shamans, disciples of Pariden, haunters, dark mages, etc... Nowadays I obsessively check everyone who may be a caster for despair, coal stones, wellspring, and the like... [/quote] On "easy," and within ten squares of a starting city, I'm figuring this is a bug. [quote]A single unit of archers can usually counter them well. I always make sur

I decided to test something. Set the overall AI for Easy and the monster density for Sparse. Started up a new game, and found two dragons (one of which I'd never seen before; nice artwork) within twenty squares of my first city. Now, I'm not saying this shouldn't happen--but I'd expect this to happen on Challenging or higher, which is my usual play setting. Easy? Really?

Ran across an instance of a darkling shaman/mage casting coal stones every turn. Or let's just say, 4 turns in a row, which was all it needed to destroy all my forces. Can't say whether it would have kept on, or just retired to the local darkling bar to brag about its amplified ability.

[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="10" id="3244544"] Frogboy, shouldn't fractions with the same alignment and positive relations (or at least such Kingdoms) stay away from the fight if the player has never been the aggressor before? I do not see the logic behind Procipinee joining on Yithril's side to beat up a peaceful Altar, no matter how high the difficulty.[/quote] Complete agreement. It makes no sense for this to happen. It's one of

[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="8" id="3244542"]I dislike ranged life-drain type spells. They taste cheesy. Wellspring is brutally effective on high difficulties (x2 and x3 monster hps). [/quote] Agreed, but I would really like to see a relatively low level Death spell that lets a sovereign/champion transfer health between their own units. Working from the principle that the spell can only succeed if the subjects are willing to undergo its effects.

XP only, I think?

One day? Pretty good day, I'm thinking.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="16" id="3244297"]You should still get Windows 7.[/quote] I've taken seriously the recommendations of several people about this, but it's going to have to wait until next year. Too many necessary expenses. We just can't afford it at the moment, and I suspect I'm not the only one in the same somewhat leaky boat.

Looks like it's up, now.

Just in case you were wondering. Haven't seen a changelog, yet, but I suspect one will be coming. And if I recall correctly, this one's for WinXP, only.

[quote who="seanw3" reply="3" id="3244209"]If only some clever person had laid the groundwork for a better balance and more interesting options for Sov creation. I bet the devs would take a look and update the current options. [/quote] :D

[quote who="Darksomen" reply="2" id="3244348"]No argument from me but you might get some arguments from new players when they try to build and building is sooooo slow because they do not have the right resources for the towns they are building or what about the maps with nothing on them just dropped off in the middle of nowhere--you are probably a pro at this and know how to deal with it but do you think someone just buying the game at release is going to hang around when building is slow as

[quote who="KingHobbit" reply="1" id="3243919"] Plus 2 crit chance, and a crit multiplier are pretty valuable.[/quote] For an assassin, it's an excellent weapon. That multiplier is great, and I write from experience.

4/2/1? Not to provoke argument, but I'm not sure why you find anything wrong with that. I've used that or something like it many times, with success.

[quote who="Bellack" reply="107" id="3244312"] I second this[/quote] If I understand Brad correctly, the modding tools would support at least mini-games along this line, through a series of branching quests. I could be wrong, but I'm thinking the real limitation would be that of RAM. And of course, you wouldn't want to lose track of the main game, either. ;)

[quote who="seanw3" reply="181" id="3244282"]Finally baited someone into a historical conversation about Russia. Imperial Russia and the ages before relied on mercenary officers and serf soldiers. Soldiers only stayed in battle as long as the guy pointing a sword at their back was threatening to kill them. And that guy generally only stayed as long as he was not in mortal danger.[/quote] When the term for a culture is cognate with the word "slave," it says something abo

I have to say, I was certainly prepared to work with the code. It would be no worse than writing scripts for Oblivion and Morrowind. But this looks like it will make many things a great deal easier. Very much looking forward to getting my hand on the finished tools. :)

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="10" id="3244184"] No. We're updating a bunch of stuff tonight. But thsi particular fix is XP only.[/quote] Looking forward to it.

I really hope it gets dealt with. Because I wouldn't mind the billiard ball look if that's what I'd chosen for my sovereign, but in fact I hadn't.

I think it's important to take into account which leader and race you are playing when deciding this question. If you have access to scrying pools, then you essentially have essence in all your settlements, just not the same amount. It also helps to know whom your potential enemies are. If you're playing against Magnar, then having a fortress city with essence is probably a good idea, since you'll need some of those essence bonuses facing all his troops. At

[quote who="Kongdej" reply="34" id="3241096"] Your heroes should not run around in the same stack together, they will gain less experience. Sincerely ~ Kongdej[/quote] On the other hand, one champion isn't usually going to be able to take on a dragon, much less a Wildlands ruler. Multiple champions in a party, each with their own specialties, makes it much easier to destroy higher level enemies. So it becomes a tradeoff of scale: sma