Glazunov1

Do you mean, do they attack units nearby? The answer is yes. Do you mean, do they attack cities and outposts? The answer is a qualified yes, both for the AI and player. Neutral monsters will sleep, roam, and attack, which means they may seem to be doing nothing, and then suddenly decide to attack whatever is near them. Some roam further than others, and some hug their lairs, so there's no exact, single method of predicting behavior.

Very much so, mqpiffle . Good point.

[quote who="Brago" reply="7" id="3215676"] Quoting mqpiffle, reply 5Suggestion: Try setting monsters to 'dense' in the startup options and see if you like it. I already always had monster to dense, but the problem is: you have more monster in the beginning, the suggestion is about monster spawning during the game, not at start.[/quote] I think his point is that some people don't like it, and that an option for this is better than someth

You may have missed this Frogboy post, just a few topics (currently) under yours: [quote]This is what I'm working on for 0.952. For the longest time, the goal was to make the AI challenging in sheer raw expansion. Now, I'm able to get it a lot more refined. This week (not in your build) I was able to finally get Pariden to play very differently

[quote who="seanw3" reply="5" id="3215957"]I added the masterscouts ability to warden with much success. Before I did so wardens were hit or miss. Now they seem to make monsters run away from me. I like it as a choice, but it should cost more labor and be 100% effective. I am also adding a few spell towers that you can build at an outpost for a large mana cost. They cast a spell on enemy units at the beginning of combat. It is pretty much a firewall for your outposts. That might be

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="51" id="3215915"] Really? And here I thought you and your team were just sitting around all day playing Chris Crawford games, because you didn't respond immediately and in great detail to every request for every change from each beta tester. Damn. What a surprise. Well we did just get Balance of Power 1990 and were having a debate over whether it was better than the original. So obviously we won't be talking too much in the

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="48" id="3215859"]If it's not in the change log, it probably wasn't addressed yet. There's a long list of things still to fix. A LONG list.[/quote] Really? And here I thought you and your team were just sitting around all day playing Chris Crawford games, because you didn't respond immediately and in great detail to every request for every change from each beta tester. Damn. What a surprise. &nbs

[quote who="Kongdej" reply="1" id="3215861"]Id rather it goes away, I don't like that it makes the outpost immune to neutral monsters, which in my head is the job of your army, replace it with an upgrade that gives the outpost a 3 militia garrison meaby? , or a weak guardian statue. Would be much nicer IMO Thanks for bringing it up Glazunov Sincerely ~ Kongdej[/quote] My pleasure. I can see some kind of magical device or spell that f

I do like the new outpost upgrades, though a few seem of little use, to me. One, however, really bugs me. The Warden. Per the last beta changes, we were told: [quote]Added the Warden Outpost upgrade- Monsters won't enter the outpost's ZoC[/quote] Won't, or won't sometimes? And if sometimes, what use is it? I find that the warden outpost doesn't stop plenty of of visitors who have c

Would be useful to see columns for armor, weapons, and magical items, sortable by cost and power.

Sean, what level of difficulty are your opponents playing on? You make good decisions in the videos, but you still slip behind all four of them, and it looked as though Tarth in particular had it easier.

[quote who="Kongdej" reply="22" id="3214964"] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 21Sean, I also noticed that Flame Dart has the one turn cooldown: an excellent idea, in my opinion. It does so too in the vanilla game, 0.95... When I cast it any-ways.[/quote] This is the vanilla game change to Fire Dart he's commenting upon. It's midway through his Let's Play II, above. ;)

[quote who="Trojasmic" reply="17" id="3213202"] Quoting seanw3, reply 15I am sad to say this, but the save games for this series just got corrupted. I blame the current economic situation. On the bright side, I will begin anew with a save from my current balance mod game. Since Frogboy is looking for strategies and tactics, this particular game will be the most relevant. I believe the game is at about turn 200. I am playing as Pariden and have a research and magic orientated n

[quote]1) Creeps. The creeps in the game are a great touch. Exploring the land and fighting the environment is quite fun. What is not fun however is the double standard. It has been said in many posts before this one, and will likely be said in many posts after it. The computer should not get a free pass on creep aggro. I cant tell you how many times a deadly dragon has gone on a rampage and beelined right for my territory, completely ignoring the computer, regardless of who bothered it. Not

[quote who="elutheral" reply="2" id="3214030"]Some of the problems in beta 4 make it hard to play FE. [/quote] Do you mean specifically the AI's researching? Because this is a beta, and I'd expect to see AI issues like these at this point. Doesn't make the game difficult to play. You can handicap yourself as others have suggested, or choose a map size and race that give a decided advantage to the AI. Try playing Pardien on a smal

[quote who="darkehound" reply="87" id="3214082"]Why is it not being released? frogboy said it is. [/quote] You wrote: [quote]It doesnt matter if it is called a beta, it is being released.[/quote] Meaning, what's called a beta is going to be released. Not, the game is going to be released. Faux innocence isn't a good look on you.

Thing is, the Fallen changed over a long time through exposure to black magic, if I read it correctly--rather than casting a single spell that led to something turning them all into Halloween costumes. I could be wrong, but that's my impression. And if true, then I'd expect transformations at the very least to occur later in the game, after a sovereign and/or champions repeatedly used one group of spells over and over, to the exclusion of all else. And then I'd e

[quote who="darkehound" reply="85" id="3213697"]fabrications? can you not read...type in war of magic reviews...every review on the first page of yahoo said crashes. I didnt write them two years ago[/quote] Oh, please. If all you're going to pull is a bait-and-switch, you're going to get called on it every time. I wrote fabrications, and quoted what that referred to: [quote]It doesnt matter if it is called a beta, it is being r

I had three CTDs, but I've been playing quite a bit. As I save a lot, they didn't prevent me from finishing any of my games.

I'm on board with your city changes, Sean. They have, for a lack of a better word, a focus to development that really makes any particular path more sensible. Not that I have any strong objection to the changes implemented in this beta--far from it. I just think you've moved things forward a very good step.

[quote who="Bingjack" reply="1" id="3213249"]Well, I tried. Shame we can't have more positive feedback posts that get as much attention as the critical ones. But I suppose that's the nature of the beast. While it is very important to deal with the issues the game has, I feel bad for being so critical all day, and not being able to dwell on all the ways the team's hard work is paying off. [/quote] The nature of a beta is that the developers want critica

In the first case, I kind of like it. I'd expect differently flavored comments from the other leaders, and that's what you get. Wouldn't mind totally unique music for each faction, but I know that isn't something Stardock has done, so I don't expect it. I don't mind the lack of genuine interaction at this point, since I expect there to be choices that are meaningful (to use Brad's phrase) before the game goes retail. I do ag

[quote who="darkehound" reply="82" id="3213516"]1st it is the same game-maybe you dont get that? the xml and code is the same, thats why we still get leagacy problems like headless sovs.[/quote] That's called "sharing a graphics engine." It typically doesn't mean it's the same game, but as you're only interest is in getting others to sign up for the Trash Talk FE Club, I suspect this point won't interest you. [quote]The game is being

Now that, erischild, is a fascinating post.

[quote who="joasoze" reply="8" id="3212200"]I put in my usual $15, and wish them luck. [/quote] Good for you, and I mean that. :) You're aware that realmsbeyond.net has a MoM site with a really good patch and another that reconfigures some in-game things to make more sense? Apropos of nothing, I have we start seeing some kickstarter efforts for a Darklands remake. But I have my doubts, considering the illogical actions of the current rig