If there are resources 'there' then they will be taken, but the locals still know land marks by there names 'Fangorn Forest' would've fallen in Lotr had it not been for the Tree Ents, & I'm sure if 'Mount Everest' had resources in it then it would've been taken out as well - Still I think better & more memorable with names '
Maybe have it so that land marks are named by the faction discovering it, so like Altar (ai) would name forests, mountain ranges & such out of a list of Altar territories in the book, the other ai factions would do the same, human players &/or custom factions would name regions from a random selection with human players having the option to name them themselves. This would help to give the feel of exploration and the claiming of land in a 'new' world.
"I'd like to add that the way the Champion dies should have some degree of impact on which trait he/she receives upon death. If they're killed with Fire Magic, perhaps they gain a weakness to Fire Magic? If they are killed by a normal unit, perhaps their healing rate drops? Something along those lines, to make it more predictable." I really like this, it really would tell a story, 'you see an enemy general comin at ya, he's only got one
when they threaten to release cursed merchandise, 'this game sure is looking sweet, but if we play it we'll get a disease' kinda thing it's like traveling all day hackin/slashin your way through the 1st-3rd lvls of a beholder's liar wearin rusty chainmail & happen across a brilliant set of +5 Full Plate Mail, only wearing said armor would result in a change of gender
heh, Finally the results of 'Derick vs the ai' - thanks frog
Just about all I know are raunchy, but worse things are said now on normall tv here in U.S. so: The deck swaber goes up to the bartender & bets him 50 silver that he can p*ss from where he's at into a jar in the far corner without spilling a drop, the bartender takes the bet, the deck swaber lets it go soakin everything. The bartender burst into laughter & says 'you completly missed the jar, pay up'. The swaber pays up & starts laughi
[quote who="Magog_AoW" reply="31" id="3025902"]Quoting Frogboy, reply 29 On tiny, for instance, I"m not sure wild lands will typically be in there because of the size. On large, it depends on which ones get picked since they're not all the same size. Oooh I get it, they are not random in size, but more like terrain stamps. Kind of like a dungeon crawl on the main map![/quote] I would tend to think that putting a wild lands righ
Perhaps instead of growing by taking cities, they take resources (maybe they could get some kinda boost from enslaving/looting/eating a city based on pop/city lvl), expanding their influence around newly conquered lands gaining horses/worgs, additional metal for the smithies, food for the larva, shrines/nodes for the High Shaman/cleric. This way they would still be able to grow but be held to tha 'Homeland' being the only way to produce units. Kinda f
[quote who="Cruxador" reply="15" id="3025588"]You probably don't know much about this yet, but to what degree do you anticipate us being able to effect this stuff with options chosen at game creation?[/quote] what's the highest degree, 360? - ya that would suffice [quote who="Frogboy" reply="6" id="3025458"]But with the new system, we're hoping for a lot lot more than 5. Just really depends on how much time we have. They keep making ne
"Will we be able to see AI vs AI contests (i.e. no human player at all). I think that would be very interesting to see sometimes. +1 vote for that to be available in the betas" +2
"The problem I have with TBS is the time it demands from you. Your typical RTS game is over in like, 45 minutes? A large TBS game, 45 minutes is one turn." One solution could be to have something like in Hearts of Iron (Paradox's game, I think this is the name of it) where you assign a 'general' that's incharge of a certain area/territory that's then controlled by the ai for you (this was also done in at least some of the ROTK
Youtube = look up = lmfao - Sexy and I Know It also = Epic Rap Battles of History, just be sure these are from 'nicepeter' cause the others aren't of the same quality
wow... that was great, reminds me of all the English comedy I watched growin up
I would definetly prefer a negative trait route, they could stack upon each defeat, & could take a long time to recover from (lose the neg trait), and/or could cost so much mana to remove said effect - this would penalize losing your hero but would still allow them to stick around & I'm worried about knocking out the # of champions, I like making huge maps & unless we can make champions ourselves, I fear there may not be enough to go around (I'd
what about a specialized field plate armor that is customized for each hero/sov in the shop/blacksmith that absorbs the first melee/ranged hit per set of attacks per unit attacking 3 units attacking hero - first unit swings 3 times resulting in 1 miss, 2 hits - 1 of those hits is absorbed = 1 hit lands  
Perhaps one could use an estimated group/army power rating to let them/us know what the recommended min. requirements are to successfully finish a quest? My traveling army of 1 hero, 2 archers, 4, melee for instance would have a power rating of 150ish, so I know that a quest recommending I have 200 power rating is probably doable but not without some losses, the ai could use this same type of setup in determining what to send on any given quest (perhaps they need to go ha
[quote who="pacov" reply="21" id="3018380"]Quoting Grizzyloins, reply 20Uhmm... Ok, so what's the constitution of that LumberJack & why is he weilding a 'short axe' (I've seen smaller ogres)? The lumberjack needs to be a character in fallen enchantress - complete with tiny axe. Just sayin'[/quote] Me & a buddy are startin up a baldur's gate game (gonna play through the first game, 2nd, then the neverwinter nights), I'
"E:FE will be good. It's being made with that special ingredient after all." umm... Frog legs? must be cajune cause it be lookin spicy
Well, my father has played E:wom all the way from day one, he has enjoyed playing it through all the bugs & changes, I"m talkin for hours everyday. I keep telling him about E:FE, about everything on the forums & such, but he doesn't care he just says 'that he likes this one' & refuses even to check out anything on E:FE. I just thought this might fit in here with all the E:wom failure talk. Personally am waiting for E
there anyway I could convince yus ta give us a couple more of dem battles? (I love this stuff) could be I might throw a bit of karma your way, given such a kind gesture & all or is this not the currency ye be dealin in?
"Kemo? I am sorry to hear that. [e digicons]:([/e] I hope everything is/will be ok." It's looking like cancer for sure, but the game might surprise us & be good
"I agree! I hope the scrollbar on the wooden boxes text will be removed though." I was thinkin the same thing on Relias's action options scrollbar
[quote who="Magog_AoW" reply="39" id="3022334"]A bit sad to see the same boring landscapes as in WoM. Either completely flat or a mountain. Is it really that hard to create hills?[/quote] Lord Relias in pic 5 is standing on the edge of a hill hills, flatland (grassland, desert, wasteland), mountains/volcanoes, water/rivers, woods - are all here anyway, now we need waterfalls, more 'meaningful' cliffs/beaches, swamps, & caves
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="28" id="3022155"]I said around Thanksgiving. Not before, my friend. In fact, I'm almost positive it'll be AFTER Thanksgiving since we have a 4 day weekend and no one wants to be managing the beta.[/quote] Dratt, I'm gonna have to reschedule my kemo I wonder what's up with the green/black dragon banner, pic 3 has like 3 of them spread out (looks like one might be the leader of those 1 calv/
Pic #4, bottom-middle, is this a winged/flyin creature?