Fistalis

Don't listen to them.. your ego is big enough. They are tempting you with the vice of pride. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] No honestly though, Not a huge fan of the end result of LH.. its not a bad game It's just not for me. I stick around because Frogboy is a rarity in that he continues to share his insight and opinions with the community. Even if i disagree with him on a great many things a person in his position who is willing to continue a dialogue with his

[quote who="The_Tsurani" reply="21" id="3420526"] This might be pedantic, but anyone else notice archaeology is spelt wrong in the tech being researched? I noticed quite a few spelling and grammatical mistakes in the technology descriptions in Galciv II, especially the late-game techs, and the occasional odd formatting change like the Precursor History Altarian tech description I think? Those little things annoyed me, due to it seeming...eh... unprofessional in what was suppo

[quote who="ernie leo" reply="7" id="3404081"] I'm running FF on three different computers, its crashed to desktop a few times, but never a BSOD[/quote] This. Well 2 PCs and my phone.. lol As someone mentioned earlier.. BSOD tend to be a deeper issue.. Memory either System ram or video card is the first thing I look at when getting BSODs. THen i start looking at microsoft updates since they have a history of being pushed out only to find out they cause

[quote who="Derek Paxton" reply="7" id="3403409"] I'm also confused as to why you would require 16Gb of RAM and an SSD to upgrade to it. [/quote] If you don't have the hardware to make use of a new OS it becomes less financially viable. IE its not worth it. I bit the bullet and upgraded without upgrading my system... and all that did is delay any major hardware upgrade i may make for the foreseeable future. (since I would need to repurchase

Meh the commerce clause Can, Has and will be used to justify just about anything the federal government wants. Which makes the whole concept of "enumerated powers" moot. I mean its been affirmed that they can regulate what you buy, what you don't buy, what you possess, what you grow, etc etc etc via the commerce clause. Hell they even can use it as the basis for a prosecution if you used an object that crossed state lines. (anyone remember those amish guys who were indicted on the

[quote who="Jafo" reply="30" id="3400030"] Quoting Fistalis, reply 29 I personally find those traits quite endearing Ah.... ...but when you become a site Administrator tasked with policing the 'troll' you find you need to draw the proverbial 'line-in-the-sand'. Your job is to protect ALL Community site users equally. Generally the average User is NOT obliged to 'suck it in' or 'grin and bear it' when confronte

[quote who="Jafo" reply="28" id="3399999"]I don't think of you as one....you simply associated yourself with the traits of the troll.[/quote] No I associate myself with some traits that YOU ascribe to being troll like. Blunt honesty and lack of political correctness and/or diplomatic tact. I personally find those traits quite endearing [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

[quote who="Jafo" reply="23" id="3399896"] Quoting Fistalis, reply 22I've never understood how anonymity turns some people into instant arses. Generally speaking I've never viewed the internet as a place where I can run around being a complete douche cause "no one knows who i am". I'll grant I'm not always the nicest person.. but I say what I think even when its likely to offend. And you say you can't understand it? You're your o

[quote who="Jafo" reply="19" id="3399799"]where their REAL entertainment comes from the occasional mouthfull of the WRONG coffee cup.[/quote] Jafo been stalking me again. I've never understood how anonymity turns some people into instant arses. Generally speaking I've never viewed the internet as a place where I can run around being a complete douche cause "no one knows who i am". I'll grant I'm not always the nicest person.. but I

Good luck with that.

Well at least he can be honest about trying to sell more copies now.. [e digicons]O:)[/e] Welcome Adam.

[quote who="moshi" reply="41" id="3398731"] Samsung builds nice phones, but that they are selling so many of them has more to with a wide product range covering all price segments and with the arrangements they have with providers than with a leadership on innovation (that would mostly be Google anyways, not Samsung). [/quote] You don't have to do it first. You just have to do it better and/or Cheaper. Apple pu

[quote who="Jafo" reply="20" id="3397666"] I think Apple is in the un-enviable position of having gone from 'leader' to 'follower' to Android in one fell swoop. Can YOU spell 'catchup'? ...[/quote] Well for now they still have the Luxury status. Its like saying Mercedes is a follower because Ford has a better market share. There are and for the forseeable future will be people who will go with apple simply because its still considered a luxury

Meh, apple wants to maintain its Luxury Status... they can keep it IMO, I'm perfectly happy with my "commodity" Samsung . [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

[quote who="Primal_Savage" reply="1" id="3397174"] Crystal Quarry (0.5 / season) Crystal Mine (1.0 / season) Crystal Trove (2.0 / season) & Amethyst Vault (2.0 / season)[/quote] This, there are various techs which allow you upgrade the crystal quarry to produce more. If you are to rely on magic items they are a must. IIRC (haven't playe d in like a year) They are all part of the magic tree. Which means you likely had

I love you guys

[quote who="merlinme" reply="5" id="3394980"] As a matter of curiosity, does anyone know how monsters treat players differently above Challenging world difficulty (as stated by Frogboy)? Do they attack the player but not AIs, or is it more complicated than that? I play on Ridiculous and I do find it a bit disconcerting when my town expands over a lair and the monsters head straight for my town, whereas the AI seems to be able to survive with lairs all over the place

[quote who="harpo99999" reply="3" id="3394943"] and a lot of the older hands also lurk unless they have something that they feel needs to be said. harpo [/quote] This... I check the forum a few times a week (far more than I play the game) but post about once a month or 2 .(again far more than I play the game)

[quote who="Frogboy"] I'm going to quit arguing this because there is no way to change the perception of this: The monsters attack the AI just as much as humans. It's a placebo effect when players think they are attacking the other way. Only at difficulty levels above challenging (on world difficulty) do monsters start to look at the players differently. But on challenging or less, it's a random roll without knowing who it's going after. &

can't it be both?

[quote who="Alstein" reply="75" id="3391277"]I actually agree with you that there is a part-time worker trap, and it is caused by government regulation in some areas.[/quote] Funny thing is a lot of job creation we are currently seeing is part time voodoo. They are eliminating full time positions and replacing them with 2 or 3 part timers. The net result is "job creation". [e digicons] Never mind that the net money paid to the 2 or 3 part time workers is less tha

Riddle me this: What happens in a Consumer driven economy when you continually reduce the number of viable consumers? If Joe is replaced by automation, then he can no longer afford to purchase a new car. Without that sale then bill the car salesman has to cut back on his fast food habit. Now Jim the fast food franchise owner has less money to spend on his liquor habit. Etc etc etc Its funny because I work for one of those major "evil" corporations, and a

[quote who="Cackfiend" reply="24" id="3384957"] Quoting Kantok, reply 21 I've always thought of MP in terms of content and features. How many new features or quests/factions/items/heroes don't get created because those resources are spent on MP? My personal desire to play multiplayer isn't high enough that I'd want to sacrifice all that much content or any interesting singleplayer features in exchange for it. Now that

[quote who="Leeovold" reply="25" id="3362210"] If you didn't like FE than you won't like this game. [/quote] Actually disagree with you here, LH took some of the random chance and put some structure behind it which made me actually enjoy the game. If they would do this with more of the elements I would probably enjoy it even more. FE i played maybe 2 or 3x but never enjoyed it due to so much being based on chance unless you were using some min/maxed sov/nation to mitigate the

[quote who="parrottmath" reply="297" id="3361879"] Quoting doomBlackDragon, reply 296 When can we get a non steam version? There is no non-steam version.[/quote] And chances are there will never be one. Like it or not the bottom line is that Stardock understands that it will lose some people by using steam but its willing to give up those people for the new ones that using steam is likely to bring. I'm with you on not wanting a steam copy, howeve