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[quote who="octaviusviii" reply="12" id="3269399"]some of the OP's complaints are already being addressed so I wouldn't cry too hard. Remember GalCiv2 ? Remember all the work and tweaking they did to that game constantly to make it a fantastic polished classic? Stardock is doing the same thing here. I would recommend instead of ranting that you would post objective criticism and helpful suggestions instead. I honestly can't think of a 4x game that was perfect out of the

[quote who="Lantros" reply="13" id="3269400"] Quoting ntino, reply 10To extrapolate - Sovs play very similary, and just because you picked a mage sov does not mean you will get to do much with that right away. Compare this to some other(the good ones of couuse) fantasy strategy games that feature different races - they will play differently - think of MOM for example. Sovs in this game determine races but there

[quote who="Lantros" reply="8" id="3269380"]@ntino And its a good thing you made your post. I simply wasn´t able not to say "Yeah, but i like the game" What i really don´t understand are comments like from you, harmonius "Every sov. plays the same" I must be doing something wrong. But for me every sov. plays out differently. I don´t play my mage sov. like my melee sov. Why should i do this? [/quote] To extrapolate - Sovs play v

[quote who="Lantros" reply="2" id="3269338"]You may not like the game, some of your arguments are (maybe) valid. But most of it is a matter of taste (the randomness, unit design, quests and heros etc.). Sry to say but "EVERYTHING is poorly designed" and "the game/the core is BROKEN" is simply not true (first point) and nonsense (second point). The problem with the greater picture of a fun game is, its for everybody a different picture. I have a lot of fun with FE. And now? Am i wro

First game I played was on challenging using Tarth - it was not interesting and easy I posted my opinions here and got flamed(by some) because I was playing Tarth on the default settings. I then started a new game with a custom sovereign - I dont remember what perks I went with exactly but it was mediocre - I did not pick any of the stronger traits because I did not want to abuse the game too much. I don't review games but have a background in professional RTS gaming back when few

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[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="13" id="3267217"] Quoting ntino, reply 10I have a question - you say you get gold from mining metal? how? Gold is a metal, and you mine it. I.e. you expand your dominion over a gold deposit via an outpost or a city, and you construct a gold mine on top of the tile in question. You have to tax the income, though. We must be misunderstanding each other. Can you rephrase your question?[/quote] There is a gol

I have a question - you say you get gold from mining metal? how? Also, any role for crystal early in the game?

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="118" id="3267135"] The OP was playing vs AI that has everything for free times 10000 so this was hardly fair? The battle boils down to how sharp the tip of the spear vs. how big the club. Bonuses to the AI help make the club bigger. But an AI has a hard time with sharp spears (figuratively). That is, advantages that allow the human player to create a very powerful stack are more valuable than general economic advantages.

[quote who="Kongdej" reply="115" id="3267096"] Quoting ntino, reply 112You might not like the form I use - if so, just dont reply, at-least directly to me because I get offended easily. Look in the mirror for this sentence... ~ Kongdej[/quote] Dont think I directly attacked anyone other than in defense, but if people dont like my posts just say so I will stop. I was trying to contribute and this is the first forums posts I have made in about 7 years if that

[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="109" id="3267028"] Quoting ntino, reply 105And believe me, no one in star-dock is handicapping the AI not to rush the player so that its "more interesting" to play against. Actually, I believe they are. The AI was at its most aggressive expansionism around .98x I have found that AIs are nowhere as effective in claiming land in 1.00 as they used to be. Something has definitely changed, and I cannot tell what it is. Maybe the AI is sc

Again, its ALWAYS easy to handicap AI aggressiveness for lower difficulty levels, but I would like to believe every developer uses their best AI to play vs you. Most games have different "flavors" for AIs simply because of course an AI cannot play like a human and will make the same mistake in the same situation(very apparent in battle AI - BTW, please introduce different battle AI, such as all out rush, sit back, balanced and others based on evaluating enemy spell

Why are people arguing about what the AI should do?! The AI(artificial intelligence) is designed to do something - in this case win a game of FE. It simply must do so by any means possible. Due to the difficulty of designing a good AI, and the fact that this takes a VERY long time to do (for one you need to understand the game well, which oftentimes the developers themselves don't, or at least they are not

Sorry to flame but I CANNOT BELIEVE how childish some of the posters are replying to threads without even bothering to read. If you think my points are not valid just say so, dont flame people for posting their opinions based on whatever number of games. There are many people who can play a game 100 times and never be able to beat it on normal. Skill is different, and not important and was never the point of my post. Only an idiot would say they are good at a game they have on

[quote who="Emperor_Nero" reply="50" id="3264555"]So let me get this straight, I am not sure how this works because I am of the school of thought that you are a piss poor strategy gamer if you savescum to win, but you're saying the game is too easy but you're save scumming? Save scumming is cheating. Reloading every battle to dive headlong into and lose doesn't make sense to me. Strategy gaming and FE is exemplary of this is about dealing with your decisions. It would be like

[quote who="Lantros" reply="44" id="3264734"] For people that say the game is too easy, we say play Pariden or Resoln. Unfortunately, those factions take a lot of micromanagement and careful strategery to be successful so you'll probably think they're boring and weak. So true. I still try to win a game with Resoln on challenging. (I´m far from beeing a good player.) But boring? Now way. This is what makes FE so much fun. Try, fail, adapt my strategy and try

I was just wondering about the default sov with master scouts. btw master scouts is ALOT better than the average perk. I didn't go with that, chose what I think is an average sov. I am having a much better start than last time but the monsters are also a bit stronger so its good

I am just starting another game. Is Master Scout considered overpowered as well?

I just look at the little statistics help thing that tells me my to-hit% and damage, and often times its WAY off?! Its only my first time playing but vs the same enemy you often do 15 damage and then you do 5, same with enemy vs you, this makes it difficult to play. Also, the fact that the unit of 5 men does 100-20 damage to a unit does not make the game any better of said game mostly consists of such units and all the 'hardcore' players playing sa

[quote who="phazonfreak" reply="22" id="3264320"]Well, I have to agree with some of the posters here that your comments seem a little off while at the same time a little quick on claiming that the game is too easy. You demonstrate one specific game with one specific setting in order to deduce your opinion about the game as a whole. In the middle of the text and in the very last sentence you claim that you would be happy to learn about different settings that might increase the joy of playing

[quote who="Trojasmic" reply="19" id="3264305"]I think a lot of people play one game of FE then post all the things that are wrong with it. What they don't realize is that they are reporting their findings based on playing 1 of 8 very different factions not to mention a randomly generated map that may or may not have had the resources, monsters, quests, fertile lands, opponents, etc., to your liking. In addition, and this is important, the AI will use your unit designs against

[quote who="rvgr" reply="13" id="3264215"] You have played one game, where you picked a faction that you knew to be unbalanced, picked a very favorable favorable setting for that faction (reduced landmass and the number of opponents), ignored the bulk of what makes this game interesting (taming the wildlands, questing, etc), didn't even finish the game, and now you're posting here about how the game is too easy. How about you win the game first? Post your ridiculously high

I think heroes are WAY too cheap for what you get - building units/buildings costs a lot more WHY?! make heroes expensive then people will start building units. DOH. Also, for flavor, make other requirements for recruiting heroes, such as techs of building some building or only can be recruited by a hero of a certain kind of certain level

its very simp[quote who="rvgr" reply="8" id="3264157"] Quoting ntino, reply 7 I see some people are playing vs 10 or 18 opponents - do you ever finish your games?! Certainly. And I have fun doing it. erratic diplomacy would mess everything up Not in my experience - then you would really need to start reloading and saving your games if the AI is any challenge. That's just not true. There's no need t

[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="44" id="3264139"] Many of your other points, I agree with. But I have to ask you. How do you avoid luck having a great deal of weight? Total War does it by having tons of individual soldiers, so at the end, it averages out. Alpha Centaurus, Battle of Wesnoth, etc... pretty much removed luck, from what I remember. I enjoyed them all. I just feel that be restoring, you remove the joy of actually getting thi