John_Hughes

[quote who="LeBlaque" reply="7" id="2666621"]And one important thing that should not be overlooked is that by having the ability to "buff" many spell types, as a result of both additional research and your INT score, it essentially creates many more spells to play with in the game. I'd rather have 100 well-balanced spells of which half could be buffed than 300 unique spells lacking in balance, ingenuity, etc. As Nathikal pointed

[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="2" id="2666618"]Why not, but I don't think th egame will tel you every roll made and what is the real effect of them. What I'd like to be able to see (but an option could let player chose a simpler view of combat) is "AAA attacks. 15 ATK --> Roll 1, but 2 is the minium. BBB has 21 of DEF, rolls 3. 2-3 = -1. Attack failed" Or something like this. But if it's only "you hitted him for 3 points" would be not enough informative. I really want

[quote who="Nathikal" reply="4" id="2666592"]As long as a fireball spell cast by me has the potential to be different from the one cast by another Sovereign, I'll be happy.[/quote] Different how exactly? Like his is always a Fire Cracker and your is always a ThermoNuclear explosion type different?

And if it hasn't changed, and I have not noticed that it has, Pioneers can grab remote resources, non-city based, and get .5 output until a City creeps in or is established. The Food necessity is just that, a necessity and does it job of curbing easily built and Large City Spam. I do miss caravans this build thought. [e digicons]:X[/e]

Good idea really. I would offer another possible solution to the Level(s) issue that could be resolved by having the Spell do damage to more Targets as it levels. So at L0 it hits and damages the "sole selected" target. At every subsequent Level that same spell hits the "selected" target and a number of adjacent tiles equal to its level. <span style="fo

If Graphics really don't matter (make #1) on many gamers lists, then why do the Game Dev's of almost all modern Games keep pushing the Graphical envelope, in such a manner, that those same gamers will/have to buy new and more graphically powerful PC's and consoles? What is the acceptable level? I currently run a Quad Core, 2 GB video, TB drive unit. Anything else may be insufficient if I find a modern game I may li

For ease and simplicity of use make Essence regen be tied to "owned Shards", whether Pioneer captured (.5x) or City encased (1x or 1.5) based. This would encourages both early scouting (dangerous) and City based (safer) at (1.5x) per Shard. Shard types don't matter in regards to regen, but it still matters to which Magic spell types and the need for certain Shards to be owned to cast said spell types. <

Just a real quick scan through the DnD Players Manual, I know the Frog has one too, I found "Alarm" .We could call it "Alert" Sounds like a great "persistent" based spell that could be used to detect enemy movements through certain areas of your realm that you don't quite want to commit a full defensive force or set of structures to look after it at that time. <

How do you set Tactical range to anything but 1 if you have Ranged units, given a Min. 1 tile range? If tactical engagement is set to 2 tiles, then ranged based scavenger (Goodie hunters) types would always face a "get attacked first", "hope to survive" then respond scenario unless you micro'd the shit out of their moves each and every turn on the Strat map. Tha

Anything with a 100+HP, I just stay away from them. I have tested my SoV's abilty to die easily enough. It works very well. [e digicons]>:([/e] My issue is the (undocumented) SoV death and Game ending Loss. It seems after 2 SoV deaths, while I still have a growing City. It can be frustrating when you get caught "pants down." I must add though that I was surp

Here it is before it cooled down some. :)

[quote]"On the other hand have Essence = Max Mana isn't really going over that well. So how about merging the two to determine max mana? Wisdom * Essence = Max Mana. This way wisdom becomes a lot more important since it's a multiplier for you Max Mana. It also means Essence use has a little more leeway in terms of loss. Since players will tend to have a large Max Mana pool it will be more about regen on how much they can cast. I mean the base starting of 10 Wis & 10 Essence wil

With Beta 3 looming, lots of Stuff turned on, it may be a good time to start thinking about “Crunching” , “Teasing” ,“Crying Over” some of the current “Numbers”. At worst this will allow some discussion while trying and do some matching up of existing # vs other units using the current #’s. First up – <span style="fon

[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="33" id="2665387"]The editor seems rather good ... but ... those clocks to change orientation aren't really the best thing I can think of : how can you precisely adjust the wall tiles ? And be sure they are at the same scaling ? Is there a way to change the variables without using the clocks ? And will there be a way to change orientation with the keyboard AND mouse (while you're pressing x you change the X orientation, c the Y orientation, v the Z orientation)<br

This is one example of an Over Rated Single Recruit. [e digicons]:annoyed:[/e]

Placed a City near a Fire Shard. The City was built on Fertile land. Never could get the Fire Shrine to place, despite being available on the pick list from turn 3. City was grown to Level 3 with a Magic. P.S. A reload, after a crash, allowed the Fire Shard Shrine to be placed.

Except the are listed as type "Strategic". Perhaps in Beta 3. ;)

Debug file http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8370296/debug.err MP, 18 turns in, after recruiting a 3-Stack and went into the hole -1455 Gildars on turn 3. :( Very tough sledding after that and no City to be had. &nbsp

[quote who="econundrum1" reply="40" id="2663008"]so the real question when do we get beta 2B? Today? 2B or not 2B that Frogboy is the question [/quote] It is up. Impulse is delivering my copy now. :)

[quote]"If an improvement requires that another improvement already be built we do not list it in the improvement list since we've no way to express to the user why it's grayed out. (Example, the granary, which you can only build after building a farm, wheat farm, apiary or orchard.)"[/quote] How about if an Item has an Improvement that can be added, it would sport a + symbol in its listing box that when c

I wanted to try SupCom 2's Demo... [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] You require Steam to DNLD it. [e digicons]*_*[/e] I was saddened. [e digicons]:([/e]

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="7" id="2662871"] Also, one unrelated question that I keep forgetting to ask but always try to figure out in the game... Is there a way to move items between champions (and the sovereign)?[/quote] 2 ways. 1) Group a SoV and Champion. Select the Stack (I hate that word btw) then select the SoV, open h

[quote]"e) you cant do head shots"[/quote] Whaaaat? cough [e digicons]x_x[/e] cough My Elite, Highly Skilled, Bowmen will Head Shot your arse in a heart beat... LOL! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

I still like the idea of Merging 2 Towns a (L2 + L3) to create a L5 City. Any merger can only be done when the borders of 2 towns meet, say 4 -5 adjoining tiles and you have acquired/stockpiled the required Food to handle to new City size, based on the new merged Population #'s. As it is now, I can drop 2-3 Hamlets pretty close early but they always remain singular in nature. Merging would be an easy way to

[quote who="Raven X" reply="35" id="2662295"] Quoting John_Hughes, reply 34 Quoting Blaze of Glory, reply 30 Ahh, the magic system is broken as Raven X used all his essense and was betrayed! Well, good news anyway! <br