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Reply to Elemental for 2014 in Elemental Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Borg999" reply="146" id="3445965"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 143 Gods can die. Source? Gods are immortal. [/quote] Ask Klingons.

Reply to How to keep ship spam down. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

High-quality small ships could work if the logistics were low enough, or as defenders, or if larger hulls had a high enough cost.

How to keep ship spam down. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I suspect this idea would hurt the AI, it could be rejected on this alone and I'd understand. One thing I didn't like about GalCiv II (and this applies to SD games in general) is the sheer amount of crappy units the AI tends to generate, which serve as nothing more then speedbumps. Would giving planets auto-garrison ships and making hyperdrive-capable ships really expensive to maintain cut down on this- also maybe have logistics determine

Reply to GalCiv III is in for some though competition in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

The $99 - I paid it because I knew this game would be good given everything going for it at the time. I doubt many of my ideas would get implemented- my theory is to fire off as many shots as possible, and let the devs figure out what works. I wonder if this was the idea behind Planetary Annihilation - though I haven't messed with that much (and promising expansions/DLCs for free for the $99 folks was a great way to do it bet

Reply to The New "Prototype Feedback" in the Vault! in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

BC might end up being called bitcoins instead of billion credits ^_^

Reply to The New "Prototype Feedback" in the Vault! in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="8" id="3443233"] Regarding fluff numbers. I would rather that the fluff be in a tooltip while keeping the numbers on the screen just numbers. For example, I would LOVE to have a system where we are free to have the population of a planet be given the number 9 and have that correspond to say 12.3 billion as "fluff". THEN we could have our own sci-fi scale on things like that (for instance, 1 could be 25,000, 2 could be 1 million, 3 could be 40

Fantasy Game Design in the LH/FE world. in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Scenario: Brad gets hit by an alien armed with a stupid ray, and decides to hold a lottery- winner gets to design another game in the universe, using the same engine, with a reasonable budget and timeframe (one year to get game in a releasable state). You win. What do you guys do? What I would do: Try to make a new game, alternate universe as not to screw things up Factions: Kingdom Faction

Reply to What’s parts of Legendary Heroes do you find the most fun? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

What I find the most fun is building up heroes with levels and loot and then breaking things with those heroes. It's a big reason why I'm enjoying TOME so much right now. In general, I love building in your games- in GC2, it was building up planets and bigger ships, In LH, the heroes are the ships. It's why I never liked the hero XP split, it meant building less heroes.

Reply to It's Very Quiet and We Haven't Heard Anything about 1.6 and Beyond in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

One change I'd like to see in the new patch- option to disable certain factions from AI play (mostly to get rid of the Dead showing up as an AI/free lunch in game)

Reply to It's Very Quiet and We Haven't Heard Anything about 1.6 and Beyond in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Is the 2.0 update and the new game that you guys mentioned for later this year two separate things, or will 2.0 be the new game?

Reply to Net Neutrality Revisited in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

Local involvement is great, but the states block the municipalities from doing something about it. We need the feds to make sure the states can't do that. When TWC tried to cap internet at 5GB in parts of NC in 2008, it was stopped by the cities involved threatening to do municipal broadband. After that, AFP (Koch Bros) , AT&T, TWC lobbied hard to put such onerous rules on municipalities wanting to do this to make it impossible. In 2010, it passed the legisla

Reply to Finding your difficulty level home in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

I always feel like if I have to cheat/exploit to beat an AI, it's not playing the game, it's playing the AI. Generally, super-resource bonuses force the player to start exploiting.

Reply to Please keep in the snarky remarks, I love them! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I have to say the in-game text/humor is one of my fav parts of the series, though I felt it was a bit better in GalCiv I than II (good in both, just a bit more memorable in the first game, though that might likely be due to the circumstances I played each game)

Reply to Net Neutrality Revisited in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

My issues are more fundamental. I don't think that's enough. We need restrictions on what ISPs can do- serious ones, and states should not be allowed to restrict municipalities from doing it themselves. (the latter would be sufficient to stop the problem)

Reply to Net Neutrality Revisited in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

The Kochs do fund it heavily- Americans for Prosperity was heavily behind the NC effort. In more bad and disgusting news- Comcast is making a stake now to be an even worse monopoly- they just agreed to buy out Time Warner. We need federal involvement at this time for the sake of the markets and avoiding corruption.

Reply to Net Neutrality Revisited in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

That's a pretty blatant smear job. Reclassification means the ISPs won't be able to tier off content without government approval- in other words, your ISP could make you pay $20 extra per month to access Steam, or Youtube, and if the other ISP in your area matches (and they would collude), your boned. Especially since municipalities are being targeted for bans on building their own broadband to prevent this sort of thing (already succeeded in North Carolin

Reply to What should I by for a gaming computer? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

I was able to get an 8-core with AMD R7 not building it yourself for 1400 two months ago. That said, what you should spend comparatively more on depends on what type of gamer you are- I wanted something that would play next-gen strategy games and PC fighting games well, so I skimped a little bit on the graphics card and hard drive. (and PC fighting games generally can run on toasters, so no real issues there)

Reply to Star Swarm, the first look at Oxide Games’ next-generation Nitrous engine, is available! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Could this pushing of the fans cause issues for laptop gaming down the road?

Reply to Net Neutrality Revisited in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

They're also trying in Kansas due to Google FIber kicking their asses and forcing them to gasp- improve their service. I really wish the companies that relied heavily on broadband, like Stardock, put some muscle into this fight- it affects them as much as us.

Reply to Elemental for 2014 in Elemental Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Does this mean no sandbox? I could see an asymmetric sandbox working, but might be a real design challenge.

Reply to Net Neutrality Revisited in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/restore-net-neutrality-directing-fcc-classify-internet-providers-common-carriers/5CWS1M4P This petition is close to the 100k needed to get a response with 2 weeks left.

Reply to Elemental for 2014 in Elemental Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I don't want to see customization fully go- but I think it should be limited. No one ever needed units to have chain helms but leather everything else- one set of armor is fine for troops. Weapons should be upgradable, and accessories should be purchasable (with crystal+gold), and unit size should be buffable, Then again, this might be made irrelevant by other changes. I'm also super-interested in individual heroes having individual trees,

Reply to New Demo Video Showing Star Swarm Using the Nitrous Engine from Oxide Games in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I'm not sure which is more painless these days, a one-time phone home or an activation. Both are pretty painless, though I hope GalCiv3 doesn't require the second activation that other Stardock games on Steam have (it seems pointless now- only a minor nuisance, but still pointless since Steam does that and there is no non-Steam version anymore) I can understand why Stardock keeps its current system- it's perfect for their non-game stuff. It just

Reply to Elemental for 2014 in Elemental Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

This really sounds interesting - my initial impression is this might be like the old AOW games. Many ideas I wanted but felt were too ambitious to add to the game realistically, so I am stoked.

Reply to Net Neutrality Revisited in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

The thing is, in regards to Heavenfall: the ISPs try to block government intervention, because they're on record as saying that hurts their profits. They get more profits by offering inferior service. They have incentive to not improve service due to a lack of competition. That's why the Koch Bros and their ilk work so hard to block municipal broadband. (they banned it in North Carolina outside of a couple of cities) Not sure if is passed, but