My opinion is that it should only be brought back as a new game, not using the current engine, and even then, you probably would be better off with a new IP instead, or doing a Fall From Heaven 3.
I'm hoping nothing makes me want a console this time that won't come out on PC. The thing that irks me the most about consoles is that they are pay-to-play for online. (The Wii U isn't, but it's irrelevant to non-Nintendo fans)
what's really needed is buffed lvl 5/7/9 heroes, and when you get beyond that, free lvls for the heroes you get afterwards
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="24" id="3424136"] Quoting glupor, reply 14 Quoting Frogboy, reply 13I am penalizing the dumber AIs by giving them less stuff. This is a significant change from stardocks age old philosophy of a non 'cheating' ai except at extreme difficulties. Not really other than in the sense that the AI is being cheated against (i.e. getting less stuff). I'll be somewhat surprised if people are able to beat the
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="56" id="3422643"] BTW, next time someone says the US should do something because (country in Europe does it) ask them why the EU itself doesn't do it? You want to talk about wealth disparity, look at the EU. Compare the stats of Bulgaria (an EU country) with that of say Germany or Sweden or France. While wealth inequality in the US is much much much better than it is in Europe (again, Europe, not a cherry picked country in Europe),
I don't think it's out of the question that Altarians can't do Mimbari-esque transformations. (and that's the vibe I'm getting from the Altarians right now)
Personally I like the new look- it looks a bit more interesting to me.
Thinking about buying a desktop today. I'm needing a new one pretty quickly at this point I mostly play indie games, fighting games, and TBS games (such as GalCiv) on PC. The first two really aren't that resource intensive (2nd category might-change next-gen) Basically asking will this be good enough to run GalCiv3 well (well being important). I'm assuming quad-core minimum, 8GB ram best.
[quote who="StevenAus" reply="2" id="3423150"] Note, it is still a very small percentage of "us". Most of the LH gamers are very happy with the improvements. But there can be 1000s of people happy, and just a few negative comments which don't represent the majority that sink the ship. Players are not an amorphous blob, but they still get considered as one group.[/quote] One can also make negative coments while being happy, out of a desi
Honestly, I think this is the right call, and I don't mean that in a way to shaft fans of LH. I'm trying to look at it objectively. I noticed some improvements, but LH is still at its core- about war. Probably as it should be. Did seem that AI hardcoding determined warmongering heavily (I'm ok with this, but it was to a bit too much of a degree) I think what people want out of diplomacy in games is a way to prev
Got backup fightstick, Soul Calibur 5, and Tekken Tag 2 for $60 total. Then, I get a deal I didn't want- an $1800 car bill.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="2" id="3419903"] One of the biggest changes you'll see in the AI is data mining. Simply put, player ship designs and tactics are going to be stored on the cloud so that the AI can do data mining on it. I don't plan to actually design the ships this time around but instead look at the stats of the global player force and pick from that. So the top Drengin player won't be the hard coded AI player I put in but more like the top
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The real issue isn't that these countries are small, it's that they are more homogenous, and in Norway's case, has oil riches. That said, just because those countries are small doesn't mean you handwave those ideas. Just because the US is a large, heterogenous countries doesn't mean those policies won't work, or that our current policies do work. If you took this argument to its logical conclusion- it would state that
[quote who="Jafo" reply="52" id="3414642"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 51Who are these "people" who think that the only thing keeping the government from rolling over us is the 2nd amendment. I smell a strawman. Me too. I'd like to think the US Govt is 'above' rolling over its citizenry ....and doubly that no amount of personal gun-keeping is empowering enough to intimidate the world's most powerful/significant Govt. All sounds like '
I don't know if this is feasible, but I believe it would be- and might solve one of the issues with Stardock AI, which is that the AI has tendencies based on Brad which can make it predictable. Adaptive AI. I want an AI that will sometimes (but not always, as that would be predictable as well) know your tendencies from previous games (maybe just count won games), and adjust based on that. If you're a rusher, it will prepare to be rushed- if you econ-
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I really hope you're right.
I don't think customization is hurt by a bad OS. Means more to customize. If Windows makes customization impossible- then Stardock would have problems, but I suspect at that point the industry would be looking for a Windows alternative. I suspect after the OS/2 days, the last thing Brad wants to deal with is a situation where folks are changing OS's or an OS rapidly loses market share.
[quote who="Kantok" reply="25" id="3414775"] Brad doesn't need to acquire other game franchises. He's too busy founding whole new game studios every time he gets bored. [/quote] Brad and Notch need to get into a war and try to one-up each combo in starting up strategy game franchises/studios.
[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="10" id="3415030"] My computer is a 5 years old bargain priced Dell and I really haven't noticed a problem with having Steam running in the background as I play games, am I missing something? Seems like a lot of work for little gain.[/quote] The only time it's really a problem is when your internet goes out, and you're trying to launch the game, and Steam tries to connect to the internet first. Will cost you a mi
[quote who="Kantok" reply="4" id="3414766"] Quoting Alstein, reply 3 Interested in this. Hope it shares some similarities to Kohan, though it doesn't sound like it. Kohan with realistic sized armies.... [/quote] This right here should be a future Stardock game- or Stardock funded startup. I'm sure the Kohan Devs are avaliable/looking for work at this time.
Interested in this. Hope it shares some similarities to Kohan, though it doesn't sound like it.
That's one thing I want Stardock to add to their games in future- an AI that will adapt to what the player's tendencies are from game to game.
Maybe change it to a free tech?
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="28" id="3414233"] My point isnt to single out Australia but rather to demonstrate that governments, even supposedly civilized governments should not be trusted by an unarmed citizenry. [/quote] This is where I agree with you, we've been way too trusting- which is why we ended up with the TSA and NSA overreach. On the 2nd Amendment, I interpret it as citizenry have the right to arms, but the gov
For Euroes/Aussies, it's almost always better to buy direct from Stardock- and Stardock makes the same if not more money out of it that way as well (no cut goes to Steam).
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