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How would you structure the mechanics of city type changes? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

So you conquer a city that is a fortress and want to convert it into a town. Rather then raze and rebuild it would be nice if there was an option to initiate a construction project to convert it. How would you suggest such a thing work from a mechanical perspective? Method 1: I think it should put the city into "conversion mode" which: 1. Deletes all current build orders. 2. Demolish all specialized buildings. 3. Cooldown of 1 turn per city leve

Reply to [suggestion] Master quest always available in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Mordbrenner" reply="1" id="3230097"]Another idea would be to select "just a few turns more" after you fulfilled a victory condition.[/quote] It isn't and I made that request too.

Reply to FTL in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Well at least it gave you that achievement...

Reply to FTL in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote who="KlaxXxon" reply="14" id="3229628"]Why is that? Most of the higher level weapons I have seen are rather focused on some specific strength of the lower level ones[/quote] Every single weapon upgrade in the game has worse DPS per energy then the lower end version. (Ion 2 has double rate of fire but 3x the energy cost for identical damage... most have longer recharge rate). Max energy for weapons (at least on the default cruiser) is 8. You simply cannot go higher then

Reply to FTL in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

It already has heavy startrek references... And you should be jumped away from those stars with a hazard ASAP, then you can finish repairs quietly in the next area

Reply to FTL in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="KlaxXxon" reply="7" id="3229398"]Damn I hate when those mantises board me. Especially when they spawn in/get into the oxygen room. That is game over (I can't suffocate them then, because I always fail to repair the the oxygen room with zero oxygen there). My poor Zoltan dudes just can't take a mantis in a fight ;( But I love the game. Even though it just screws me over every single time [/quote] upgrade to blast doors, this forces them

Reply to defeating Morian in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="bananafishbones" reply="8" id="3228855"]The land finally cleared when another quest spawned a quest within the "green zone". When this unrelated quest (dragon quest) was completed, the land converted. [/quote] I have never seen a land convert... I have seen the ZoC disappear when I slaughtered every single creature of that "side" but the land remained as is.

Reply to What is this pioneer spam people keep on whining about? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Peter Ebbesen" reply="15" id="3228810"]This is because of your terrain setting when generating the world and pretty much always happens when you choose to generate desert worlds, and often when you choose ravaged, swamp, and balanced worlds. In balanced worlds some areas are usually good for pioneer spam while others are decidedly not.[/quote] That makes a whole lot of sense...

Reply to Every hero needs a horse or a warg ... in FE Beta Elemental Forums

I meant its a mess to code not that it has to look like a mess... you can certainly make it look and work well.

Reply to This is like Skyrim, only instead of smiting we have TBS in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="16" id="3228473"]taltamir I think the first post is confusing. It sounds like you agree with us, but when I read the first post it seems like you want to tune the game to more strongly focus on the RPG aspects of it.[/quote] No, I am saying EITHER thing is fine and an improvement from current status. Admit that from the first beta of WoM to the latest version of FE for every single version in between you had an RPG with town building being what s

Reply to This is like Skyrim, only instead of smiting we have TBS in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nehanski" reply="12" id="3228467"]And that is a problem of balance. This shouldn't be all about two legendary heroes conquering the whole world (and having a few cities that you can disregard whatsoever). It's a turn-based 4X game with *some* elements of RPGs (hero development, quests). Every win should come from creating a well-working kingdom, not by running around with two guys.[/quote] Yep... And that is wholly my point. This is MEANT to be a 4X game...

Reply to This is like Skyrim, only instead of smiting we have TBS in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="11" id="3228465"]They made a TBS with RPG features. That the RPG parts of the game are "stronger" right now is a balance issue. I'm certain we will see heroes nerfed in beta 5 because of this.[/quote] The RPG features were stronger since all the way back in the first beta of WoM. And I am outright PROPOSING appropriate balance changes in the very first post. I am proposing is to increase the quantity of armies by reducing building build

Reply to Every hero needs a horse or a warg ... in FE Beta Elemental Forums

The prone avoidance is obviously done for mechanical reasons... Think about it for a second. A horse and rider being knocked prone TOGETHER and then getting up together? It will LOOK ridiculous and it will also be ridiculous in terms of physics... So what should happen is either the rider is knocked off the horse and the horse keeps on running... or the rider is knocked off AND the horse is knocked off... at which point 1 unit became two units (rider and horse) and its a kluck

Reply to This is like Skyrim, only instead of smiting we have TBS in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote]It's a turn-based strategy game, a TBS[/quote] Typo. I used TBS 2 times and RTS 1 time in the original post. Edited to be TBS all 3 times. [quote]Can't help but feel you have the whole thing backwards.[/quote] The developers MADE an RPG with a TBS distraction while INTENDING to make a TBS with an RPG distraction. The TBS portion is massively more fleshed out as it received significantly more developer attention... but winning the game com

Reply to What is this pioneer spam people keep on whining about? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Trojasmic" reply="1" id="3228209"]Sssssshhhhhhhhh![/quote] Oh I see :) [quote who="Tuidjy" reply="2" id="3228229"]I'm doing a playthrough right now, and on turn 35 I have 3 cities, 6 outposts, and 4 active pioneers. Some people may call that spam.[/quote] Custom race, custom sov, got lucky and was able to find a river AND woods for capital site withing walking distance of starting location (settled on turn 2). And it sounds like the lack o

Reply to [Questions] A few questions about 0.952 in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="windscion2" reply="1" id="3228148"]2) Some spells require, e.g., water 2 and air 2. This gets more complicated, plus you get problems where you get Air III w/o the pre-reqs, so you get 3-for-the-price-of-one. This way is easier to code, which means fewer bugs to sqquash, which is a Good Thing(TM).[/quote] Air, water, fire, earth, light, and dark spells are actually the EXCEPTION to this rule. Where upgrades REPLACE lower tier abilities. A sov who gains Earth 4 will

This is like Skyrim, only instead of smiting we have TBS in FE Beta Elemental Forums

This game is a hybrid between RPG and TBS. Perfectly matching the power of the two is very difficult and for people just trying to win rather then "enjoy the ride" (something that is unlikely to happen unless significant sandbox elements are introduced) choosing to use the one (TBS or RPG) that is more powerful (RPG) as a path to victory just makes sense. I believe that the lore supports the RPG element being the more powerful one and I see no issue here. So there is nothing wrong wit

Reply to [Fix] How to fix the biggest problem in 952 in FE Beta Elemental Forums

This game is a hybrid between RPG and RTS. Perfectly matching the power of the two is very difficult and for people just trying to win rather then "enjoy the ride" choosing the one that is more powerful (the RPG portion) as a path to victory just makes sense. I believe that the lore supports the RPG element being the more powerful one and I see no issue here. So there is nothing wrong with super sovs... in fact its the main theme of the game. This is like skyrim only instead of cookin

What is this pioneer spam people keep on whining about? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

What is this pioneer spam people whine about? (v0.95 to 0.952) 1. The land is in shambles and 99% of it is ineligible for colonization. The limit on my city building is that I can't find a valid spot to build not the time it takes to spam pioneers. 2. Population only gives gold, production and research comes from buildings. Spamming pioneers means I don't have buildings means I am hopelessly behind. (building a careful balance of a few pioneers and many build

Reply to [0.952] No way to see how many turns remain on non-agression, no way to break non agression in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Good idea, so: 1. Ability to SEE how many turns remain in an non aggression pact 2. Ability to break non aggression with the result being a high political cost. 3. Separate non aggression from open borders.

Reply to [.952] Horses are ridiculous in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote]I would easily pay 200g for a horse with only +1 move, its that good. [/quote] I would pay more, move is the most important ability a hero has by far. But that is what horses DO, they improve movement... However, it is a HORSE... how hard is it to ride an animal? How expensive would one be? The fact it requires a ridiculous 80g (considering game economy prices) and a ludicrous 2nd tier warfare tech (which is much more expensively then second tier techs in

Reply to [0.914 - SUGGESTION] Thoughts on the current Magic system and moving forward in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Glazunov1" reply="39" id="3225524"]We've had numerous threads about how the magic system can be made better. Each one is different, and each time many people come forward to say how wonderful the changes would be. Seems to me everyone has their own way of improving magic in FE.[/quote] Actually, this is a case of "current situation is so bad that so many things would be an improvement" rather then every single person having a different idea of what magic SH

Reply to Every hero needs a horse or a warg ... in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="ins2" reply="18" id="3225174"]I'm sorry but I don't like this idea - first of all, it would look ridiculous as heroes would have to go bootless and armors would remain incomplete because they have to ride a horse...[/quote] Currently the ONLY boots worth wearing are the +1 speed boots. Your arguments are sound though. so how about making horses incompatible with those boots and no other boot type? That way you could wear some actual armor on your feet.

Reply to [Suggestion] Make expelling units from your territory treaty based in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Supreme Shogun" reply="9" id="3225186"]Also need to address the stupid pioneer who got thru and built a crappy little outpost on the edge of your territory. Which usually creates a new border adjacent / overlap yours.[/quote] Oh yea, I had carefully positioned an outpost such that once I upgraded it with the +1 zone of control it got several mines at the edge of its range (3 squares). I built the mines. Then the AI sends a pioneer and builds an outpost such that it

Reply to [Suggestion] Make expelling units from your territory treaty based in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="CHiZZoPs" reply="1" id="3224757"]In addition, we need to separate the non-aggression pact with an open borders treaty. Just because I dont want war doesnt mean I want to open my borders to them![/quote] This plus the OP's idea really need to happen.