jirkaesch

jirkaesch

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Reply to How do you rank the different schools of magic? in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Lightning bolt (Aeromancy?), for high level sovereign, is a very powerful spell. I tend to see it sometimes as a Win button. - It is very cheap and (lightning) rarely resistive, plus there is no cooldown (yeah!). - You can cast it in a line of 5, meaning with proper positioning, you can hit 5 units. Imho this thread shows that the magic is interestingly set, with multiple ways to victory and preferences. No nerfs needed ;)

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 1.5 changelog in LH Support Elemental Forums

Imho I have one more question. [quote quoting="post"] Players giving tribute are no longer treated as if they are under non-aggresion (ie: you can still declare war or kick them out of your lands, declaring war will cancel the tribute) [/quote] What is the point of the tribute treaty now? I fully agree that it is not some kind of alliance, so the ability to kick them out is viable. I tend to think of it

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Reply to Undead faction as an AI player. in LH Support Elemental Forums

Derek, just curious, will Dead AI get some special algorithms to deal with the specific growth model? I.e. to build proper buildings and to go more aggresively after the other players? Or can the general AI (thinking of Magnar) handle that sufficiently?

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 1.5 changelog in LH Support Elemental Forums

joasoze Dead not available as an AI opponent: https://forums.elementalgame.com/449683/page/1/#3413797 Horses: https://forums.elementalgame.com/449739/page/1/#3413791 Garrisons and other minor stuff: https://forums.elementalgame.com/449774/page/1/#3413781</

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Reply to Diplo AI Might Need Some Tweaking in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

There are several system problems with the current diplomacy machine. - First and foremost, with alliance being placed soooo late in the tech three, they are effectively disabled. This takes out much of the fun, intrigue and complexity we all enjoyed in GalcivII, with coalitions waging epic wars. In FE (LH), from the mid game the cards are set and its just a constant war everybody vs. everybody (concerning AI). Suggestion: Move the alliances more to the beginn

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Reply to Replacing the Tech Trade mechanic in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

With this approach, nearly everything is human-exploitable, I am afraid. Still its a matter of choice: you want more challenging game? Turn tech trading/brokering off. Or do not use it. Or use it only with non-military technologies. The choice is up to every player, but why to deny it entirely? Diplomacy building/bonuses would be still very useful. You can get peace easier. You can make other civs wage war on each other easier. Etc. Tech trading is an important

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Reply to Replacing the Tech Trade mechanic in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Firm and strong YES for keeping tech trading and brokering in the game! Hell, NO greyish and shallow "may I trade my 15 in Magic for your 15 in Warfare?" like in Elemental. And NO to alliances put too late in the tech tree (= essentially crippled). And of course, ltes keep an option to turn it off as well. You dont like tech trading and brokering? Turn it off. Problem solved.

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Reply to Tactical combat. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Yeah, Norseman, I feel your pain. I deeply believe that Stardock will keep the GalCiv to be grand strategy game with tactical battles on top of it, NOT devaluating it! No shortcuts for "less advanced players" or to make the game more "accessible". Research, economy, colony management, diplomacy, politics, warfare...all in great and deep mix [e digicons]}:)[/e]

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Reply to Espionage in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Yeah, I hope the espionage will get significant updates to be really meaningful. Birth of the Federation had really nice espionage system as well...good intel was a strategic factor there! You could steal technologies, ships, sabotage projects, ignite rebelions...and so on.

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Reply to Tactical combat. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Definitely YES for tactical combat. This was (along with shallow ground combat) one of the main missing features in GalcivII. I think SD has obtained large know-how from FE and LH games and tactical combat will be quite fun and challenging :) And of course, YES for the option to turn tactical combat off and rely on reliably autocalc.

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 1.4 changelog in LH Support Elemental Forums

Derek, we really need to fix/rework crossbows . In my current game, Gilden is fielding huge stacks of Marksmen armed with crossbow, which constitute bulk of his force. These guys cannot do more than 2-5 damage on ANY of my units. As I am starting to field plate mail paladins, he wont be able to hurt me more than clink-2 damage. Should he be fielding bows, I could have taken at least some damage and casualties. But with crossbows? He´s essentially a paper tiger, n

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Reply to Yet another question - starting bodyguards in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Thx parrotmath. I decided to swith back to original values (ovewrote modded xml files from backup) and do only small changes: - unit groups changed to 3, 5, 7, 9 - combat xp modifier changed to 0,09 But with only these two changes, I get sometimes bug with city militia: in one case (level 3 town), the melee militia spawned just as 3 solo guys, instead of group of 3 (or5?). What could I have done wrongly? Thx, my last question in this thread:)

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