Because specialists are used for soldiers (which are not tied to a city and attaching them would impose overhead), at best you could create a local resource that is done like specialists and is used by buildings (thus limiting the number than can be used in a given city). That is assuming the creation of such a resource is possible.
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="101" id="2826902"]Are the dire penguins for sale? [/quote] Maybe. 0 K = 0 Kelvin = Absolute Zero.
Stab of Ice Lance of Winter Frost Giant's Fist Artic Wyrm's Claw Dire Penquin's Peck of 0 K Doom ... From what I have read, there are only 5 spell levels.
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[quote who="KingHobbit" reply="9" id="2826872"] I hope not, they are all ready seeding to much resources and food into the game as it is. Edit**** I want them to add the random creatures back in to kill the caravans that aren't protected. [/quote] They have previously stated that resource tiles will be reduced, and the ability of cities to create resources without tiles increased.
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[quote who="charon2112" reply="5" id="2826286"]Now that the caravans create money and not food, how do we make up for that lost food in the game? Will there be more food resources? [/quote] You will be able to build farms without fertile land.
[quote who="NoobFukaire" reply="24" id="2826429"]Right, except that a lot of times the real issue is that the dev is relying on some behavior that one family of gpus exhibits but doesn't exist elsewhere. Then it "becomes a driver bug" for that other family of GPUs that the behavior is different on, even if it's really a misapplication of an API or failure to understand the specification on the dev's part. Lets just call it "magic." [/quote] Except when the game works&n
[quote who="NoobFukaire" reply="22" id="2826399"] How Nvidia packages the different ASICs they make has little impact on how many there actually are. You seem to be under the false impression that each card offering has different underlying core hardware. [/quote] They say hardware, but they mean hardware AND software they did not create. There are cases of games working fine on most graphics cards, but then some have buggy drivers that cause the rendering process to fa
[quote who="JSJ101" reply="7" id="2826396"] More specifically, what I meant was, "With current mechanics, why have more than one shard type at all?" Other than the obvious history of the game mechanics. [/quote] For requirements to cast the really big spells that can change the course of the game with one casting... or win it out right.
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[quote who="CrazyHarlequin" reply="29" id="2825691"]I don't see why the idea of 'spending' Diplomatic Capital is so difficult to understand. Let's use a real world comparison. You are at the bar with someone you don't really know who seems surly and often says the wrong thing at the wrong time. Due to this you have a bit of a stand-offish relationship with the guy. You're also there with a fun fellow who tells great jokes and makes you glad that he's around. Even though you don't r
[quote who="JSJ101" reply="2" id="2825779"]Played AoWSM. I'm not sure I see your point? [/quote] You will need more mana than buildings and the Sovreign give (I suspect the buildings will be like the Mana regen building and be one per nation). At 1 mana per imbue (at at least that much per other persistant spell) and building having +2 and sovreign at +3, shards will be of great importance.
See Age of Wonders.
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I am looking into getting it through the college I go to (I will need to visit IT to get some idea for the form that goes to Microsoft, it is confusing). Their 'update advisor' program has issues though (there was at least one Microsoft device driver it could not tell if it would work with Windows 7). From using it in the schools computer labs, I hate Win7's UI; hopefully like with Vista it can be set to use something more functional... like Windows Classic.
[quote who="Bearussr" reply="30" id="2825547"](*** Beta requires an internet connection to play ***) This is not going to be in the final game? It is just to report bugs and such stuff right? I do NOT support only online connection games! [/quote] Of course it will not be in the final game, as it is not in the normal game; thats why it is specifically mentioned.
[quote who="Sherekhaan" reply="14" id="2825495"]I don't see the fix to mount animations in tactical battles being torturously long; unless of course it was cunningly hidden. Please tell me that is in this build... [/quote] That was said to have been fixed before now; my guess is it is in but unlisted (or hidden).
If it has not already been considered, it would be nice if spells could be tied to more than one spell book. For example, the volcano spell could require the earth spell book and the fire spell book (and possibly terraforming).
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How about allow DC to be used to force diplomatic agreement? With the DC cost being a function how favorable the AI would see the deal and the relative military strength of the players involved.
Din's Curse was this year.
You may want to look at Din's Curse.
[quote who="-RAISTLIN-" reply="9" id="2822840"]i like being a duel-weapon-wielding mage who casts priest spells and fighter abilities[/quote] Almost the same here, though it is Exploding Arrows (ranger skill) instead of priestly stuff.
[quote who="-RAISTLIN-" reply="5" id="2822672"]LOVED the original, despite its shortcomings. One of the best RPGs to come out of Europe for sure. Enjoying the re-release, there's definitely more polish in the title. The only issue i have is that the rebalancing has made the game far too easy. before, normal difficulty was absolutely BRUTAL, but i liked it that way. it really gave a feeling of achievement. now on hard difficulty, im level 24 and basically untouchable. considering the combat ga
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="3" id="2822585"]Posting in the hopes that someone will bump this thread when securom is removed.[/quote] Oh, it will get bumped. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] *bookmarks the thread* The other option would be to get the disc version (which will use a disc check) or the XBox360 version*, but they have yet to get a publisher for US retail. * The PC version is not a port, they were developed simultaniously but separately.
[quote who="TheProgress" reply="1" id="2822561"]SecuROM = no buy. [/quote] Then keep it in mind, as the DRM is only for a limited time period, after which it will be removed. [quote]As some people posted already on the forum, for our previous games we deactivated the DRM at some point and we'll do the same for this one.[/quote] http://www.larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.p
... has finally come to the Impulse store a week after its release. [e digicons]B)[/e] It contains a remastered version of Divinity II: Ego Draconis (which was a great game) and the expansion Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance. The original game is quite fun with lots of interesting side quests and exporation. If it comes anywhere near the 100 hours of gameplay as the Impulse Store description claims, it is a great deal for people that like RPGs and/or dragons and is getting f
1) I do not know, but I suspect it improves movement speed and possibly the output of the caravan. 2) Each research has a base chance of being researched. Every time it does not show, the chance of appearing increases (this may also include times it does appear, but you do not select it).
[quote who="Sethai" reply="114" id="2822343"] so it looks like the lots of channelers strategy will be much more balanced, but there will be no real incentive to go after the hoarding-power strategy, which is a shame. please tell me there will at least be SOME advantage to not imbuing? ---- i also see no reference to combat speed as a stat? does this mean (as i may dare to dream) that combat speed (or iniative if it is being reinvented) is no longer a stat that can be
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