tetleytea

tetleytea

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

My opinion: Game architecture is art; not science. Pleasing everybody is not possible, nor is it even the right approach. However, there is such a thing as good art and BAD art. It's completely subjective, but the majority does rule in that regard (it's why America VOTES on American Idol).. Due to the long-duration game this is, I don't think either the CEO or the COO have the time it takes to really work this piece of art. The game balance issues are rea

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Reply to ST:D in Life, the Universe and Everything GalCiv3 Forums

I can accept some illogical on Orville. They are trying to be funny; I can reasonably expect them to defy logic from time-to-time. ST:Discovery, though, not so much. I think I'm liking Orville a little bit more than Discovery right now. Plus, there's Discovery's opening sequence they play before every episode: um...no shots of space??? It's Star Trek--I expect shots of SPACE in the opening sequence. Look at Next Generation. Space. Lo

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Reply to ST:D in Life, the Universe and Everything GalCiv3 Forums

I'm not as impressed with the last two episodes. It's a step up from Enterprise, but big plot holes. So...they corral this big man-eating beast which talks to spores, and that creates their navigation system. And with that beast-run navigation system they warp to a mining colony, kill 4 Klingon vessels, and save the colony. Nope, no leap of logic there.

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Reply to Open Letter to Stardock in Sorcerer King GalCiv3 Forums

This is awesome on so many levels. I didn't even know SK was a thing. However, it does have a 7 on Gamespot. I've said it before, but I want nothing more than for Stardock to succeed. Pump 3,000 jobs into Detroit. It's really a nice area, if they just could attract more IT people. Windsor, Frankenmuth, Ann Arbor are sweet. There is no diminishing what Brad has already done on that front. The debugger person me says that SK might suffer

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I'm not sure how much better the rebalancing is ever going to get, to be quite honest. We might be spinning our wheels in circles. However, new campaigns using the Crusade rules would be a clear value-add. Plus I think management would be comfortable delegating the creation of new campaigns to other people. The campaign EDITOR, maybe not so much, but the campaigns, probably.

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I agree, narratives tend to be a bit static, and one-and-done. Something innovative might be doable by expanding on the ideology events some more. I tend to view narratives as rewards for winning, so I'm okay with there only being a "winning" narrative. Even if I play through a game just once, though, because it only has one narrative--I still bought the game. And don't regret the purchase. I played through Dragon Age only once, with the exception of the very e

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote]It is clear that narratives in games matter. [/quote] Looking at my own actions, I have to agree completely. I'm about replayed out with playing sandbox. Played every race. Played all the different galaxy sizes. Abundant this, rare that.... The only game I lost was the first Snathi Campaign mission (which I lost many times), and that is one of my favorite maps. If you published DLC with new campaigns, new narratives, I

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Reply to The Orville in Life, the Universe and Everything GalCiv3 Forums

[quote]Perhaps surprising to some, people that work and are comfortable around each other often joke like that.[/quote] Other than the occasional talks from HR and the sexual harassment training.

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Reply to Please Please repeat Treasure Hunts in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

I just know I have a few mega shipyards and a bunch of riff-raff shipyards. I don't want the decay. It's the riff-raff that are a micro nightmare. People are sponsoring faraway shipyards and taking the decay simply because of all the micro. Just auto-repeat the riff-raff and produce a stream of income.

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Reply to Planets not sponsoring shipyard in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

After reading this, I created a thread under Future Ideas, asking that Treasure Hunters go on auto-repeat. If you agree, you could reply in agreement. That way we could create Shipyards on every stray planet, 0 decay, and just have them auto-generate cash for us without all the micro nightmare.

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Please Please repeat Treasure Hunts in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

Stardock, Very simple enhancement that would mean the world to me (and I'm sure others would agree). I have spent hours of my life bringing up Idle shipyards and repeatedly clicking "Treasure Hunters" over and over again. May we please put Treasure Hunters on auto-repeat, the same way you do Recruit Citizen on planets? It is a micro nightmare, and I can see no way it would have a deleterious effect if you added auto-repeat for that.

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