Maybe I should held off telling all my friends about the game till I got my copy. Live and learn. Looks like the game will be a big hit.
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On plus side I hadn't even posted this article for more than 10 mins when I seen response on the hold up (IN the home section of comments), thank you very much. I will not cancel order and will wait for product to ship. Thank you
I preordered this game on Feb 6. My reason for ordering from EBgames was to ensure the big games stores stocked this item. As of 7:33 PM EST EB'sexcuse for not shipping is waiting for product arrival. I will probably not order any new games from them online ever again this is substandard performance. I contacted their customer service yesterday and have yet to recieve a reply. Any one else having similar issues with EB games?
See my similar comments on a post I made about ship combat and retreat. I feel that having tech that allows you to retreat from battles sort like way Civ IV does it would be nice and allow tech that reduces or elminates retreats options at the expense of combat or defense tonnage. IF retreat was added it should be very low chance something that rarely happens it would get very frustrating to fight the enemy every single time and have them escape every single time with their largest sh
The logistics part makes sense that makes the game sort like Twilight Imperium. Still even in those games you have retreat cards and ablites that pop up. Its a bit unwieldy to say that every single ship fights to the death yet empires will roll over when they know they are beat. I am just saying consider adding a upgrade later on that takes unit withdrawal into account. I could see some races as always fighting to the death no retreat, but the fact is most would rather salvage one or two sh
I have already purchased a copy of the game with a pre order from one the stores. My questions are as follows: Considering that the ai controls the fleet battles is fine, but does the ai consider retreat odds for the ships? Is there somekind of tech you can purchase that gives a better chance of retreat in situation where it becomes obvious that your forces have lost? I am not asking for instant retreat rather that some the ships know their cause is doomed and attempt