Why would a ship need to level up to get a special module? How does that make any sense at all? I've got an entire army of R&D creating fancy weapons, why would the crew need to be level 4 before they can get it installed?
If they don't want to make ship battles fancy enough that they become the focus of the game, I really don't think they're going to put a mini RTS in for planetary invasion.
[quote who="ReaperIsRollen" reply="12" id="3448765"] This is kind of a concern for a 4x multiplayer game, how the hell can the matches work when most normal people have jobs, school or.girlfriends? A.I takeover or maybe ur faction becomes untouchable untill you come back? Maybe like a persistant game, I don't know has stardock hinted yet how they are going to do it? [/quote] People have been playing these games in multiplayer for years. It works pretty well.
If you don't want the elite edition, you will have to wait.
[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="54" id="3448695"] Quoting Tridus, reply 53 Because then you have to write several times more dialog, descriptions, and anything where the humor is, with varying levels of humor in the new stuff, then categorize it all so the slider knows what to turn on and off. Adding an option is not a viable solution to this problem (or many others where it's suggested). Hey Tridus, don't get mad, we can always include the o
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="52" id="3448686"] Agree that some comedy gets old. Why not have a check box, or slider, available at each game set up. This box/slider would allow the player to maximize, reduce, or complete stop the 'humor' portions of the game code from running.[/quote] Because then you have to write several times more dialog, descriptions, and anything where the humor is, with varying levels of humor in the new stuff, then categorize it all so the
[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="16" id="3448523"] I agree Sins did it well. That is my point is that games do this with no problem. Honestly I don't see how this could be a lot of work. You will probably rarely do this. Honestly how often do your ships level up. Mine take awhile.[/quote] Sins is an RTS, and it only applies to capital ships and titans, with no custom ship design. Very, very different from Galciv. Having your ships in Galciv gain experience with
[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="66" id="3448586"] By the sound of it, these are all in house. The problem is that it may take (numbers out of my ass) 20 man-years to make a game, but there are constraints on how those man-years can be used. You can't throw 20 guys at it and be done in a year, since some parts have to wait for other things to be done first. It might take 2 guys a year and a half each to get the engine stable (since they're using a custom engine developed in-ho
[quote who="MuLaFlaga" reply="44" id="3448427"] Does that mean that the Founder's Elite Edition will no longer be available after that date? March 27? cheers[/quote] No, they're still selling the elite edition. If they do decide to stop at some point (probably closer to release), they'll make an announcement beforehand like they did with the other (now ended) founders edition.
Cool, people to nag for coop games!
[quote who="Fate" reply="44" id="3448367"] Quoting ParagonRenegade, reply 43It's a reference to the Sins of a Solar Empire forums, where everyone demanded that space ponies be in the game. They were! I always wondered if that achievement in Sins had anything to do with that show.. now I know. I never went onto the Sins boards, probably should have! Fate,[/quote] Most of them were, but mine
[quote who="Stoompowered" reply="36" id="3448227"] Just enough time to get a quick look at how the game is coming along before AoW3 launches How does this alpha work? Do we get the game on Steam?[/quote] You will get a steam cd key for it.
When you get right down to it, this game has a shocking lack of ponies. I mean, think of how awesome it would be if Rarity gave commentary on your ship designs? :D
[quote who="chuck1es" reply="27" id="3448164"] Mr. Frogboy-man, sir: Is the alpha release an intentional shot across Blizzard's bow? Is company rivalry imminent? Will you formaly declare war against Diablo and its fans?[/quote] That seems unlikely, given that it's also at the same general timeframe as Titanfall, inFamous: Second Son, and Age of Wonders 3. Plus it requires a $100 purchase to get in. Reaper of Souls has no reason to be afraid. :) <
[quote who="erischild" reply="17" id="3448147"]Should we have a vote, or let the devs decide?[/quote] Given the screenshots, they've already decided. That's a decision you have to make at the start, because it impacts so many things. They're probably not going to wake up tomorrow and decide to rewrite things to use a 3d map. This is a great thread for people that want to debate the relative merits of 2d vs 3d movement in strategy games, but it's too late for it
[quote who="sleepyx732" reply="27" id="3448148"] Every reply in this thread is a walking misconception of ignorance. He's not saying stardock should do away with the humor, or 'charm' as he calls it. The point is you don't need evil squirrels and teddy bears to be funny.[/quote] Every reply? That would include the one that supports OP... and yours. But sure, I'll stipulate that your reply is a walking misconception of ignora
Looking forward to it, Particularily trying out coop. Don't worry, I will have reaper of souls and age of wonders 3 for my fun quota. :)
Why would the galaxy wrap around?
[quote who="EvilMaxWar" reply="9" id="3447633"] Quoting UnleashedElf, reply 7 Shogun 2 kind of solved this one with a phenomenon called Realm Divide where once you reached a certain point, all AI players would gang up on you. I think once the RD hit, you suffer an immediate massive diplomatic penalty which prompts most everyone to DOW you but if you have really strong allies they may side with you after RD. At least initially, as I think you lose
There's a race that serves up another race as a delicacy. It's probably better to bring some levity, otherwise stuff like that is going to get rather depressing.
This has been done a lot of different ways in different games. I'm not sure I like reducing the units effectiveness, as it has a side effect of lowering the effectiveness of a deep strike tactic (sneak some guys deep into someones territory with cloaking and take a world where they can't react to it). Making my ships slower and weaker makes it harder to do that. If it's not going to go fine grained enough to track things like ammo or feul, maybe it should be a more straigh
Yeah, that wording could use some improvement. Alpha is currently set for later this month, and it gets you access to that.
Endless Space had an economic victory, which was pretty much "I've made so much money that I really shouldn't be able to lose anymore, so I win." A lot of 4X games don't have something like that, so even though your production and technology are so far ahead of everyone else that it's basically impossible to lose, they make you play it out until some other condition is met. Really, what's needed is smarter victory conditions. Brave New World really did an interesti
[quote who="Rudy_102" reply="68" id="3447560"] Quoting Tridus, reply 65Lets just say that for North American developers, those numbers are very, very low. Even if this sum is in Euros or British Pounds? Even if stationed in Canada with their welcoming economical background for developers? If Ironclad made SoaSE for around 750K, smaller team couldn't make smaller game for smaller sum of money?[/quote] Yep. Lets look at Canada since you mentioned it and I happen to
[quote who="DARCA1213" reply="38" id="3447502"] I know. Tridus my Friend. I love ME more than star wars. (sorry galciv you don't have any movies) But regarding Rudy_102s comments... MASS EFFECT IS A PERFECT, PERFECT, SERIES! its my second favorite game. (star wars battlefront2 is my favorite, as I have over 10,000 medals in that game. I think I was the best in the world.) what could you possibly not like? Maybe it doesn't translate effectively in Russian, or your a fo