Re: AI Campaign => For a Challenging AI opponent
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Alneyan,

As the AIC event file is now, we play with both Good events and Bad events; possibilities.

I believe that PTF has now proved that Lucky and Cursed does in fact work, from a previous patch.

With the fact that Lucky works as a trait now and that, Good events will defeat the purpose of Lucky because; Lucky only reduces the Event percentage and not actually, reduce any certain class of an event action.

The pulse of the AIC Players is that they like Both Good and Bad events in the mix.

I feel both cannot exist any longer, so they will have to choose, with Good Events to remain in the mix, Cursed must be removed and lucky reduced as an improbable Multiplayer choice.

The fate of the Fate shrines use of CBEC is based on that above decision as well.
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Simply rename Lucky and Cursed so they no longer have any connotations of luck. Just make it so the new "lucky" means fewer events, the new "cursed" means more events. They need not be dependant upon good and bad chances and all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Yes, that was what I believed JLS, but I hoped I was wrong this time. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

As for the Fate Shrine, you could also suppress its ability to reduce the chances for events, or even maybe give two facilities, one with this ability and the other one without (possibly linking the first one with Lucky)? That way, the player would have the choice to reduce or not the chances of both good and bad events.

For the Lucky and Cursed traits, I would say change the descriptions like Fyron said and perhaps decrease the costs of these traits. From what I saw in the events file, there are more bad events than good ones, so Lucky is still a bit positive, but not as useful as it was when there were only bad events. Lucky would then be quite similar to Emotionless, as this trait would be both an advantage and an annoyance.

In short, I would rather see the good events remain in the game than removing them to leave Lucky, Cursed and the Fate Shrines like they work in the vanilla game. My two organics worth. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: AI Campaign => For a Challenging AI opponent
 

How about the fate = good thing to happen (if it can be done)

Re: AI Campaign => For a Challenging AI opponent
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">JLS said you cannot "reduce any certain class of an event action." so I gather this cannot be done. However, I am no modder so who I am to speak about the feasibility of such things. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

IF this could be done, then the best would be obviously: Lucky improves the odds for a good event, Cursed increases the odds to have a bad event, as QBrigid wrote. But given how the event file and the ability one looks like, I would say you cannot do such things. I hope I am wrong though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: AI Campaign => For a Challenging AI opponent
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm afraid you're not. There is no flag for good/bad in the event sets.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Excellent

Re: AI Campaign => For a Challenging AI opponent
 

[quote]Originally posted by Alneyan:
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is doable http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Outstanding point Alneyan, and easy to do, we just make sure there are more Bad then Good in the mix. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
What would you recommend 2 to 1?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It looks like some good compromises to me, which may keep every won happy…

Sounds like a Win + Win to me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: AI Campaign => For a Challenging AI opponent
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm afraid you're not. There is no flag for good/bad in the event sets.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Good point PTF, maybe se5 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: AI Campaign => For a Challenging AI opponent
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">As PTF pointed out this cannot be done, their are no flags.

However, I am sure we can come up with a worthy action/ability to replace CBEC for the Fate shrine http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
What are your thoughts, Mottlee?

[ September 13, 2003, 02:00: Message edited by: JLS ]