ETA for SE5?
 

Does anyone knows when is coming out?

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By Spring 2006 is a good guess...

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Thanks.

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Wait, it isn't out yet.... then where did I get this copy?

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No bragging about beta, or we drop your computer from a height.

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That's so strange...same thing happened to me. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

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I ordered SEVI the other day. You guys should get with the current version. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I got my copy from Fyron, he sent it as a gift.....

//They will never suspect my evil plot to get fyron kicked out of the beta//

Mwahahahahahahaha

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Just thought I'd let you all know, I've been cleared by Aaron and SF's Marketing Department to let you know that the official, set-in-stone, will-be-out-no-matter-what, shipping date of Space Empires 5 is.....













When it's done. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Go on and hate me. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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Well, that's a relief, considering all the unfinished, patched-on-release-day games lately.

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agreed I'd rather have games done rather than done 80% and declared done by marketing. then you hear about all the sutff that had to go at the last moment and all the bugs and then you curse.

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*groan* Oh noes! SEIV beta started way back in ... well, I can't quite remember. I know the planning started around 1998, beta I think was sometime late 1999 or 2000... and we're STILL getting patches to it, at the end of 2005!

We're not gonna get it until 2010! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/skull.gif [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Poison.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif[/img] http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/skull.gif

(Ok, ok, so there was Dungeon Odyssey and Starfury in between... but still)

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Starfury was just making the engine for se5 and

Dungeon Odyssey was just WTF.
Ragnarok from 1992 is better, granted Ragnarok beats just about every other modern RPG also...

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Final Fantasy Tactics for the playstation was my favorite, but I grew up with the Dragon Warrior series for the NES. My 4 year old was playing the original the other day,She wasn't doing too bad for not being able to read yet. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Might and Magic VI I thought was a good game. I play adom at work every once in a while, but I was never a big fan of "die and start from the begining" type. Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter had an interesting save system though, but I haven't gone far into that game yet. I'll have to give Ragnarok a try, I'm always up for a new RPG, there just arent enough good ones out there.

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Anyone here play Guildwars?

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I never got into the online games, partly because I don't have the money for the montly fees, and partly because I don't have internet at home. At the time I looked into it I couldn't see paying 20-30 dollars each month for the little time I had to play. I did play a free demo of something along the lines of an MMORPG, It was aimed more a kids though. a free trial aimed at kids meant there were alot of people running around not knowing what they were supposed to do. I wouldn't mind trying out something like Guildwars, but for now I'm stuck with single player RPG's

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Guild Wars has no monthly fee. You still have to pay for Internet though, which might run around $20 a month for low end DSL from SBC (they have special deals all the time) or similar.

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Thats not so bad. It's been a few years since I had internet at home. I gave up when I couldn't find a reliable SP that wouldn't try to shaft me. My current comp isn't worth fixing for internet though. Maybe I'll give it a try sometime.

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Wolfman77: You can get around Adoms' total death syndrome by simply copying the savegame into a backup folder.

But in my opinion, this does take away something from the experience. (Doesn't mean I don't do it, though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif )

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Thought about that. You are probably right about it taking away from the experience, but after spending 15 minutes creating a character, then dieing the first battle. I did that three times trying to figure out the game. Then the next five times I died in the first dungeon, a couple times from starving. Man thats annoying.
I always liked being able to do stuff as slow as I wanted and not being a slave to a timer, but I also don't like to lose something I spent a long time working to build. I realy like the weapon system in the game, and I think I like the magic system, haven't played long enough to see that though. Maybe If I can learn the game a little better I won't need the backups.

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Well, that's a perfectly good reason to backup.

Spoiler space in case you don't want some tips.











Tips: Bats, rats, wolves, dogs - As long as the're not rabid, eat the carcass. Doesn't matter if your character isn't hungry.

Doors: Leave the locked ones for last. Then, always kick them from a diagonal, if you can. Some traps only hit the square in front of the door. Won't keep you perfectly safe, but it'll help.

Worms: Unless you want to farm some XP and weapon skills, kill them the instant you see them. They replicate.

Alignment: Don't attack non-hostiles; it moves your alignment towards E.

Scrolls of Identify, Potions of Bless: Use the potion on the scroll. Presto, it now identifies everything in your inventory.

And that's all I can think of now.

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Thanks for the tips. The food issue is hard for me to get used to. The Doors tip is a good one for almost any RPG, at least the ones I've played. Good to know about worms, I'm sure I will farm some from them at some point. I didn't know about the non hostile alignment change, but it makes sense now that you mention it. Is the scroll potion combo a one time use?

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Yep - Both scrolls and potions are one use each.

Also, carcasses that have an element name by them - Like Fire beetle or fire lizard tend to do stuff like give you the appropriate resistance. Basically, eat (Almost) anything non-sentient. Some things have negative effects; a good indicator is common sense. Oozes, for example. Common sense says don't eat.

Some of the people in the village will give you quests; the village fool has a few usefull things to say - Explore options.

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Hehehe... that makes twoof us http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif