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Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 05:39 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,941
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: "Got Blood?" -- BF Ulm AAR (Newbie)

Turn 9

--

Tien Chi names a Khan his prophet. I believe this means he's playing the Barbarian theme.

I gain 1 Nature gem from a Cursing Witch event.

In Bitra, I take no casualties.
In...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 05:28 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Not exactly. When I do this, I would have 3-4 mages casting the searching spells that my national mages can cast. This doesn't search as well as a...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 05:10 PM
Replies: 129
Views: 18,039
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Golden Age Arcoscephale

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Magical smack-down. Whether that be battle magic, summons, or forging items.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">First, it's Golden...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 04:24 PM
Replies: 129
Views: 18,039
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Golden Age Arcoscephale

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, the Shedu isn't good late-game, but what nonhumanoid Pretender is?

You guys seem to ignore the fact that the Shedu can basically destroy any...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 04:17 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I'm aware of that. However, 'every other turn' is too slow. That's half the rate of expansion, and that's assuming you have a searcher for each army...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 04:06 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">With 2S + 2E:

Forge a Starshine Skullcap. Go to 3S.
Forge a Crystal Coin. Go to 4S.
Forge a Ring of Sorcery. Go to 5S + 3 in all Sorcery...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 03:48 PM
Replies: 129
Views: 18,039
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Golden Age Arcoscephale

Um, yikes. I think you guys have missed the point of GE Arco.

Asking why the units suck is like asking why Mictlan's units suck. Units aren't supposed to be GE's focus.

They lose the...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 03:23 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I already mentioned this. However, you do this, and you lose the balance between the Human Pretenders, because they're not all made alike.

I mean,...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 03:13 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The path-specific spells are also nice (I've underestimated them for a long time). 'Manual' searching is too slow.

<font size="2"...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 02:52 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,930
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: How would you patch this game?

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">This is a good judge as to what is popular. As others have said, you need a little more to gather 'effectiveness'. A question such as, "How useful...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 02:19 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I've noticed that those minions are normally mindbLasted into submission, which isn't really willing, IMO.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial,...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 02:57 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,930
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: How would you patch this game?

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I'm fairly sure you're safe. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">A nice...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 02:49 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">But then, why doesn't the above argument work for the Vampire Queen? What makes the Prince of Death any better than the Vampire Queen to their...
Forum: Multiplayer & AARs June 18th, 2004, 02:25 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 17,289
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: MP Game - Modded nations only

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">There are ways you can do point-to-point, but I'm much more afraid of the Moloch than the PoD.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial,...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 02:13 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I know that was not the intention, Zen. However, what is the use of a mod that no one uses?

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial,...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 01:50 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,930
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: How would you patch this game?

Blitz,

Norfleet's comments are not propaganda; he simply has a very forceful way of expressing his opinions.

The fact is, there IS a lot of whining on this forum. Norfleet may have a broader...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 18th, 2004, 01:47 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Please don't say that. The reason I posted the mod rubric before I made the mod was for precisely the feedback I have received. People more...
Forum: Multiplayer & AARs June 18th, 2004, 01:10 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 17,289
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: MP Game - Modded nations only

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ah, neat. So you can solve all of the 'Pretender problems' with mods. Interesting. But don't you find the Moloch to be a little _too_ powerful...
Forum: Multiplayer & AARs June 18th, 2004, 12:19 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 17,289
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: MP Game - Modded nations only

You can remove the Moloch's Imp problem in a mod? How do you do that (for his sake and for the others as well)? Can you add auto-generation (per turn, not per battle) to a Pretender as well?

And...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 17th, 2004, 11:36 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,941
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: "Got Blood?" -- BF Ulm AAR (Newbie)

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I see it as more of a wall. Slaves are a diVersion.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">At this point, if I want to have any...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 17th, 2004, 11:24 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">If you say so. I don't see it, personally, but then, I haven't played MP.

Another impact of my mod would have been that the computer would have...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 17th, 2004, 08:00 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I knew this would come up. *sigh* Yes, I only play SP. That is because the computer that DomII is installed on cannot go onto the internet, and the...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 17th, 2004, 07:46 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

As a more extreme example, let's take the Arch Seraph vs. the Virtue.

You can say that their chassis is similar enough for comparison.

Their base costs:

Arch Seraph: 65
Virtue: 50

Their...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 17th, 2004, 07:12 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Re: Pretender Balance Mod

While I feel I understand the current rubric behind assigning dominion strength, that rubric is actually not conducive to game balance. I believe that the mod I am making will offer more choices for...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars June 17th, 2004, 06:14 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 8,141
Posted By Scott Hebert
Pretender Balance Mod

As suggested elsewhere, I'm going to try to make a mod that more evenly balances the Pretenders against each other. What I'm going to do is change the criteria on how to assign Starting Dominion to...
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