What did I missed from Dom I.? -> DIPLOMACY!

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by MStavros:
[Do not forget that most of the players are preferring singleplayer here!]

I don't forget it, on the contrary - that's an incentive for me to express my own opinions louder. Anyway I believe the IW people are more interested in MP, they should get at least 10 votes each.

[Jasper]

Originally posted by johan osterman:
Instead of a fully functional battle simulator you will recieve no battle simulator at all, less is more. So no simulator at all is a whole lot of simulator.

Heh. The funny thing is that it's true, as the old battle simulator was basically worthless. ;-) You were better off simply writing a scenario that setup the battle you wanted to test. Most competitive players in fact did just this. :-(

A simple battle simulator that let you pick any troops, equip them with any items, set each sides research levels, and give orders would go a long way towards minimizing the time needed to play Dominions competitively.

It would also lower the learning curve for new players, and be good for testing and bug finding. I would actually be surprised if Illwinter didn't already have something like this for internal testing purposes...

Would such a tool make the game too well known and thus uninteresting? IMHO no, as you still need to predict what your opponent will do, which is the most interesting part anyway.

[st.patrik]

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:

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Originally posted by johan osterman:
Instead of a fully functional battle simulator you will recieve no battle simulator at all, less is more. So no simulator at all is a whole lot of simulator.

I couldn't agree more

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punk.

[Zerger]

Originally posted by Nagot Gick Fel:

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Originally posted by MStavros:
[Do not forget that most of the players are preferring singleplayer here!]

I don't forget it, on the contrary - that's an incentive for me to express my own opinions louder. Anyway I believe the IW people are more interested in MP, they should get at least 10 votes each.

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Uh well, they should focus on SP than. We have lot more single fans, than MP, so what are we talking about at all??

[-Storm-]

Singleplayer is preferred by me too.

[Pocus]

Originally posted by Zerger:
Uh well, they should focus on SP than. We have lot more single fans, than MP, so what are we talking about at all??

I would not say *a lot more*. Check previous polls about the habits of players.

[Particle]

Originally posted by Pocus:

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Originally posted by Zerger:
Uh well, they should focus on SP than. We have lot more single fans, than MP, so what are we talking about at all??

I would not say *a lot more*. Check previous polls about the habits of players.

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From your poll Pocus:

I always play alone with AI only 44% (18)
I sometime play with a friend 24% (10)
I play most of the time in multi players 17% (7)
I nearly always play MP, and SP is just for testbeds&pratices 15% (6)

I sometime play with my friend means that they are playing single mostly, and sometimes multi, if I am correct.

Anyways if you compare:

I always play alone with AI only 44% (18) >>> I nearly always play MP, and SP is just for testbeds&pratices 15% (6)

And yes, I am a singleplayer 'fan' myself.

[ October 16, 2003, 12:06: Message edited by: Particle ]