Speeding up battles

RonnyRoy · #1 March 2nd, 2004, 04:01 AM

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Originally posted by Kryx:
It's your money, but isn't that a bit extreme? Sure, it's annoying but

Its EXTREMELY annoying. Im thinking of shelving the game until it is fixed.

70% of the battles i dont even bother to watch, which is a damn shame as it is a huge part of the enjoyment.
It also makes the learning curve higher, obviously.

Pocus · #2 March 2nd, 2004, 12:39 PM

The problem is indeed that to play the game as it is meant to be played, eg as a game full of subtleties, with magic often prevalent in victory you have to watch battles, so that you understand the finner mechanics of dominions.

But when battles drags for minutes, because arrows flies at a leasury pace, or because the squads are moving one by one... Yaaawnn, its rather detrimental to the game.

Slygar · #3 March 2nd, 2004, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by RonnyRoy:
Its EXTREMELY annoying. Im thinking of shelving the game until it is fixed.

Does that mean that its getting fixed? That would be radical, because I really do like the game. Watching battles is part of the fun, but many you just want to skim to see if anything major happened, while you might want to watch a battle involving your Pretender in every detail. It's just too annoying for me to deal with, when the same feature was already in Dom 1.

Heres to hoping..

RonnyRoy · #4 March 3rd, 2004, 05:02 AM

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Originally posted by Slygar:

quote:
Originally posted by RonnyRoy:
Its EXTREMELY annoying. Im thinking of shelving the game until it is fixed.

Does that mean that its getting fixed? That would be radical, because I really do like the game. Watching battles is part of the fun, but many you just want to skim to see if anything major happened, while you might want to watch a battle involving your Pretender in every detail. It's just too annoying for me to deal with, when the same feature was already in Dom 1.

Heres to hoping..

If they are professional developers they will of course fix it. Arent they pros? Any huge flaws like this should of course be adressed.

Arryn · #5 March 3rd, 2004, 05:15 AM

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Originally posted by RonnyRoy:
If they are professional developers they will of course fix it. Arent they pros? Any huge flaws like this should of course be adressed.

Depends on how "pro" is defined. If it's defined as someone who has successfully made a product for commercial sale, then yes. If it's defined as someone who makes their livelihood from programming, then no. The devs at IW do the programming in their spare time. They each work other day jobs that have nothing to do with IW and gaming.

RonnyRoy · #6 March 3rd, 2004, 06:16 AM

That actually explains a lot... There are many small imperfections, that has puzzled me as to why they haven�t been fixed.

But the overall product is so awesome and addictive its strange they havent been headhunted to a bigger company.

#7 March 3rd, 2004, 06:28 AM

Not everything is also considered a 'flaw' in the game, especially by developers. There is also the time to fix vs actual time able to try ratio.

If the qualifier of a pro is to pander to customers, there are certainly alot of unprofessional people out there making a ton of money from people who buy their product.

[ March 03, 2004, 04:29: Message edited by: Zen ]