A prioritized and hopefully realistic Wish List for 2.13

Norfleet · #1 July 16th, 2004, 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by CUnknown:
1) Are games often won without the use of SC's?

Yes, they can be, in very small games where you often rush your opponents before the game reaches that phase of development. SCs are, however, an inherent core aspect of the game, as evidenced by the fact that many pretender choices are geared towards having a big, mean, asswhailer at your disposal from turn 1.

This question can be like asking, "Can wars be won without tanks?", though. Yes, they can be, but the alternatives tend to be bloody, gruelling, and tedious.

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2) Are games often won without the use of lifedrain in any form?

Once again, in very small games where people rush each other from the beginning, before SCs and item forging enters the picture, lifedrain does not necessarily manifest itself. Given that an overdependence on lifedrain can be countered by the use of lifeless units, many of which can be had very cheaply, and will eventually exhaust anything that isn't 0-encumberance if it depends entirely on lifedrain for fatigue control, it is also not as if Dom2 leaves you without a solution to an army of lifedraining attackers.

tinkthank · #2 July 17th, 2004, 10:37 AM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
A poll could be helpful but would have to be very carefully done. Many efforts along that line tended to be worded coser to "we the mob demand these fixes" rather than the "please and thank you consider this" that our momma taught us.

What would help, and has been done in the past but dropped by people doing it, is to collect all of the suggestions into a list. To keep the list clean and useable by the devs it should avoid too much discussion. The descripts of each item (suggestions, bugs, opinions, avoid categorizing them) could be just 6-10 words and a link to the thread where it was/is/can-be discussed. If such a list could be maintained and items added/deleted as patches come out, THAT would be a great contribution to the forum. And probably worth making sticky.

This is actually one of the most requested things by all of the developers in all of the game forums here. The discussions are great but hard to wade thru to see whether its a new topic they should add to their list. A directory of conversations would be very helpful.

I am trying to keep my lists as short as possible. I hoped people would also add on here in a similar way. The problem with stickies is that they can get outdated and overlong fast. Polls are often also skewed.

Well just trying to be helpful....

tinkthank · #3 July 18th, 2004, 01:36 AM

23. Make the "neighbors" filter give more visible arrows (red? dark yellow? black with a red center?) or a choice between arrow colors in the "preference" screen -- I can't see them at all often
24. Ryleh's colors somewhat different in the f2 graph screen or a choice between arrow colors in the "preference" screen

Boron · #4 July 17th, 2004, 03:36 PM

25. add mod command : patrol province for independents

this is really urgent for the faerun map to make it even better .

Gandalf Parker · #5 July 17th, 2004, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by Boron:
25. add mod command : patrol province for independents

this is really urgent for the faerun map to make it even better .

NO PLEASE NOT another MOD command.
Make it a MAP command, or a default. NOT a mod.
Id like to see alot more map commands.

tinkthank · #6 July 18th, 2004, 12:05 PM

I can't believe I forgot this the first time.
This would be around priority 8-15 for me, it's a flavor element, so I'll call it

12a. Flavor feature: Experience has out-of-combat-effects as well: per experience star,
- stealthy commanders receive +3 points stealth
- priests receive +3% chance of successfully raising the dom by 1 when preaching
- bloodhunters receive +3% chance of successfully capturing blood slaves and a +3% chance of gaining an additional +1 bloodslave per successful hunt
(more ideas welcome)

Boron · #7 July 18th, 2004, 12:41 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:

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Originally posted by Boron:
25. add mod command : patrol province for independents

this is really urgent for the faerun map to make it even better .

NO PLEASE NOT another MOD command.
Make it a MAP command, or a default. NOT a mod.
Id like to see alot more map commands.

oops i meant map command not mod command

but it should have been obvious from the context anyway that this can only be a typo from me