Player controlled battles???

Psitticine · #1 October 1st, 2003, 02:46 AM

I just know English, a smattering of Spanish, and some rusty Irish Gaelic. My Hungarian is limited to being able to name the Gabor sisters.

Kristoffer O · #2 October 1st, 2003, 07:06 AM

You all know a bit of Swedish too: N�got gick fel!

Pocus · #3 October 1st, 2003, 07:27 AM

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Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
You all know a bit of Swedish too: N�got gick fel!

sure, the program keeps crashing.

Strategos · #4 October 23rd, 2003, 10:00 AM

Player controlled battles?

Yes and No, or , rather, both please!

In pre-info-age eras, communication was difficult and you'd only get news of a won or lost battle days, weeks or even months later.....so the present DOM system of reporting battles is realistic.

HOWEVER, what about when the pretender is present on the battlefield? - the pretender is in a position to fight the battle and makes the decisions - he/she should be able to direct battles in situ

Either that, or more flexibility/options in battlefield deployments

Mortifer · #5 October 23rd, 2003, 10:13 AM

Whoa old topic!

Hm I think an option to turn on/off controlling battles would be the best, however managing an army of 600+ troops is kinda hard + we have AI vs AI in the battles, so this is the best way to balance the SP tactical combat.

[ October 23, 2003, 09:13: Message edited by: Mortifer ]

Gandalf Parker · #6 October 24th, 2003, 01:41 AM

I didnt read the whole thread but the answer always used to be that player controlled battles would be non-PBEM.

I rarely watch the combats anyway. In fact Id like to see some changes so that Im not forced to watch as many as I do. Such as Arena Messages say xxxx beat yyyyy on each one so I know which were my guy. And zzzzz tried to assassinate yyyyy could maybe mention if he won. The "there was a battle" might mention xxxx beat yyyy so I dont have to watch it just to see the participants

[ October 23, 2003, 12:42: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

st.patrik · #7 October 23rd, 2003, 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
I didnt read the whole thread but the answer always used to be that player controlled battles would be non-PBEM.

I rarely watch the combats anyway. In fact Id like to see some changes so that Im not forced to watch as many as I do. Such as Arena Messages say xxxx beat yyyyy on each one so I know which were my guy. And zzzzz tried to assassinate yyyyy could maybe mention if he won. The "there was a battle" might mention xxxx beat yyyy so I dont have to watch it just to see the participants

I agree with Gandalf on this - sometimes you don't want to watch all the battles. However, if you were only able to control your pretender it would be max one battle per turn. I can also see the role-playing element - which is attractive - here. But it would fundamentally change the nature of the game to implement, plus which, as Gandalf said, totally remove the PbeM element - which is a pretty important part of the game for a lot of people (including, I suspect, the devs).