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I'm wondering how you could possibly rework Jugger, Flak, and Nell to make them meaningfully distinct but still reasonable and also not completely new COs. Basically, Flak looks like a "fixed" Nell, and then Jugger is a barely-tweaked clone because AWDS. (Adder and Koal are in a similar spot, but I think they feel better to me because Adder's 2-star COP and a "SCOP" that is basically a two-day long COP is interesting, and Koal losing that in exchange for a few firepower boosts makes him feel different. Maybe I would play up Koal's road boosts during powers.) There just doesn't seem to be enough room in fiddling with the luck damage for three people to play. If you bite the bullet and entirely rework someone, Jugger's probably the best choice, but then what do you make him do? EDIT: I wonder if you could have Jugger's COP/SCOP be "Choose a random CO's COP/SCOP. Activate that." Maybe with a limited selection, so you don't get a feelbad like activating Eagle's SCOP at the beginning of your turn. Hachi could lose the D2D or have it replaced with something minor like half-cost repairs, and have the COP toned down (would 75% cost be fair?) and the SCOP give price reductions only on proper bases (i.e. units built in cities are full cost, so it's a choice between getting new units right at the front lines or getting them at a discount) If Grit lost the damage boost but had the +1 range D2D, would that still be broken? Bringing him down to just +damage feels like it neuters his whole concept. Glidergun fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Feb 20, 2016 |
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Glidergun posted:If Grit lost the damage boost but had the +1 range D2D, would that still be broken? Bringing him down to just +damage feels like it neuters his whole concept. Range is massive. Indirects with Grit are not about how much damage you do, but being able to hit more things to begin with. That creates a much larger field of deterrence and allows you to much more easily cover ground, giving your opponent massive problems in advancing. Pretty sure he'd still be broken, if slightly less so.
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Glidergun posted:If Grit lost the damage boost but had the +1 range D2D, would that still be broken? Bringing him down to just +damage feels like it neuters his whole concept. this is basically AW1 Grit, who is decidedly not broken part of the problem is I'm pretty sure these games were designed as single player experiences first and balanced for multiplayer second (if at all)
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If the site isn't back up by tomorrow, I'll shoot Amarriner another e-mail. Also, I might get Paul.Power and Anticheese's game along the way, as I think I can handle the workload. Thanks to everyone for the support on this thread! You guys are the best.
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So I guess Kenny and mine's game is borked? Oh well.
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Doctor Reynolds posted:So I guess Kenny and mine's game is borked? Oh well. It'll be back up within the next few days, if Amarriner does something about it. Don't worry; you haven't lost anything. Yet. Only ways this can mess up is if Amarriner loses the information in the transfer process, replays are lost forever (and thus this LP in the process (oh please no)), or if I take too long to update the thread after everything comes back up.
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it's back up now! e: well maybe not Looper fucked around with this message at 11:16 on Feb 20, 2016 |
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Slur posted:The Something Awful Forum > Games > Let's Play! > Let's Play Murphy's Law
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I sent off that e-mail today. I also asked him what the replay situation was like on the new hosting. If replays start working there, then we can have a temporary backup just in case everything manages to be destroyed. However, I'd have to change the rules of the tournament so that the AET and Boot Interval were set to their absolute minimums, as to ensure data wasn't lost in the final transfer over. ...I kind of want to do that for the main tournament anyways, but I don't want to change rules mid-round.
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Two steps forward, one step back: the old site is back up again. However, if you go to the "your games" page, there's a bunch of SQL errors. Joyous!
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Also, the time for booting continued to count during that downtime, so right now, my game says that it's 1 day until boot.
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TheMcD posted:Also, the time for booting continued to count during that downtime, so right now, my game says that it's 1 day until boot. Okay, with your game it doesn't matter all that much because you just began. However, I'm going to be really annoyed if I lose Kenny and Reynolds's game.
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Slur posted:Okay, with your game it doesn't matter all that much because you just began. However, I'm going to be really annoyed if I lose Kenny and Reynolds's game. Edit: The Your Games page is broken - but started games aren't. If you have the game ID, you can access the game directly through the URL. KennyMan666 fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Feb 21, 2016 |
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Things seem to be working because I just did my turn. The offlineness had an upside; the last few days have not been conducive to me getting anything done.
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Well, it's back to "down for maintenance" for me, even though I'm going directly to the game page. loving brilliant.
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TheMcD posted:Well, it's back to "down for maintenance" for me, even though I'm going directly to the game page. loving brilliant. 
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We're making this happen. Throughout this tournament, we're going to find every single thing that can go wrong with AWBW.
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This map could use airports. Or any kind of property, really.
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You'll have to spend some time knocking it down, but after that's done you'll be able to knock out two opponents at once. Sounds like a pretty good deal.
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Gamerofthegame posted:wow you're doing terrible I know, right? I think I might surrender after VMing next round.
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I can't get the site to work. Bah! Very frustrating. I had you on the ropes, Kenny!
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Doctor Reynolds posted:I can't get the site to work. Bah! Very frustrating. I had you on the ropes, Kenny! The snow means anything I was going to do got hopelessly delayed anyway, which probably is what I get for a few turns ago saying in IRC that I wouldn't mind for some snow now because it would have delayed you more than me at that point. Not that it would have helped in the end but I could have pretended that it did. I also said the HQ capture wasn't going to happen, which was a statement that hinged entirely on me entirely forgetting you also had Victory March, despite that I've played Sami far, far more than all the other COs combined. I've learned some lessons from this game, but I'll save mentioning them until Slur's done posting the game.
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AWBW is up and fully operational. Get your moves in while you can!
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Ptarmigans posted:AWBW is up and fully operational. Get your moves in while you can! The CO power meter image is broken, as well as the SQL tables on the "your games" page. I cannot wait for replays to start working on the new hosting. Slur fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Feb 23, 2016 |
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Slur posted:The CO power meter image is broken, as well as the SQL tables on the "your games" page. It was working fine at time of posting, I took some turns. It's down again though.
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Ptarmigans posted:It was working fine at time of posting, I took some turns. It's down again though. I love this Let's Play.
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It feels like a metaphor for the Advance Wars franchise.
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It only works if Custom wars actually goes places and proves as a DoR analog, yet ultimately not popularized.
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Gamerofthegame posted:It only works if Custom wars actually goes places and proves as a DoR analog, yet ultimately not popularized. Custom Wars has been abandoned for a while now. I don't see it going anywhere.
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Slur posted:Custom Wars has been abandoned for a while now. I don't see it going anywhere. If by 'abandoned' you mean 'the newest commit is less than 48 hours ago'... https://github.com/ctomni231/cwtactics/commits/master
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Keiya posted:If by 'abandoned' you mean 'the newest commit is less than 48 hours ago'... https://github.com/ctomni231/cwtactics/commits/master Well drat.
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I feel like I should play DoR at some point. I even have the cartridge with me right now but everything just seems so different I'm not sure what to expect.
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Super Jay Mann posted:I feel like I should play DoR at some point. I even have the cartridge with me right now but everything just seems so different I'm not sure what to expect. If you're unsure, there's an LP. (Not to hijack. But then with the state of AWBW, what's there to? )
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Super Jay Mann posted:I feel like I should play DoR at some point. I even have the cartridge with me right now but everything just seems so different I'm not sure what to expect. Trying to think of the main balance changes between AWBW and DoR. Recons aren't quite as strong, but are still vital in FoW. The Anti-Tank can cause headaches since it can stonewall everything from Md Tanks to B. Copters, but it's best to swamp it with infantry. Dusters are mostly garbage, treat them like flying recons or to mop up copters. The Wartank is not the Megatank, just think of it as the next step after middies. The changes to Battleships and Carriers are fantastic and make them fun to use, but they're still too expensive to use on a competitive level. Sea Planes really do feel like a solid addition: they're fighters that hit everything for solid damage, but need to be resupplied often. Oh and bikes are amazing. If there's ever another Advance Wars title I want bikes back.
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DoR threw away the fun colourful world they built up in favour of that dour uninteresting post-apocalyptic brown look that dominated the 2000's.
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Doctor Reynolds posted:DoR threw away the fun colourful world they built up in favour of that dour uninteresting post-apocalyptic brown look that dominated the 2000's.
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Doctor Reynolds posted:DoR threw away the fun colourful world they built up in favour of that dour uninteresting post-apocalyptic brown look that dominated the 2000's. the music is pretty kickin rad tho, and the gameplay is solid AlphaKretin posted:Also if nothing else, DoR had, I think, pretty good characters, that would unfortunately clash horribly with previous AW characters. the tactics room stuff was better than any of the character writing in any of the first three AW
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