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DICKHEAD posted:it's really good There is a video somewhere of him playing through a battle and explaining how the game works and I cried for real tears of joy I need to play that loving game, is it done and out?
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OkieMurse posted:There is a video somewhere of him playing through a battle and explaining how the game works and I cried for real tears of joy It's early access but more than functional. Just did an AI / slight rebalance today. MULTIPLAYER • Fixed some stability issues. • "Conquer the map" battle now has less duration and delay. • Gameplay update to fit new Single player changes. GAMEPLAY • New AI mechanics to improve the general AI behaviour. AI should now more frequently fall back when it attacks vs overwhelming odds. Especially in Defence AI should be much more resilient. It should prefer to stand and defend objectives according to personality. • Charge melee bonus slightly increased. Previously charges were mostly handled easily by the defenders. • Buford's skirmishers have slightly reduced accuracy in long range fire (this made them a bit overpowered as reported). • Slight rebalances of some units. Pettigrew will not get tired so fast as before. Union large inexperienced units will have less accuracy in long range fire. OTHER • Menu music got a slight improvement. We will appreciate a lot if you play the game in its final stages of Early Access life and report to us any good or bad that you find. There is still time to correct major issues.
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Oct 11, 2014 02:56
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I really hate to endorse an Early Access game but it's only 10 bucks and feature complete so whatever.
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Oct 11, 2014 02:57
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DICKHEAD posted:10 bux. feature complete That's good enough for me.
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Oct 11, 2014 06:28
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DICKHEAD posted:If you want Total War type battles check out Ultimate General: Gettysburg made by some Total War modder guy who uses Darth Vader as his online avatar i n the year 2014 This is kind of epic.
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Oct 11, 2014 08:13
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This is the video I was talking about. It's 20 minutes of pure unadulterated war game and it's awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_b2xJ_t-VU I am not a very good tactical gamer so I don't know if I could micro with this level of foresight and strategy but it's like watching an artist paint.
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Oct 11, 2014 08:18
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OkieMurse posted:This is the video I was talking about. That's the same AI setting I did in my Union game. Game is pretty rough because unit morale, casualties, etc. are retained through each phase of the battle over how ever long it takes (I believe you can end the battle on the first day if you take the right objectives).
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Oct 11, 2014 08:27
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This was the result of my first completed campaign. I really need to do a CSA campaign but as I understand it... if you don't wipe the floor with the Yankees on day one then it becomes a huge slog.
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Oct 11, 2014 08:29
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Is it a game where once you've won the battle as both sides there's not really much else to do. I guess for 10 bucks that ain't too bad but I don't think it'd be prudent to break my 420 game count for that kind of experience.
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Oct 11, 2014 08:33
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Wormskull posted:Is it a game where once you've won the battle as both sides there's not really much else to do. I guess for 10 bucks that ain't too bad but I don't think it'd be prudent to break my 420 game count for that kind of experience. You get different battles based on how you perform, the battles branch at certain points (in my first Union campaign I opted to counterattack rather than defend Gettysburg on the first phase of day 2), different battle setups (if the CSA take certain hills in one battle then they'll be entrenched on those in the next, and there's different AI settings. Here. I'm playing Union with the best aggressive AI setting for the CSA. Normally the Union campaign is about defending but I managed to grab all of the strategic objectives on day 1, phase 1 (typically hills you would want anyway).  The result is the next phase of battle is one I've never seen before. Normally you fall back to a choice of hills just in front of Gettysburg or (if you wanted or maybe if you do bad enough) an area behind Gettysburg. Instead I have my forces right at the edge of the map (about where they start in the first battle) and face the remainder of the first army I fought and a huge number of reinforcements.  Also going all out may have been stupid because my army is pretty battered 
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Oct 11, 2014 09:18
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I'm doing the Venice chieve...what would be the best way to get CBs on Mamlukes/Moldova to get the trade provinces I want.
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Oct 11, 2014 09:20
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Knuc U Kinte posted:I'm doing the Venice chieve...what would be the best way to get CBs on Mamlukes/Moldova to get the trade provinces I want. I believe you get a mission to grab Cyprus. From there just claim the Levant
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Oct 11, 2014 09:22
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Now just have to figure out what to do about Ottomans.
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Oct 11, 2014 09:35
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I have Ragusa and Constantinople and now I'm making le retard face and wondering what to do next.
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Oct 11, 2014 09:52
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You can;t even do that awesome start where you'd overwhelm them with galleys bfore you blockaded them with one ship per port until they died from rebels anymore.
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Oct 11, 2014 09:53
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Knuc U Kinte posted:You can;t even do that awesome start where you'd overwhelm them with galleys bfore you blockaded them with one ship per port until they died from rebels anymore. once you get your ideas going you can churn out galleys like crazy
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Oct 11, 2014 10:28
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Oh my god the new dev diary  thank god
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Oct 11, 2014 11:40
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DICKHEAD posted:Oh my god the new dev diary Translation: They made it so one province doesn't have multiple terrain types and the terrain you will be crossing or fighting in is much more clear in tooltips since they make a huge difference on combats. About time.
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Oct 11, 2014 11:58
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I just assume that everything with mountains will roll mountains anyway, but the river crossing thing is a godsend.
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Oct 11, 2014 12:05
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Map Gamer Feels: you're laying in bed, but you can't sleep because you keep trying to think up strats for a game you're playing/planning.
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Oct 11, 2014 12:45
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I know that feels
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Oct 11, 2014 12:46
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Map Gamer Feels: you're laying in bed, but you can't sleep because you keep trying to think up strats for a game you're playing/planning. I been getting this but about houses I want to make in The Sims 4. Well not so much the past couple weeks but definitely in September.
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Oct 11, 2014 19:12
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AHAHAHAHA The Pope declares there is no God
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Oct 11, 2014 19:13
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Map Gamer Feels: you're laying in bed, but you can't sleep because you keep trying to think up strats for a game you're playing/planning. same except at work
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Oct 11, 2014 19:57
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Parallax Scroll posted:same except at work i learned eu3 by reading a lp for an entire work day
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Oct 11, 2014 19:58
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maybe it was a mistake but i got rome 2. couldn't resist the setting
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Oct 11, 2014 20:01
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Awesome! posted:is medieval 2 not good? I grabbed it a few weeks ago for a buck but haven't tried it yet yes, medieval 2 is excellent. like all strategy games it was broken on release and fixed later on and there's probably a fan patch
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Oct 11, 2014 20:03
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i don't care about this dumb realtime battle bullshit. can i disable that and just do the map part?
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Oct 11, 2014 21:05
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Parallax Scroll posted:i don't care about this dumb realtime battle bullshit. can i disable that and just do the map part? you can autobattle and poo poo
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Oct 11, 2014 21:11
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:you can autobattle and poo poo aight cool
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Oct 11, 2014 21:19
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tbh total wars strategic side is only good as a way of setting up interesting tactical battles though
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Oct 11, 2014 21:41
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shogun 2's tactical battles are the best especially the fort defenses when you get guys with firearms and cannons
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Map games are extremely baller. I may be a filthy casual who only plays CK2 and EU4 but they are both very fun. I am kind of a casual dweeb though and I get bored and do a new start after a hundred years or so or I have a major set back and just give up.
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Oct 12, 2014 03:05
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its completely normal not to play an entire game to the end
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Oct 12, 2014 03:07
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you just play until you feel like doing something else, like sim city i guess
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Oct 12, 2014 03:08
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elf help book posted:you just play until you feel like doing something else, like sim city i guess yeah excetp i also think Pretty Borders are dumb............
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Larry Parrish posted:yeah excetp i also think Pretty Borders are dumb............ filthy casual scum
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Larry Parrish posted:yeah excetp i also think Pretty Borders are dumb............ you loving disgust me
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