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 PARADOX // STEAM // DISCORD quote:KEY FEATURES          We begin again. Welcome back ye old ones. PLANETFALL THREAD // AGE OF WONDERS 3 THREAD Thyrork fucked around with this message at 12:41 on Apr 27, 2023 |
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Apr 27, 2023 12:35
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Age of Wonders 4 launches with an expansion pass containing the following;quote:Archmage Attire Considering the pricing of Planetfall, sounds like DLC 2 and 4 will be bricks. Very interested to see if we'll be getting magitek in DLC2 and the shadow realms in DLC4. Thyrork fucked around with this message at 12:49 on Apr 27, 2023 |
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Apr 27, 2023 12:35
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I lived, bitch. Real talk; the last five years has been a wild ride of ups and mostly downs, and discord has done a lot to replace SA for me, but I felt I should at least get off my arse and make this thread especially as a wonderful friend bought me the game last night. Now you might be wondering at the lack of a snappy thread title, well... I posted accidentally and just rolled with it, then remembered. So... hit me with your recommendations and ill ask a mod nicely. 
Thyrork fucked around with this message at 12:39 on Apr 27, 2023 |
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Apr 27, 2023 12:36
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HI all! I've been hanging round these threads for years now, so most of you know this, but I'm a Dev on the game, and have been working with Triumph since the Overlord days. You might know me from streams and dev diaries, I normally go by the handle Tombles. I usually try to be hands off since I find that me being in the thread is a bit like when your dad comes to your birthday party, but I'll answer any questions people have if I can! If I don't answer then I'm probably busy, or you've asked me something that I can't answer, maybe due to confidentiality or because it would make my employers look bad for some reason. Hope you all enjoy the game!
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Apr 27, 2023 12:46
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There's a pretty cool app available that lets you play around with the known faction/society/tome/form options. I'm excited to play as some frogs.
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Apr 27, 2023 12:48
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I'm very happy that Thyrork is okay, and we get this shiny new thread, too! I'm looking forward to playing AoW4. I liked Planetfall just fine, but AoW will always be a fantasy series at first in my heart, so I'm glad for the return to the game's roots.
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Apr 27, 2023 12:49
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thanks for the new thread op
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Apr 27, 2023 12:52
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Help im old and dumb now and don't remember how we go about getting a thread renamed. I was thinking "Age of Wonders 4 - A Frog Wizard Will Do." or something to the vibe of frog wizards. 
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Apr 27, 2023 12:53
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I think you just report the OP with a rename request or get in touch with a mod through PM
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Apr 27, 2023 13:10
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Review embargo lifting, posting in the OP. Vibe seems good so far!
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Apr 27, 2023 14:09
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thanks for making the thread so i could stop contemplating whether or not i should game looks sick and the discord is already full of people asking for balance changes
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Apr 27, 2023 14:21
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honestly this can probably be the best aow if they keep adding more stuff and with 4 dlc already planned it def seems that way.
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Apr 27, 2023 14:23
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ninjewtsu posted:thanks for making the thread so i could stop contemplating whether or not i should  Asked HopperUK to rename the thread to ; Age of Wonders 4 - Frog Wizard ain't no Croak.
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Apr 27, 2023 14:25
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all they need to do now is add a ogre race so i can create goons
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Apr 27, 2023 14:25
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HallelujahLee posted:all they need to do now is add a ogre race so i can create goons Surely between toads, rats, and dwarfs we can make a reasonable approximation
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Apr 27, 2023 14:38
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Humans with the +size thing!
Thyrork fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Apr 27, 2023 |
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Apr 27, 2023 14:41
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Triskelli posted:Muskets are the absolute best and AoW4 won’t be finished until we get them back. They’re Tier 1 melee infantry with guns, what’s not to love?
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Apr 27, 2023 15:13
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Mzbundifund posted:Surely between toads, rats, and dwarfs we can make a reasonable approximation
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Apr 27, 2023 15:17
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gently caress it, i preordered it. the whole deal. AoW3 and Planetfall were good as hell so i feel ok about it. cannibal halflings incoming.
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Apr 27, 2023 21:10
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If you want to preorder, fanatical has I think 13% off
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Apr 27, 2023 21:16
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Woah, Age of Wonders IV releasing soon! Came out of nowhere, does the pre-release info look good? What are the major changes from 3? Also, I think I owe a game to the winner of the Age of Wonders: Planetfall goon tournament. I volunteered to contribute to the prize pool, then IRL stuff happened and I stopped following the thread. So whoever won that tournament (Ninjew?), post in the thread letting me know + your steam ID.
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Apr 27, 2023 21:22
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Smiling Knight posted:Woah, Age of Wonders IV releasing soon! Came out of nowhere, does the pre-release info look good? What are the major changes from 3? Yeah, the system is pretty different overall from 3. City founding is more limited, Heroes are tied to city (so you get one per city you have), and armies that aren't led by a hero can't capture cities any more. The way fights pull units into fights has also changed so you can have up to 3 stacks on each side instead of the hex adjacency rules from 3. In combat healing is now temp HP so you don't drag out easy combats to heal. Production is now split between units and buildings which have parallel build queues and different resources required. Biggest change is the removal of classes. Instead at the beginning of the game you build out a faction and get to do some freeform development of it over the course of the game. You start by picking either a Wizard King or Mortal Champion which gets you bonuses to casting or to your units. Then you pick what form the race you're leading has. This includes the ability to make pretty much every race from AoW3 except Draconians and also has options for Frog people, Mole people, Rat people and a few others. Every form has a default innate physical and mental bonus but you can pick any of them you want. This allows for everything from certain terrain preferences, to bonus defenses in combat to access to special mounts for their cavalry units. Then you get to pick what kind of culture you have. This is a selection of 6 different base unit sets built around different themes which are equivalent to racial unit sets from 3. This also has some minor cultural bonuses and you can add two others like 'bonuses to diplomacy with NPC factions' or 'bonuses if you have forges in your cities domains' etc. These help define how your civ plays in practice. Then you get to pick 2 starting 'Tomes'. This is where the bonuses that used to be in classes and specialties are. So picking the Tome of Beasts gets you access to some animal summoning and buffing spells etc. As the game goes on you get access to more and higher level tomes based on the ones you fill out and get to develop your society as the game goes on. Higher level Tomes also have 'transformations' which are large buffs that affect your entire race, even units that other players have under their control. They can have any number of minor transformations (smaller things like Stone Skin for giving them defense bonuses, or Frost attuned to turn them into Frostlings  ) and one Major transformation. Major Transformations are things like being able to turn them into Angels/Demons which gives all the units flight and other bonuses.This app shows you all the options we know about for creating your civ https://ericdb.itch.io/wonderapp Zore fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Apr 27, 2023 |
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Apr 27, 2023 21:41
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Youtube suggested me an Age of Wonders "brutal mode" stream, I clicked out of curiousity (with no intention of watching it for more than a few minutes), and saw a giant excel sheet being livestreamed. This is off to an amazing start.  
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Apr 27, 2023 21:42
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Watching some of PotatoMcWhiskey's stream and I'm really admiring some of the models: the Pope-Fish (Lightbringer) looks fab, the Mirror Mimic reminds me of the mimic from Annihilation in a good way, and the Shrine of Smithing (was it?) from the previous stream was another winner. Triumph's art team has always been good but they've really outdone themselves on some of these and the higher fidelity models really bring it out in the best way.
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Apr 28, 2023 00:43
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The mention of Overlord actually makes me now see a lot of similarity in the art styles. And yeah I do like the models, especially the spear guys, I like that they all have really big spears which makes them very visually readable.
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Apr 28, 2023 01:05
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PotatoMcWhiskey's latest stream starts with him basically gushing about how much he loves the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKbBYLmVI0c
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Apr 28, 2023 01:54
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I'm totally new to the series and this popped up on my radar. From what I can tell civ and heores of might and magic had a baby and that baby lets you do stupid amounts of faction customization. Is this at all accurate? Because that sounds amazing.
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Apr 28, 2023 04:03
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Yeah p much
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Apr 28, 2023 04:40
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Guildenstern Mother posted:I'm totally new to the series and this popped up on my radar. From what I can tell civ and heores of might and magic had a baby and that baby lets you do stupid amounts of faction customization. Is this at all accurate? Because that sounds amazing. oh man are you in for a treat
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Apr 28, 2023 05:45
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Guildenstern Mother posted:I'm totally new to the series and this popped up on my radar. From what I can tell civ and heores of might and magic had a baby and that baby lets you do stupid amounts of faction customization. Is this at all accurate? Because that sounds amazing.
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Apr 28, 2023 09:09
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I'm really looking forward to this. Although the DLC roadmap makes me wonder if I should wait for a GOTY or Steam sale instead of shelling out for a season pass.Gerblyn posted:HI all! Good to see you're still around Gerblyn! Guildenstern Mother posted:I'm totally new to the series and this popped up on my radar. From what I can tell civ and heores of might and magic had a baby and that baby lets you do stupid amounts of faction customization. Is this at all accurate? Because that sounds amazing. Yes, that and pseudo X-Com combat, it's rad. E: Thyrork posted:Humans with the +size thing! Quill18 is a good watch if you're into the nitty gritty details. The dude has a super methodical approach to tactics and rpg mechanics. Fruits of the sea fucked around with this message at 09:55 on Apr 28, 2023 |
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Apr 28, 2023 09:52
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Gerblyn posted:HI all! Your game looks real loving good dude.
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Apr 28, 2023 10:00
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Combat is like HOMM but you can't stack a thousand peasants into one tile to make a single super peasant.
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Apr 28, 2023 10:01
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OwlFancier posted:Combat is like HOMM but you can't stack a thousand peasants into one tile to make a single super peasant. That's what's so great about HoMM
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Apr 28, 2023 10:02
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OwlFancier posted:Combat is like HOMM but you can't stack a thousand peasants into one tile to make a single super peasant. instead you can research a species-wide embiggening spell to make all of your peasants super peasants.
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Apr 28, 2023 11:13
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Not quite the same as hobbes' leviathaning your way across the battlefield but still quite good
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Apr 28, 2023 11:15
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Week 1 Mod to let you squish units together to get bigger units using forbidden dance techniques and earrings.
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Apr 28, 2023 13:08
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OwlFancier posted:Combat is like HOMM but you can't stack a thousand peasants into one tile to make a single super peasant. What am I supposed to do with my Zounds! peasants then? Should I try one of the earlier games that I assume I can get with all the dlc for fairly cheap first or wait for this release?
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The release is in a few days (may 2nd) so uhhh idk but both aow3 and planetfall are extremely good games
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