It's FRIDAY people...lets get this party started.....

[Toonces]

@ GJK- I almost quoted your original post to take that format.  LOL.

I've never tried MP in SoW, but I understand it has a robust MP community.  So, it sounds like user-error on your part.  I'd really like to try SoW against a human opponent once I understand how the game works.  Commanding a Brigade is no problem, but I'd like to figure out how to do the whole smack- like a Corps command with butt in the saddle and couriers only.  I want to get that proficient at the game.

[Rayfer]

I haven' payed attention but don't tier 1 and 2 units get more powerful as they get experience i.e recruit>veteran>elite .... like more hit points, and deal more damage? It would be nice if once tier 1 or 2 units got to a certain experience level they could pick some special skill or power to stay relevant longer.

Indeed, that would be nice, and is something you could do in previous games in the series.  It sounds like you're coming to the same disappointing realisations as I did about AOW3.  Oh and yes, units do level up (if you can even keep them alive long enough) but the stat boosts they get as a result are negligible and don't make them at all useful against higher tier units - they'll still be cut to ribbons in battle.  It is very much just a race to the top tier. :/

budd...I like AOW3 but found I could only survive playing on one of the easier difficulty settings. I know many here relish high difficultly settings on most games they play but I'm not one of them. One other thing...after building some basic stuff set one city to generate wealth. It helps with the money issue.

[MetalDog]

been getting into AOW3, i fairly suck at it. I'm 100 turns in and i only have 2 cities in my dwarf dreadnought empire, there metropolis size but having a hard time generating gold. There's not a bunch of resources in the underground and i keep getting "what to build brainlock" and my upkeep for my 3 hero led armies is starting to break me and i feel myself falling behind the curve and now 2 of the top dweller empires have declared war on me. I ventured up top and am finding a lot of tier 3 units and i can't guard all the entrances to my empire [can 2 cities be called an empire? ::)] so the top dwellers have started to encroach on my turf......I think this will end badly, can't we all just get along. i'm starting to see what people are saying about the race to higher tier units. I haven' payed attention but don't tier 1 and 2 units get more powerful as they get experience i.e recruit>veteran>elite .... like more hit points, and deal more damage? It would be nice if once tier 1 or 2 units got to a certain experience level they could pick some special skill or power to stay relevant longer.
I might also give the PCO beta patch a spin and i've been getting the urge to go back to Rapture...so maybe BS2, i've only played through it  once and Rapture is one of my favorite FPS worlds.

The problem you are having stems from the amount of cities you have.  After 100 Turns, you should have five to eight cities.  That way, you can use most of them to produce Gold while the rest make units or whatever else you need.  And while it's true that it's a race to Tier IV units, it's also true that it's a race to have as many cities as you can.

[-budd-]

 i figured i was behind the city building curve,in hindsight i just never considered building up top..duh. i have a few gates to up top within easy reach. i spent too much time exploring and looking for a good place for a city down below where the resources are scarce and clearing out the independents. I'm going  down, but i shall sell my kingdom at a dire cost to my enemies........and then hit restart :)

[JasonPratt]

Tested more games for the girls last night, anticipating I'd be able to play with the nieces this morning -- but then 'work' work had to happen instead.  :P Good for profit I guess.

One thing I'll be curious to see if the girls like, which I ended last night's testing on, is Ironcast. I died pretty quickly in my campaign, but it's a roguelike, so that's not unexpected.

Specifically (as many here already know) it's a match-3 Victorian steampunk mech combat roguelike. The 'roguelike' portion is limited to playing on ironman mode with a running save and permadeath; but any experience earned in the game transfers into a pool for unlocking bling in future games. Also, the missions may be randomized (I haven't played a second campaign yet so I don't know), but even if they aren't there's a structure of giving the player 9 turns (iirc) to level up enough to fight the boss for unlocking the next area and each turn provides a selection of three missions to choose from (or go straight to the boss). After playing through the fine tutorial (which grants no advances into the actual campaign, so no need to play it more than once), I survived on mission easily, then fought a tank which handily ate my lunch.

Be aware: IT IS VERY MUCH A MATCH 3 GAME! If you don't like match-3s, this will not change your mind. I don't care for basic match-3 games (like Bejeweled), but I enjoy seeing how clever designers can convert it into the tropes of another genre like a space trading game, or a fantasy RPG campaign (in at least three different flavors), or Godzilla invading a city to fight an enemy creature, or in this case mech combat. There's movement (though not on a map during a fight, but it helps with dodging) and shields and heat management and weapon systems and repairs in the field, and then blinging up the mech back at base with scrap and tech salvaged from enemy deaths. I came to the game as a fan of Mechwarrior and was not disappointed; but I also went into it realizing it is very much a match 3 game.

Is it a mobile port? If it isn't, it might as well be! It works well on my Surface touchscreen, as might be expected.

[Nefaro]

@ GJK- I almost quoted your original post to take that format.  LOL.

I've never tried MP in SoW, but I understand it has a robust MP community.  So, it sounds like user-error on your part.  I'd really like to try SoW against a human opponent once I understand how the game works.  Commanding a Brigade is no problem, but I'd like to figure out how to do the whole smack- like a Corps command with butt in the saddle and couriers only.  I want to get that proficient at the game.

SOW multi-player is fun as long as you don't get the occasional network hitching.

I suggest starting off with some Co-Op.   O0

[GJK]

I suggest starting off with some Co-Op.   O0

Excellent suggestion - I think that we'll try that right now! 

And yes, I'm sure that I'm having some operator error issues but we're determined to figure it out...love this game (for a computer game that is  :P ).


Edit:  Just tried again.  We connect via LAN and I see him in my "lobby".  I set the scenario, we pick leaders and launch but we aren't playing the same game.  He isn't where he should be on my screen nor am I on his.  So we tried connecting via external IP.  I see him in the lobby, we set and the same thing happens; it's not the same game.  What am I missing?

[Staggerwing]

Per the game forums- the two versions on each computer must match exactly. Also, there appears to be a log file called "SOWGB.log" that may have some info if you read it right after a failed attempt.

[Martok]

To the surprise of probably no one, I'll playing Stardrive 2 when I get out of bed tonight.  ::) 

Maybe a bit of Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes and/or Rome II if I feel the need for variety, but mostly Stardrive 2.  I want to dig into this one so badly! 

[bob48]

Playing 'Der Weltkrieg - Tannenberg' Very nice game system  O0

[Huw the Poo]

Playing 'Der Weltkrieg - Tannenberg' Very nice game system  O0

wut

[bob48]

^The box was sitting in plain view all night last Saturday :-)

[Huw the Poo]

^The box was sitting in plain view all night last Saturday :-)

You assume I can remember anything about last Saturday. ;)

[bob48]

What! Not even the dance you did on a table wearing nothing but a bucket and one sock?

[undercovergeek]

im trying to picture where each of those things would be - im hoping for everyones sake he doesnt need a bucket to keep his 'stuff' in