You can call it FRIDAY another lonely day

steve58 · July 11, 2014, 03:53:41 PM

Probably going to wade a bit deeper into Making History The Great War, try out the updated demo for Battleplan ACW and play around with my latest impulse buy Habitat (which I found out after buying that it does not yet have a Save feature and features from previous demo videos have been removed, but are supposed to be brought back ???)

DennisS · July 11, 2014, 03:56:43 PM

Dominions 4.

I just started my third game, played for about 30 turns, and looked at the graphs.

....aaand I'm getting my ass kicked. Third from last in total army strength, six from last (out of 16) in total provinces, middle of the pack for research and revenue.

Apparently slow and steady isn't going to work for me...but attacking provinces with less than a true Alpha stack leads to dead armies. Gotta find the middle ground here.

I SUCK at these kind of games!

Huw the Poo · July 11, 2014, 04:15:43 PM

Quote from: DennisS on July 11, 2014, 03:56:43 PM
Dominions 4.

I just started my third game, played for about 30 turns, and looked at the graphs.

....aaand I'm getting my ass kicked. Third from last in total army strength, six from last (out of 16) in total provinces, middle of the pack for research and revenue.

Apparently slow and steady isn't going to work for me...but attacking provinces with less than a true Alpha stack leads to dead armies. Gotta find the middle ground here.

I SUCK at these kind of games!

I will never, ever get the hang of this game, but I'm damned if I'm not having fun playing it! The strategies are just too intricate and systems too intertwined for me to ever be any good at it, unless it was literally my day job. Of course, that says more about me than the game. This is all testament to what an incredible achievement it is.

airboy · July 11, 2014, 04:42:54 PM

Quote from: Huw the Poo on July 11, 2014, 04:15:43 PM
Quote from: DennisS on July 11, 2014, 03:56:43 PM
Dominions 4.

I just started my third game, played for about 30 turns, and looked at the graphs.

....aaand I'm getting my ass kicked. Third from last in total army strength, six from last (out of 16) in total provinces, middle of the pack for research and revenue.

Apparently slow and steady isn't going to work for me...but attacking provinces with less than a true Alpha stack leads to dead armies. Gotta find the middle ground here.

I SUCK at these kind of games!

I will never, ever get the hang of this game, but I'm damned if I'm not having fun playing it! The strategies are just too intricate and systems too intertwined for me to ever be any good at it, unless it was literally my day job. Of course, that says more about me than the game. This is all testament to what an incredible achievement it is.

I can consistently beat Dominions 3 with several factions (T'Chien; Ermor; the Fire faction). I cannot beat it with others. You have to find both a Pretender build and a faction that you can handle. The wrong Pretender build with a faction is just deadly. T'Chien is the only faction that I have mastered which has a highly flexible development plan. The other factions I have played have a specific way of play against the AI that is pretty consistent from game to game.

How you set the game parameters also makes a big difference. Select high initial province defense for independent provinces and your growth rate will be very slow.

You also have to be very flexible in your strategy depending on the random opponents that you get. You also have to reprogram your spell and troop orders when you attack different groups. Scouts are essential.

It took quite a bit of study, thought and reading before I figured out how to beat the AI. Once I figured it out for one faction, I could start seeing how to do it for other factions. I played T'Chien a lot just to figure out the magic system which is a game in and of itself.

airboy · July 11, 2014, 04:46:02 PM

I'm playing Fallen Enchantress. If I get time I'll write a review.

Rayfer · July 11, 2014, 05:18:12 PM

Quote from: Banzai_Cat on July 11, 2014, 02:56:56 PM
^ Yeah, that's kind of weird...IV lets you do that too but I only figured it out on accident. I only had a bow on my Ranger and a sling on my Sorcerer, then I noticed it let me equip a melee and a ranged weapon...then I put bows into everyone's hands, and little gets close enough to me to do damage. Kind of cool hearing six 'twangs' and thok-thok-thok-thok-thok-thok.

Thanks for the tips, I might try VI this weekend just to see. I didn't like I, II, or III, for spending so much time trying to get decent stat rolls, then having something or other go wrong when I finally got into it.

You don't roll stats in VI. Depending on class choice you get a certain number of points in each skill. Then you have a pool of 50 (if I remember correctly??) points to put wherever you want.

mikeck · July 11, 2014, 05:33:43 PM

But it's so satisfying when you finally put together an army, strategy and magic to beat an enemy army that has been giving you fits

KyzBP · July 11, 2014, 05:43:23 PM

It looks like World Cup Fever has struck and I'll be continuing an FM14 save. I noticed OOTP15 is on sale for 50% off. It looks like I'll be saying goodbye to OOTP 12.

Also, on my recommendation, a friend at work picked up Warlock. He's already hooked and asking about playing multi-player. ;D

Gusington · July 11, 2014, 06:27:02 PM

I would like to try Making History: The Great War but it's more complex than I thought it would be. Any advice?

Jarhead0331 · July 11, 2014, 07:28:20 PM

Quote from: Gusington on July 11, 2014, 06:27:02 PM
I would like to try Making History: The Great War but it's more complex than I thought it would be. Any advice?

Stop being a pussy.

Gusington · July 11, 2014, 07:34:48 PM

Always good advice. I guess that cancels out anything else.

Blucher · July 11, 2014, 07:47:23 PM

This weekend I have Tex Murphy: Under a killing moon and Victoria II on tap as well as some Goldstar Beers when I'm not dodging incoming rockets.

MetalDog · July 11, 2014, 07:53:15 PM

Quote from: KyzBP on July 11, 2014, 05:43:23 PM
It looks like World Cup Fever has struck and I'll be continuing an FM14 save. I noticed OOTP15 is on sale for 50% off. It looks like I'll be saying goodbye to OOTP 12.

Also, on my recommendation, a friend at work picked up Warlock. He's already hooked and asking about playing multi-player. ;D

Did someone say Warlock MP?

Barthheart · July 11, 2014, 10:40:43 PM

Quote from: MetalDog on July 11, 2014, 07:53:15 PM
Quote from: KyzBP on July 11, 2014, 05:43:23 PM
It looks like World Cup Fever has struck and I'll be continuing an FM14 save. I noticed OOTP15 is on sale for 50% off. It looks like I'll be saying goodbye to OOTP 12.

Also, on my recommendation, a friend at work picked up Warlock. He's already hooked and asking about playing multi-player. ;D

Did someone say Warlock MP?

Don't do it! :o

KyzBP · July 12, 2014, 04:14:50 AM

Quote from: Barthheart on July 11, 2014, 10:40:43 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on July 11, 2014, 07:53:15 PM
Quote from: KyzBP on July 11, 2014, 05:43:23 PM
It looks like World Cup Fever has struck and I'll be continuing an FM14 save. I noticed OOTP15 is on sale for 50% off. It looks like I'll be saying goodbye to OOTP 12.

Also, on my recommendation, a friend at work picked up Warlock. He's already hooked and asking about playing multi-player. ;D

Did someone say Warlock MP?

Don't do it! :o

I hope to give it a try soon. I wouldn't mind starting out against an inexperienced player...like MetalDog... ;)