Warlock Released

[Gusington]

^Yeah but then you and Staggerwing did it anyway!

[undercovergeek]

dammit - what an awesome game - thoroughly engaging, loving me goblins and trolls - perfect

[Gusington]

^Ye of little faith.

[undercovergeek]

^Ye of little faith.

me of little available time my friend, thats all!!!

im in need of some time compression device, or a pause button for the rest of the world

[Bison]

I cannot get past the horrid diplomacy mechanics.

[Windigo]

I cannot get past the horrid diplomacy mechanics.

like CIV 4 had good ones?

[bob48]

I do agree with you there Bison, I find the 'Gimme the cash or else' aspect a bit of a letdown, but maybe its intended to be like that in order to force the pace of the game. In my last campaign, I was fighting on 3 fronts and had the hold the 4th faction off by paying up, although eventually, I extracted my revenge for the humiliation of paying his outrageous demands!

The amounts demanded are obviously purely arbitrary as well, ranging from trivial amounts to unreal lumps of dosh / mana, and have no connection to the overall strategic situation, but again, maybe we're reading too much into this - after all' 'tis a fantasy game.

Good fun though :-))

[Bison]

I cannot get past the horrid diplomacy mechanics.

like CIV 4 had good ones?

Much, much more diversity than give me gold or give me war.  And the constant spam of the "diplomacy" message is a bit much.  They would be better to do away with the diplomacy pretense and just assume you are at war with all other warlocks.

[Gusington]

There are no mechanics to get through in Warlock diplomacy. There is no diplomacy! I get the feeling that will be updated though at some future point. And the fact that I can recruit an army of undead, vampires and ghosts outweighs the lack of diplomacy. But that's just me.

[Nefaro]

I do agree with you there Bison, I find the 'Gimme the cash or else' aspect a bit of a letdown, but maybe its intended to be like that in order to force the pace of the game. In my last campaign, I was fighting on 3 fronts and had the hold the 4th faction off by paying up, although eventually, I extracted my revenge for the humiliation of paying his outrageous demands!

The amounts demanded are obviously purely arbitrary as well, ranging from trivial amounts to unreal lumps of dosh / mana, and have no connection to the overall strategic situation, but again, maybe we're reading too much into this - after all' 'tis a fantasy game.

Good fun though :-))

They're dependent upon how much you have saved up. 

Notice that they'll never ask for more than you can give.  ;)

[Greybriar]

They're dependent upon how much you have saved up. 

Notice that they'll never ask for more than you can give.  ;)

Yes, and if you have zero (0) gold or zero (0) mana, that's how much they will demand.

Those are also the only times I will submit to their demands, too.  ;)

[mikeck]

Ok, I picked this up for $10 last weekend. Not my thing but hey, everyone here seems to like it. I understand there is no diplomacy but is that a game killer? I mean, from the description, isnt the story that all these mages are fighting for control of the world? So cant we just assume that no one wants to be friends because we are all trying to run the show? If thats the case, seems to make sense that the only diplomace would be "Hey...I wont attack you now if you dont attack me" or "I want to attack you but am willing to hold off if you bribe me"

[Barthheart]

Ok, I picked this up for $10 last weekend. Not my thing but hey, everyone here seems to like it. I understand there is no diplomacy but is that a game killer? I mean, from the description, isnt the story that all these mages are fighting for control of the world? So cant we just assume that no one wants to be friends because we are all trying to run the show? If thats the case, seems to make sense that the only diplomace would be "Hey...I wont attack you now if you dont attack me" or "I want to attack you but am willing to hold off if you bribe me"

This is the way I look at it. There can only be one winner....  8)

[undercovergeek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeGMaq0O98

seemed appropriate

[Barthheart]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeGMaq0O98

seemed appropriate

LOL! Well done sir!  8)