animalguy
Ermahgerd
You can't burn down this cultural marvel that is Zurich.
I thougt Zurich was a mercantile city state
You can't burn down this cultural marvel that is Zurich.
2. UFO seems to influence the features coming to patch, so for example no MP improvements as MP people are probably working on UFO. On the other hand, UFO doesn't need graphic engine programmers (they use Unreal Engine), so we see graphic fixes here.
XCOM's going to have a multiplayer mode? That just seems ... wrong. In any case there's only been one patch for Civ V I'm aware of that had any multiplayer changes and it wasn't especially well-received (not because there was anything wrong with it, but because it focused wholly on MP). MP isn't a big part of the game for most players so it makes sense for them not to focus heavily on it (then again, I can't imagine it will ever be a big part of XCOM).
2. UFO seems to influence the features coming to patch, so for example no MP improvements as MP people are probably working on UFO. On the other hand, UFO doesn't need graphic engine programmers (they use Unreal Engine), so we see graphic fixes here.
XCOM's going to have a multiplayer mode? That just seems ... wrong. In any case there's only been one patch for Civ V I'm aware of that had any multiplayer changes and it wasn't especially well-received (not because there was anything wrong with it, but because it focused wholly on MP). MP isn't a big part of the game for most players so it makes sense for them not to focus heavily on it (then again, I can't imagine it will ever be a big part of XCOM).
If you want to go domination with Denmark, sure - but then if you're planning on invading the rest of the planet as the Danish, you don't have a lot of room to complain about lack of plausibility... The Danes didn't use cavalry in the Viking era because they were coastal raiders; if they plan a land-based invasion there's no less reason for them to use cavalry than anyone else.
I see Denmark's UA less as one for a strict domination civ (it's not so good for that even with this change, and it's too good for civilian exploration to boot) and more one that can get you a big advantage when you use it - you're almost certain to take any coastal city you target since you can hit before defenders are ready, so just use it to grab a good city or two to boost your game and then play peacefully.
The change I like is the fact that the civ which gains air superiority can basically shut down attacks against them - and, with scouts in place, can attack across a much wider area; it's a type of warfare that very definitely should be reflected by a strong disparity between the 'haves' and the 'have nots'. Making it 'more even for both sides' runs counter to that. Okay, the first flying units we get are WWI aircraft, and they really didn't change combat all that drastically, but in game terms I think it helps to show that clear disparity between flight and non-flight.
If you use Denmark for vcs other than domination, then I will certainly wish you the very best of luck, but I'll continue as I was. Also the Vikings (a little off topic from Denamark but it's what everyone's thinking) went very far inland, using rivers as waterways well into what's now Russia (being called the Rus, i.e. ones who row. Russians carry part Viking blood, along with the rest of the NE Atlantic coast),
Having played with increased AI pillaging with the old VEM mod, I can say that if the AI really starts to pillage, it will make the higher difficulty levels a lot tougher. All those AI units milling in your territory now quickly cripple your happiness and (road) income. You can still hold them off due to their poor performance, but you are bleeding as a civ.
So when is the patch expected to be released?
My gut feeling it will be in October.
crawf0rd said:No one really grasps that they said "Before windows 8" which is being released October 24th. I suspect it to be October 7th.
They said the same thing about Mass Effect 3 but once you start smacking guys across the room as a Krogan, lighting people on fire as a Vorcha, just being all around awesome as an invisible robot sniper with a drone sidekick. I don't see how developers considering such things a worthy experience to offer is seen as a moral failing.
crawf0rd said:
That's just speculation and conjecture. They have more than one team working on different games. The lead XCOM guy said so in a video. Also months back he said publishers love MP because it keeps people from selling the game and they will always give you more money and more people if you request it do the extra MP content. Also they had a team for making new Civ5 DLC too so DLC wasn't holding back patches either. These are not independent Kickstarter funded projects. They have more than one guy working on them
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It's fairly consistent on the chances still. But now it's about the combat strength ratios. So wandering a Privateer up to a Battleship (or nuclear sub) is a lot less effective.