Recent content by Bootsiuv

I've been following this thread from the beginning. I'm enjoying the discussion its creating, and also like many of ProkhorZakharov's ideas....sort of like an FFH Lite or something. Would make an interesting modmod. Well, back to lurking...

Wasn't she buildable at some point? I know I've had her once or twice, and I could have sworn that I built her.

I think the only problem with that approach is that the ai doesn't seem to explore very well with it's early settlers. In my experience, they'll almost always just plop their first city down on the plot they start out in. Unless that issue could be addressed, you would likely have a big glob...

I would even be happy if the only "gold" spells were tier 3, thus only obtainable by an archmage or similiar type of hero. We could make them more powerful, but also harder to obtain that way. It would also limit the number of new spell effects Awharic would have to think up.

After taking a few month break from Orbis, I was happy to see a new version when I returned. A few things I've noticed. The forest economy is much more balanced. The loss of the the +1 :hammers: to the forester's lodge was a good choice IMO. Other economies seem much more worthwhile now...

I'll buy it. Kael, out of curiosity, what do you do for a living? I just find it interesting that a mod for Civ IV may have opened up an entire new career for you. You could be a millionaire one day(if you aren't already of course), and it all started from a game mod on a public forum...

PBEM is play by e-mail. I think, more often than not, players choose different civs, play their turns, save, then pass it along. Although a team of players could probably play as one civ if they chose to, switching turns or something would probably work. I must admit that I frown on the idea...

Interesting thoughts, Ravus. I agree for the most part, although I'm still a little concerned about the complexity issue. I'll have to dwell on it further, to think of the best way this could be implemented. Should the seperate "rulers" all control different civs and make it a PBEM-DI hybrid...

After further investigation, I see some new versions of Orbis came out, so the forest economy was likely weakened (I hope anyways). I'm downloading the newest version now, so I really can't comment yet. I used to be able to make heaps of cash in most Orbis games, although I did favor the...

Ok, after taking a good long break from FfH 2, I started screwing around with the game again over this past weekend. It got me thinking about the DI game I was involved in right before I took a break, and why it likely failed. To put it simply, the game was far too ambitious. No one can...

Its been some months since I last played Orbis, but I do remember we were having a heated discussion regarding the merits of the forest economy in Orbis, and how it overpowered all others. I assume Ahwaric fixed this, but if he didn't, I would advocate using survival/forester's lodge combined...

Well, I am unable to add the new civ without getting severe instabilities....I fear I simply do not have the wb knowledge, and I must be doing something wrong. However, if Verdian takes the save without the true grigori added in, we could certainly add the civ in the next round. We could...

Well, we need a stable save still yes? Someone please fill in for Lgaard and check for balance issues and stability. I could do it after work, but it might be too late by then. I think he's taking it soon. As far as the narratives for the dwarves, I simply don't have the time to do that...