Few suggestions for improvement

[Aspon]

so I just finished a huge earth map on immortal difficulty with 10 extra added civs recently.

lots of war and i took all of asia europe and africa then decided to try and launch a an epic fail invasion on persia who had the united states. it was through some narrow mountain passage i had to go and lets just say it was a disaster but i got enough culture to win anyway montzy is good for that.

However many amazing things happened during this game that showed me how great the game is and how there is potential for many improvements.

firstly

the leaders all popping up to say hahaha they invaded a city state im friendly with or other such taunts. generally there is nothing that makes the game more enjoyable when your waiting an hour for it to load the next turn then 17 mesages of hate from computer ais. not that hate bothers me it doesn't ive been hated my whole life heck i hate me. i even got suspended from school for beating the crap out of some kids that tried to force feed me dog .

its not that the hate bothers me why would i care what computer pixels represent, its more the dragging on of the long wait period.


I reckon this could be further improved by having the computer ai drag the game out even longer by maybe popping up to say there glad my warrior/tank (depending on era got hurt, note not killed that wouldnt be enough we need 200 messages like this every turn the 12 we currently get just isnt annoying enough.

also i noticed how an invasion of south america was impossible due to half my invading fleet getting sunk by barbian terrimies i had brought a a nvy along side to protect them ut the tiremies can remain unseen and suddenly dive in and take out.

since there are so many incidents of the worlds best most modern and tecnological army been destroyed by terrorists using ancient outdated tecnology unbeknown to most historians D day was actually the second american landing attempt the first one was wiped out by a few pirates in canoes America lost 3 million men to the pirates in canoes and could only finally continue on to invade germany when they bribed them $100billion to leave there fleets alone. Thats the real reason for the American deficit.


I was also particulery impressed by having to constantly save the game and reload it due to the graphics messing up so bad i couldn't see any terrain.

this could be further improved by maybe the game accusing of me of cheating for saving and reloading every other turn and then automaticly disqualifying me.



ps i was going to make a video of ramese dancing and saying i killed your tank to add to the sarcasm for epic effect but i just couldnt be bothered to waste hundreds of hours with animation and video editing or learning ancient egyptian.

 

[Sonereal]

You can set autosave to autosave every turn (I do).

As for the pirates, I never had that problem. If you're escorting your fleet and you're hugging the transports with destroyers, you're not using the destroyers sight+EIGHT MOVEMENT points correctly. As for the "Haha, we're being jerkasses to you" thing the leaders do, I agree. It's pretty annoying.

 

[JimboThrasher]

congrats on the win but... seems to me like you shouldnt have played a game so large and with so many civs on a comp that isn't leet?

All that waiting is making you an angry person. i did a huge game once and the waiting was quite frustrating...

in my opinion, i think the taunts are cool. I would like to see a more diverse set though.

 

[Sonereal]

I would like the taunts better if they weren't in your face annoying. It isn't like Galactic Civilization where the diplomacy screen didn't take up the entire screen and prevent you from checking other things, like relative scores.

 

[JimboThrasher]

I would like the taunts better if they weren't in your face annoying. It isn't like Galactic Civilization where the diplomacy screen didn't take up the entire screen and prevent you from checking other things, like relative scores.

Id like to just see the taunts be more diverse and as an indicator of what is going to happen. taunting another empire should be a reallllly severe action that should be worse than denouncing imo. example, america denounces iran ect... all the time. but i highly doubt obama's callin over there taunting him.

a taunt would be better placed if used during war like "i trust this offensive isn't your best" when conflict begins or something. (not for every war though cause then it takes away its meaning)

i dunno i just think it could be used in a more enjoyable way than the generic ways taunts are now.

 

[Ranos]

I got down about half way before I got bored with seeing sarcastic whining that has nothing to do with the game itself but how the OP decided to play it.

The recommended specs listed on the box are for playing a game on a standard map with the default settings. If you play on larger maps and add a ton of extra civs, you are going to get huge lag. The AI taunting you is part of the diplomacy.

Basically, if you don't like how that game worked, don't try and kill your computer with an overload of information.

 

[chazzycat]

so I just finished a huge earth map on immortal difficulty with 10 extra added civs recently.

lots of war and i took all of asia europe and africa then decided to try and launch a an epic fail invasion on persia who had the united states. it was through some narrow mountain passage i had to go and lets just say it was a disaster but i got enough culture to win anyway montzy is good for that.

However many amazing things happened during this game that showed me how great the game is and how there is potential for many improvements.

firstly

the leaders all popping up to say hahaha they invaded a city state im friendly with or other such taunts. generally there is nothing that makes the game more enjoyable when your waiting an hour for it to load the next turn then 17 mesages of hate from computer ais. not that hate bothers me it doesn't ive been hated my whole life heck i hate me. i even got suspended from school for beating the crap out of some kids that tried to force feed me dog .

its not that the hate bothers me why would i care what computer pixels represent, its more the dragging on of the long wait period.


I reckon this could be further improved by having the computer ai drag the game out even longer by maybe popping up to say there glad my warrior/tank (depending on era got hurt, note not killed that wouldnt be enough we need 200 messages like this every turn the 12 we currently get just isnt annoying enough.

also i noticed how an invasion of south america was impossible due to half my invading fleet getting sunk by barbian terrimies i had brought a a nvy along side to protect them ut the tiremies can remain unseen and suddenly dive in and take out.

since there are so many incidents of the worlds best most modern and tecnological army been destroyed by terrorists using ancient outdated tecnology unbeknown to most historians D day was actually the second american landing attempt the first one was wiped out by a few pirates in canoes America lost 3 million men to the pirates in canoes and could only finally continue on to invade germany when they bribed them $100billion to leave there fleets alone. Thats the real reason for the American deficit.


I was also particulery impressed by having to constantly save the game and reload it due to the graphics messing up so bad i couldn't see any terrain.

this could be further improved by maybe the game accusing of me of cheating for saving and reloading every other turn and then automaticly disqualifying me.



ps i was going to make a video of ramese dancing and saying i killed your tank to add to the sarcasm for epic effect but i just couldnt be bothered to waste hundreds of hours with animation and video editing or learning ancient egyptian.

funny. To address a couple of your points:

- totally agree something needs to be done about the AI diplo window constantly popping up with the "I invaded a city state you used to be friends with" message. It's way too common in the late game and I never care.

- build a few destroyers...their speed and sight range should be able to keep your fleet safe from the barb galleys

Good hunting