OOC Thread and Chatroom

[AussieGiant]

wait till there is full-scale PvP battles. Humans are much more of a challenge than the stupid AI...

Given the MAD nature of PvP battles you'd have to be bonkers to start one without a landslide position in effect. Hell, can you imagine how much damage one of the KotR top tier General's would have done, knowing he had no chance except to inflict as many casualties as possible...oh man.

[Privateerkev]

Given the MAD nature of PvP battles you'd have to be bonkers to start one without a landslide position in effect. Hell, can you imagine how much damage one of the KotR top tier General's would have done, knowing he had no chance except to inflict as many casualties as possible...oh man.

Sounds like your talking about FactionHeir...

My point was, if people think this is hard now, they haven't seen anything yet.

[AussieGiant]

Sounds like your talking about FactionHeir...

My point was, if people think this is hard now, they haven't seen anything yet.

You’re right I was thinking about FH. He would be an unmitigated disaster for the opposition. But there are a few other “quiet” achievers in the General list from where I’m sitting.

TC’s imagination will be really let loose in this game. The options he has at his disposal now are beyond what I can realistically comprehend!!

[TinCow]

TC’s imagination will be really let loose in this game. The options he has at his disposal now are beyond what I can realistically comprehend!!

Yeah, this game gives me a lot more freedom. Rule 1.5 and my lack of an in-game avatar give me a lot more 'moral' freedom to do whatever I want. During the Cataclysm I was always worried about treating Bavaria and/or the Illuminati differently due to my IC affiliations with them. I'm much more comfortable manipulating things as a neutral observer. I also cannot understate just how significant it is to be able to use the hotseat console commands. That gives me almost total control over anything in the game. I no longer have to scrape the barrel to find armies that fit my desires. As long as I've got one turn to prepare, I can take control of a faction, I can build as many armies as I want in exactly the right configurations without any error. They will always move where I want them to (with some limitations) and I can even do diplomatic things like declaring Crusades, declaring Jihads, or even (I hope) ending wars.

That said, it is NOT my objective to use these tools to create an uber AI challenge. We've been there and done that and it gets dull. The main excitement is competition between the players, in whatever forms that takes. Most of my 'Events' will be designed to increase this competition and spark internal crises which will generate far more interesting scenarios than I can create on my own. I will prop up the AI if it's really being horrid or if it helps further the plotline, but I want to work towards a situation in which the players are competing with each other, not with the AI.

[AussieGiant]

Yeah, this game gives me a lot more freedom. Rule 1.5 and my lack of an in-game avatar give me a lot more 'moral' freedom to do whatever I want. During the Cataclysm I was always worried about treating Bavaria and/or the Illuminati differently due to my IC affiliations with them. I'm much more comfortable manipulating things as a neutral observer. I also cannot understate just how significant it is to be able to use the hotseat console commands. That gives me almost total control over anything in the game. I no longer have to scrape the barrel to find armies that fit my desires. As long as I've got one turn to prepare, I can take control of a faction, I can build as many armies as I want in exactly the right configurations without any error. They will always move where I want them to (with some limitations) and I can even do diplomatic things like declaring Crusades, declaring Jihads, or even (I hope) ending wars.

Just waaaay too much information there TC...I'd like to keep the exact details blurry so I can sleep relatively peacefully.

Vivid detail is like hearing someone talk about your grandparents having sex.

[Privateerkev]

Vivid detail is like hearing someone talk about your grandparents having sex.

wait a minute...

Exactly what part of TC taking control of the AI is like your grandparents having sex?!? o_O

[Privateerkev]

Bah, SS keeps CTD'ing for some reason.

I'll try to find a cleaning disk tomorrow in case it is the lens.

Regular TV show DVD's work fine. M2TW starts up. But SS, and another DVD game won't start.

I don't know if it's related to all the other crap people seem to be downloading lately by accident.

Anyone know of a good free anti-virus software that will both detect AND let me remove the offending invaders for free?

I have Ad-aware and Spybot but those do not seem up to the task. I run ZoneAlarm as well but it obviously isn't helping.

Bah...

Just wanted everyone to know. I will keep everyone updated.

Good thing I was planning on having Mak sit things out for awhile...