Questions about Empire for CA?

[Jack Lusted]

You'll find out more in the due course of time as we reveal more and more about the game.

[pevergreen]

Completely understandable.

However, is there any information now about the ability to mod this game?

[Jack Lusted]

None as of yet, but we are aiming for it to be quite moddable, exact details are not known yet given the early stage of development the game is in.

[pevergreen]

Awsome.

[Rodion Romanovich]

Will supply and attrition losses be included in the game (at least as an enable/disable feature)?

[ninjahboy]

are we able to block supplies etc into cities by seizing goods etc on the roads effecting their economy?

[Fisherking]

With it covering the 7 Years War (French & Indian War for the Amys) will we get to see some of the unconventional tactics used on that front, as well as Indians and Rangers?

This really gets my hopes up to have Sir William Johnson as a General!

And...Are we looking at Seasonal turns or Monthly turns?
from the gamers stand point the more turns the better and who cares if you get to 1820 in less than a month of play time.

[Captain Fishpants]

You'll find out more in the due course of time as we reveal more and more about the game.

And woe betide those who reveal the wrong things in the wrong order at the wrong time! They will be "dancing the Tyburn Jig!"

Development, by definition, includes "develop" and that means things change over time. Something that is true one week might not necessarily be the case a week later. When features are locked down they can be spoken of with some certainty, but until then we can accidentally fuel speculation by revealing information that is true when the remark is made, but isn't true once the development group has mulled, considered and otherwise thought about stuff.

[Jack Lusted]

And woe betide those who reveal the wrong things in the wrong order at the wrong time! They will be "dancing the Tyburn Jig!"

[Incongruous]

I see Fishpants is an agent of the CA SECRETS DEATH SQUAD.

[Captain Fishpants]

I see Fishpants is an agent of the CA SECRETS DEATH SQUAD.

Smert' Shpionam!

[Fisherking]

Well, if it is that early in the development perhaps some of the things we are asking about might just work there way into the game if they have not been included already.

Maybe the 1820 date is not set in stone as most of South America was in revolt as was Mexico for another year or so.

I understand to some extent the need to cut it off at about this point because of technological change etc.

But just the same, I'll ask the question.

What made you decide on 1820 as the end date for the game?

[Trax]

What made you decide on 1820 as the end date for the game?

Hmmm, Napoleon died 1821

[Rodion Romanovich]

1820 seems good to me. 1815 was the end of the Napoleonic era, and this gives the player 5 years more of gameplay if he doesn't manage to achieve his goals by 1815, or to play a bit of cleaning up and experience the consequences of these wars. IMO start dates should be tied to interesting historical events but end dates don't need to