Elf EditionPrevious thread: >>499777079/gsg/ faggots not welcomed here. Go to >>>/trash/gsg/ or whatever. Just go.==NEWS==Nebulous: Fleet Command, Devlog 35: Strike Package: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA1_SUYpvcoGalCiv 4, v2.9 Starview Update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1357210/view/4678766374116320488GalCiv 4, Dev Journal #75 - Terror Stars: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1357210/view/4676515207797437250Distant Worlds 2: Return of the Shakturi dlc dev log 2: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1531540/view/4675388674389181062Sins of a Solar Empire II, v28.16 Update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1575940/view/6743666355154616622DUNE: Spice Wars, community update #3: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1605220/view/4344369662289739605Civ 7 releases 11th of February 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK_JrrP9m2UStellaris Dev Diary #356 :https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/281990/view/4697907940247564841== Pastebins ==Alpha Centauri (new 14/06/22): https://pastebin.com/QgEvG3ETFree and open source games pastebin: https://pastebin.com/8nRQckSNStellaris: https://pastebin.com/hPfrhazx https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/Stellaris_WikiStellaris DLC guide: https://rentry.org/STDLC384Endless Space 2 + Endless Legend: https://pastebin.com/yu57huWmCivilization: https://pastebin.com/eeL9tyaW/cbg/: https://pastebin.com/ZSLVg9kTWorkers & Resources: https://pastebin.com/XaWF8mE6
Reminder to lower taxes to encourage small businesses. But tax big corps. Tax them heavily.
>>501341226spidergame when
>>501340123They're beautiful...But probably really evil.
Horatio should have a special terraforming project where they sculpt the planet to resemble their head, and when colonized the cities make it look like a really fucked up Chia Pet. Shaping an entire planet to resemble yourself is probably the most vain thing you could ever physically do, and half the empire would probably nut themselves to death from the sheer ego boost.
>>501344021Like all elves, they're lewd.
>>501344021Wait, nevermind.These are WoW Night Elves, not WH Dark Elves.>>501346526Of course, elves are always lewd.
>>501346720Always with the weirdest sense of fashion, too.
HAK HAK HAK
>>501348365HYUK HYUK HYUK
>>501348365Imagine what those tentacles could do
Why are they so god damn bulletproof, man. It's a damn monkey in spandex but he shrugs off grenades and anti-material rounds.
>>501350635They're apemen.
>trader ship lands outside my base>figure why the hell not, what could go wrong>bulletproof marsec guards make up half the troops>there's guys in power armor carrying around rocket launchers>fucking everyone else has laser weaponry>have to prairie-dog my gals in and out of the ship so they don't get obliterated>most are just chucking grenades out the window because only 2 have the shit-tier plasma to hurt anyone>have to scrounge lasers from the closest corpses to up DPTI was not prepared, my one saving grace is that everyone seems to have abysmal reactions, I've only savescummed when testing dumb tactics I was gonna scrub anyway. No one has even fired a shot back yet.
>>501348365>mfw voidworms
>>501350635They wear syntharmorAlso just use wands of pain, it absolutely ruins mercs and beastmen
>>501353561Axe them a question
Once again shilling Tlatoani Aztec cities, which had it's Early Access launch recently and is well researched (as I explain in >>501156815)store.steampowered.com/app/3161270/Happy to answer questions about the game's historical and cultural theming and I might be able to get the main developer to answer questions too, since I know them>>501160697AFAIK Ubisoft generally takes a lot of liberties and always has with specific historical figures and the whole assassin vs templar plot, but that the architecture and cityscapes and to a lesser extent the outfits of random NPCs is generally pretty authentic. But Origins incorporated more mythological elements, then Odyssey relied more on romanticism in it's visuals, and Valhalla went full pop culture media tropes/sterotypes with medevial and viking stuff for it's visuals, architecture, outfits, etc>>501160939AOE3's Aztec architecture stuff is okay, but AOE2's is terrible. it's BS that DE release updated various stuff for NA Indigenous civs and even updated architecture graphics for Eurasian civs, but left the Aztec, Maya Inca etc's architecture set unchanged>>501160939There would have been white plaster/stucco over the outer brickwork, but then there was painted frescoes over/on the stucco.Some Conquistadors which claimed that "all" buildings in Tenochtitlan were white, but i'm sure "all" is a generalization and it doesn't preclude colored accenting, which is what most non shit artistic reconstructions do: predominately white exteriors with red, blue, etc as accents, and with larger multicolor murals in interiors, like picWhat that AOE3 render does is show stuff like what's often seen in interior mural reconstructions on the outside, which I maybe less likely given the conquistador statement, but not impossibe: Some other sites have big red, blue etc murals even on building exteriors, and Allegedly some guides at the Templo Mayor site have said it's exterior was more colorful, tho IDK based on what.
>>501357604Shit, the last reply here was meant for >>501161843
>>501341226BIG CUMS FOR FROG
Some tactics games have cover you can move over, some don't. Some have height and elevation, some don't. Some have true line of sight and others don't. What are your thoughts on these?
>>501367056Xcom 2 is a perfect game in every way
>>501348804OH, you like that, huh?Poop comes from there, you know?
>>501357604>>AOE3's Aztec architecture stuff is okay, but AOE2's is terrible.You already said so last time. That is why I posted AoE3. Still more accurate than Apocalypto.
Rate them. AOE4,AOE3,AOE2,AOE1my rankingAOE4AOE3AOE2AOE1
>>501373208Galactic Battlegrounds>>>>>>>all
>>501374194Based.
Is Sacrifice considered strategy?
>>501375953yeah I guess
>>501378237Then I wanna say that I like it. But I suck at it.
is /gsg/ dead now?
>>501348761HYUK HYUK HYUK gawrsh!
>>501378619Go ask >>>/trash/
>>501378619It moved somewhere else. You are still nto allowed to talk about GSGs here.
Lancelot looking more bangable than in Kaamelott.
Catapults got one hell of a damage bonus against buildings, they're meant to deal 15 damages, but actually deal 75. That's strong.
>>501380007>>501380712>buildings are isometric>fields are straight???
>>501380712Is that a warcraft 2 mod?
Yo guys. Back in the threads after many years. How is frenchfag? Also, I'm looking for something like Surviving Mars, had a blast with that one back in the days. Has anything similar good came out lately? Please tell me there is somwthing because I'm craving some space colony autism but can't find shit.
>>501378640https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ5wptjuf90
>>501398675There is plan B terraform which is in early access. It's like factorio light with some transport tycoon vibes. Dunno any other colony sim that came out recently.
>>501402846Are the planets you get to colonize different every time or it's always the same?
Fucking around with Steam dorf fort after not having played it for years is wild. My previous experience isn't COMPLETELY useless but a lot of it is. For example I could've sworn there was an easier way to queue up some jobs at a workshop (Like make 5 doors) than manually adding 5 fucking doors, or using a work order. Other than trying to get my feet under me (And my first batch of immigrants being a sicko with like 6 kids and a peacock) the updated version's pretty cool. Would not have expected to enjoy the graphics and especially the sound and music as much as I do. Trying to find where everything is in the new interface is a little fiddly too
I always feel like a retard playing 4x games. I don’t know what I’m doing and I don’t know how to get better. Watching professionals play and I can’t tell what they’re doing different compared to what I do. It gives me strong background character feelings…
>>501425438Just keep on trying, for me it just clicked at some point and after that I have been able to, if not win, then lose in the most fun way possible.
>>501412301The landscape is randomly generated but the planet itself is the same mars-like barren wasteland.
>>501427980Both a shame and a relief. Seems interesting, if I have time tomorrow I'll buy it and maybe post about the game. Also fuck me how come now I have to wait 900 seconds before posting reeee
>>501429603The terraforming aspect is a bit lacking as by the time i beat the game most of the planet was still a barren wasteland, but the game itself is decent, like the other anon said it's a factorio lite where your only enemy is depleting natural resources and forgetting to consult where water bodies will appear before building industry nodes.
>>501430162>can't fully terraform the planet before endgameWhy it's always like this.
>>501432492You'll start noticing the terraforming process a bit after the midgame, it's just so slow that you reach the end of the game with most of the planet still barren. It doesn't help that trees are what spreads terraformed biomes and trees don't grow everywhere (the desert parts will remain a mars-like desert forever).I hope one day the dev implements more earth-like biomes, like tundra, or savanna that can spread over colder/hotter climates. As it stands now it's just a bit unsatisfying.
For comparison, this is what the planet originally looked like.
>>501436830So it's literally like surviving mars. Well, I'm still interested in any case.
Not sure if this is the right general to ask, but since Age of Wonders 4 is currently free to play I wanted to ask how to pirate its DLCI remember the last time I tried a Paradox game (CK3) the usual method with creamapi didn't work
>>501440907Isn't it on GOG? You shouldn't need creamapi.
>>501368776it's not perfect in that it's too hard for me to replicate
>>501388039This is Tzar : the Burden of Crown.Well, more like Tzared, a free port.
>>501440907Paradox games are a lil weird with creamapi. The launcher doesn't register the DLCs, but the game reads and uses them just fine, it just means you can't selectively disable them. To get the launcher to read them you'd have to use cream on the launcher's files, but it only works for one game since they all share the launcher.Of course that's just my experience, they could've changed it at some point and made it more finicky.
>>501437101Looks like ass.Literally.
>>501442328Ah, so it isNot sure if it has all the DLC with the edition available for download, but I'll look into it, shouldn't be too hard then at least
>>501440907Cream does work but it requires the DLC files as well. Cream works without additional downloads if there aren't any necessary files (Because a lot of games just make everyone download all the DLC at all times and limit access to it, rather than having the DLC files as separate depots in Steam so only people who own the DLC downloads it) but AoW4 needs the files to get creamed. Which at that point it would be easier to just pirate the whole game from GoG rather than trying to pirate all the DLC to see how much you're interested. I got the latest expansion and patch downloaded and updated the other day for a pirated GoG install but haven't had the time or inclination to give it a look yet
>>501319848I don't frequent that trash site,also fitgirl hooked me up i'm enjoying the game
>>501463173>filenameshe gon have a hard time cooking now
>>501463236"If you can't serve in the kitchen, you'll serve as an example!"
>>501460846Looks like my old teacher.
>>501437101>>501447009Imagine the BRAAAAAAP.
>>501469086braapposting hits differently when you've got hemorrhoids
is midnight sun worth playing at all
battle brossiding against the north is so peak, taking 3 skull contracts and facing the full might of the noble houses
>>501437101So, I bought the game and I must say I'm liking it. It's nice you can see where oceans and rivers will be ahead of time.
>>501485513Good luck
>>501469358Or when you have actual good taste and have to bear that kind of autism in your thread.
>>501492183FUGFUGFUG AAAAA
>>501499646Many such cases
>Amplitude going independent from SEGAHoping that means they'll make good shit again but I'm doubtful
>>501499646>>501502651Managed to save my ass. If only you didn't have to wait so much to make dam pieces you wouldn't be forced to rush and use those deposits.
>>501505542>Managed to save my assI'll get you one day, spiderfag.
>>501505542>>501506164IT'S TIME TO WARM THIS BITCHAlso, I'm not spiderfag.
>>501510025It's no use lying, your ass is mine.
>>501510130NTA but spiderfag's games are always ALWAYS in Fr*nch
>>501510421Wrong. I saw him post about deadlock and that shitty other 3d game in english.
boom
pew pew
>>501499646What's going on? Ice melting?
I have GOT to stop lusting after Elfs
>>501522339I'm glad I don't have to.
>>501510025>>501510130>>501510421Bruh I'm italianfag.Also fuck me, only now after 9 straight hours of gameplay I found out you can set an upper limit to what you produce. I wasted so much shit reeee>>501521796Yep, and almost submerging my precious deposits. But now it's alright, I managed to mine out everything and I'm giving back to the sea the land I had reclaimed.
>>501533089Forgot pic.
>>501522339Why?
>>501533301Also lmao, I've lost so much time I managed to skip the next level right away.
>>501533637You're close to the end if i'm not mistaken.
>>501540301Yeah, I'm in the last stage of terraformation. That is, I need to reach 1M colonists, but it's going to take so fucking much.
>>501533089>Bruh I'm italianfag.I use barbecue sauce and ketchup on my pizza.
>>501543501What's this?
>>501543501looks complicated
>>501475243It's excellent. The biggest knock against it is the writing, which does have some fun cheesy moments assuming you enjoy superhero cheese at all, but there's SO GODDAMN MUCH OF IT. The combat itself is fantastic though, the card game elements aren't so heavy as to be offputting if you aren't a card dork, and the tactics aren't super deep and crunchy, but as a whole as a game it works great. Setting up the cards for your heroes, figuring out heroes that work well together, figuring out things like you have a single normal move-action a turn which can also be spent on other things after upgrades (Some pushing, environmental attacks, etc) but some attacks cause your heroes to move naturally anyway so figuring out the ideal sequencing in each turn is really enjoyable. It's a damn shame Firaxis didn't have better writers (They tried to do some psuedo-Persona-like stuff with time management back at base, building up friendships, sticking your dick in all the heroes, etc) because the combat part of it unusual but great. Mission variety isn't as good as Xcom 2 and the card game part isn't anywhere near as deep as something like Slay the Spire but it comes together as more than a sum of its parts
Anyone tried Zephon yet?
>>501561439No.
>>501561439Nope.
This looks like garbage. Literally like a pile of garbage. Is this per aspera or plan b?
>>501580678Meant for >>501430162
>>501580678>Literally like a pile of garbageYou never saw a pile of garbage in your entire spoilt life, did you?
>>501580954Am*ricans abuse the word literally. They don't even know what it means. That's a consequence of their leaders destroying their education system to breed slaves.
>>501583906>>501580954this screenshot >>501430162 LITERALLY looks like garbage, a pile of milk cartons and glass bottles to be exact
>>501436830Boats are cool. Maybe they'll planes too one day.
>>501505542You can set limits to how much buildings will be produced by clicking on the number below the icon.
>>501340123So Amplitude is independent again. What do you think this will mean? Will the scope of their games be smaller again?https://steamcommunity.com/games/1124300/announcements/detail/4465975096247320951?snr=2___
>>501597885No clue.
>>501597885Aren't those the niggers that worked on KSP2?
>>501588438>milk cartonsMilk WHAT?
>>501607183>Milk WHAT?Holy shit, we have a rare bag man here!
>>501607183NTA but do you get your milk in bags?
>>501608198NTA but here in hueland we have milk in cartons, bags and bottles.Why do other countries have either one or the other?
>>501608602America is a third world country currently.
>>501608602>Fuck off back to your perkelechan, losers.No haista vittu sit. He he he.
>>501608602>seething over a carton of milk
>>501611429Where have I announced a report, huh?Seethe more, cuckold.
>>501611585You know what you did.
>>501611764>no answerI accept your surrender, kiddo.
>>501611429I see it's your first day in here.
>>501612461I have been here longer than you hace been alive, kiddo.
>>501612625Sure newfag.
>>501611429How new are you?
>>501612910I have been here since 2004, so like 20 years.You?
>>501613224>I have been here since 2004:^)
I was looking at Zephon, the only real complaints against it are that it's too similar to Gladius but I never played that. Anyone played it?
>>501616168Yeah. Simply put, Civilizations but 0% economic, 0% trade, 0% diplomacy, 100% war.
>>501613224And I've been here since 1904, so 120 years.Newfag.
>>501617397How can it be 0% economic, don't units cost resources?
>>501618412They do, but you only have 5 ressources. 3 if you play space marines, 4 if you play tyranids.
>>501618808Is expansion mandatory or is turtling up and going tall viable?
>>501620280NTA, but it depends on the faction you are playing.Turtling can work great for space marines, as they only have 1 base in the game and cannot make more.For other factions though it would be a shit tier idea, as more bases means more resources and unit production, which is essential if you plan on keeping up with the other factions who ARE expanding in terms of power.Also, you need to make strategical plans to take over more resources in the map, as they make a huge difference in production. So try and control as many as you can and if possible reinforce them so the enemy does not take them from you.Also, you need to know your faction and its intended gameplay and work around that, like the necrons usage of their influence resource (the purple one), which is needed both to heal their necrodermis and to teleport to base before death, both abilities being responsible for the necrons main strategical advantage: war of attrition.
>>501554659>>501560610the cities are just auto generated
>>501620280Depends from faction, but the other asshole already stole my one and only chance to shine and show off how knowledgeable I am, so I'll sulk.
>>501622335Sorry bro, did not mean to steal your thunder, I just like the game and wanted to contribute to the discussion.I do not have any DLCs, only base game, so please go ahead and show off your knowledge on the DLC factions!
>>501622453Well, the Eldars and Dark Eldars rely on portals, who are randomly generated and placed on the map, but can be destroyed by enemies, so depending from world setting, they're locked as tall or they can expand.The Taus are asshole and deserve to die.The Sisters of Battles are similar to space marines, but can get bonuses from holy sites, but these only give bonuses.
>>501622685I was wondering about those webway gates, they show up even on base game, when you do not have access to eldars.Can these be build? Or you only have the ones from game start for the whole game?
>>501622860No, they cannot be built.They are generated at the map generation, and the eldar player can awaken them to fast travel, and he can turn them into cities. Same with dark eldars.
I'm assuming you're assuming that this applies to Zephon as well? Is it literally a reskin?
>>501623128"Zephon"?
>>501623186ZEPHON
>>501623248I don't use Games Workshop's bullshit new names.
Well whatever, I'll just try it out
>>501623740I mean, I haven't played Zephon. I can tell you how Gladius is.
>>501623064Huh, I assumed you could build them like in DOW1, where you could just build the gates somewhere on the map, they were cloacked and would let you move through them, but had nothing to do with the main base.Kinda weird, but I guess GW might have redacted the eldar ability to build the webway gates in more recent editions? Game is so old that this is likely the case.Do the DLCs add more neutral creeps? Or are catachan devils and such the only ones in the game with all DLCs?
>>501624271Or it's for balance. Some races have early builders, others get them a lot later.I dunno for neutrals, but I know there's a DLC-exclusive superboss, the Skull Lord. Otherwise, it's all genestealers cultists, rebels mechanicus, slavers, von neumann wasps, and the round monster from the Astartes movie.And Cata-chan devils OwO.But the DLC feel cheap, most of them just add one or two units/buildings per race.
DOES ANYONE play alien horizon
>>501624601>Otherwise, it's all genestealers cultists, rebels mechanicus, slavers, von neumann wasps, and the round monster from the Astartes movie.I could be wrong, but I think genestealer cultists, wasps and whatever "round monsters from the astartes movie" is are not included in base game, so it must be DLC related.I only ever played singleplayer, is the multiplayer any good? Is there an active community for the game?
>>501625057>DOES ANYONE play alien horizonNever heard of it, do tell me more about it and I might start.
>>501625338Probably. I didn't really pay attention.And I dunno, honestly.
>>501625490its one of them colony builders with workers but like its for proper video game players not mobile game fans
>>501625940This one? https://store.steampowered.com/app/2767480/Alien_Horizon_Preview_Alpha/
>>501625940>its one of them colony builders with workers but like its for proper video game players not mobile game fansThis tells me nothing.I am a 90s kid, there was no mobile gaming when I grew up, so this seems pretty good so far.Tell me more about the game, and share some Screenshots if you got any!
>>501626557This seems nice, and free? I am on it brothers, time to learn to play a new game!Any pro-tips would be appreciated!
>>501626557yea he put it on the steam store this year, free to play, recent updates, etc
>>501626680>I am a 90s kidYou are old. I was born in the early 90s. I thought all the 40+ years old have quit 4chan.
>>501628685>You are oldFuck you too, buddy.
>>501628685>You are old.Yes, 34 years old to be exact.>I was born in the early 90sI was born in April of 1990.>I thought all the 40+ years old have quit 4chan.You included the 80s kid on that age, 90s kids are going to be 35 at most next year.And no, we did not quit, we just got jobs and families to take care of, so we do not post nearly as much, but we are still around. Remenber: YOU ARE HERE FOREVER!>>501629367>Fuck you too, buddy.Chill out bro, everybody ages, we are not teens or young adults anymore, and that is the way it is supposed to be. You need to accept that time never stops moving forward and one day we will inevitably die, if you don't you will never reach inner peace.
>>501630352>reach inner peace.I will die like I came to this world. Screaming, crying and kicking.
>>501628685>>501630352>Metal gear solid 4 boss battlet: 33 yo
>>501628685>>501629367>>501630616And I thought I was old for being in 4chin at 31.Guess we are really here forever.
>>501628685I'll be 40 in a month or so, what does this mean for me?
>>501630605>I will die like I came to this world. Screaming, crying and kicking.Indeed you will, as most people do.But in the end, you will die, and at the very end of your death you will reach the final stage of grief: Acceptance.The point is not the end, but the quality of life you will experience between your birth and death.
>>501631158That you become an elder lich?
>>501631158>I'll be 40 in a month or so, what does this mean for me?It means you were lucky enough to experience the peak golden age of humanity, the 80's.
>>501631368I was born in 85 so i don't remember much of the 80s but the 90s were very nice.
>>501631712You were lucky, you experienced the late 80's and was old enough to enjoy the 90's from start to finish!It was 1995 when I had the age you had at 1990, I missed half of the decade for being too young to remenber!And then I was 11 and the world went to shit...
>>501631712Man I would have like to experience the internet of the 90's. I didn't get internet until 2007.
>>501632249>he's not old enough to play duke nukem 3d or cnc red alert over dial up
>>501632249Same. I think I got internet when I had Bioshock. And I got into 4chan when I was playing TF2.
>>501632249>he did not experience newgrounds at its peakI genuinely feel sorry for you.>>501632384Do not bully the younglings, it is not their fault they were born in a shitty decade.>>501632446That was a good time to do so too, but it cannot compare.
>>501632384You remenber monster rancher 2 on the playstation? Checking out all different cds you could find to unlock new monsters?
>>501632249Early 00s, when dsl and cable started appearing was the best period, 90s with dial-up was awful with 56k modems.
>>501635723MOM I NEED THE PHONE LINE TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES
>>501635723>Early 00s, when dsl and cable started appearing was the best period>he never even had the opportunity to experience 2d gaming in the super nintendo or the megadrive.You do not know what you missed.
>>501636089But i did, i had a mega drive. I went through it all.
you're such a fucking casual spiderfag
>>501636089NTA but it must be because I never had those consoles that I don't like platformers, racing games and find turn based JPRGs boring.
>>501637835wot?
>>501636307Sonic 3 was the best!>>501637990Yeah, you just misser out on some great things that would later on give you nostalgia.
>>501638218fuckin casual
>>501642979>Sonic 3 was the best!Yeah, i never did get the expansion though so if felt short when compared to Sonic 2. First game that i remember having an actual save system instead of the usual codes to go straight to a certain level.
>>501642979Sonic & Knuckles was better. All the music were better.
>>501646738For me it's ice cap zone.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYxlqTpZ-24
>>501645025Yeah, it was groundbreaking to have a save system, newfags will never understand how priviledged they are.>>501646738>Sonic & Knuckles was better. All the music were better.Oh, you misunderstood me, I consider sonic 3 to be sonic 3 + sonic & knuckles expansion pack in a bundle, as it was sold here.And yeah, sonic and knuckles was my childhood favorite, and I have very dear memories of it. The sound track and graphics combined to create quite a memorable masterpiece!
>>501648297For me, it's Flying Battery Act.>>501648551Oh yeah. All good.
>>501648297for me it's aquatic ruin zone
I've never played a single Soinic game lmao
>Not having inspiration for fort after digging>Think the surface is real nice, enough plants to harvest with some fishing to feed a tolerable fort>On the border between goblin lands and dorfs/humans>Decide to make a big tavern with an entrance on the surface nestled into the hill like a hobbit hole since we aren't part of any of the civilizations and maybe we can stay safe by being useful to everyone>Things going well, plenty of seedy adventurers and strippers stopping by the tavern, well fed, good amount of drink>Read up on taverns on the wiki and see that everything is bugged and busted and I'm better off not having a tavern keeper or performers because they just force alcohol down everyone until they dieMY DREAMS, CURSE YOU ARMOK
>>501653016Fuck off, dftranny.
>>501653115But you fags are talking Sonic, surely dorf fort is a city builder unlike Sonic
>>501650904That one area has surprisingly good music.
>>501653239Fuck off.
>>501653239Kill yourself.
sonic builds DREAMSdwarf fort lops dicksbig difference
>>501652159You poor soul, you will never know the joy of being a little kid in thd 90's playing sonic on your megadrive on a friday night, with a couple dozen of your favorite sandwhiches cut in half on a dish on a side table nearby along with a 2 Liters bottle of soda so you and your friends can enjoy in a long night of gaming during a sleepover.
good night
>>501666569Good night spider, may you find your spider girlfriend in your dreams.
>>501666696I'm not spider. If I was, the game language was in french. But I too hope he finds the girlfriend of his dreams, and you too anon.
Car full of dumb assholes you can't bonk normally because you'll get shot by 5 people the moment you walk in? Just take some advice from today's sponsor Dr. Crane and toss in a grenade full of hallucinogenic gas. They can't shoot you if they're screaming in panic and magdumping into the air conditioning.
>>501667192Thanks anon, hope you as well find your dream gf.
>>501671032What is this?
>>501673172Piratez.
What kind of newscaster gives out a free pinup of herself to viewers for christmas?
>>501674163A desperate one.
>>501674163a slutty one
>>501674163A porn game one
>>501340123What the fuck is this thread? 2 years and I come back to a fucking discord chatroom.
>>501677082You missed the worst of me.
Why do I have so many damn cats where did they come fromI wonder if their existence freaks out the catgirls
>>501622685>The Taus are asshole and deserve to die.Explain further.
>>501682307Once, I went to Wales with my school. We explored around a bit, even went to Cardiff. There was that girl in my class that I liked, so under the excuse of working our project, I took her to the Doctor Who museum here. The next day, we went to visit some pasture, to study how the Welsh used cattle to graze the lands "naturally". On my way out, I was wearing shoes I really liked, and they were getting wet because of the tall grass, and I spotted a stone in the middle of the field, so I jumped on it to get a bit dried. It wasn't a stone, but a cow shit. That ruined my shoes and I spent half a hour cleaning them.And it was still a better experience than playing against T*us.
>>501674163>5.3 MWDamn.Even at 99% efficiency (unrealistic), and assuming most of the energy used gets distributed far out (e.g. 99% efficient energy weaponry), she is still dumping out 53 kilowatts of heat around her.
>>501683265NEEEEEEEEEEERDIt's not just fucky scifi lore-math, you're actually entirely right that she puts out lots of heat. Playable Syns "overheat" (represented by losing energy, followed by taking stun damage and eventually collapsing) during battle and need to stay topped-up on special consumable coolant for longer fights. The rate of overheating is even modified by environment, they heat slower underwater and very quickly in the vacuum of space.
I fucking love Ghost of Tsushima.
>>501692137I'm married to my funkopop whoa-oh-oh
>>501694508You're married to your left hand?
Tropico 4 had the best Penultimo voice
>>501622685>The Sisters of Battles are similar to space marinesOnly a little bit.SoB can build more that one city, it's just that those additional cities cannot expand beyond their initial 1-hex circle. Actually, it's that they can build, they NEED to build those cities since they need a ton of influence and resources to get things going. Sisters eat Influence like candy all game, the only faction more prone to spending this stuff are Necrons.Unit-wise sisters are completely dependant on their support units, and you will have to juggle those supports to use those AoE buffs effectively, especially in mid to late game where factions like Marines, Necrons and Chaos can just outmuscle you in a direct fight.Sisters also are weak to morale loss, because if you make them sad they lose their damage resist AND they can't use Acts of Faith until they cheer up again. Which is fucking terrible since Acts of Faith are great buffs and as was already mentioned, Sisters love buffs. Basically any serious offensive, especially into enemy city territory, will be prefaced with Sisters oiling each other up with 3-4 different abilities. Which means that Sororitas have bad early game, because until all big girls (heroes, Imagifiers) get off their tushy behinds, your army is operating at like half efficiency.Also unlike Marines, Sisters have a lot of flamethrowers, which makes them really good at clearing high-model count squads. Conversly, they aren't the best at dealing with single entity units. They are ok at anti-armor with Melta bombs and krak grenades being available to all infantry, and properly positioned (since they lose accuracy after moving) Retributors will absolutely PEG enemy vehicles except for superheavy shit. Saint Celestine isn't really good at dealing with cities, but almost everything else will be flattened with little trouble - if you give her proper wargear. So in total you're looking at like 1k+ Influence cost for her. Still, she's worth it.
>>501705016>Only a little bit.Oh yeah, I meant in regard ot heavy infantry and requisition.
In regard to*
>>501677082There are fewer people and strategy games have become more of a niche I think. Strategy games were never big but there is so much more genres now.
>>501674163Why won't Akabur finish his game?
>>501674163sexo
Bless this mess.Nebuchadnezzar really has spoiled me, i cannot stand the recruiter system, thankfully it is optional now.
>>501346720>WH Dark Elves.Goth elf waifus can't be evil.
>>501719550Yeah things in Nebuchadnezzar are so much more clear and easy to use. I also prefer the walkers in Nebuchadnezzar, it's so much easier if you can set the path instead of designing your entire city to force specefic paths.
>>501722108Yeah, I much prefer being able to manage the walker paths. The old impressions games kind of force you to create loops and I just don't like doing that, it makes the cities look weird.
>>501719550Nebuchadnezzar is based.Pharaoh is cringe.
>>501727308>Nebuchadnezzar is based.It really is. Both mechanically and also the way it conveys the info you need to check. It annoys me that I need to go to the world map to check if a certain import comes by land or river, and this weird mechanic that all imports must go to storage yards instead of granaries.
>>501729261Damn straight.
Is Seafarers still a shit trait in AOW4? I fucking hate that it didn't guarantee spawning next to the Ocean, unless they changed it? In general how are you guys going about the new factions builds?
>>501739231>In general how are you guys going about the new factions builds?There are no builds outside of blatantly intended ones.
>>501739960Fuck... I think you may be right. I have tried both Harmony, and I feel extremely railroaded down the Nature + Blight damage. I sort of wanted to go more towards Order but it just feels bad desu. The lack of earlier Hybrid tomes besides the new Materia+Order one really sucks too
>>501739231>asks about AoW 4>posts HoMM 3There is a place in hell for you.
While AOW4 DLCs are on sale, I have a question which is consdered to be the best/must have?New to the game thought about getting one of the expansions or the 2 smaller dlcs
>>501746163Empire and ashes feels like the least important one. My personal favorite was Primal Fury. But I think You will get the most content out of Eldritch Realms
>>501746739All of these sound like porn websites.
>>501740428>I sort of wanted to go more towards Order but it just feels badBecause it is really bad.AoW4 has a very weird habit of pretending like you have multiple choices, but in reality there's only one viable option/combo and the rest is, for the lack of a better word, pure dogshit with no synergy.
Why do i have to demolish rubble before building a replacement building, why can't i copy a storage yard's configuration REEEEEEEEE
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>501757681What game? This isn't Pharaoh.
Ah yes, more fires on storage yards whose configurations i can't remember, how fun.>>501757882It's Pharaoh, the new one.
>>501757879>>501758308Always build an architect and firefighter building. Did you forget or did you mess up your loops?
>>501759858I forgot to add blockers. My complaint isn't related to the fire/structure mechanic but the inconvenience that is replacing said building, and the lack of an option for copying configurations.
>>501758308..."the new one"?
>>501760497Pharaoh: A new era. It's a remake.
>>501760697>he bought the phony remakebruh...Anyway. I've kept playing since last week but I'm still trying to reach the last milestone. My lazy approach came biting my ass pretty fast, and now it has become a bit of a pain. Like anon posted some days ago, this is most likely the max plant coverage you can get in vanilla, and while it makes sense to have desert in a planet, it still feels kinda empty. Cute game in any case. Also, it seems you can't raise the world temperature over 70°C from the starting one, sad!
>>501761331What's wrong with it?
>>501761331I bought the remake too. Lot less of a hassle to get running compared to the old game.
>>501761552>>501761720>mobile game shitty tier walkers>no improvement whatsoever on the original>WORSE war and lazy implementation of the system>they didn't even bother making the different angulation of most of the buildingsIt's just a shitshow, the fuckers bought the license and made a mess. Game looks like plastic too now, jesus christ. I was so hyped, and then we got shit, I'm happy I didn't rushed and didn't buy it.
>>501761552It's not a remake. It's just the game HD.
>>501762538I don't mind the somewhat cartoony look of the walkers, nor the war system honestly but yeah you got a point, Pharaoh deserved a better remake.I still like this one, but i can't help but to think on how Nebuchadnezzar got so many things right.>>501763053I'm not going to debate semantics.
>>501763237>"why is remake not liked???">"because it's not actually a remake">"urgh whatever gaylord"Um ok??????You asked and we answered you. If you didn't want an explanation, you shouldn't have asked.
>>501764213Here, have a (You).
>>501764213And that is why we never answer newfags. Now you know.
So, I finally won this game. It took me 14 hours and 395 in-game years. Can't help but think I've been unbelievably inefficient through all of this, considering how an achievement asks you to get to this point in 100 in-game years. Yeah, I repeat, cute game, I hope they will improve it, especially the UI and the whole terraformation part. Right now it's useless to pursue it past 5% of plant coverage, and how much you actually terraform the planet won't really change anything. It just turn into an optimization contest to see how much time you need to get to 1M population.
>>501764942>Can't help but think I've been unbelievably inefficient through all of this, considering how an achievement asks you to get to this point in 100 in-game years.Kind of, but atleast you had the "bonus" of having a greener planet. Hopefully the dev will improve the terraformation process but i'm not too optimistic.
Gorlak bard, what an absolute unit
>>501764942Good job, spiderfag. You earned a pegging.
>>501765335>Hopefully the dev will improve the terraformation process but i'm not too optimistic.Yeah, I don't think it will improve too much. Still, it would be nice to have rain and, at some point, a breathable atmosphere to build farms. Also, some option to just burn trash. I get that recycling is useful but some times you just produce too much and can't really do anything with the surplus.
>>501764942Good job. I liked the game too, it's nice for what it is and it's quite cheap too. The plan is to have some story elements in the final version of the game. The dev shared a road map a couple of months ago.
>>501765696I like the new sprite art and portraits. What kind of thing even is Gorlak?
>>501765696Kill yourself, dftranny.
>>501767981Based.
>>501767567Just a big head with limbs, they're one of the minor races that can pop up. Not super common to see one as a bard in a tavern. A more unusual sight than all these naked goblin dancers at least
Is Nebulous any good I saw it was on sale
>>501771974It's fun.Prepare for Homeworld 1 style ship movements, electronics warfare out the wazoo, shots coming out of nowhere and autistic details on missile warfare.
>>501771974It's difficult. I always need to redo the tutorial when I get back to it after a couple of months.
Good night.
Is CK3 worth getting now with the latest DLC? I want to go adventuring to from England to China and marry a Han qt. then form my own kingdom and make a culture that blends English and Han.
>>501340123>/gsg/ faggots not welcomed here>stellarislmao
>>501779147You had your chance sweetie.>Verification not required
>>501778330Is there anything CK3 does that CK2 doesn't?
Playing as the Oathsworn. Is it feasible to go Righteousness but with a Mix of Chaos/order? Or are the Oathsworn supposed to be played as Mono Affinity? I am sort of at a loss here. What are your thoughts in general on this faction? And how should it be played?
>>501785915?????????????
>>501789408
>>501785915game?
>>501795382AOW4
Who is still around?
>>501799889who's the girl in the purple shirt
>>501801085Wiz, the retard who ruined Stellaris by trying to railroad it toward e-competition.
>>501785915What game?
>>501801085Horatio.
>>501801275>trying to slander the best lich girl
>>501815737why does he look like he's nutting in the bottom pic
>>501720201Dark Eldar are not waifus.They are 100% evil.They turn people into still-conscious tendon-harps, the music being their screams.
>>501801275>>501815737oh right, the image is Wiz from Konosuba, as a reference to Wiz
live
How is Stellaris now compared to at launch? Is it fun?
>>501836008Imo it was better at launch.
>>501836008bloated, a mess, doesn't know what it wants to bethe literal definition of DLC platform
>>501823659Dark Eldar... But I was talking about Druchii from Warhammer Fantasy.
>>501837071nta. But I have been wanting to give it a spin again recently. But the immense feature bloat on top of the outrageous price of entry for the full *Experience* Is just beyond pale at this point.Just how bad has it gotten now? Last time I played is about a year ago I think
I'm new to age of Wonders 4 and not a big 4x fag.Does anyone have tips in regards to early games strategy, how fast to expand and what are some good culture/triat setups tome order etc.? Some general tips.I heard game got a lot of reworks so a lot of guides are dated
>>501810083Age of wonders 4
>>501801275>the retard who ruined Stellaris by trying to railroad it toward e-competitionwait.. What the actual fuck? Can someone elaborate on why anyone would ever think that was a good idea? I know that Paradox tends to be filled with ultra retards, but I thought it skewed more towards political bias
>>501843340They're barely better. Dark Elves in Warhammer are like "we need slaves to work the mines", then they torture their slaves for fun, and then complain there's nobody to work in the mines.
>>501822610That's what you should be asking about the original.
>>501849720At launch, Stellaris had different kind of space travels. Wiz removed them all, keeping only hyperlanes. At launch, all ideologies felt different. Wiz "fixed" them so that they all feel the same, balanced for multiplayer.There was a voice pack for the advisor, who made the warlike advisor more of an angry Karen than a Federation Skymarshall.People complained on the forum that they didn't like it. Wiz's answer was a very smug "oh, of course we expected young men on the internet to not like strong, independent women ;)". When everyone, even his fans, started tearing into him for that, he issued a half assed apology and locked the thread. And on paradox plaza, you can't have duplicates, so he essentially stopped all discussions about that matter, and remaking a thread to talk about this would get you banned.
Oh yeah, and voice pack is paid. So Wiz essentially blocked paying customer from expressing their thoughts because his feelings got hurt after his arrogance was exposed.
>>501799889Happy birthday? I'm still here. Have been since the release of Stellaris.
>>501857253>I'm still here.Don't forget.You are here forever.
>>501864703Yeah I know. Might as well make this a nice place to be. Although I barely have time to play games these days.
>>501739231>In general how are you guys going about the new factions builds?I really like the new Calamity tome as a dual-affinity Tier 4 option and the change to Mayhem makes it a very valuable Tier 2 choice since it now gets Incite Revolt which lets you start chipping away at enemy cities and farming infestations well before jammers come into play.I usually play some variant of Chosen Destroyers just because I enjoy the mega-throne city gameplay. Primal Dune Serpent absolutely shits out gold and doesn't have the annoyance of ash saber since deserts are actually pretty good. Spending gold to rush production to save 2-3 turns on stuff is often worth it once your income is high enough, spending 200 to 300 gold to save 3+ turns of building is totally worth it when you get several hundred gold per turn anyways. The chaos matrix gives you Strengthened when casting chaos-alignef buffs which makes grabbing one a good choice and it's easier to do so now with Ways of War, either that or Shadow for the 30% evasion are my favorite picks now
>>501849373if you're going to play Stellarisyou absolutely must pirate itDO NOT reward Paradox for their DLC shitfest
>>501851784>>501852026Damn.Total Wiz Death.
ck3 is so fun what the heck
>>501873312Wrong general.
nighty night
>>501882049Good night anon.
The worst thing about CoE5 is the music. I swear there's only like 4 tracks and they're all very similar.
>>501885661I'd say the worst thing is the world generation. It can make it impossible for you to win.
>>501885945I'm so used to turboshit mapgen I honestly forgot CoE's is also fantastically garbage.
>>501886659What games do you play to have bad mapgen?
Tell me about your first RTS game.
>>501894250Stellaris likes sandwiching you between marauders and fallen empires, and breaks in half if you have too many event mods.Rimworld also breaks with too many mods, but even without them the worldgen sliders either do absolutely nothing or crank it up to max at just halfway.XPiratez's underground tilesets can place enemies inside inaccessible rooms, necessitating debug mode or spending 20 turns pickaxing every pocket open. And the dev says it's intentional.CDDA's mapgen has been borderline nonfuntional for years between not spawning any POIs or even cities and making 90% of the map barren ocean, though Bright Nights finally fucking fixed that.
>>501904774fug, hard to rememberGalactic Battlegrounds?Emperor: Battle for Dune?Impossible Creatures?
>>501904774>Tfw they used to give that shit away with the PC itselfWe didnt know how good we had it
>>501904774If you wanna stretch the definition of RTS a little, Lego Rock Raiders.
>>501904787Most of these sound hard on purpose, not accidentally broken.
>>501905567>2D>3D gamesI bet on Star Wars.>>501905721We live in the timeline where marketing realized that games make money, so they sneaked in and are ruining us.
>>501904774Fuck, I don't know. Warcraft 1, maybe. Or Dominus. They both came out the same year and I played both a lot but I couldn't tell you which I played first, PROBABLY Warcraft. If I played something else RTS-like before that I probably didn't play enough of it to stick in my mind. Although now that I'm thinking about it I did play some Populous which was years earlier. I didn't play it as much as Warcraft 1 and Dominus but I guess it counts
>>501912784What the fuck. What is Dominus, and... what's Warcraft? Like, Warcraft 1?
>>501913298Warcraft 1, yes. And Dominus is an RTS where you play a big evil warlord and your kingdom's under attack so you can plop down monsters to defend it and make traps and torture captives and combine monsters to make big mutants and shit. It's almost like aboveground Dungeon Keeper before Dungeon Keeper existed. It may look more turnbased in screenshots since you see a map with a grid, but that's just because each square is an RTS map and everything's moving in real time everywhere. Haven't played it in decades so I have no idea if it holds up decently these days but I used to play it a lot because at the time since it was interestingly hands-off (For the actual combat, since it's real time you're meant to be bopping around doing shit while the fighting's going on most of the time) so it was good for imagining stories based on what was happening
>>501914393I literally never heard anyone bring up either of these. Warcraft 2, I do. But Warcraft 1? Never heard of it.
>>501914758It prominently features a fat female orc which is more than can be said about the rest of the games
>>501904774Where to begin...there were a few. I don't remember which one must've been the first since I was pretty young.>Age of Empires I + Rise of Rome Expansion.Think it came with an old Compaq PC that I used to have, my first one.>Chaos Island: The Lost World>A cloned copy of Empire Earth I that no longer exists.The same uncle thatt gifted me that one also gifted me a cloned copy of Civilization 3.>Army Men IIDo Simulator/Management games count as RTS? Around the same time as those before I also played>Locomotion>Sim City 3000>Zoo Tycoon + expansionsThose were around the earlies RTS I had. Then, as I got older and developed a taste for strategy games and played the sequels to some of the games mentioned.
Dominus looks fun. It looks like my kind of old jam. Janky as fuck, but full of ideas.
>>501916429Oh god you started early.
Night
Cracking a rival's planets is so boring. Conquering them, terraforming their worlds to the opposite of what they can inhabit, then giving them back. THAT'S how you do it.
>>501935723Evil
>>501914393>check Dominus>find https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNO2L--QVpQ>"so the game has too many options and they're all viable">"but the game has low replayability"What?
>>501941969Replay value doesn't come from having many viable options
>>501942932Wrong
>>501904774Technically (since it's technically an rts) it's this one. On PC I'd say the first c&c.
>>501945078
>>501945791
>>501945937"Herzog", huh?
>>501945791Sorry about that, didn't notice the pic was that small.
>>501946121Oh god, it looks like a mix of Tyrian 2000 and Swarm Assault.
this reminds meI emulated GG SD Gundam: Winner's Historyit was interesting
And we're off to a great start, as far as starting locations for Sisters' main city are concerned. I left faction color as random this time, and it gave me this 'wonderful' hue. The Emperor giveth, The Emperor taketh away, I suppose.
>>501954816Good luck lmao.And remember, ABUSE TRANSPORTS
Oh, tyranids are really close. Well, it's only five turns until we get research our flamer-toting tomboys. Better squash these bugs fast before they turn like 1/3 of the map into a completely uninhabitable wasteland.>>501954929Yeah, transports are love, transports are life.
What is it about Paradox games that makes them so addictive to depressed people?
God I love these things. Sister that pilots the dual flamethrowers also fiddles with the controls and looks around all the time. So cute.
>>501956056a paradox game is like a joband each run lasts just long enough before you get bored with it
>>501956053>transports are love, transports are lifeDamn straight, nigger.
Speaking of transports, with some careful unit juggling, we've taken down Tyranid capital in exchange for one Immolator, and even that one was only lost because of unfortunate cliff placement.
>>501958516That's why I like Gladius. It's all about juggling units.
Get rushed, dummy.But in all seriousness, there is certainly something that makes Tyranid AI sometimes go completely catatonic. Sure, AI is never great at using faction-specific strategies, but it's decent at producing, maintaining and moving armies. Unless it's Tyranids, then there's like 20% chance AI will suffer a complete mental breakdown and just do next to nothing for dozens of turns.
>>501961486Interesting, I didn't know that. I'll have to check later.
(You) there anon!Post what your personal top 5 4X games are and give a brief explanation for why you love your #1 the most!
>>501964335I'm not sure I played 5 4X.
>>501963071I've noticed that it's something of a recurring problem for Gladius.On Chaos Marines release AI didn't build the dark apostles at all and spammed empty transports for some reason (seems to be fixed). After the latest unit DLC Guard has a tendency to spam psyker squads and ignore stormtroopers.
>>501964335My favourite 4x game is being a biological woman.
>>501975654As a transwoman with a lovable boybutt this is so relatable.
>>501975654>>501975935Samefag.
>>501975997Your point?
>>501976094That you're sad.
Bump
>>501978815Thanks for your opinion buttmuncher.
Bump again.
>>501340123>Some newsGalactic Civilizations 4, dev journal 81: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1357210/view/4444583635753894116News Tower dev diary 2: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1649950/view/4476108195413098862
>>502004274Who plays GC4 lol
>>501964335I'd say...Gladius.Warlock Master of the Arcane.Eador Genesis.Endless Legend.Deity Empire.Gladius's my fav, but I think it's mostly thanks to the Warhammer 40 000 layer. I highly doubt I'd like it as much otherwise.Warlock Master of the Arcane is weird, like a Majesty fangame, but less fun. It does follow in Gladius' style that you're constantly under attack.Eador Genesis is weird. I want to like it, but I can't.Deity Empires, FUCK that one, it just pisses me off because I keep forgetting to fight and I get too focused on developping my country.Honorary mentions :- Conquest of Elysium, very fun, but not balanced at all,- that other one whose name I'll likely remember once I hit Submit.
So I wanna do a culture run in Civ 6. What's some safe civs to do what with. Any advice?
>>502014779ZULU
>>502015323>The warrior guysReally? How so? Zulu always screams "Domination".
>>502015398I mean, if you kill everyone else, then you win.I was jesting.
>>502017421Clearly, lol.I'm just gonna go good 'ole Teddy. In one hand, a potential culture powerhouse, and in the other, a armed force of Liberations!
>>502017743Who the fuck is Teddy?
>>502018119Teddie d'Monréal, un fondu qui ne travaillait qu'à la dynamite.
>>502018119Theodore Roosevelt.
>>502019561Isn't he kind of a badass in real life?
>>502018119
>>502020054Was Roosevelt that tough in real life?
>>501340123>/gsg/ faggots not welcomed hereyou know what?just because you said it
>>502025970You would've done it anyway, so quit looking for excuses, faggot.
>>501340123Why do people keep saying civ 4 with Vox populi is the best civ? I really like 6
>>502027161Because civ 6 is non-stacking hex slop. Also their city limiting mechanics are a regression from civ 4's which will ALWAYS shock you when you realize how to optimize something.
>>501958516Nids in this game seem like garbage. Tyrannofex is the first unit worth a damn that is not a hero.
>>502028019They are. But there are a lot of them.
motherfucker
>>502025894Yes. He was one of America's strongest leaders universally. Anti Corporate, pro human. Just about the most picture perfect President you could have after Lincoln.
>>502036621>Anti Corporate, pro humanAs a French, I'm already sold. He has my axe.
>>501985550napoopan>>502020054kek
>>502035148Kek
BUT WHEREISCIVET
>>502025894He got shot in the chest but his speech was folded there so it didn't penetrate deeply. So he just held the speech calmly before getting treatment. What a bull moose.
helo i want to talk about stellaris but i can only do it if i am also allowed to talk about gsg's at large....could we reach some kind of agreement here?
>>502056330>i can only do it if i am also allowed to talk about gsg's at large....Says who, your parents?>could we reach some kind of agreement here?No.Stellaris belongs on /civ4xg/, GSGs in general do not.And /gsg/ will never be accepted here.Stellaris was rejected from /gsg/, so I don't think they'd appreciate it at >>>/vst/gsg/
i've got a whole plethora of stellaris posts just ready and raring to go over here buddy... that's on youif you ain't got the guts to handle my victoria 3 playthrus for slop on top then buddy... i don't even know what to say to a guy like you
>>502057040He could just post about Stellaris on its own thread./vst/ has threads exclusively dedicated to Stellaris.But pusting her eis fine too.
>her eiswdhmbt?
>>502054780Metal.>>502056330No /gsg/. This is not negotiable.Fuck off then.
Is Age of Wonders 4 a gsg? Even if it's not, can we discuss it here?
>>502058320It's a 4x.What is your major malfunction, numbnuts?
>>502058717I think the hero rework sucks. I also think removing the ability to cast more than two spells a turn sucks. Anyway, peace out, /gsg/.
>>502058717It's a /gsg/gger, so that's his malfunction, it's retarded.
good morning
>city's burning to the ground because everyone just fell asleep at the roundaboutebin game
I don't know the difference between a Grand Strategy and a 4X and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.
>>502067161It is basically the same thing, except people here will call you names if you talk about the former.
>>502054780There was a bit more than that - it was his speech and eyeglasses case.He was campaigning as a third party candidate (in his newly formed Bull Moose Party) after having left washington and even after he was shot and his would-be assassin disarmed and captured he kept the mob that was there from lynching the dude and then immediately went inside and gave his long-ass 50 page speech.TR has been my favorite president ever since I was a little kid.
I can never really get into Civ because it feels like the AI cheats. Like if I focus on buildings I can't really develop an army but if I develop an army it feels like I fall behind. Yet the AI can have multiple armies and buildings in the same span. It just doesn't make sense.
>>502067161Grand strategy games are shit by retards for retards.
>>502077872This but 4x
>>502076436>feels like the AI cheats.It does.>>502076436>It just doesn't make sense.The developers gave AI cheating advantages in order to make up for the fact it is shit at the game. It would be much more expensive to actually develop the AI to be able to play well, so they take this kind of shortcuts.
Opinions?
>>502085528Wasted potential.
>>502078080Seethe more /gsg/gger.
>>502006540GalCiv 4 is quite fun I'll have you know. GC4 Supernova is almost identical to GC3 with all its dlc's but with better mechanics.
Why is there a link between playing grand strategy and being mentally retarded?
>>502085528Possibly the worst ANNO to date compared to how good its predecessor and especially its successor were.
>>502085528Generally bad. You can basically categorize the games as:1404 and 1800 which are the best games, 2070 which is good, the pre 1404 games which are varying levels of good but all just bad versions of 1404 and really out of the running because of that and 2205 which is worst of the of the bunch. It has some stuff going for it but if you like anno games then don't pick it up.
>>502094810
>>502100845What a cringe studio.
Heroes of Annihilated Empire is pretty good.
Can I discuss grand strategy gaming (or gsg) here?
>>502122920Kill yourself.
Can I discuss my parent's divorce here?
>>502122920>>502123024Why did Janny do it?
Thinking of strategizing (grandly) in my video game
>>502094810Because retards tend to be attracted to these map painters pretending to be games. Just like retards are also addicted to porn, or to gacha """"games"""".
>>502123689
>>502123689You struck a nerve, the /gsg/gger is really mad.
>>502124084Gnome aaa
>>502124258NIGGA spoiler that shit
>so why are /gsg/ faggots not allowed here?Gaze upon this thread and you'll see why. They don't post about games, they only shitpost out of spitefulness.
>>502124682I've had my fill, my share of losing. And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing. To think I did all that? And may I say, not in a shy way. Oh, no, oh, no, not me. I did it my way.
>>502124682Man, oyu know how to get under their skin.
>>502125238He's gotten under their skinHe's gotten deep in the heartof them So deep in their heart that he's a part of them
Why is the AI always shit in RTS?
>>502127186pathfinding is hard
>>502127634I mean, not just pathfinding, but like, there are so many games were stealth just doesn't work, you can't flank the enemy because the AI sees you through the frog of war.
>>502128089Good AI is hard to make, takes a long time with lots of testing, and thus is expensive. Better to just bang out something that works well enough for the 90% of players that just wanna smash together plastic armymen, then move on to making the rest of the game. The last 10% that want something more stimulating, will probably be playing multiplayer anyway.
>>502129674I hate how true this is.
I wanna get into Warcraft 3. Is there a specific general for it?
>>502122920No.
>>502131451just here afaikmaybe /vst/ has something, IDK
This has got to be fuckin stank. So many different flavors of biohazard.
When I die, my sister, who is married into another house, will inherit everything, which I believe will end the game. My son is gay. My daughter is gay. I can declare my niece my successor, but doing so is a moral crime on par with assassinating my sister, which I can't even do because she's baroness of some system so far across the galaxy that I wouldn't even know about it if it wasn't for her.
>>502085528It was an experimental Anno. They introduced some bad and some good stuff, but all of the good things they kept for 1800, so you might as well just skip 2205.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, catgirls are fucking goofy in melee.
I wish CA retroactively added cooperative campaigns to the old Total Wars, because it's the most fun I'm having in ages.
>>502139815I need starters tips, like how it plays compared to Starcraft 2 or AoE2. I get that heroes are a big deal, but what confuse me in the videos I watch is the upkeep thing, or the fact that every unit seem to have 453134514354135 hp and deal 2 damage per swing.
>loses to easy AIOkay seriously.
>still struggling with footmen>AI has wolf riders and taurens
>>502151291It has been a thousand years since I played WC3 but the deal with upkeep is there are a few breakpoints (I think 3, maybe 4) at certain population caps which push you into the next upkeep tier which reduces all your income. So I'm pulling numbers out of my ass but say you're at 50 population (Not necessarily units, since bigger units take multiple pop), now each peasant carrying a sack of gold back to town gives you 8 gold rather than 10. And at 100 population it might be 5 gold rather than 10, etc. Units having a ton of HP and dealing low damage is both to put more emphasis on big dick heroes doing their thing and for certain types of damage bootyblasting certain types of units, and to give you more reaction time so you can use healers and shit
I thought all my Battle Realms experience could help me, but my own units feel so bloody fragile while enemy units are super strong.>>502158609I see. At least it tells you as training start.
lmao who plays war3 in 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPyNXxAB9j8
Yeah, I think I'll go hit /vst/. I have no idea where to even start with this.
>>502149117Is this the place to discuss total wars? I thought that was on /vst/.
>>502127186laziness>>502127634pathfinding is in fact easy, a 100% solved problem for decades>>502129674some of the best AI is braindead simple
>>5020671614X have tiles, grand strategy have provinces or free movement4X is turn based, grand strategy is real time pausable4X is more simplistic and board game like, grand strategy is more a spreadsheet4X has you building out an empire from a single colony, grand strategy tends to start you in a historical situation with a real mapthat last one basically means grand strategy is missing one of the "X"'s , there is not really any exploration, so they're more of a 3X game
>>502177410>Is this the place to discuss total wars? I thought that was on /vst/.There's a Total War General here.
>>502178238>answering a shitposter seriously.
>>502140542That's the reason why they take up so much space iirc
>>502140542What's a "dark one"?Artyom's kid again?
>>502140542Would it stink that bad if frozen, and perhaps de-gutted?If not frozen, it would become worthless pretty quickly.
>>502184784Doom zombies.
Age of Wonders 4 bros, Ways of War vs Empires and Ashes vs Eldritch Realms?I have the 2 smaller expansions, which of the bigger 3 would you recommend getting?
>can actually destroy bridges...neat.
>>502196136doesn't this game suck a lot
What is the most coomer 4X game? Either base or with mods?
>>502196331No??? Why would it?>>502196408Sengoku Rance.
>>502196136Wow, so it's just like Tiberian Sun or Red Alert 2?
>>502196408Stellaris has a decent amount of coomer mods.
>>502197808You couldn't do that in Tiberian Sun.
What's the point of this general? people just post random shit with no relation to games
>>502196136That is one chunky bridge.
>>502198638what are you talking aboutwe got posts discussing the 4x and RTS genresposts with Plan B Terraform, Dune Spice Wars, Gladius, Cities Skylines, Red Alert 3, Xcom, Warcraft 3, 9 Bits Armies...and othersthere's some digressions to things somewhat connected, but that's every forum in the history of forumsdon't be an uptight assholeit you're a seething gsg shitter, then lmao
>>501625057Started playing after your post, am enjoying the game quite a bit, thanks!
890so you're saying we should reply across thread and board lines?
50why are you using triple digits to point to the posttwo is enough
>>502122920I can speak about CK2 a bit, if you want to know something. Didn't play their other games (well, besides Stelloris)/gsg/ moved to /vst/, in case you want to find that
>>502188910
>>502204650>>502205629Back to /vst/ you /gsg/ scum!
>install 50+ stellaris mods>I bet this is gonna be really fun!>game slows down to a crawl after just 50 years>tech takes years to finish even on 0.25 setting and with tech rush stratshow do people still play this shit?
>>502217506>>tech takes years to finish even on 0.25...Doesn't that game setting lower Research speed? If i remember corrently, it's a multiplier for how fast research occurs, not for how much times research requires to complete.Are you sure you didn't need to put it at 2.0 if you wanted to double the speed or 4.0 to quadruple it?
>>502218827no it lowers tech cost
>>502219075What Galaxy size are you playing on?I used to play on 1000, but the game becomes exponentially more performance friendly in a 600 size and with Habitable Planets at 0.25, so I had to conform to that.
>>502219369playing size 400 and with zero habitable worlds via a mod. as soon as ai starts building and moving fleets, the game slows down to a crawl.
>>502220447Wow, that's bad. What mods are you using?Also, specs?
>>5022207914090 and 11900k and 32 gb ram
>>502221452How is this even fucking possible? Are you trolling?I run the game on my old notebook, it is an ith gen i7 with 16gb ram and a shitty 2gbvram built in video card, and the game works just fine for me...Are you sure you do not have viruses or broken parts on your pc?
>>502223297define just fine. 10 ticks per minute or something?
isn't this the place where awkward stellaris playing mouthbreathers aka gsg rejects come to conduct their malfunctioning thoughts?
>>502223297He installed a whole slew of bloat mods, put on bloat settings and then started screeching that he was experiencing bloat. He has been doing this for years at this point.
>>502221452Is your game saved on a HDD instead of a SSD? That would certainly affect loading times at least, specially with a whole bunch of mods.
>>502217506Stelloris doesn't need mods, I would say. Unless you played it to death already.
>>502223848Like, I do not even notice it slowing down at all, I have no idea what the fuck is up with your pc.>>502224826Even so, his pc seems to have high enough specs for it to be playable, just how freaking big are these bloat mods?
>>502236630I'll show my mod list when I get out of the wagey cagey later today
>>502200398It also rebuids it self, you cannot rebuild it. I don't really get why, it just keeps you safe for 3 minutes.>>502214109Nah, bullshit. Elves are made to be enslaved.
>>502241778Calm down, faggot.
>>502241897Enslaved!
Sorry for not posting more often, I'm still trying to understand Stronghold.And I think my towns are too close together.
>>502245292heck that
Fuck this is really scratching an itch I'd had for a while. I've been wanting a fantasy 4x with actual monsters and random events etc but without so many mechanics that I start missing things and falling behind. I don't really use many spells so teching up the tree is just a shooting darts at a board and I haven't figured out how to integrate vassal city states after I've hit peak influence.And I think I'm still fucking something up because I can't seem to play wide (already 1 city over my cap of 3). Also fuzzy on the victory conditions, can I just play slow expansion or does the late game get boring if I don't start attacking my allies? Also are there meta victories that someone could finish and instantly end the game without warning?Other than that it's fun so far, I'm glad it has an auto combat option.
>>502252345Age of wonder?
I wonder if I'll be able to get to 1M in 19 years. Honestly, I doubt it, but let's see.
Oh look it's Papa Smurf's onahole.
>>502253586Yeah. It really doesn't want you to go wide, unfortunately.
>>502256407I've been wanting a fantasy 4X for a while too, but I think I tried AoW3 and I got krumped by neutral roaming dragons, how's 4?
>>502256518I'm starting with the 'relaxed' (easiest) mode just as basically a tutorial but so far it's been very forgiving. I usually only play Civ games so I'm always wary of non-Civ 4x titles and I'd say this is one of the least punishing I've played so far. More engaging than Gladius for me because of the RP decisions, diplomacy and random events.If you watch any guide video for like 5 minutes you'll know more or less everything you need for the early to mid game.
>>502259162>More engaging than Gladius for me because of the RP decisions, diplomacy and random events.I love Gladius, so "more engaging than Gladius" is a big recommendation.
>>502253862>cucked by the fucking treesI tought the achievement wanted me to get to 1 million colonists before years 100, but it actually aksed to FINISH THE FUCKING GAME and trees grow so slowly REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>502261161I liked Gladius at first but it got boring fast after only a few games. Unless they've added things to liven up the map, I don't see myself going back. All war and no diplomacy is just a turn-based RTS.
>>502265514I love Gladius, but yeah. I like Warhammer 40000 and I love switching from Gladius to Boltgun then to Darktides. Just like I like switching from Warhammer Total War to Vermintides.It's the change in scales that make it fun for me.
>>502264426Isn't that one reason they want to use algae instead?
mars' low gravity makes it unsuitable for long-term habitation, no matter how much you terraform itgenuinely better off on a spinning space station
bro woke up and decided to spit absolute FACTS
>>502264426Ahhh yes fuck me, I had to try 3 times. Nice game anyway, yeah.>>502269619This isn't the first terraforming game I try, and I never saw algae. It would make sense to have them. The game is still pretty much WIP with a big UI update coming or so it seems. Maybe we will see something else later on.>>502275142Well, this isn't Mars, although the colours are those. It would be cool to have different terrain colours.
>>502276864Shut the fuck up you munching mouthbreather. You can only reply one post at a time here.
what is all this red text mumbo jumbo i keep seeing in the thread here guys?i keep following the trail but it only bounce me around the thread i can't bloody keep track....
There's one reason I play strategy games: to feel like I'm creating history. Paradox games have some sort of rule of thumb to create their games, and that is that they design games in order to convey history first, and then design the mechanics on top of, while 4x games seem to do the exact opposite.Before I played Paradox Games for the first time, I scratched the make history itch by playing 4x games, specially Civilization, but now, they just feel so shallow and artificial, more closely reminding me of playing board games than a true historical experience.I'm not just here to trash 4x games, because they are not that way out of incompetence, but out of choice to provide players with an interactive and gamey like experience. I'm just talking about something I noticed about my gaming tastes.
Oh. I wasn't expecting this lad on my nice easy rookie-training zombie hunt.
as a die hard 4x drone, i can respect that stance.
>>502278770What the heck?
>>502278232>reddit spacing
>>502276864Wow that ending is shite.
I'm still surprised Empire at War is still going strong. Multiple major overhaul mods in active development for a nearly 20-year-old game with a mediocre-good baseline is an achievement.Still want a mod that replaces land battles with booting up a Battlefront 2 match.
>>502252345>And I think I'm still fucking something up because I can't seem to play wideYour mistake is in playing AoW4 for that.>does the late game get boring Yes, that's the reason the game is oh-so-unsubtly trying to force you to basically win by midgame.
>guy tries to use an RPG as an indoor weapon>disintegrated himself and killed his buddy in exchange for one malnourished dude with a knifeFuckin nazis, man. It's a wonder how they managed to build tanks and supersoldiers.
>>502295216>the malnourished dude survived??? somehow???>thought he disintegrated too but apparently he never even went down??Who the fuck is training these guys. This isn't even funny anymore this is just embarrassing.
>>502293938What's the quickest victory option? Also does the DLC add more content other than affinities/races etc?
https://youtu.be/mAiG18LGa90/gsg/ post please ignore'
>>502292086I should check them, I hated empire at war for its shallowness.
>>502295841He surrendered. That's worse. Only honorless /gsg/ger do that. How pathetic and miserable that cuck is.
>try mission>meet lich level 10Welp.
>>502308339You know how this ends, right?
>>502310560Remember. No Lordaeronites.
>page 10
>need moon key to progress>can't get moon key because heroes don't have inventory...huh. They improved Warcraft 3 but there's still some stuff to improve.
I am speechless.
>>501875000>there is no other general>wrong generalGo back to >>>/r/eddit
>>502334959Wrong general still.Cope and leave.
>>502335723based
>you can't build regular shaped roads because of the shitty globe projectionI'm suffering so fucking much.
>>502340896oof
>>502340896next time dont stick make spiderfag do it for you after sticking him with benzedrine
>>502341415That's the only way for him to get me to his place.
>>502348081Monsoon has the cutest animalAlso the comfiest place since magic space metals wouldnt be destroyed by hurricane force winds.
>>502348901Forest looks very cozy.
>>502351295Got any Master of orion colonization videos?
>>502355769Master of what?
>>502355902This game.
>>502356086Never heard of it.
>>502146109Is that Stellar Monarch? How is that game? Wasn't there a sequal in the works?
>>502253862Good luck anon.>>502264426You can make trees in a factory in this game. They also grow on their own once planted. (There are new tree models, nice.)
>>502359871>>502361190That's Star dynasties, it's basically crusader kings in space, but with less content.That's Star dynasties, it's basically crusader kings in space, but with less content.
>>502361765>>502361765I know but is the game fun? I thought the dev was working on a sequel.I know but is the game fun? I thought the dev was working on a sequel.
>>502362380>>502362380It's ok, I rate it 7/10. No clue what the dev is doing, haven't followed him at all.It's ok, I rate it 7/10. No clue what the dev is doing, haven't followed him at all.
So, I basically got all the achievements. I decided to restart the game anyway and went for unlimited resources and max water settings to try and mess around. Oh, and I've prepared 25k dynamite sticks.
>>502364725So do you recommend it?It looks like a better Per Aspera.
>>502362380Noelleon looks like he's struggling to hold in a shit, but is realizing he should've started struggling five minutes ago.Napoopan looks like he knows that you know, and knows that you won't do anything about it.
first time playing stellaris, is this tomb world start still ok for a first game? my gameplan is to use radiothropic and budding to remove the negative modifiyers for tomb worlds and then to stripmine every planet till they become tombs which I have a 80% base habitability
>>502365874I recomend it. It's a better Per Aspera without cringe AI-girly-drama and with no worries about stupid story. Ah, there is also no military nor contact with Earth whatsoever, so if you liked those you won't like this. Anyway, it's good, the water physics are real time, and you can dig and make dams and stuff.The issue is that the game it's still very much WIP, although promising. They will add a campaign at some point, and improve terraformation as it is still pretty shallow. Also keep in mind the game can be quite short, my first game lasted around 15 hours but the second 3 since I already knew what I was doing.
>>502368303>my first game lasted around 15 hours but the second 3 since I already knew what I was doing.How can your game last 5 times less with game knowledge? I find it weird.
>>502368986nta but that seems reasonable in games where there's a lot of room for streamlining or a lot of room to mess aroundthink Factorio, idle games, roguelikesor on the other side of the coin, games like Minecraft or Skyrim
>>502368986The entire concept of speedrunning is built on exactly that.
>>502369491Factorio is shit.
Does anyone have the ES2 edit of that BladeRunner scene where he looks at the giant purple hologram, except for the ES2 edit it's Emperor Zelevas?
>>502373328Zelevas provides.
>>502370016How about TTD? The game is kinda like a mix between a factorio light and TTD.>>502368303I'm glad you like the game anon. A shame you now have to go look for another colony builder.
>>502374171Exactly it, thanks mate!>>502368303It is a cool game. Kinda pissed I missed the 100 years cheevo by like 15? years or something on my first real game. Just waiting for a few more patches now before trying it again. I really like the precipitation/terrain system the dev has got going for the water.
>>502374340>I'm glad you like the game anon. A shame you now have to go look for another colony builder.I had fun so I'm glad too :^)>>502374565>It is a cool game. Kinda pissed I missed the 100 years cheevo by like 15? years or something on my first real game. Just waiting for a few more patches now before trying it again. I really like the precipitation/terrain system the dev has got going for the water.Yeah, for me it was one year, but luckly enough I managed to reload an older file and micromanaged everything until I got there. It took me three attempts.Also, it seems 27k of dynamite isn't enough to let me play around how I wanted. I decided I'll terraform this planet to look as Earthlike as i can. I already managed to delete the big craters in the water, now it's time to open a new sea. I need to rank up my explosive production thou, or it will take forever.
Excuse me tourist here. Is there no Egosoft's X general here on/vg/?
>>502380513What the fuck is X?
>>502381112https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8joKoB2UYmU
>>502381657Oh, X4. Aren't these, like, really really buggy and unplayable?
>>502381701They used to be, and every release usually is. But their latest installment has been out long enough to be awesome.Anyway, I'm looking for a general where this game is discussed, which I assume is not this one.
>>502382029Yeah, nope. Dunno if the X games ever got a general.
>>501602692no they're the Endless devs
>>502390230>approving the use of the N-wordYikes!
Play Gladius.
>>502403409Can I pick a map without Chaos factions, and get no events or anything from Chaos?I hate Chaos as a concept.
>>502397089Would you prefer porch monkeys?
Are there any mods for civ 6 that make the game super long but don't fuck with production times?Like I want technology and world eras to be real fucking long but don't want building/troop etc production times to change outside maybe wonders.I'd like to play a game where I have more time using the technology at the time. Like having a 100 turns where all you got is swordsmen and archers etc.
does /vg/ have a thread of ck3?
>>502423519You found it.
>>502423519No, go to /vst/.
>>502423519Kill yourself.
>>502423519No.>>>/vst/gsg/
>>502423519Yeah, go to >>>/pol/ck3/.
Good morning.
>>502407568No. Chaos cultists might still spawn as neutrals.
>>501753661AoW4 is better when you don't try to metagame and just roleplay
>>502433468When everything is a barely-coherent slop with a few predetermined archetypes sticking out, there's not much room for roleplay.
>>502433669Shut the fuck up, crybaby.
>>502433669>slopThe good thing with 4chan FOTM buzzwords is that you know you can safely ignore the opinion of people who use them.
>>502436129baka
>>502433669You sound salty.
HOI4 is bullshit hard.My two tank divisions and three motorised divisions get rekt by two Polish infantry divisions.Motorised are 9 motor units, 1 art, 1 AT, 1 anti-airTanks were 6 light tank, 2 tank destroyer, 4 motorised, 2 artDoesn't make sense.
>>502450656Wrong thread anon. You're looking for the gsg thread over at /vst/.
>>502450656man just make 40 width medium tanks divisions. you can't lose as germany vs AI
>>502450656Wrong board. Go ask >>>/vst/gsg/
any sci fi game similar to stellaris in terms of rts-pausable gameplay? i started playing endless space 2 and i really like it but it feels more like civilization in space
>>502459390No.
>>502459390Star Ruler 1 and 2.Also if you want to play Star Ruler 1 use mods.
>>502459390Distant Worlds, Sins of a Solar Empire?
Bampo
>>502467183Can I raze it?
>>502467585Maybe. Are you a Chinese god that the city should throw a festival for?
>>502468005No. But I main China in Command and Conquer General.
>>502423519No, I only like CK2.
>>502201226yea its nice, hits that niche
>>502473846
Are mods retarded? They have no idea what's on topic and what isn't.
play deadlock 2
>>502515292No, I'm busy trying to figure out what the fuck I'm supposed to do in amazing cultivation simulator.
>>502517152Oh boy.Have fun lmao, I tried that game and didn't get it. My Chosen would just get depressed.
>>502517152Watched Sseth's video? It kinda helps.
>people still play stelalris
>>502528601Shitlaris
>>502521767hey hey people
>>502517860>acquire magical kungfu powers that let you fly, ignore all mortal necessities, tank magnitudes more damage than any normal man could, decapitate people with a piece of spiritually-bonded panda shit, and play continental fetch with an immortal god-dog>become clinically depressed
>>502196408Erotohok.
>>502538658Exactly
Good afternoon.
How's your Sunday going?
>>502557439I am sad.
>>502557439Feeling empty inside.Super helldives on bots with constant orbital artillery barrage was the most fun I have had in ages, now it's gone and will never come back because the entire Helldivers community kept on bitching and moaning about it.
>>502557439Is this ozymandias?
>>502562112No it's the remaster of Pharaoh. Ozymandias is the simplified 4x that can be finished in one session of 1 or 2 hours.
>>502562262No I meanhttps://github.com/Banderi/Ozymandias
>>502562691Is this a Fate reference?
Drunken thought: is warcraft 3 just dominions but real time?
>>502565820Drunken thought: Sylvanas is hot as fuck.
>>501778143>not Points of Authority>emperor copes with lack of authority points by listening to ancient classical music
>>502567578This but Tyrande.
>>501964335>Endless Space 2Not sure if HoMM 4 counts.Thats it. Just 2 games.>Endless LegendGood game, but too hexagony and gives me headache for some reason.>Endless SpaceOutside of combat its ok.>StellarisIts shit. Has some neat stuff, but it is boring as hell and then you get deathblobs and game goes to hell.>HoMM 5Too cartoony and doesnt feel right.>HoMM 6Garbage, but has some nice things in there.>HoMM 3Its nice, but i dont like it.>Age of Wonders 3Have not played it yet.Idk what is it, but Endless Space 2 is so good for me. I wish Amplitude worked a bit more on it - things like- ability to retrofit captured and bought/hired ships with your own tech- ability to capture heroes- ability to build orbitals to expand max population in systems- slower terraformation and more tech/research to get system upgrades that improve/adapt to planet type and alleviate penalties and boost production/economy- systems can go up to 10 planets (but very rare)- can colonise nodes (so building a research station or harvesting station in black hole/solar nebula/neutron star node)- late game systems that are WAY off the constelations- more variety in galactic map/presets- ability to specialise ground forces (can have all infantry that can cover anti-infantry and anti-armor roles, same with air and armor)- siege ground forces that maximise infrastructure and population damage- ability to assign modules interceptors/fighters/bombers, and to ground forcesBut most importantly:- ability to use minor factions as major factionsMaybe in ES3? Who knows. I love ES2.
>>502569675What a spectacularly shit taste, lmao.
>>502127186>RA3It is such a shitty game. Units being gimmicks makes it much worse. I played it once. I was revolted. Im glad i pirated it.
>>502569804
>>502570167meant for >>502569986
>>502570412How about you use your own reaction image instead of piggybacking mine to me?RA3 is objectively shit. There is no way to work around that - from the retarded storyline to gimmick gameplay to cartoony graphics. Why would you like it to begin with? Because you are playing it right now and having fun? That doesnt make it good.
>>502570935k but ur wrong gaylord
>>502570935>objectivelyNah. Not even literally or unironically.
>>502571494>>502571610>contrarians and graceless curs
>>502572116>c-c-c-c-contrarians!!!!1111You talk like a chatbot, lmao, just spewing buzzwords in a barely coherent manner.
>>502572238Oh really? Go ahead, post the reason why RA3 is good. Please do, because all you did post was "lol your taste is shit".>lmaoIs picrel you? Looks like it.
>>502565820Not really no, Dominions is more like Supcom or Sins due to massive scale of research and unit deployment
>>502573209Precisely why should anyone take you seriously after your little melty? You're so mad you started wojakposting.
>>502573308Yeah, but in both games, magic is extremely strong and a life changer.Except War3 is all about buff/debuffs.
>>502573494>Precisely why should anyone take you seriouslySame is applicable to you and that other anon.>wojakAre you sure its a wojak? Because its not wojak (although related by several degrees). It reminds me of you and that other anon.And yes, im so mad. So mad...
>>502574415>Same is applicableYou're the only one screaming, seething and shitting yourself because someone disagreed with your shit take tho.
>>502546821cute
>>502568958This but Azshara>>502573209That's nuts
>>502582552
>>502574965>projections>assumptions>inability to engage in civil discussionPicrel is my advice to you.
Halo War is surprisingly fun.Really!
Bump. Has anyone played Avorion?
>>502602225>Has anyone played Avorion?I bought it ages ago but barely played it. I'm shit at making ships.
>>502602603I'm looking into that game now. It seems interesting. Do you know if it has an actual strategy part or is it just space simulation?
>>502602739>Do you know if it has an actual strategy part or is it just space simulation?Is mainly just you and your single ship blowing stuff/mining rocks.
>>502603319Ah man. I was hoping it would be more like starsector. The shipbuilder looks fun though.
>>502602225You go out and mine some rocks, process into resources, use resources to embiggen your ship, mine more, biggify more, occasionally fight some pirates, get into some diet X3 at the macro level with stations and automated tasks for your other ships, and repeat as you gear up via Diablo-esque random-stat loot drops to go deeper into the galaxy. A relaxing zone-out type game for the most part, and has mods to flesh out the gameplay a smidge.Really, it's like Empyrion or Space Engineers where everyone just plays it in creative mode as a means to publish their shit onto the Workshop to flex their shipbuilding skills.
>>502607067But can you have fleets in the game or do you always fly arround in your own ship?
>>502608838You're always in *a* ship, but you can have multiple and instantly swap between them, and your ships not under your direct control can be crewed by AI captains of different specialties and sent out on various missions like mining, pirate hunting, trading routes, or escort you/another ship to provide backup in a fight.
>>502609832An ship.The s is silent.
Oh no, I said steamed *mans*. That's what I call Vaulters!
>>502628725Calm down Craver.
>>502637047
Forgot to say : PLAY DUNE
>>502642328That reminds me of that one funky RTS. KOHAN, that was it. I don't know why I can never remember the fucking name of those, for some reason I kept thinking Asheron's Call even though I know that's an unrelated MMO, I guess because Ahriman's Gift. REGARDLESS the way the units seem to be little squads and how they move on the map reminds me a bit of Kohan
Being a xenophile is wanting to fuck an alien. Being a fanatic xenophile is wanting to marry one.
>>502658138Never ask the species of fanatic xenophobes gf
>>502660761I-I'm just showing her the superiority of my species!
>>502665708Is that why you're always telling her to get pregnant with your half-breeds?
>>502643423Is it a Conan game?
>>502594518I need to play it some time.Idea of controlling squads of grunts sounds cool.>>502602225What is it like?
>>502658138I didn't expect to see stellaris here. While we're on the topic, can somebody tell me how to best use slaves? They seem terrible inefficient compared to free pops and I end up falling behind my neighbours.
>>502658138Why is there no based isolationist option in Stelloris? Why is it only cartoonish xenophile and xenophobe? I don't care to enslave ayys, they can exist in their own space.
>>502696483>what is refusal of migration treaties>what is refugee policy>what is displacement
>>502698179Should be its own ethos too, I think.
>>502696483Isn't that inward perfection?
>>502686897Distant Worlds 2 is fun. I was asking for Avorion because I was looking into that game. I liked the shipbuilding from what I saw.
>>502642482YES
>>502703109Do you need to pick pacifist for that?
>>502642482You didn't specify WHICH DUNE!
>>502703872Think so, yeah
>>502704383shame
>>502704140I bet the Spiderfag did this...
>>501340123>>502703668>>502704140>>502642482>also new update for Spice WarsDune: Spice Wars Community update 4: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1605220/view/6610815782091751442>Smugglers and Fremen are now playable in the Conquest game mode. The Fremen conquest brings a unique twist, focusing on the liberation of the planet rather than the traditional Conquest gameplay.>New Map Types>Statistics Screen>Lots of Balancing and some bug fixes.
/r/ec me some RTS for brainlets.
>>502710864What kind of rts? Distant Worlds is also an rts for example.
>>502710864World in conflict, Dawn of war, Red Alert (any of them), Supreme commander.
>>502710864DUNC: Spice Wars is fun and pretty easy to learn. It has some depth too.
>>502711345>What kind of rts?Something that I haven't played(which may be a tad hard since I played so much stuff) and that my smoothbrain and slow as fuck clicking doesn't get in the way.>>502712636>World in conflictThis was was the one with voice recognition?>>502723047>50% saleInteresting but why the mixed reviews?.
>>502724123Voice recognition? No, ViC is the one where Soviets attack USA in 80s.I think RUSE had voice recognition stuff on it.That one is thoroughly dead though, gone from steam and every other platform it has ever been on.
>>502724123>Interesting but why the mixed reviews?.I...I don't know. It's one of the better rts games I've played in recent years, the other being the new Sins of a Solar Empire. I see some reviews are from the early access period but it's strange it get more negative reviews now.
>>502724123Tom clancy's endwar was the voice recognition one.
What are the outstanding issues with CS:2? I'm looking at the update and history and seeing that they've basically done nothing in the year since release, but also I'm seeing gameplay footage and it looks fundamentally fine?
I've been playing fairly heavily modded civ 6 with a friend because it was on 90% sale recently and some of the key things I've modded in are>Much slower eras using grand eras and 6T, and we play on marathon mode>mods for tall play and cutting back heavily on early game expansion>military units taking population to produce, removing the free settlers from AI>much much larger map, the largest possible without crashing and performance issues early on>a mod for many core systems like religion, governments, policy cards, governors, trade, great people, etc. to deepen themand most importantly>AI rework mod to make them smarter but get less free shit and cheap cheaty feeling bonusesand it occurs to me to askis there a better game to be doing this in..? A game that has a stronger base in one or more of these core aspects, better balance, or maybe even just a more challenging (without being cheap) and interesting AI..?it feels at this point like the game has been made into a different game entirely and I'm just wondering if maybe something else out there would be better for how I want to play
>>502724123There's also RUSE but I don't know where you can get it.
How's Manor Lord these days? Is it finally playable?
>>502742750According to another anon in the previous thread it is but he had really new hardware.
>>502734268eu4
I wonder the venn diagram is like of hardcore Stellaris players that are also deep into Rimworld, Project Zomboid, and Kenshi.
>>502686897>Idea of controlling squads of grunts sounds cool.Until you meet Warhogs.
Wasn't quite prepared for Megapol to be slinging plasma weapons, but it's mine now. Shame I won't be able to use any of it for another hundred hours or so.
>>502709253>>502704140More like spicy wars
>>502734268>military units taking population to produceWhat mod does that? I have almost all the same things you got
One of these days I'm gonna learn Aurora4x instead of just saying that one of these days I'll learn it.Oh well, back to bouncing between XPiratez and CDDA.
>>502642482I am, but it doesn't seem very 4x/RTS to me...
>>502774849look up retirement or depopulator on the workshop
>>502724956Many people were mad about the game not having a story based campaign like its predecessors.
>>502724123>Interesting but why the mixed reviews?.Because some characters are turned into women, and it offends people who don't play games but feel strongly about them.
>Metal slug tacticWhat is your take on it, anons? Imo its pretty fun as of now, the enemy variety allow for things not to get stale too quickly and the weapons buffs allow for a wide range of viable strategies, but my main complaint is how explosives tend to be so viable they're basically a meta, like you cant go wrong with them no matter what which make things a tad too easy at time. And some of the combo you can do are genuinely broken, like the mirror perk which create a copy of your attack on your left and right side, so if your attack cover multiple areas then you can abuse the hell out of it (ie has a sword that would hit every one around me, with the perk it would effectively make it a triple hit attack which kill 95% of the game enemies in one hit.
>>502781989Anon that's the wrong Dune, that's the new Dune crafting/survival rpg.Neat of you to breach NDA though.
>>502781960There's nothing stopping you anon, embrace the 'tism.
>>502816708I can feel the autism through my screen
>>502789970Yeah but the review score that is negative is the score of recent reviews. I have no explanation for that. I also don't like that there is no campaign. I like the promotional videos, I just want more of that.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqeqVV58qvw&ab_channel=ShiroGames%7CUnlimitedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8IbMwyOk8M&ab_channel=ShiroGames%7CUnlimited
I haven't played Stellaris some time and I'm thinking of getting the DLC that has come out since.Cosmic Storms sounds like trash and I'm skipping that. (Tell me if there's anything that makes it worth it)Grand Archive I definitely want.What I'm really unsure about is Machine Age. I like the sound of what's in, but I don't play gestalt/machine consciousness empires, does it add anything for regular empires?
>>502830272>Grand Archive I definitely want.Why though? Stellaris is so meh. It's the junk food of space strategy games. If it even can be called a strategy game.
Bamp
>>501904774Age of Empires. I was like 6, but I still remember my first game. I was just fucking around with collecting resources and hunting animals when the AI showed up with axemen and destroyed me. Even on my second game, I somehow never found the age-up button. I made as many clubmen as I could to defend, then the AI showed up with axemen and destroyed me. My dad helped me find the age-up button eventually. I usually played on island maps where the AI couldn't invade me easily. I just built everything that I could, built army up to full capacity, then built the wonder and did my best to defend.
>>502849090That human not only can't drink that tall one but is also carrying a gun.
>>502816708But I've already used up all my 'tism slots.
>>502830272You're correct about Cosmic Storms. Even people who bought it prefer to keep it turned off because it's just annoying.Machine Age is pretty good. Funnily enough, gestalt machines don't get that much out of it. It mostly focused on individualistic machines (that play like a regular empire, just robots), with some spicing up of Synthetic/Cybernetic ascension paths. And Arc Furnaces/Dyson Swarms are nice cheap megastructures to give you something to build in the midgame. Definitely one of the better DLCs.That said, I will always advise pirating Paradox DLCs rather than paying for them.
>>502816708way too much tedium in navigating the UI for me
Why do these idiots insist on standing directly next to the fucking zombies? Especially while I'm using primarily shotguns?
>civ 4>spawn in on an island with Churchill, Lincoln, and Bismark>chillin until I hit compass and start exploring>there's an island next to us with Montezuma, Shaka, and Caesar sometimes it be like that
>>502854078You impress me. I did the same in Starcraft, tried to played, always got demolished by a swarm of marines.Only times I won were by cheating, giving the AI a lot of crystal but no gas.Kudos to you for not giving up, dude. And I mean it.
Fucking finally, took a straight month of drilling the gnome. Went from 33 topics down to 16.
i seriously dont understand the hate for /gsg/ here, both of you people like strategy games where you play as a ruler/nation, id assume there would be a bunch of overlap
>>502857239Non gestalt machines? Sounds good to me, I'm sold.
Because gsg is a shitty name. Civ4xg is pleasant and rolls off the tongue, but gsg is ugly and monotonous. It's not a place of discussion, it's a pharmaceutical. Probably for acid reflux or canker sores.
Fuck off /gsg/gger. You had your chance, and you squandered it.
>>502891651autistic retard seethes over innocent questions
>>502893237>>502893237>>502893237>>502893237>>502893237>>502891651Based. No mercy.
>>502876982What are those skin tight suit thots doing
