Harpy edition.Previous thread: >>545402308This is NOT /g*g/. If you wanna talk about Gr*nd Strategy, fuck off to >>>/trash/ or >>>/vst/.==NEWS==Endless Legend 2, multiplayer review: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3407390/view/585031732510589022Endless Space 2, community patch: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/392110/view/510720518552291537Town tto City, Animals Update trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TK_xF0x9iENews Tower will release on November 18th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU2MZJadP40&ab_channel=TwinSailsInteractiveC-Beams, Devlog 48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEtaw-8b568Tropico 7 announcement trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ZrwBfbALU&ab_channel=KalypsoMediaNebulous: Fleet Command, Devlog 38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXgbXiJdJTk&ab_channel=EridanusIndustries== 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
HAK HAK HAK
>>546715573HYUK HYUK HYUK
>rural worlds removed>no mod to add them backwtf
>>546715330based and shtormpilled>>546716182https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3515440781
>>546716368ohthank you
>>546716368Fuck I wish I knew about this sooner.
>>546716368Cool mod. I like making two different specializations for the different flavor text regardless of how unoptimized it is, so this is my cup of autism.
>my people are forced to endure the stench of your own
>>546719404Do you crash your economy and genocide your own pops if you use it?
>>546720032sadly the mod author (don't know which mod) is not that based
>>546718838Designatedshittingstreet
>>546715330>First great merchant pops up, decide I don't want him, pass>Many turns pass, no new great merchant offers>Look at great people screen>I'm gaining 6 great merchant points a turn and all the other players are getting 0MISTER HICKEY REDEEM A GREAT MERCHANT THIS INSTANT AND FREE ME FROM THIS ICY HELL
GEICO, the organ usury company
>>546729676REPO
>>546729676why does this dystopian nightmare government increase happiness of all things?
>>546730348At least it's stable and you know where you stand
>>546715330You forgot the new news from last thread OP.Falling Frontier Dev Update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1280190/view/539994465116356609Frostpunk 2, Fractured Utopias DLC will release December 8th: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1601580/view/809085268448510868
Is EL2 worth a try yet?
>>546735480from what I read the biggest problem right now is lack of factions, with only 4 in the early access.did a new faction release?
>>546735480Not really, it's still pretty mediocre. The major changes since launch about rebalancing the AI and military still don't really improve the experience (both still bad).
What do you fags think about that 40k civ game, gladius relics of war?
>>546738328I like it, but someone said about another Warhammer game that if you don't know anything abotu the lore, you'll be lost a lot. Like, the game explains how to play it, but it does a poor job at explaining how strong units are, so the first time you send guardsmen against necrons?
>>546738328>abotuI can't type. But yeah, it's kinda fun, but it suffers from two major issues that I can remember:1) you have to know Warhammer 40000 to appreciate it,2) it's very shallow, there's little diplomacy or economy.It's essentially Civilization, but with only the fighting, everything else is simplified. So yeah, if you expect Chapter Master, don't.Among other issues, there's some kind of loneliness to it. Like, you have mods in Br*tish to add voices, but everything is silent except for music and sound effects.And also, yeah, there are DLCs that can fuck up the balance. Like, Space Marines in Gladius are meant to be tall, early-bloomers (I hope that's the right word), so in early game, they have space marines when everyone else is sending guardsmen or termagaunts, but they lose steam as the game progress, and being limited to one town, they can get outproduced by other factions.The DLCs give them more and more lategame toys so that they have more staying power.
>>546736340So when are they going to add new factions?
My ass hurts.
>>546753610What did you do this time?
>>546754245Constipation.
>>546750981Early next year.
>>546756761can you maybe hold control or shift to disable snapping?
>>546756761Hahahaha, embrace the grid. It's your only option.
Is Stellaris fixed? I haven't played since 4.0 release
>>546765708kek, of coure not.
>>546766091Man, what the fuck. It was genuinely in a good spot (imo) right before that pop update.
>>546766759Yeah, it was better.Pop system is retarded, the whole "trade" resource is annoying as fuck and a waste of time etc.And the performance is even worse now even at the start, lol.
bump
>>546758520yeah shift ended up working
>>546660309I'm so fucking bad at this and keep losing to the AI
>>546787038>already falling behind again
On a scale of 1-10 how strong would you say gestalt machine shattered ring is?
>>5467955238
>>546795523>gestalt machine shattered ringIs this some code to talk about anal?
>>546795523if you go virtual, like 9 probably
Oops
>>546805178YOU DUN GOOFED
>>546801075No, but it can be ;3
>>546808682Spiderfag's shattered ring...
>>546716182Why did they remove it in the first place?
>>546813000>why did paradox do something Come on anon.
>Age of Empires IV>Japanese can get bannermen>bannermen can be melee, ranged, or cavalry, they give +15% damage to the corresponding units near by>these stack>but they're capped to the base damage, so it's always +45% of the base damage, plus whatever upgrades you haveMmm. The Buddhists monk give everyone near by +50% damage when they try to convert an unit, can I stack that with the banners for a +95% damage bonus, PLUS the research bonuses?
>>546819259Nevermind that, I checked. The banners bonuses don't stack.My sadness is extreme, I thought I had something with my SIX bannermen.
hump spiderfag's ass
yooo this game is fucking awesomewhy didn't it gain more attention?what a shameit's very good, and it gets better the more you understand its mechanics
I think my finger slipped and I accidentally picked "very fucking hard" because damn, the covenant almost broke me. Had to spam Jackal to stand a chance against the Prophet of Regrets and his Honor Guard.
>>546833730I saw some ads for it on 4chan.Are you shilling it?
>>546841367>I saw some ads for it on 4chan.Really? When? The game launched 4 years ago and since then it has been basically dead I believe. >Are you shilling it?Nah I planned to play it like 3 years ago but my backlog is big and i'm lazy as shit.If I was the developer trying to shill something it would probably be their latest game, wouldn't it?
>gog-games is slow to update Stellarisconsidering downloading from cs rin ru insteadI don't really *need* an update though...hrm
Hello friends, is there a pastebin for cities skylines mods, I have purchased everything instead of using the fitgirl ofc, I just like to mod manually ((((;Currently I'm struggling to find network anarchy 3.2.5 as it's only on workshop, however 3.2.4 may sufficefailing a pastebin, hmu with some mods you like. Thankfully some anon had uploaded the exact version of moveit to the nexus for this particular version of the game
>>546842672nevermindtorrent onlyit'll have to wait for VPNwhich will have to wait until I get a part-time jobwhich is not easy around here
bedtime
>>546842672I updated my copy to 4.1.7 through rin ru yeah
>>546849123did you download the whole thing, or did you just download the update and paste it over
>>546849794iirc think one of the patches (4.1.5?) i used an update exe by elamigos, and then latest patch was pasted over.
>>546850181thanks, I'll try that
>>546850181to double-check:you did this over a gog-games install, right?>>546850315seems to have worked
>>546851380>you did this over a gog-games install, right?yeah
>>546845269Same.
>>546854168hope you're having good night anon
Does the current version of Stellaris still have that leader bug where leader ascension traits disappear when you modify their species?
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/an-update-on-cities-skylines-ii.1873154They threw in the towel on Shitties Skyline 2
>>546873842Sad
>minimum habitability from being molebotes stacks with the minimum habitability from being machines>100% hab on every single goddamn worldhow very balancedI mean I have to deal with -20% pop assembly speed and +10% empire size from pops but still, I can colonize everything without any penalties, and since machines get static pop growth from jobs I can counteract the pop build speed penalty by colonizen a lot of worlds and building assembly plants everywhere
I wish there was a good carrier command game.
>>546879135carriers are gay and lame however
>>546879135game?
>>546888108gaea mission
>>546888108structured activity with rules for entertainment
>>546879135Rule the Waves 3 if you like designing and commanding carriers
>>546888835no, carrier command as in the video game series carrier command
How do i get good at Age of Wonder? Are these any general hints? Are tiers that important?
>>546873842>cities skylines 2 so bad that the developer leaves paradox>paradox keeps the franchise and is moving development in houseFucking GRIM.
>>546899757A Fate worse than death.
>>546873842Didn't one of the main developers in management say that players who didn't like the game's simulation might not be suited for it or something?
>>546903824Unironically so. If SimCity 2013 was a car crash death that killed the series, Skylines 2 was stillborn and the series will die quietly in the night, slowly as mod support eventually dwindles for Skylines 1.
>>546899757Youre letting colossal order off like this even tho they released an unfinished pos that has taken 2 years to fix up and still needs more fixing
>>546908243omlette du frommage honhonhon
>>546910262Boring
>>546910262ok alien
>randomly remember Gnomoria is a thing and that I picked it after Towns was a disappointement>it was buggy so I put it aside>check it>it's been abandoned
>>546908243Having another go?I picked AoW4 up again because of the vamp dlcvampires seem like they have a rough start, early game is weak but they've got some thematic/fluffy optionsthis fight was fun though, caught out of position and tried to make the best of it>based on enchantments, stacking poison/decay/bleeding/ghostfire/blood parasites>constantly dropping ghostfire comets like it's fucking meteor rain, with the death magic empire skill combat cast points are constantly refreshed>since blood parasites kept being spread everywhere, end up with shitty tier1 maggot units popping up out of every enemy corpse like chestbursters>worms gunk up enough of enemy attacks all my actual heavy hitters can hammer enemy heroes>each death counts for Mortal Blessing, so both sides max out their HP/crit chance bonus super fucking quick>still lost both T3s, necromancer's rez saved for my warrior hero, blood cultist got to sneak in resurgence due to black dagger, necro himself got resurgence after I cast that new dark death cult kys/resurgence spell before he died due to enemy debuffsI don't even have super synergy here, this was just me picking what looked cool for a vampire and one of the new Dark subcultures
>>546912437Yeah, having another go. A friend asked my opinion about AoW4 compared to Dominions, so I had to spelunk back into it to make sure I told him how complicated the game is.How are vampires compared to necromancers?
>>546912590well I'm still learning what is and what qualifies as a vampire ingame. It looks like the vampire ruler class, and any heroes they hire get instantly vamp'd, so you can grow your own goth gang that actually drain/feeds extra experience to the vamp ruler. Vamp rulers get castlevania buildings to replace wizard tower stuff, a new terrain type they want to spread, Sunless, because vampires get noticeable debuffs if they're not underground or in Sunless terrain. Their unique skill tree is alright, but people think they feel weak early game with the terrain disadvantage and increased unit upkeep for themselves. Dragon Rulers cost more gold upkeep too, but are IMMEDIATELY rewarding because they're a fucking dragon
>>546912590Necromancers are just a support unit, but they can fill a niche in Dark cultures since they don't have a native support unit. They still require extra investment though to be rewarding compared to grabbing the Chaplain unit from the Order tomes. Necromancer skills are keyed to buff/reraise only undead units, which if you're grabbing necromancy tomes is generally just going to be stuff like skeletons or zombies early on. Stick with it and you can hit your entire race with a Major TF spell to add the undead tag and suddenly necromancers can raise any of your guys without them being reduced to a T1 skellyThe shadow/necromancer tomes have a lot of resurrection stuff for undead. Stacking enough and the only way your units will really die is if their corpse is destroyed while still knocked out. Corpse destruction is an important feature to counter any serious undead gimmick
>>546916438Damn, that sounds awesome. I do like the aesthetic, look like a mix of Castlevania, the Vampire Counts from Warhammer with the inversed towers, and V Rising for the blood fountain.>>546917054Sorry, I meant "Undead" in general, not just Necromancers. But checking again, they were faction in AoW2 but not 4.
>>546918000I played AoW1 plenty, but didn't get around to 2 yet. Undead were fucking busted in 1, but that was clearly intentional. If you weren't the Highmen you better fucking have priestsUndead in 4 get a small blight/frost resistence, larger fire/spirit weakness, Heartless to makes them resistant to morale damage, and immunity to disease and poison. You can start small with skelly spam, toss in stuff like bone golems, banshees, or bone dragons, if you get a soul economy going. Souls as a tertiary resource can be clumsy to manage, but undead have gotten enough updates since release it feels more reasonable now. The biggest dick undead creature summons, like Reapers, have cheaper upkeep in exchange for constant soul upkeep. Eventually, probably aim for making your entire race undead. Two major TF spells do this so far.>wightborn comes with life steal on all attacks, super easy and useful effect. the vanilla option available, makes people look like hollow-faced skeletor-men which could be really cool if you toss in any minor TF that gives glowy eyes>Gift of the Old Blood only gives extra heal on kill instead of on attack, but ALSO includes chance to inflict Blood Parasite on all base attack, which is like Bleed+ designed to affect anything immune to bleeding and spawn T1 maggots if the target dies. They keep their face but get glowy eyes, basically drank the blood of an undead cthulu horror or something. This TF was part of the vampire DLC that just released. It's higher up on the research tree than Wightborn. I wouldnt say its stronger unless you stack bleed skills and gimmicks, then it feels badass. Wightborn still feels useful on it's own plus you can research it earlier
good lord it's kholek Suneater, the monster the size of a mountain
>>546873842tragic.
>>546922148That sounds fun, but it all sound so incredibly specific.And first Age of Wonder 4 then Total War and I got rekt at both, I think I'm just bad at turn based game.
>>546873842sad!
>>546928727berry sad!
>>546923416dayum
>>546922148Cool
Finally. I feel like I just got rid of a major childhood frustration.
>>546939094based
>>546939094Is there a Crash 4x game? Speaking of, I don't think any of the big 3 console brands ever have a franchise in the 4x genre. I guess Nintendo's had a bunch of turn based tactics games and Microsoft had RTS Halo games, but 4x stuff really has been a PC game thing.
Now to actually beat Tomb Raider 2.>jump with alt>walk with shift>interact with ctrlThis is going to be fun.>>546941420lol noNot even mods. How do you turn something like this into strategy?
>>546941595>those keybindsGross. Why not just use a controller?
>>546942102Never got it to work properly. It's not unusual, I got a few games that refuse to work with it but worked fine with my Xbox360 controller.
>>546904535sim city 2013 was a masterpiece and the bugs were fixed within 2 weeks
>>546944946decent bait
>>546942250cute lara
>>546941595>>546942250strategy games?
>>546873842It's now abandonware. We can pirate it as much as we want.
>>546654830Some of the baseline mechanics under everything is literally the same between the two games and both games rely on mods to fix half/most of the games' numerous shortcomings. But with CS2 you get to burn a shit ton of processing and gpu power to render an ugly mess that isn't even doing any of the things it said it was going to do. Some of the stuff it does makes a bit more sense but the things players wanted improved/fixed under the hood were never addressed.>>546873842Imagine swimming in so much money from the original but pretending they can't put together enough resources to fix their shitshow.
>>546950332>>546944946Bros. There was so much I liked about sim city 2013 outside the small ass cities. And apparently the servers were the bottleneck. They figured out how to make bigger ones but EA axed them fast after their publishing blunder. It's sad
Canal to irrigate district 2 combusted into being.
>>546944946I mean, maybe so but it still killed the franchise pretty spectacularly. Any car can go up in flames if driven poorly enough and circumstances align just wrong. Maybe 2013 wasn't a Ford Pinto and destined to be shit, but it certainly wasn't a luxury sports car before it immediately crashed and burned.
>>546873842This was disheartening to read. I never bought the game, I was waiting for it to get good and now it never will. What could have been..
>>546908140Who fucked up more? Was it Colossal Order being retarded and unable to manage game development, or did Paradox give them unrealistic demands and timeframes? Genuine question, I just tend to default to shitting on Paradox.
>>546954732the servers were not the bottleneck. the game was designed with a focus on mechanical details rather than map painting. you were not supposed to be able to build a single massive city to do everything, you were supposed to choose a specialization, and have multiple cities in a region support each other. limited space was a design decision to create a more interesting simulation.
>>546955843mistakes were made...
>>546960930
>>546960930Oh no. What happened?
>>546965452Forgot there were some destructible rocks at the end of the valley lol
>>546957921A little bit of column a and a little bit of column bI don't think CO should be let off at all. It's been 2 years
stellaris conflict solver finishedPHEW
is cloudflare having problems
>>546977321turns out centralized weakpoints are bad for the internet
>>546977321Schdue maintenance. Please understando.
For people that actually play timberborne a lot, I only played it for like 15 hours but I was confused by how you were supposed to manage droughts later on. I had made a massive reservoir that took up like half the map and was super fucking deep that filled up and then slowly let it out during drought with floodgates but I would still run out and it felt like the game was going to become unwinnable. Maybe I was doing something really wrong but I had such a ridiculous amount of water compared to the map I didn't understand what else I was supposed to be doing.
>>546983649I guess maybe it wasn't half the map, I had walled off the red bits here and dammed the main river so it wasn't stupid shit like just running off the map. Are you maybe meant to deepen the riverbed or something?
News Tower just released: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1649950/view/547875764461109567
>>546992915Release trailer of News Tower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEya-_8sxsI
>Ah shit, here we go again.
They're still building the empire state in the background. That's a cool detail.
First edition.
>>546998858>The Rat appearsAnd so begins the downfall of entertainment...
>>547007350
>>546912437>game looks like it would be perfect for a porn mod>no porn mods on nexus>only one nude mod on loverslab, but textures are low res and it breaks some headsWTF, modders?
I want Jasana to execute me publically for touching her advisor without permission....
>>547009628Low hanging fruit
Age of wonder 4 good without DLC? Or is too much locked behind it.
>I'm sure all this talk about recession will blow right over.>>547007350They had a good run.
>>547011349>horatioShit.
Damn just a couple of hours short of getting a sports story in there.>>547011517Oh, big baby.
Oh, I have to earn access to the mayor.
The dreaded s-word.
>>547012227>movie hits cinema'sCinema's what?
>>547016649HISSS
>>547016649BASED
It seems I can either go for the mayor or the mob if I want to unlock all options.
>>547018562Get all the corrupted ones.
>>547017010I think one of the first 'talkies'.
>>547018714I think you have to balance them against eachother. So far I've only seen offers that increase relations with one and simultaneously decrease relations with the other. Maybe there are missions that only increase relations but I haven't seen those. The other groups in town are the high society and the army.
>>547019923Kill them all.
>>547018562Join the mafia
>>547016649shoratio
>>547018745Yeah, but what does it hit?
>>547009628The only strategy games that have gotten lewd mods are a few paradox games I'm afraid.
>>547017010down arrow gun, just like it says
>>547009628Making 3d meshes is haaaard
>>547031353So am I.
>>547030470Total War Warhammer III has a whole bunch.
>>547030470Get the RTS camera mod for Bannerlord and it's a strategy game with lewd mods
>>547030470XCOM 2
>>547036856I should finally play the nuxcom games. Got both of them for free now, and the mod scene is so mature that the Long War folks made their own damn game.
I still have no idea what the Steam cards are for, but I like the art.Have Driftland a... very annoying strategy game.
>>547043472>I still have no idea what the Steam cards are forIsn't it supposed to be some profile point shit or something?
>>547048003Dunno, I'm not getting any points for them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>Boot up my last stellaris game, virtual empire>All my leaders start dropping like flies>they removed immortal from virtual popsyou get a shitload of mod points to buy Eternal Machine anyway but who was asking for this
I played Ymir a few years ago, have the recent updates been good? The multiplayer server shit is hit or miss, especially since I have years of experience with the game the creator himself got fed up with and ragequitted to make Ymir, but if the city building is interesting yet I might give it another try
>>547053229I just played as virtual yesterday and my leaders were immortal. It’s either a bug or you have a mod installed that’s fucking things up
>>547053229>>547057286it's a bug, something fucky with the virtual leader trait
>>547057908It's a reoccuring bug from 4.0 onward, any leader ascension traits can disappear when you gene mod the species. Appears to only be happening to machines/synthetics based on the comments on this thread and the last. The previous fixes don't appear to be working this time around either, hopefully the infernals patch fixes it
One More Turn!
>>547043472you make badges for your profile with them and the badges level up your accountaccount level is meaningless except for that it increases your steam friend limit maybe?steam profile cosmetics basically
About to start this up, what am I in for?
>>547016649>1200 dollars in the banklisten I understand small numbers are easier to grasp for the average personand I understand money was worth a lot more in the 30'sbut good lord am I tired of business games with tiny unrealistic amounts of money
>>547043257my advice is to play EU without EW firstactually to play it without any dlc at all because all of it is trash while the base game is a masterpiece
oh no!
>>547076405Oh no, our future shopping mall is aflame!
>>547076793John Skyline is saving the kids!
>>547076405>rampaging fire while it's snowingwhat do they build with, pitchwood?
>>547078005the hick side love their gasoline the autobridges I am gonna have to come rework to look better, but nice meteor hole, I guess
>>547073753Aye, Commander. It'll take a bit to get used to since I know I can't just recruit/grenade spam with only four squad members, but at least Chryssalids aren't the same nightmare hellspawns from old X-Com.
stellaris meido
>>547088545is there a sexual services enclave mod yet
>>547076405Cities Skylines needs SC2000's disasters
>>547108068that exists it's called sim city 2013
>>547073508Why would devs balance everything arround real world monetary values of the time? The only thing that is important is that it represents the value of things you can get in the game. If it had to be realistic you could just borrow whatever you need then make the newspaper business you want and immediately win the game. There really isn't much to gain with having realistic numbers because it's never going to be realistic.
>>547115183I'm not saying to meticulously research the cost of every single thingI'm saying to just have values that aren't blatantly, obviously too low. Most of this shit could be solved by adding a zero to everything.
>>547011294Ehhh, probably not as good, I'd say it's still decent on it's own, since the devs are giving free patches with each update. The strongest ruler picks are still the vanilla options, and the vanilla cultures have been getting reworks that leave them really strong. All the extra leader/culture options, you'd be playing them for flavor rather than meta pickBiggest annoyance would be being locked out of the DLC tomes, since those are your extra research/tech tree options. Play like, six full games and you've probably experienced the entire vanilla tech tree, the extra shit helps clutter and expand options a lot. Also not having the ability to insert any DLC events or map features into custom realms for your ideal sandbox could be limiting too. The studio really embraced that paradox DLC mindset
The pretentious Haakonish>Due to their Pretentious Design (and advanced gravitic tech), Haakonish ships, stations and facilities cost 20% more resource and take about 10% longer to build>Haakonish trade treaties now have a variety of advantages.>Binding Contracts mean that hey tend to cause factions to weight their trade towards the Haakonish.>If a faction with a trade treaty goes to war with the Haakonish, they get a reputation penalty and any independents who also have a trade treaty with them and the Haakonish break their treaty with that faction due to Penalty Clauses.>Account Confiscation means that going to war with a Haakonish faction you trade with gives them an immediate boost to income at your expense, equivalent to their last year’s trade income with you.>The Haakonish player may at any point choose to Exploit Loopholes in the trade treaty, which gives the Haakonish player an instant income boost, at the cost of some Reputation and breaking the treaty.>Completing any Haakonish-specific tech now gives a boost to happiness for the Haakonish due to their sense of their Superior Destiny>The Haakonish player may choose to use creative accounting on any of their planets to boost their empire’s income in the short-term, at the cost of more corruption in the medium-term.>The Haakonish player may choose to initiate Xenophobic Riots on any of their planets with non-Haakonish population. This immediately reduces the non-Haakonish population by 25% at the cost of a reputation and migration draw penalty.>>547115707Yeah I get that but the ratio's is the most important thing that is influencing gameplay. There's plenty of smaller stuff that is below 50 dollars, like small decorations and things to improve stats of your journalists. I dunno, it doens't bother me as long as the game is fun and well paced.
>>547117342I remember playing some airport sim ages ago, and when building a terminal actually cost like 15 million dollars instead of pocket change I was like "wait you can just do that?" and have been perpetually pissed off at games that have buildings cost 50 dollars ever since,
>>547073508I like how Railroad Tycoon 2 does money as thousands of dollars so it keeps the simplicity while also preserving the large scale budget
>>547117710railroad tycoon is set in the 1800's, a locomotive actually did cost around 2-5000 dollars back then, which was basically a fortune, I think something like 150K adjusted for inflation.
>>547117342Some of the upcomming Teekan changes. (The Teekan shipset image is too large.)>Improved starting access to civilian ships>Teekan Military ships are smaller in hull size compared to other military ships but can fit just as many components, so are a bit more fragile>Teekan ships, stations and facilities build 30% faster thanks to their mastery of quick modular construction>Teekans are more willing to initiate Trade Agreements>Teekans gain resistance to bombardment and ground combat damage due to their semi-nomadic nature resulting in fewer high population concentrations on their planets>Teekan militia and troops gain a major boost to attack and defense strength on Desert sub-type planets>If they have only 1 colony, Teekans can now choose to become Galactic Nomads, load their entire population onto one colony ships and abandon that colony, becoming a Refugee Fleet looking for a new start elsewhere>Colonizing a new planet gives that planet a migration draw bonus due to the Teekan wanderlust>Teekans can now choose to have a Great Bakdur Hunt on any Desert sub-type planets!>>547117475Sure for very big constructions that would be kinda jarring. The most expensive thing in News Tower I've found so far is adding floors to your tower, they get exponentially more expensive. I'm still in the early game so things are still not that expensive, I'm also investing every dollar I have because I only have until 1939 to win the game.
4X or "grand strategy" (I still don't know the difference) game with the best AI? And by "best" I mean with personality and a "human" edge, like making alliances behind my back, double-crossing, leaving my alliance because they don't think I'm strong enough, all of that kind of stuff.The only time I've really felt it was when I was entirely new to the genre and first played Civ6, so I didn't know what I was doing, and it actually felt like Alexander played a long-con on me, and other similar situations. They felt real, up until I realized how flat and shit and garbage it actually is. Is there anything actually good out there, in this regard? Or have studios given up on this aspect in favor of actual humans playing against each other, which I have 0 interest in.
>>547118646One more ability for the Teekan. Ackdarians are now the last ones that need to be updated.>They are "Salvage Kings" so there will be times when they pick up the various space debris around the galaxy that you see a choice pop up, giving you a chance to use their ability to find some extra-special salvage.
>>547118897I'd say Master of Orion 1. Ai's just do better when the game is simpler.
>>547118897Space Empires 5 Cpt Kwok Balance Mod.
>>546715330Foundation Update 1, Quality of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1NfIITshxw
>>547119806>Patrol Improvementsaka rape gangs
>>547119806The new tools to change and move parts and entire monuments is pretty nice. Also finally being able to color the roof of your monastery.>>547120630Yeah they still have those void facial expressions.
>actually try the new factinal victory thing from the latest sins2 DLC>build 3 super capital ships>buy 3 stupidly expensive ship items>hang around a star for 15 minutes while the AI just watches me win>no special screen or anything>not even the ships jumping away into dark space so we can keep running from the big evil whatever>just U R WINNERwhat a disappointmentit's also so stupidly expensive that it's like going for a wonder victory in AoE. You're just doing it dab on an enemy you could've easily defeated by just killing him
>>547123119The best ending for a game I've played so far is Wasteland 3, there's a song but the verses and slides depend on how you handled various events. I thought that was pretty neat.
>>546754394look into what foods are high fiber and what foods are low fiber and stop eating garbage food that plugs you up.
>>547118897>"grand strategy"Marketing term Paradox uses for their map painting games, i.e. Victoria or Europa Universalis. The gameplay is distinct enough and Paradox fans autistic enough that people rarely use 4X to describe those kinds of games. Stellaris is weird where the /gsg/ dudes don't care for it and it's still technically a real time 4x, so it kinda lives here.
>>547073370towers
>destroy planet>go fucking blind
>>547128510Suede just condoned map painting and even said civ does it to some extent and more games should do it, in a good way.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaHH7nmDNGQ
Construction work on the Empire State has now been finished. Also I've been doing some reading and siding with a faction does imply making enemies of their opposing faction. So should I side with the Mayor or the Mafia? I could also side with the High Society or the Army. Bonusses of the Mafia and Army seen rather weak. High Society gives your reporters some boosts it seems.
>>547136524>SuedeWow, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. A long time.I'm not trying to diss map painters, would be disingenous of me as someone who plays a lot of spreadsheet simulators. I mostly find it a bit haughty of Paradox to call their games "grand" strategy, but it is admittedly an objectively good marketing term. It is also useful to distinguish it from a more traditional 4X game as Vicky/EU don't have the same kind of exploration that say Civ or EL have, and have a more "narrative"-focused progression since you roleplay a country throughout a certain historical era.
>>547139886GET THE ARMY and high society.Fuck the maffia.
At least the ruined planets look cool and cough up a pretty hefty amount of resources
>>547141407Yeah? It's a pretty common thing. See Dead Space, Deep Rock Galatic, and the Squats in Warhammer 40000000.
>>547141248It's either Mayor or Mafia. The other one is either Army or High Society. Army only seems cheaper in getting more floors and helps reporters recover more quickly if they get beat up. While high society seems to only one that has a lot of long term passive boosts. Maybe being friends with the mob would also mean they don't visit often. I somehow need a lot of informative pieces to avoid being hit early next week. There are no informative pieces anywhere to be found. Help.>>547141407Nice. I need to get back into that game.
>>547142286Can go with Mayor and army?
>>547142838Yes that is also a possibility.
Oof. Got lucky there. I need to get more prestige to add another page. I'm starting to get more articles than I have space again. I also see there is an achievement to fill at least a 3 page newspaper with nothing but adds. That should be fun to do at some point.
>inward perfectionist shattered ring>never expand outside my capital system>delete my fleet except for 1 corvette>take unyielding and rely on my home starbase (and later a starlit citadel) to defend me from xeno threats>almost at year 2300 with zero wars despite my neighbors hating me, because they’re too scared of my defensesThis is simultaneously the most unique and most boring way I’ve ever played stellaris
>>547144856Sounds like the Tallest tall empire ever played.>neighbors hating meHow the fuck do they hate you when you literally do nothing but self-improvement at home? Fucking xenos, total xenocide not soon enough.
>>547145348>How the fuck do they hate you when you literally do nothing but self-improvement at home? Fucking xenos, total xenocide not soon enough.Because he's a xenophobe like you, it's a requirement for inward perfection
>>547145348A combination of being xenophobic + closed borders + isolationist diplo stance causing +200% border friction also we had a first contact event where they invited me to some cultural exchange thing and in true isolationist fashion I declined which instantly have -250 relations
>>547146404So essentially being Republican?
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2144640/view/786562920952627259There goes my Endzone 2 hopes and dreams.
>>547148427>Gentlymad Studios Closing Well, fuck. They'll be missed.
What's the crack on this?https://youtu.be/Gf5yAfi96HM
>>547145451>>547146404Sounds like they should just learn to mind their own damn business. Anon's literally roleplaying a space racist who does nothing but tell people to stay off his grass (perhaps rather rudely), and all these ayys are going out of their way to be offended. Just leave the crazy old space racist alone, he's literally hurting nobody.
Good night.
ohnononono not the kool-aids
>>547159994Oh hell they added flood mechanisms?
>>547161728I didn't set up my sluice gates properly. Don't think badtides push out more water
>>547161924I didn't know they did that. When I played, there were only droughts, not even bad water yet.
bumperinooo
>>546792264Billions of attempts later I finally beat it. Now to embrace gommunism
>>547176617>spitsCommunism has been failed every time it's been tried.
>>546873842Amazing how unplayable it still is.Yesterday all the houses were falling apart because bug, today it was fixed but now cars spawn nonstop on the edge of map and clog up absolutely every bit of road on the entire map...Should have pulled the plug earlier this game is worthless.
>>547176617>Dilemma Down Under>Cape to CairoCrikey, those sound fun.
IFVs are fun.The Brits have the best anti-infantry one.
>>547177569dudeteeth
>>547181134loading up an overlord with a bunker is still the best way to have infantry shoot from a vehicle in these games
>>547194660Yeah but nah. I like how the IFVs don't just host the units in, but change their turret ot have an oversized version of the infantry's.
>>547144856Surprised nobody attacked you at that year with sub 100k fleet power, Any sign of weakness gets the local fanatic purifier attacking non-stop for the next generation
>>547200127>Any sign of weakness gets the local fanatic purifier attacking non-stop for the next generationNo, that's prison.
the rise before the fall...
anyone wanna arrange some carrier command pvp?
>>547206379For me, it's Suomi
poor little tec boy
Sieg unity
>>546715330Xenonauts 2 got a big rebalance today. I'm guessing it leave Early Access next year, pretty much the only thing left is Steam Workshop for mods.Zombies no longer spawn a reaper instantly upon death, now requiring 2 turns first to incubate.Enemy acc modifier is 1.1x down from 1.3x on Commander difficulty.Less soldier slots for dropships, so you don't have to manage as many soldiers. Seemingly controversial, but sounds like they decreased number of aliens slightly (I hope) on normal missions to make missions shorter. 16-slot missions still get 16 to make those missions feel more special.Servitors don't reaction fire, and have less acc bonus for short range, previously were very deadly if they catch you, and don't auto heal enemies after every single hit, previously sucked dick if there were multiple servitors in the area.Buffed range and reduced TU cost for sniper rifle (lol nice).Shield nerfed to protect 100% in 90 degrees front but reduce to 20% protection to 180 degrees sides, previously protected 180 degrees which they thought was too much. Note when an enemy shoots at a trooper, he will turn to face enemy, so another enemy might end up flanking him.Nerfed Guardian armor and buffed Colossus armor (also gets Power Fist melee weapon) as previously there wasn't much reason to equip Colossus armor except to larp.Added Soviet Town biome.Bunch of other changes. All the graphics are in place.
boy I love comitting war crimes
>>547243825It's not a war crime if they're not human.
>>547243825FUCK AYYS interpret that as you wish
>>547244532>>547248434but anons, I am the alienor at least more alien than the TEC
>>547248434>>547248579>>547248434>FUCK AYYSyes
>>546887919>carriers are gay and lame howeverEnjoy no oil, faggot.
>>547250816>owning half the world along with sizable settlements on the other halfPurple and Green are fucked
In AoW4 with abilities that target an additional unit within some range, is it possible to choose or even predict which extra unit will be targetted? It almost seems random or something I can't figure out how it's deciding.
>>547254857No.
>>547243825A-are t-those screaming faces and skulls in those purple clouds? W-what are you doing to them?
>>547255038it's supposed to be random then? But the fact it shows me ahead of time is just weird, like if I move units around then I get another option. And of course it's always an option within the range, so... I just don't get the design decision behind just not letting me pick
>>547255597Let's not ask any questions we don't really want to learn the answers to, right?
>>547255597Just a little bit of psychic tomfoolery that drives everyone on the planet insane and makes them kill eachother, hahaDid I mention that liberating a planet usually kills 50-80% of the population?
>city running exceptionally >comfy, low density >start zoning high density part of town >an onslaught of shit begins>crime so up service, fire hazard so build station, need healthcare for the mongs>now your buildings all level up and only want university workers >mass deathwave of the original inhabitants strikes and are all replaced by young adult immigrants ah that's my cities skylines experience, high density leads only to sorrow
IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME...
>>547250816Based strategic thinker
Anyone else noticed that the events for passive observation of primitives in Stellaris (asteroid, rogue scientist playing god) are SIGNIFICANTLY more dangerous for said primitives than aggressive (faulty cybernetic implants). Morally we MUST abduct and dissect the xenos
Gonna try to muscle out the Empire Observer a sensationalist newspaper. If I manage to get a scoop I also get some influence from the mayor. Influence is used to unlock new things for your tower.
>>547262041IF I COULD FIND A WAY
>>547270779Haha just took 4 scoops right from under his nose. Now I can finally buy myself something nice. I might need another page or maybe an elevator, or maybe cheaper paper.
rip abe
>>547279942Good night, spiderfag
>>547280462no
>>547280712I'm sorry I had the wrong thread openbut I still like this wolf
>>547281102get the fuck outta here you goddamn furry piece of shit
>>547176617No bonds, no stocks, no capitalism, and a lot of Chinamen who need to go places
>>547280146?That ain't me though, I was playing Underspace.
>>547287258>still has the tutorial popups on
>>546954732nah
>>547288771I play too many different games.
>>547287258>UnderspaceIsn't that the /agdg/ game?
>>547295484Is it? All I know is that it's a Freelancer that works on my machine and isn't as autistic as Evochron Mercenary or X4.
>>547296520It's been a few years since I've regularly browsed /agdg/ but I'm pretty sure Underspace is made by a guy there because for years he'd post progress updates in basically every thread
>>547296624Oh yeah, that sounds like him. And his cats.
Good night spiders
>>547301372
we've been dead lately
>>547310986>lately
>>547311378I mean for the past week or so
>>547295484It's trainwiz's game.
>>547313137>or so
>>547293712Oh, that's a nice ship. Where do you get that one?
>>547314475Bought it from endgame Lorne.
>>547303503New spider just dropped.
>>547320238About time!! I'm curious to see how much the manga will divert from the WN.
executive assault 2 mega update is outhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JQgaGhmEyI
>>547322763Tried the first one. It was MEH.
>make an african set up in civ6>keep getting immediate surprise wars every timeWhat did they mean by this
>>547323443You are too rich for your own sake.
>>547323443Africa is not a fun place to be in
>>547320238Is this a good thing?
man I wanna like the TEC enclave in Sins2 but they get all the lame new shitOur super capital is a mobile shipyard, woaaah, it even has the retarded broadside combat AI that makes sure it wastes half its fire power if you don't micro it to hell and backmeanwhile the TEC rebels get a modular super capital can that can turn into a super carrier, or a super missile spammer or the total capitalship death railgun and gauss spammer and switch between all these roles quicklynot to mention the rebel titan is a giant fucking space gun that rapes capital ships and can later nuke planets while enclave gets a lame flying fortress that gets outdps'd by like 4 heavy cruisers
Best open source 4X game?
>>547350170So what's your favorite faction?
>>547337225Still better than the US.
>>547361281TEC Primacy > Vasari Exodus > TEC Enclave > Advent Wrath > Advent Reborn
>>547364016oh fugg I forgot the Vasari Alliance :DDDPrimacy > Alliance > Enclave > Exodus > Wrath > Reborn
>>547364357>TEC firstcringe xenophile
>>547365303>Primacy>XenophilePOV: You're a filthy fucking disgusting abominable reprehensible appaling xeno daring to exist in or anywhere near Primacy space
>>547365937Say that to my Vasari face and not online and see what happens.
>>547366208*shoots an intergalactic warcrime missile at your homeworld*nothing personell, vigger
>>547350170How's Sins 2 compared to Rebellion? I've had Reb and Trinity sitting in the backlog for forever, but I think most of the screenshots I've seen in /civ4xg/ are of Sins 2.
>>547370317same exact game but with AI generated shit instead of Ignus' amazing artwork.
>>547370317A lot more polished and acessible in every way, otherwise pretty similar with some new stuff like unique faction mechanics tacked onYeah the artist fed his own art to an AI and prompts it to make new art, but that's only really a problem for the portraits which all rook the same, espcially for the Vasari
>>547370895>>547371742Interesting. Space games tickle a certain autism nothing else really scratches so I'm always interested in trying new ones. Might finally give Rebellion a try even though I normally feel too slow for real time games.
>>547361238Open Source? Star Ruler 2 is only thing i know.Freeware? Aurora 4x hands down.
>>547373760Try Five Nations.
>>547361238unciv
>>547373760Solar Nations 2
>>547373760Haegemonia.
>>547361238Obligatory Freeciv and Unciv recommendations. Freciv is Civ 2 and Unciv is Civ 5. Unciv is still in development but the project sees regular (if maybe slow) progress; I've been tracking it since it first started and they're like 90% through implementing all of G&K features, with BNW features roadmapped after that. Pretty neat being able to play Civ 5 on your phone.
>>547361238>>547374941Free Mars and Free Orion is a thing too.
I'm too retarded for Shadow Empires
I really like Death Cult from a thematic view but I feel like it’s kinda underwhelming
>>547389764that's like 70% of civics
>>547380725mars got abandoned 5 years ago
>no miner-exclusive IFVsad
>>547401923Good to see you, Mr. Spider
>>547402110I hate Red Alert 2, but it's so fun.
I can't take the French language seriously
>>547401923>the fren call bunkers "blockhaus"what
I can't take American politics seriously.>>547403131Borrowed from German I wager.
>>547403131the original is "pillbox", isn't it?>>547403231I can't eithert. American
>>547403676You people would vote for a guy flat out telling you he's going to enslave your country as long as he sells it as owning the other side.It's common in a lot of democracies to not really listen to what candidates actually propose, but it seem to be even more the case over there.Whatever.You're right, the original is "pillbox". An apt translation would be "bunker", but I assumed the translation wanted something fancy, since bunker is pretty vague.
>Ivan le Fou>lit. Crazy IvanWeird decision to make him a character but ok.I don't know why, but I keep expecting the Desolator to start ranting about that "ispice di counasse".
>>547403948At this point I'm most concerned about fighting the inevitable AI enshittification and defacto corporate ownership over the individual, but both American parties are too deep in the pockets of big business to do anything meaningful against them and the EU only gets off their ass once a decade to push back against the corpocracy. Any recommendations for 4X games where I can fight megacorp enemies, Mister Spider?
>>547407000based tripsnot spider, butStellariscreate a bunch of custom megacorp empires and set them to spawn
>>547401923>>547406096Anon, cncnet lets you play on higher resolution wtf are you doing
I always get confused about aggressive first contact shenanigans because when I try to kidnap their ships it always says I have to have one of their ships within sensor range, but then when the ai is aggressive and I have no ships anywhere near them they get to pull it off anyways and also do it multiple times? It’s so weird
>>547407000What was that game... Liberal Crime Squad? Otherwise, not really 4X, all the games I can think of are either cynical (Executive Assault), or aren't 4X (Satellite Reign).>>547407186Cnwhat? I'm playing it through Steam.
nvm found it
Supcom + FA worth picking up on Steam?
>>547409338YESIt's not perfect but it comes close.
>>547409338it's fun enough singleplayer, if you get it for cheap. it actually has a multiplayer scene but I doubt you'll play it
>>547409338Yeah. If you want a multiplayer experience then play BAR.
Was playing around with some origins and noticed that blockers have a much bigger impact on growth than I expected, the remnant origin had it's monthly growth at the start dropped from approx 7 to 4 thanks to all the starting blockers compared to a normal planet having 6 thanks to two blockers with 0 blocker starts having the full 7. This is with a 30% pop growth and budding species for context.>>547407225The ship only needs to be in range when you select the option to abduct and can move away after without any issues AFAIK
Nothing like pumping out cheap units from my named factory.I bet you B.A.R. doesn't let me rename units or buildings.
>>547414698Spidermonkeyman
zombasiteit's weird
>>547389326it's not that hard to figure outwhat are you having trouble with?
>>547410618BAR is a competent enough TA remakebut supcom is by far the better game
>>547414698the excessive bloom and flat camera angle in FA always pissed me offyou can but it back to vanilla with console commands but I forget which
>>547427128>flat camera angleQué?
>>547431691when you zoom in the camera get shallower giving a more 3D effect. there's a fixed curve that depends on the zoom levelin FA they increased the zoom limit without adjusting the curve, so the same camera altitude has a much flatter angle, making the entire game look flatter.I think the proper value was 15 or something? but they decreased it to 5. I can't remember.
also the SC zoom limit can't clip any units whereas the FA one clips the top of the GC's head which just looks janky.
LIVE
>>547441259What the fuck.
>>547441965In early 2000s we were warned to not trust stuff other people tell you on the internet.
>>547444103Why depict predators as spiders? That's racist!
>>547397992But it still works doesnt it?
>>547444149It's a web pun
>>547444149Spiders are scary
>>547414698BAR is so far looking to be the best rts in a long while.
>>547465835It's not it's own game it's literally just TA, and supcom improves on TA in nearly every respect. It doesn't have the advanced command and control either. supcom will sadly never be eclipsed.
what are some good content creator to watch for civ 6? i'm completely new to this genre
>>547469605>what are some good content creator to watchhere we play video games we don't watch them
>>547469605probably someone who implores you to reconsider your game choices
>>547473270it's the most popular 4x on steam, what do you want me to choose?
>>547473440Civ 2, 3, 4, or 5
>>547466107>it's literally just TAExactly and it's already got a third faction.
>>547473598you sound like a hipster, i admit that i'm like that toward series i'm fond of but i don't know about 4x games enough to follow your advice, i'll just play the most accessible game
>>547473951which is 5
>>547473440don't let others decide what you're supposed to like anon
>AoW4>want to make a swamp-dwelling race that worships serpents and wants to become them>primal serpent is for desert starts>oh well, ill make them barbarians with a dragon lord instead or something and have them be a bunch of scalies>realize animal summons dont just exclude snakes but its pretty much mammals exclusively>fine, I give up>lets, make desert-dwellers then so I can at least get primal serpents>tomes have fuckall for desert customization>have to make them necromancers for any sort of desert theme>remember naga transformation exists but it'd work for the initial swamp-dwellers and not desert-dwellers in terms of bonusesFaction design is so fucking annoying if you stray from the most basic fantasy tropes of FOREST ELVES, MOUNTAIN DWARFS, FIELD HUMANS
>>5474739515 is the most accessible and easiest to pick up for those new to the genreIt's "streamlined" mechanically and has a modern UI new players would be able to navigate easily
>>547473951If the game was so accessible then you wouldn't need a youtuber to play the game for you.
>>547485132You don't need a youtuber to play civ 5 or 6. I dunno why the guy feels he needs someone to help him. The game is not difficult to get into.
>>547479235>want to make a swamp-dwelling race that worships serpents and wants to become themReplace 'serpents' with reptiles in general, and you make it work with Naga transformation living in crocodile swamp land. That's what I did at least. Made spooky ass fae halflings and turned them into lamia Boglings. The game is STILL limiting at times, but I can try to adapt. I don't find it hard to make occasional fantasy trope defying shit since your race LITERALLY DOESNT FUCKING MATTER to begin with >tomes have fuckall for desert customizationThis is still fucking true, trying to specialize in desert terraforming is a kneecap. Good news though is the Nomad DLC coming up could solve that shit. We don't know what it'll have but that shit screams sand expansion>have to make them necromancers for any sort of desert themeSo Tomb Kings?
>>547465835>so far looking to be the bestI heard the same stuff about Clockwork Empire, and Starforge, and Yandere Simulator."They're promising", "they'll be good", "so far it looks really good!">>547479235Make mountain elves!
Does Age of Wonders 4 have any "essential" DLCs (new big global features etc)? Or at least which are the best bang for buck?Also an unrelated question any anons play Endless Legend 2? How is it atm?
>>547473951Play 5 and watch Marbozir then
>>547493168Not that I know, I think they "only" add more options.Maybe the eldritch realms one?
Posting the finalized roster with positions and player numbers now that the team has been submitted for /vg/ League 25. The draw is in 20 or so hours after the last day of qualifiers ends and when that happens I'll post our opponents and the match schedule, but our first match will be sometime next weekend (Friday - Sunday are match days). Remove Horatio etc. etc. etc.
>>547506668WHY IS HORATIO STILL IN?Come one, we all agreed to remove him.
>>547513374You're not going to ruin your son's soccer dreams, Mister Spider.
>>547514337THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN
>>547514593Spiders are not people
>>547493168>essentialI'm trying to think up any exclusive options and features in these>new ruler typesNot essential, those are just for fun or flavor. Your default options are pretty fucking strong>new racial formsNot essential, also just for fun or flavor, since traits are as modular as Stellaris. The biggest most used DLC race would be Lizardmen in the dragon DLC, apart from that the selection is already solid>new culturesThese determine a big part of your 'theme' with building looks, faction abilities, and starting unit roster. All the vanilla cultures are either 'good enough' or OP. DLC cultures are pretty nice to grab for extra thematics, but not needed. Unless you like guns, then you need to play Reavers, and struggle early game because Reaver early game is the worst shit but you get fucking awesome once you're mass producing Magelock rifles>new tomesEach DLC adds new research options, and those are always fucking good to have. They diversify your play experience bigtimeI think for the most bang for your buck if you're going to shill, two have at least more unique shit than others. I'm mostly valuing options you can shove into the sandbox custom map mode>Eldritch DLCThis adds the tentacle realm map layer to explore, raid, and make loops around, good tomes, including an anti-tentacle purging fire tome, eldritch ruler type which performs as a decent flavor horror ruler, and evil city state tentacle hives in the tentacle map layer to either negotiate with for eventual rewards or fight to the death>Giant DLCAdds a 'legends' map modifier to your map options to play on that gives artifact hunting and quests, giant king rulers which are pretty solid fighters but also economy multipliers, two very good new tomes including one that let's you maximize making a fully underground empire for full gooncave tone, and a neutral city state of crystal men to do business with for big rewards or just plunder if you're bored
>poke enemy defense>manage to kill his mage>he's back almost instantly, somehow has a full T2 stack waiting for him>make a beeline for my capital, he knows exactly where it is despite never scouting it>while I manage to take a bordertown of him, he manages to magically sail through the sea, not taking any attrition as he lands on my capital's doorstep>somehow has a power over 500 despite having T1 units while I began to field T2 units with some chaff>lose because no way I can recover from losing my capital
>>547489615I like having a variety of unit summons, but all of the animal ones are mammals with the sole exception of just spiders. Everything else is "get lucky with wonders and events lol"
>>547520695have you considered defending paris even a single time?
>>547489615>Nomad DLC coming up could solve that shitI'd kill someone to have a way to guarantee caustic worms as a desert dwellerhttps://youtu.be/-L30c9zIZrY?t=220
Custom factions created in Endless Space and Age of Wonders:卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 卌 Custom factions played:
>>547528949I played a super horatio once
>>547529154Riftborn Horatio pop-farmer?
>>547529224yeah basically
>>547529651I did that, gave myself the craver trait and sowers minor pop to help nullify the planet stripping, then grew the minor pop and became space aids
>>547528949Imagination and creation is simultaneously overrated and underrated in strategy
>>547526695I HADTWO HEROESAnd my main one was stuck with T1 (but experienced) troops while the AI kept their two heroes together, so I had to bring my secondary hero with T2 troops to help.What you see here is the freshly recruited third hero.
>>547469605Civ 6 is fine to start with but don't cuck yourself out of the experience by watching other people play the game for you, wtf are you talking aboutjust play the game, there's an in-game tutorial thing that tells you how things work. It's not like there's any real risk that you need to prepare for with youtubes, like maybe you lose oh well start a new game and now you're probably a little better than you were last time.
BIG Wheat
>>547538565what game?
>>547539226Daruda Sandfarm
>>547541090that's a legacy meme by now...
>>547541140You gotta be patient with Mr. Spider. After a certain age you can't expect old people to keep up with the times.
>>547473657we should host some local B.A.R games once a month or something
>>547539226FoundationA medieval city builder with custom building techThis tavern is made of a bunch of parts that you can decide how they are laid out, so you can make unique buildings that fit in any space.The villagers are now building a market to go into this walled area for the surrounding neighborhood.
>>547490232>Make mountain elves!Just made industrious mountain birds that that have a defense malus but use constructs to fight as their frontline while they dodge ranged and reply in kind with crossbows
>>5474739515 is the most accessible game in the Civ series but mechanics wise you'll want to look at 4 or 3. 6 is fine but messed up a few things and 7 is an embarrassment to the series that won't ever be fixed thanks to how fundamental it's problems are. Might sound like hipster non-sense but Civ found it's working forumla a long time ago and at this point are just adding 20% new content and changing 20% content per new release at this point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL4t-vELfzM>>547411837The extra tech as well as the guaranteed size 22 homeworld is easily worth a few hundred early game pops with that setup. Especially if roll the early research techs from the ruins
>>547479235>>547489615Lizardbros... why do we keep losing..?
>>547544625
>>547550085>fully equippedThey don't seem to be carrying much gear though?
>>547550291The artist is... either incompetent, unskilled, or in a major rush, but they tend to skip over a LOT of stuff that the lightnovel writes about.
>>547550291Clothes + belt + tits and ass, what more does a woman need
>>547550291They don't have much to take in the setting, the elves are broken up thanks to a war with humans and they are moving to a new place that will give them housing. The only stuff they'd have would be food and a couple of possessions
>>547549843Hey now Lizards were the 3rd most picked/used race for the 2yr anniversary of the game>1st, humans, of fucking course it should be>2nd, elves, goddamn fucking knife ear whores>3rd, lizard bros, despite being a DLC racial pick instead of always available like the first two, were clearly fucking popularLike I'm sad dorfs aren't in the top three, and I can't expect halflings to make it, but I can at least give props to the scalies for commitment Fuck man that's probably WHY they made them DLC though, force them to pay a troll tax knowing so many would buy in
>>547552149>>547549843Alright so on second thought maybe lizards are still kinda losers for being forced to shill
>install Red Alert 3>click on Options>try to click on Parameters>fuck up>quit by accident>boot up game again>manage to get in parameter>change resolution>"wanna keep it?">yes>then raise all options to max>"wanna keep it?">yes>wait why is the resolution back to 800x600>options are reset whenever you confirm instead of being keptFuck.
>>547565975is the french localization retarded maybe? usually there is a separate "apply" button.
>"alright, time to finally play">boot up game, allies vs soviets>start playing>peacekeepers are as fun as GIs, thought I miss the barricades>garrison building>conscripts immediately kill my guys>um okay, I'll just use a lot of IFV turrets and put spies and peacekeepers>set up turrets>start seeing satellites fall down>remember Red Alert 3 has general powers>urgh>try a little offensive with peacekeepers and rockets launchers>immediately killed by mortar bikes and bears>ok, plan B, IFVs>suddenly weird red waves start picking up my units>last for around 10 seconds, force me to either commit to an offensive or retreat>shit>try to harass the enemy>it pretty much put a rally flag on my units and spam units units, no tactic, only cannon fodder>move camera back to base to select reinforcements>notice my units disappear on the minimap>check>AI's general power have a cooldown of around 20 seconds or something>press alt+F4 to quit out of frustration>doesn't workOh so that's why I couldn't quit it earlier when I got a black screen. EA thinks it knows better than me.>>547566190There is. But the thing is that options are reset between "apply". Like, you pick 1900x1600, click on confirm, you get the little screne flicker, then the "wanna keep that?", but the resolution selection is reset, so if you're not careful, you can pick a resolution, THEN graphical options, and be sent back to the starting resolution.I fucking hate Red Alert 3. I'm returning to Generals or Tempest Rising.
>>546715330Against the storm is on sale rn, are the two DLCs worth it?
Noob to Age of Wonders 4, when is it best to settle down 2nd and 3rd cities? Is it better to do ASAP or get some empire tech + outpost upgrades first?And what should I look for in a location when settling?
>>547570724ATS is fun until the much later prestige difficulty levels which just drain all the fun out of the game
>>547571352>when is it best to settle down 2nd and 3rd cities? ASAP, your first two expansions cities are basically free, after that it costs extra imperium, the sooner you hit that cap of 3 the better>Is it better to do ASAP or get some empire tech + outpost upgrades first?Those starting materium/nature empire affinity techs ARE nice to get the ball rolling quicker, but not nessecary. If your starting affinity isn't giving you points to either, then don't wait.>And what should I look for in a location when settling?Uhhhhh resource nodes, whether they just boost a number or a rare magic material, decent open area to spread in one or two directions, being near a Wonder or two you can integrate hopefully easy access back to your capital, any open enough space underground larger than four provinces. That's just some reasons. Geography may work with or against you, but you still have to expand somehow
>>547570724I haven't played bats, frogs is pretty good
tabarnak
>>547409338I sure hope you enjoy the operation area expanding.
>>547580078Thanks. Also is it better to have more vassals and keep em as vassals or try to integrate as much as I can?
Reavers in aow4 look cool but why are they so dog shit in feel?
>>547590258Generally the reason you keep vassals around is because managing tons of planets is a pain in the ass. Sure if you micromanage properly it more than offsets the empire size gain but it's still fucking annoying.Just depends on what you want to do really.
Asking once again for recommendations of 4x/adjacent games that have the best AI, where I'm not just choosing how they feel about me, where they surprise me and make human-like decisions, etc.The picture is unrelated.
>>547595493don't know about human level, AI is traditionally a weak point of these games which is a shame since AI is really important in them.alpha centauri has a lot of personality in the AI but it is an old AI and not that sophisticated.
>>547595493Civ 4 with advanced civ has fairly good human-like invasion planning and plays more like a competitive human would. I've had the AI do a small scale invasion over land and a larger naval one on the opposite side of my civ
>>547595493cute cat, mind if I save?
>>547597185Save it, it's yours, my friend. :)
>>547538565Beautiful. I'm excited about the update that is coming next week.
>>547600408>shitlaris getting another DLC in a few daysthey haven't even fixed all the bugs from biogenesis
>>547595493War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition imo manages to maintain an illusion of somewhat believable operative command if you don't go too all in trying to break it by metagaming. Strictly speaking it's not 4x but it's the only game that scratches my itch for wargames.
>>547603986biogenesis?
>>547603986>>547606768Oh wait I was confused. I was commenting on the Foundation post. The city builder Foundation is getting a big quality of life update next week.
>>547606768DID NOT MEAN TO REPLY
Playing my first game, going Italy since I was told they're good for beginners, but is Nationalist Spain supposed to get rolled this hard? It's 1938 and they barely have any territory left. I've sent volunteers over and am justifying war, but aren't the Germans supposed to assist as well?
>>547609592fuck off to /gsg/
>>547609592What game? If it's Paradox slop that isn't Stellaris then go to /vst/
>>547609674>>547609725Sorry, wrong thread it seems. I always thought Paradox was 4x
>>547610039I mean this is an rts 4x city builder Vietnamese fishing general. Your post was as valid here as it will be and you'll actually get responses so stay here and ignore the autists
>>547610286no, fuck off. there's a reason we don't discuss grand strat games in here. besides, half the threads on /vst/ are about one paradox game or another
>>547610039>I always thought Paradox was 4xThey *technically* are but their community is VERY autistic because of the nature of their settings, to the point that they have their own sub board/containment board >>547610515. They also don't advertise their games as 4X and instead favor their term "Grand Strategy Game", which is fitting because Civ or EL really don't play like EU or HOI or Vicky.
>>547611716Only Stellaris really is 4x because the historical flavored paradox games have set maps. You already know what you are going to find when you explore in EU.
>>547592109I dunno man. Their early game sucks the most with being the most micro intensive culture. Once you can comfortably span Magelock rifles and Dragoons it kinda clicks for me. I need to find a guide I read once on how to make the most of Reaver early game>>547590258Lot of small factors whether you keep or integrate vassals. For me it's based on my current/available room to expand and if I can afford to raise my city cap limit, and if it's not too far away/hard to defend I guess. Keeping vassals is viable so long as they aren't going to get immediately steamrolled by anything you might still be fighting. Stuff like the Order affinity tree, Tyrant Dark subculture, and I think the Supremacy Order tome, help you squeeze free money and numbers out of vassals beyond what they normally produce
it depresses me that civ7 is apparently complete garbage.I had a lot of fun with 4-6 and even though I have my problems with 6, the first 20 hours or so was really great.Why do fucktards have to ruin everything instead of just making things good?
>>547620350Just wait a few years and it will be le good now. You know how this works
the new anno is okay
>>547506668Here's the schedule for the group stage. /dbg/ is a rematch from VGL14 (summer 2020), /kfg/ is a rematch from VGL13 (winter 2019), and /hgg2d/ is a new match up
>>547625041this is that soccer game right? there's no input from "teams" though, so this is just like watching dice rolls or what?
>>547626193The players are AI controlled but managers still input team tactics and make formations and shit, but at the end of the day yes it's still weighted dice rolls
>>547626302well, even if I think it's a bit silly, I've always enjoyed a bit of fun between boards/generals, so I'm glad in that regard
>>547625041Nice, I hope we will win.
sauce...
>>547640097Horatio sauce?
>>547640912the very same
>>547640912The shitposting sauce.
>>547620350I tried to give it a chance. Decided to get over forced civ changes by playing Roman Britain (all cities named after Roman era British cities), Normandy, Britain. Had problems but also had some fun playing, then hit age 2 and the towns I upgraded to cities got reverted back to towns.
>the actor who played Yuri in Red Alert 2 died :(
>>547649332wyhy do you lieyou bag of shityuri cant fdie
Bump with an old Nexus 2 tech demo video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhZQEvg1V0Y. Found it accidentally while looking for stuff on the 2008 LoGH RTS.
>>547655881>funding unsuccessfulsadlooks like it could have been a good space game
does anybody want to do a crossword
>>547659420is this the old folks' home or something...it is, isn't itFUCK
>>547659685I am a young man, only 31 years of age
>>547659731I have no delusions of being youngI have accepted that 30 years old is old
>>547659895old is a state of mindone that I had even when I was like 20
>>547660002same
>>547660023old man general
>>5476601704X, Citybuilder, and Strategy Games are old man games by nature. RTS too, although those also have weirdo youngins who flex their virility by clicking the mouse a lot of times per second.
https://www.crosswithfriends.com/beta/game/100142529-glonalright old men, let's go
>>54766035242-down is quite relevant
>>547660352Fucking NY crossword.
good job old men
>ifever>if everHate it when they do that. And that double o seven hint was straight trash.
I kind of enjoyed thatI may be even more of an old man than I thought
>>547661223it made sense considering 27-across and 60-across>>547661227based, your hair will turn grey even faster now
>/civ4xg/ - Old Men and Crosswords General
>>547661525old men, running the world.
>>547661667We, are the future. Aquilas spoke of the city under the mountain.
What are the best cultures to learn AoW4 with? I'm guessing feudal but are any of the others decent? How's the samurai culture?
>>547662026Heck's that? An anomalocaris?
>>547662489its a cat dumbass
>>547662489>>547662871Get yer eyes checked you dang geezers, that's obviously a bear
>>547662489It's a ferret now answer my question please.
>>547664209Feodal/Aristocracy.
gigacringe
>>547664326What about oathsworn?
>>547661525This is a geezer general and we do geezer things
>>547665727cringesoulStellaris is so silly even in vanilla that they only feel out of place by artstyle.
>>546715330(Pressed) Against the Harpies more like.
>spess elves declared war on my vassalIt's raidin' and rapin' time
>>547620350>MUST>COPY>AMPLITUDE>MUST>COPY>AMPLITUDE
>>547685454when was the last time this guy actually was a game designer?
>>547686084I don't know, railroads! maybe?
>>547686084He doesn't need to do anything at this point, the royalties from putting his name on Civ means he can retire
>>547666039?
>>547662026Feudal Monarchy is probably the number 1 simplest, and recommended for tutorial I think. Aristocracy has a really fun gimmick but it can be annoying to manage individual units between armies for maximum buffs while learning the general gameBarbarian and Industrial are a bit basic but still pretty damn good in their simplicity.>>547666039Oathsworn is the obviously Asian stand in culture that is all about living up to whatever code of honor you pick. So that's either being a paladin, being a prick, or being a pussy. Having to abide by your oath could be tricky while just clicking buttons and learning the game, but the do-gooder/Righteousness oath might be the easiest to maintain since it's all about clicking whatever good karma actions pop up. Just think like a paladin and your kung fu army will get better passive buffs through the game
I can't find the oathsworns. What are they like?
>>547691358You might not have their DLCThey'd be part of that list, impossible to most based on all their different mish mash of asian equipment
>>547691905>mostmisswhat fucking autocorrect logic is this
>>547693147Why did we lose T9 anyway? It's immensely better than autocorrect.
>>547691905>asianHa, then yeah, I don't have it. It's the one that adds a lot of oriental dragons, I assume.
>>547693754Ways of War, I think it was calledAdded Oathsworn culture, monkey men and oni racial forms, four new tomes, and some new map options, including Intrigue events that you can enable in any sandbox/custom gameIntrigue events might be the most exclusive thing in there, AI controlled rulers you're dealing with throughout matches may end up replaced by special NPC characters and events, it's a decent mixup for sudden extra challengeThe tomes were also fine, one about monk stuff, one about ninja stuff, and then two opposing tomes of Prosperity and Calamity that have a bunch of useful shit, but also your oriental dragons to summon
>>547695258Huh. That sounds neat.
I hate that you have to choose to absorb in AoW4 immediately. So if I don't have the imperium at that moment, then I have to wait forever to build up allegience to where I could absorb again. It doesn't make any sense.
Anyone playing related? They somehow managed to create new bugs in a polish rerelease.
>>547698083I forget if it works this way, but try not clicking any option, wait a turn, and see if the conquered city still in that 'what do' state
>play sins2 as tec enclave>lean into the defensive playstyle and build my autistic space fortress on a chokepoint backed up by garrisions from neighboring planets>AI never ever attacks it>AI never attacks ANYWHEREThat promised AI rework can't come soon enough, these fuckers are passive as fuckI only ever saw defenses in action this game when I liberated an enemy chokepoint, turned it into another fortress system, then attacked the enemy homeworld that was behind itAt the point the AI was spastic and charged right back to their homeworld and losing like a third of its fleet running through the choke and completly ignoring all the defenses that were ripping them apart
>>547698942The original Haemimont Green Planet version stands as a finished work. Stop playing the bastardized paraslop.
what's more of the old man general, here or /crpgg/
>>547702157>finished workMaybe with 50tbs worth of choggi fixing mods it does. And I pirated this fair and square, I need to get my moneys worth out of it first.
>>547698942So? How is it? The original one has been on my wishlist for years. Some kind Italian anon was playing it here and told me which dlc's were good and which weren't.
>>547702817No, it stands as a finished work by itself. Have you even played pre-paraslop SM?
>>547703359Buggy. Comfy. Red. Nice if you want to relax and not really be challenged or worry about anything long term. Reminds me quite a bit of foundation.>>547703767Have you? It's the same game with slightly shinier graphics and all the original problems except now you get to larp space commies or nazis on moon or whatever with the discount frostpunk politics system.
>>547703767Actually I still have the magnet in my history, and shitgirl, I know.magnet:?xt=urn:btih:OINFQFL3E5COLIG6CEZLITAZB236PZ3T&dn=Surviving%20Mars%20-%20Relaunched%20%5BFitGirl%20Repack%5D&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopentor.net%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.torrent.eu.org%3A451%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.theoks.net%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.ccp.ovh%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.stealth.si%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=https%3A%2F%2Ftracker.tamersunion.org%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexplodie.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.bt4g.com%3A2095%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fbt2.archive.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fbt1.archive.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.filemail.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker1.bt.moack.co.kr%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopentracker.i2p.rocks%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.internetwarriors.net%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fcoppersurfer.tk%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.zer0day.to%3A1337%2Fannounce&xl=5878906361
nice try but not clicking on your virus, babe
>>547705342This is dolphin porn.Thanks.
>not into dolphin pornEven spiderfag isn't this gay
>>547705342the codex green planet release is the one you want
Anyway, go big or go home as they say
>>547706025Are all the DLC's updated? And mods?
>>547706081DLCs are definitely in and mostly functional but ymmv since I can't get landers to work without getting a migraine. Haven't tried mods yet.>>547705930Do elaborate.
>>547706591It's the last version of the game before paradox took over development and started adding bugs and crippling working features to sell DLC.
>>547707156I think I'll stick to playing with access to the other 70% of the game but thank you.
>>547707483more stuff doesn't make for a better gamebut I think an avalanche of buggy half assed paraslop is actually what you want
>>547705046>Reminds me quite a bit of foundation.Oh that is actually nice. But how did they manage to make a definitive version so buggy? Like how?
>>547707846It's a real paradox :^)
>>547702441Some of us are in our mid 30s here, how about crpgg?
>>547710706The same, and some older, played the OG Baldur's Gate games when they came out.I suspect we have you beat in being old fucks but of course it's hard to say for sure. BG3 also brought in lots of younger people, though mostly that's confined to /bgg/.
How is Old World?
>>547714714You already asked that last thread.
>>547714714It's okay.>>547710706I'm in my mid 30's too. Been here since Stellaris' release.
feel like I'm already done with AoW4.will nothing satisfy my thirstI might even just go ahead and try civ7 even after all the negative press, because I did enjoy civ6. Yes, more than civ5, in some ways.I heard there was an update recently too.Might go for Anno 117 though the only one in that series I played was like 10 minutes of the tutorial for 1404, didn't catch me. I apparently also have 1800 in my library that I haven't even tried. Frostpunk too. Sometimes I make a deal with myself to buy a game instead of drink but often I end up just doing both
>>547718612>>547711073>>547710706>>547702441>tfw 40yoI hate it.. Im going back to my vidya.
>>546715330This time it is really done Yuri. Rip in pepperoni. ('-')7 >>547718685It's okay anon. The only thing you can do is accept it. I found it quite hard when I became 30 but in the end I don't feel that different, it's mostly people exaggerating about these kind of things.
>>547718217I didn't, that wasn't me, but will check it out
>>547718685Sure you are
>see Black Friday sale on Steam>Civ 7 is there>after -35% discount it costs as much as a full price gameWhat the fuck are those tards smoking with the pricing? I could get like 2 boxes of Space Marines for that MSRP.
>>547720074I could buy a sword for that price.
>>547719648Feels weird when you talk to people and realize they havent even been around when you played your first vidya..>>547720074Didnt Firaxis fired like all the people who worked on that piece of trash?
>>547720074Real men play guard with chinese knockoffs and 3d printed ones because fuck selling a kidney for a starter 2500p army
>>547720074It's not like you would finish painting them anyway.
>>547720438>real men play autistic plastic mini figure games
>>547720395>Feels weird when you talk to people and realize they havent even been around when you played your first vidya..I guess that everyone of us will experience this at some point. It's just the way things work. I hope I can pass down some of the better games or gaming tastes to some of my younger family members.
>>547720517Well, the wife seems to think so. Maybe it's the paint fumes?
>>547720438For me it's russian recasts and for KT only b/c im a poorfag
Wrath of the Righteous has a shitty HoMM minigame so /crpgg/ and /civ4xg/ are basically siblings
>>547728321>shitty>HoMMGet out.
>>547728321It's weird that I'm autistic enough for 4x games but CRPGs just never clicked with me
>>547728520You misunderstood, it's a HoMM minigame, which is actually shitty.>>547728724They're a different shade of autism and have more conversation and interpersonal things, which doesn't appeal to everyone. But it's interpersonal at a safe distance, like playing with dolls. Dolls that have stats and stuff.
(You) there! Post your top 10 civ-like 4x games. Excluding civ
>>547729105Fuck off.
>>547729736Endless Space.Endless Space 2.Endless Legend.Warlock Master of the Arcane.Eador Genesis.Age of Wonders.Age of Wonders 2.Age of Wonders 3.Age of Wonders 4.Oriental Empires.Deadlock 2.
>>547720465True, I only ever finished painting one tactical squad, one Predator, one Stormtalon and one Librarian.
>>547730000I think he means that the minigame is shitty, while HoMM was not (or at least some of them weren't).
>>547729736Master of OrionEndless LegendOld WorldOriental EmpiresStars in ShadowMaster of Orion: Conquer the StarsDune: Spice WarsGal Civ 4Endless Space 2Alpha CentauriIn no particular order. Maybe like Endless Legend, Dune: Spice Wars and Master of Orion the most.
>>547730570>Dune: Spice WarsBased.
>>547730000Fuck off what? It's badly done. I loved HoMM3, though I haven't played the others. The HoMM-like aspect of WotR sucked though, unfortunately.
>>547730482Nah, he's a baiting cocksucker.
Man challenge mode really demands some farmlandNot even 150 people yet
>>547730694Yeah, it's fun.>>547731341Wait a couple of days anon. There will be a big update the 26th in just two days.
>>547733421Even if they cucked Atreides, it's still fun!
W is for wattle fence>>547733421>Wait a couple of days anon.I refuse
How many of you love early game in 4x games but get bored late game and lose the will to continue?
>>547743353That's every 4X game ever
>>547743353that's only poorly paced 4x games on maps that are too big
>>547743353After playing enough you'll notice there's a point 1/3rd to 2/3rds of the way to the nominal endpoint of the game where you know you've already WON, but the game's not over yet. The AI generally isn't smart enough to fight a player who's optimized his holdings or even snowballed, which is why they just get dumb bonuses on higher difficulties in a lot of games. Try shorter maps or more chaotic worldgen settings.
>>547742712WHEAT
>>547743954usually I get a pretty tense ending trying to eke out a win by a few turns but maybe that's just me
>>547743353late game is just knowing your victory is already guaranteed it's just a matter of how long it takes to get it and if you can be bothered to waste the time with how much there is manage every turn
