Happy holidays edition.Previous thread: >>553667576This is NOT /g*g/. If you wanna talk about Gr*nd Strategy, fuck off to >>>/trash/ or >>>/vst/.==NEWS==NEBULOUS Devlog #39: Cooperative Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05rc5j9QxAADistant Worlds 2, Mercantile Update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1531540/view/499465877188511534Foundation Update 1, Quality of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1NfIITshxwFalling Frontier Dev Update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1280190/view/539994465116356609Frostpunk 2, Fractured Utopias dlc: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1601580/view/648085384362721315Endless Legend 2, multiplayer review: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3407390/view/585031732510589022Endless Space 2, community patch 1.5.75: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/392110/view/655966683127611518C-Beams Devlog 50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FuqhlL19UE== 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
GET 'EM BOYSAlso, >>>/gif/30148324
>so few people has accomplished the deldar and tau campaignsBDSM space eves I get it, but I thought the Tau were more popular. They are my second favourite faction behind the IG.
>>554791235I rmeember the Taus being OP when I played. Are they fixed in DE?
>>554791339>I rmeember the Taus being OP when I played. Are they fixed in DE?Tau's fire warriors are heavily nerfed. But some other units were buffed.Also Necrons(my third favourite faction) gut pretty heavily nerfed without many buffs.
>>554791235Isn't it something like 50% of 40k players only care about marines? Everyone else is just different flavors of enemies to fight.
>>554792664>Isn't it something like 50% of 40k players only care about marines?Yes. The overwhelming majority of plastic players are SM. But I thought that with video games, there would be more people playing the other races. I guess the Space Marine 2 game must have converted over a lot of new players.
Sorry guys, went to play some stealth divers 2 and forgot to bump the thread before doing that.
Sorry guys, went to play some tainted grail and forgot to keep posting about ancient war.
Sorry guys, went to play some chinese frontiers and forgot to keep bump the thread before doing that
Sex the eldar.
>>554796818Damn, that game. It looked fun, until I had to deal with 4 kind of logs, 3 kinds of planks, and god knows what else.
>>554800659That actually turns me on. But then I'm the kind of autist that plays GTNH or Py with a few hundred same item but with a slight colour change.
>back on my simulation autism for map genI'll never actually play Civ at this rate
BALLISTA
>>554789781>>554806160why do your seas look like the kind of bright green industrial sludge that comes directly from the goo factory?
>>554808367I suspect the engine's colours of being slightly fucked up, but someone else will have to explain.Just shut the fuck up and enjoy this bolt's flight.Dunno how to explain it, but missiles don't move mid-flight, so the bolt just pointed up instead of the tip dropping.
unit QT-3.14 ready for duty
Indian flamberge. Aka kriss sword.Nothing screams "get away from this guy" as much as swinging this around does.
>elite Indian troops are called RajahsI though the Raja (singular) was the super big boss Okage-sama PotUS gigaking of India as a whole?
>>554811262game?
>>554815197Nah there's raja and maharaja who're both king level.
Should we welcome grand strategy back into our ranks? Competing with the gacha menace will only get more difficult.
>Paradox fucked up pop assembly so royally you can't pic which template it'll make>it just makes both basically at random>clone army origin makes your origin species unable to reproduce in any way but cloning>clone vats work the same way>so if you're a clone army empire, didn't finish the 'get reproduction back' quest and EVER get any immigrants you've doomed your kind to be slowly replacedIn their incompetence Paradox made way for the player to roleplay as the space equivalent of modern day UK
>>554824434Ha, okay. So a Rajah is more like a Lord. Above a knight.>>554824631NEVER.
cringe
>>554815197What difficulty are you playing on?
>>554832963Easy so far. And I cheat by using water maps, the AI seem to have issues dealing with ships.I tried on a normal map once, and my hastati (starting Rome troops) ended up fighting against fucking chariots.The AI either cheats or has an impeccable build order. Either way, I'm scared of it.
>ballista shoots the groundElle est Mao!
HAK HAK HAK
>>554824689No more Androsynth stories.
>>554838297This is funny. You think Orzs are light bubble. No, Orzs are fingers.
Wait, what? How in the fuck? I was just gonna let them burn off the hate.
>>554843448Kill them all.
>>554838027I find this problematic
>>554838027HYUK HYUK HYUK
Is defender of the galaxy mandatory on higher difficulties with all crises enabled if you're not going for a crisis ascension? I'm playing on commodore difficulty
>>554791235When did these achievements get addedI did DoW1, WA, and DC for nostalgia but didn't remember any achievements. Kinda lost interest after starting a Soulstorm campaign and some multiplayer matches
>>554867783What's the crisis multiplier set to?
>>554869005x1.5... I just realized changing the difficulty doesn't affect the crisis multipler
Crossbows are an evil weapon and should never be used
million dollar idea: mount and blade but it's one big connected map in the ground view
Fuck is a pungi.The pungi traps that Vietnamese used against the GIs?
>>554886270What era of India is that supposed to be?
>>554889221I have no idea. I think there's no specific era, since Rome uses spathas and can have legionnaires (which are very late), while Egypt use kopeshes (who are copper era).
>>554889221The Tunak tunak dynasty.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ydUdqWE1g
wait indians used to have a proper civilization?
>>554897026Well... yeah? They were pretty big back then, kinda like Vietnam. I actually think they ranked just under China at their peak. Not in size, mind you, but in wealth.
>>554823385age of wonders planetfall
>>554897026Why else would they be in every game of the Civilization™ series
jesus fextralife is miserable.
>>554909859what did fextra do this time
>>554909859>fextralifeis that some variant of fetlife?
>>554914586>fetlifeDamn its weird to see fellow Fetlifer here in /4xg/ of all places...>>554909859>le epic gayming avenue is shitDuh.
Bump.
>>554897735>Not in size, mind you, but in wealthThey were comparable to China in wealth because they were comparable to China in size. Most pre-industrial wealth was just crops grown for domestic consumption, with luxuries for the nobility depending on how many people they could rule and extract tax from.
>>554914862Calm down spiderfag, be less horny
What advantages do machine intelligences have over hive minds?
>>554789781Where did you build your designated shitting streets?
>>554929897You make all gamers in your civilization miserable and get to wear a leather jacket.
dead
>>554910968Ranks extremely high on Google when you look for a game, but gives very basic shit.>>554933356Right around the enemy fortress.
>>554944783>have to go all the way to the enemy fortress to shitsounds impractical
I think strategy is better than tactics but they're pretty close
>>554953474Strategy needs tactics, and tactics need strategy. That's why I liked Heroes and Generals.
>>554944945Beastmen do that in Warhammer, so...
I yearn for the day I find a Space Empires 5 But Not Completely Fucking Broken
What's the state of EL2 in the year of our Lord 2026?
>>554957752Eeeh. Still not as good as EL1.
>all of my stellaris saves up to 20 years back are borked againGot a usable save this time at least, but I don't think i got it in me to play until all crises are finished... will probably wait until 4.3 to see if the reduced naval capacity does anythingAlso, the Inetian Traders precursors are laaaame
>>554972648Stellaris as usual is lame.
>>554975903Will Paradox make a Stellaris 2 soon, or will they just keep milking 1?
>>554983787they're milking it until at least the end of the year
>>554983787>Stellaris 2How will they shit it up even more?
>>555000331Subscription mandatory, the characters' races are randomized but only if they're human, and if you dare ask why your white emperor had a black son, you [BANNED FROM PARADOX PLAZA FOR RACISM].
>>555000673>[BANNED FROM PARADOX PLAZA FOR RACISM].Jokes on you, im already banned from that shithole.
>>555003386What did you do?
>>555003975I commited ultimate sin for that place - i was Pro White.
>>555004408GASP
>>555004660ikr
>>555004408
>>555007096>when paradox cuckold stumbles upon truth>other cuckolds : respectfully disagree x 2015815Good god its a fucking reddit tier shithole.
>>555007382"Respectfully disagree" and other kind of downvotes are just a way to show you disagree but lack the intelligence to actually explain why.
>>555007096>>555007382>>555008624Can I get a link for that post? I want to see the posts of people crying at it.
>>555008624>"Respectfully disagree"Its a sign of incredible fucking cuckery and HR mommy rule.Even online you cant just say "no" firmly and definetively to these people, you have to kowtow and "respectfully" disagree..Fucking weaklings.
>>555009293https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/pop-growth-wonkiness-how-my-species-decided-to-commit-auto-extinction.1137665/#post-24958516
>>555007096I don't understand, he's laying out how the mechanics work in a factual manner. Why are they angry?
>>555012347Because in their minds, everything ever is political, so by talking about how planets are invaded in Stellaris, Anon OBVIOUSLY is talking about real life invasions of Palestine by the Jooows.
>>555012347It hits too close to home in regards to the replacement migration of browns into Western countries.Mere suggestion that someone should not embrace diversity tm, even in vidya form, makes them doubleunplusgood.
>>555007096People disagree because this post has nothing to do with the problem that was being discussed.Planets back then could only grow one pop at a time. And the game would always choose the species with the lowest population to grow. So eventually, no matter the factors around it, you would end up with 50/50 demographics. No matter if immigration is closed, or if the minority is slow breeders while the majority is rapid breeders. 20 human pops + 1 alien pop would always turn into a 50/50 split after enough time.
I simply choose not to play games with ayylmaos
Semi-related, how tedious is it to do a genocide run in Stellaris? Wiping out every single alien you encounter, having zero of their population alive as you conquer their planets.
>>555027770conquering every planet and having to manage them is the tedious part, the genocide is done automatically. if you're a genocidal then you get access to armageddon bombardment which can wipe out a world without invading, but it can be pretty slow
>>555027770Worst way to play the game. Runner up is full xenophile will a bunch of species management.
>>555027942>>555028095At least it's easy to end all the ayys, but that kinda sucks. Being able to go full Star Trek Federation or full Starship Troopers Federation are two of the playthroughs I'd like to do most. Oh well.
I’m not sure if I want to do a necro-hive run or a bodysnatcher run where I rush hive worlds so I can put all my different species on them without worrying about different habitabilites
CONSTRUCTING, SIEGE EQUIPEMENT!
Cave Johnson here! Chariot chariot! The guys in HR told me to make less messages like this, so I decided to record even more of these, because I'm the one signing their paychecks!
>princeps can learn a competence>it's called "expert in clothes"Sometimes I wish I was a translator, because I can tell there's a big typo here and it pisses me off that I can point it to the devs but they'll only correct this.
>Rome Republic can build an arena>it lets you hire level max mercs from other factions, with only gold as a costAs a reminder, in Ancient War DE, you get unlimited gold so long as you have farms.
>hoplite comes with a fucking warhammerSUMMON THE ELECTOR CUNTS
>>555043663Can you access the model and texture files for the game?
>>555043858Maybe? Why?
>>555044383Just curious since it's an interesting looking unit
>give a halberd (?) to a hastati>he sends enemy units FLYING when he hits themlol>>555044463You'd have to wait until it's out of early access to try modding it. Then again, there's an editor already in, through I don't think it's as versatile as Warcraft 3.
To put >>555044729 in context, 112 is the default damage. BUT the halberd has a +100% damage against light infantry, and T1 infantry has around 140-150 HP, so... that hastati oneshot everything.
>try another land battle>rush stables to get early cavalry>somehow it works and I manage to cripple the enemy economyI was a fool, all these years. Cavalry IS good, just easily countered, but it can deal terrible, terrible damage.
>Roman Republic medicus can cast "terror">"terror" means summoning a bear that lowers enemy defenseUnderstandable, bears are terrifying.
Fun fact: Ancient War relies on different tiers of units. The Roman Republic has hastatis, Princeps, and Triaria, with every new tier having more HP and better armor.HOWEVER, by default, the damage output is NOT buffed, meaning that a hastati will deal as much damage as a triaria or even a praetorian.Henceforth, I give two-handed weapons to my hastati, since the loss of a shield is a massive defense debuff, and hastatis aren't as expensive as princeps.These guys appear semi-naked, but if you're not careful, they will murderfuck your units.
Mounting an unit on a horse will give it different buffs. Naturally, they're a lot faster and get a meat shield, BUT they also get a damage bonus, at the price of a lower attack speed. That princeps is given a spear and told to kill, and he does so wonderfully.
Enough of this. Let's kill.Chariots, and cavalry supported by belly ballistas, attaaaack!
>>555030382if armageddon bombardment is too slow then you should build a planet crackerif cracking individual planets is too slow then you should go galactic nemesis and blow up entire systems instead
>>555047713>belly ballistasHuh?
>>555049684https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GastraphetesGastraphetes.
>>555041450>building's portrait looks different than the building itselfSOVL
>>555055846Oh, it happens a lot. The Roman workers, for example, they're clean shaved in the portraits. The 3D model? A true dwarven beard.There's also Ancient War: Crusade, but I worry of trying too many games at once.
>had Rise of Nation working on Linux for years>can't get it working now
WHYDIDPARADOXLETMEHAVENASCENT STAGEAS A FANATIC PURIFIERMY PLANETS WEREN'T GROWINGBECAUSE MY POPULATION WAS KILLING ITS KIDSAND YOU CAN'T TURN IT OFFFUCKING NIGGERS
>>555061225>Paradox>testinglollmao
On the left: short sword.On the right: gladius.Yeah the difference is minimal.
>>555061225I always have 1 nascent stage ayy stuck on my planets even through I deported them all to my penal colony. Trait is stupidly bugged
>>555063945The helmet seems really late kingdom/early republic era which would go with the hoplon and not the scutum
Hastati with two handed axe.>>555064237Do not look for realism. The source for this game is a mix of 300 and whatever is cool.
Same hastati, but with a T3 shield and a spear.DE differs from HD, you are required to research the damage/shield upgrade before unlocking new weapons.
>>555064538What's the "new unit" meter for? Is that like experience?
>>555064903Oh, yeah. You're mistaking "niveau" (level/floor) and "nouveau" (new).
>>555065030All units start at level 0, and can level up to level 3. You can use captives to get experience (if you have built a garrison, then every 5 kills will get you 1 captive that you can then sell or use for XP), with of course low-level infantry getting more experience.
any good bunker managers? Evil Genius is more of a stealth game
>>555066143What, something like Fallout Defense?
>>555066529i don't know, i haven't played fallout before. i want to find a game that lets you build underground bases which lets me put the whole thing on lockdown if it is attacked
>>555067714https://store.steampowered.com/app/588430/Fallout_Shelter/?Fallout Shelter, my bad. Something like that?
>>555067798no i want to actually build the bunker instead of placing rooms down next to each other. building corridors and stuff
>>555068701I can think of a few dungeons games, but no bunker, sorry.
>>555073564Gee Spiderfag, TWO RTS in one day?
>>555075018I'm sorry, I just like RTS that feel like RPGs on a bigger scale. If Darfall was better, I'd be all over it.
>>555075145If you're having fun then carry on
>>555075480I just wish there was a small scale Warhammer game. Bigger in scale than Mordheim, but smaller than Mark of Chaos or Total Warhammer.
>>555075762>small scale WarhammerBest I can do is Dawn of War, unfortunately it's the wrong kind of Warhammer
>>555076127Yeah, shame. The Unification mod made the Imperial Guard awesome.
bump, going to work nowDon't die, or else I won't post my lewd webms on /gif/ next time...
>>555084431Spider got a new job? Or a different anon?Also, you're good fren. I don't think /civ4xgeezers/ are particularly excited
nyo
No dying
>>554788846Why is the spider angry?
>>555114907Because we failed to keep the thread alive.
>>555007096kek
>>555067714Literally just described Dwarf Fortress.
>>554897026Wootz steel was traded worldwide. It's funny how you can have specialists who can come up with metallurgy that is desired all over the world and two thousand years later still struggle with the concept of plumbing and centralized waste management.
>>554824689What prevents you from purging everyone except your founder species and deleting the templates?
I started playing midnight suns today after having it in my library for ages and it got me thinking, is firaxis dying the death? This failed (but seems decent), the new civ failed greatly (seems terrible but haven't played it). I don't think they're done yet but I assume if the next project isn't a success it's over for them. Are they even working on anything?
>>555116209It's even worse, two thousand years ago the Indus Valley civilisation figured out both plumbing and sewage services.
>>554824631What's the difference? Real question.I always thought "grand strategy" was referring to games like civ.
>>554824631Lol no.I don't want this general to end like the grand strategy general did.
>>555092545Same job. It'll take a few weeks before I can leave.
I found a "simplified" climate model that does temperature and precipitation on a global scale then does things like generates biomes from the results. Time to see if I can wrangle this into a map script for Civ 4
>>555133443Please share if you can get it to work. Tha sounds like an amazing concept and beautiful to look wlat with Blue Marble.
>>555129492Are you changing jobs?
Firelord Ozai if he was a Civ 6 leader:>Phoenix King (leader ability)Raiding a district provides great person points in addition to double the normal yields. Razing a city grants a free settler and +5 combat strength for all military units for 10 turns.>Element of Ambition (Civ Ability)Unlocking a new building or military unit provides +50% production towards it for 10 turns.>Tundra TankReplaces the Knight. +1 mobility and +5 combat strength.>FoundryReplaces the Workshop. Citizens working this Industrial Zone provide an additional 2 production. Volcanoes in this city provide +2 food and + 1 culture to adjacent tiles.
>>555134380Kinda. Customer is tired of my lack of social skills, so I, the last white person in the team, am resigning.
>>555135143you said you got fired
>>555134380>homeworld legoDid anyone ever save the instructions for those? The company who did them went under, understandably so with how much they charged.
>>555135143>last white person in the teamYou should've left already frankly. That has to be hell.
>>555137485>Did anyone ever save the instructions for those?I only discovered about it long after the company died.
>>555134380I think there need to be more 4X themed lego kits
>>555134754Cool but where's my Azula hero unit?
>>554788846I've been playing a shit ton of Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander but there's one other RTS from the Games for Windows Live days I cannot find for the life of me. It had a large red tripod style robot on the cover, probably around 2007-2011. Anyone remember this?
>>555134043The hardest part of this is probably getting all of the sub equations and coefficients to solve all the 100+ equations. It looks like the authors used a 2D grid that's about the same size as the Civ 4 map size and I have some ideas of how to simplify a lot of it but I think it wouldn't be a huge stretch to get it working with Civ, then it's just a matter of how stable everything is and how interesting the results are to play on
>>555162296Universe at War: Earth Assault?
>>555162296Universe at War: Earth Assault. I can't believe it just occurred to me when I read that, I haven't thought of this game in 15 years.
>>555162748>>555162854Hot damn, that's the one. Thanks!
>>555163051Be advised, since it's GWFL and was delisted years ago from actual storefronts, you need to go to some discord server and install some shit/follow some guides to make it work.
>>555157714I’ve never played that game mode, but I imagine she would work like this:4 charges>Azula’s CoupExerts 20 loyalty pressure to free cities and cities at war within 5 tiles.>Azula’s Inspiration1 charge. Destroy a friendly adjacent military unit. Military units within 3 tiles gain a promotion.
which RTS lets you go from primitive technology all the way through to futuristic ones?
>>555168176Empire Earth
>>555168504keeeeeeeeek
>>555170502Me on the left
>>555135483I don't see any real difference between getting fired and being pressured into leaving.
>>555168504Bleh.
>>555116483not being a xenophobe for some reason
Not my best game, but definitely the most fun one since 4.0. Lil bit of RP as hedonists who just wanted to shill. Khan broke right into a three way front war and mixed up the north. Scourge got instant slapped, but then war in heaven broke out and they were basically sitting west and east of my borders and the big hivemind southeast didn't feel tagging along. Oh well
map
>>555182272I'm a map, I'm a map...
Godsworn update.
What's changed?
OWB fags, Is the purist enclave just incredibly strong and straight forward, whilst the Reform one is the one that is somewhat challenging? I haven't actually finished either side focus trees, but I've had a lot more of a headache with the Reform faction compare to just fucking killing everything.
The best defenses are those that were made thousands of years ago.
>>555197875>HOI4 mods>>>/vst/gsg/
>>555198239>>555200823Airships: Conquer The Skies?I didn't know it had ground vehicles.Unless that's a structure that just looks like a vehicle?
>>555183760You can become president!
>>555200665oh thx.
>>555200931Ground Vehicles was like an update years ago.
I don't know how ballistae can start fires, but whatever.
>>5547888464x CHADS. What games are we looking forward to in 2026? What are we currently playing?
>>555189221Need to play that one.>>555214883What game is that?
>>555216445Atre: Dominance Wars. Hope it will be good. is on steam.
>>555217271Thanks.
>>555214883Endless Legend 2
God I love this game.
>>555217271Fantasy?>>555236351Good taste.
>>555198239What kind of guns do you have on that thing? Isn't it weak against bombs?>>555200931It has tracked vehicles and walking landships.
>>555246921El Cidre.
>>555214883Looking forward to EL2 being finished of course.
>>555214883A big update for Hollywood Animal and Distant Worlds 2SkyblivionGilded DestinyBeyond AstraAscendanceNebulous Fleet CommandEspiocracyLysara: Summit Kingdom
Is invasive species + budding a good combo or kind of a meme?
night
>>555256435It's alright.
>>555257682Good night anon.
>>555246921
>check up on AOE2 for the first time in like 6 years>Burgundians, Armenians, and a bunch of Chinese and Indian civs in>each civ has a unique castle appearanceHuh
yall talk about songs of syx in here?
>>555278769People talk about it from time to time
>>555211192Show ships.
>>555276949And check the unique units.
>>555285659
>>555296586
This game is awesome.Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2. I think it is the first Men of War game.
This game is awesome.Ancient War Sparta DE. I think this is fun, you can replace your soldiers' weapons on the fly to adapt to what the enemy has. Cleopatra is resistant to short swords, but when I sent the halberd hastati, she folded like Alex Jones threatened to have his show cancelled.
What the FUCK is a Pithy? And why do I get Elden Ring flashbacks?At least she has boobs, unlike Miquella.
>>555308836https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythia?
>>555309424Huh. So she should definitely look Greek instead of being a blonde.
>>555308836>Pythie's tits, you must be starving!
>>555314207>Juno's cunt, you're salty!
Damn, Caesar looks MASSIVE
Not that Scipio Africanus has to blush. That dude's as ripped as Guan Yu.
>Ancient War Sparta in French>Princeps can learn the stamina skill from a research called "Expert Seamstress">the skill allows them to destroy the enemy's shield>switch game in English to understand wtf is going onExpert Seamstress my ass.
It's time.
Ok. It's one of these games where the AI puts his rally point in your base and spam units.
Phew. Shame these axemen are irregulars and thus can't get Gondor equipement.
It's time to punk the only kingdom that didn't ally with me.
All you had to do to earn this was not attack, or possibly defend with any airships. Scrap them if you have them.
>give AI a huge handicap, so much that its units die in one hit from mine>reach final power, Durin's Hoard>summons a 7,500¤ treasure>BUT it also summons a dragon>"what can a lowly dragon possibly do roflmao"WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT A DRAGON CAN WIPE 75% OF MY ARMYALL OF LAKETOWN ARCHERS? GONEALL OF MY DWARVEN INFANTRY? GONEALL THAT REMAINS ARE ASHES, HEROES, AND THE TOP THORIN SPECIALISTS
bump
>>555323918Why are they going saiyan?
>>555344774They have reached their Namek arc (Second Punic war).
>>554788846Goals:1. conquer all 24 empires by 2250 (or earlier).2. Survive all crisis 25xsettings:Grand Admiral, max Advanced AI, no scale.Ethics:XenophobeMaterialistMilitarist (later embrace to fanatic materialist)Civic:Distinguished admiraltyWarbots(later reform to feudal society and technocracy)Origin:Syncretic evolutionslave species:livestock+ acidicMachine founder species:Adaptive frames+efficient(integrate 225 pops to Emotion emulator+domestic servitude+loyalty then integrate 25 pops to learning algorithm+enhanced memory+living metal)commander:imperial: 2 skirmisher I, 2 Warlike II, 2 navy instructornormal commander: Observant, engineerOfficial councilor: Fertility preachertradition:2 codebreaking subterfuge, then supremacy (for +25% speed), then domination, then complete subterfuge to ascend, then modularity, then harmonyascension perk:technological ascedancy, imperial prerogative, modularitycapital 2200:disable all research, police, roboticistdisable civ building, most of farms.set your veteran crown prince as governorBuild order:Holo theater,clear slum, Forge x2, city district until maxBiological ships:send 10 empty ships with observant commander to find empires .interrogate/vivisection to gain tech.by 2205 you must conquer a capital then resettle it to your capital.set as indentured servitude. don't forget to do integrating stuff like before.keep opress vassalize empires then integrating them to save influence. 2 years per empire. split your fleet to make it faster.If enemy is Hive mind: set as scholarium (Just one).2250-2400: farmvillequestion:any room for improvement?
>>555345528Play a better game. Stellaris doesn't deserve your passion.
>>555345528>all crisis 25xThat is legitimately quite hard anon. Hope you're ready to fail.
>pick up Woodlands spear infantry>set up defensive stance>set up spear circle stance>they can't attack anymore...well, fair.
WHERE BE THE DWARFS??
>>555332521What is that monstrosity in the lower left?
>>555332521What game?
>>555363059Airships: Conquer the Skies. It's fun and cheap.
>>555362323Clearly the landbattleship Bismark
>>555364127Thanks, gonna pirate it.
>>555364127>>555364496Damn, no latest version for clean files and no demo.Oh well.
>>555364724Just get it when it's on sale. It's almost completely made by one guy. These kind of games should be supported.
>>555365797Meh. I don't want to play too much to refund it only to find out it is boring. I already have several dozen games like that on my Steam and GoG libraries. I'm trying to avoid doing that.
I hate Mordor.
>>555370209>t. Gandalf
>>555249949Hollywood Animal update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2680550/view/529869613052202357
>>555370442Nah, they're shit. They keep attacking each others so I get "we're under attack!" alerts when everything is fine. And the two morons from Cirith Ungol are also constantly swinging at each others.
>>555374115Ah shit, here we go again.
>>555375087Black and White was based and struck a nerve, especially among atheists.
>>555378670did you reply to the wrong post? the wrong thread?
>>555379414What are you talking about? Are you retarded?
man how the hell did i lose so hard attack the Euro union as USA when i had twice the armies and higher military technology
>>555380842Get fucked, Yankee.
>>555380842There's some other factors that go into it I think, but also why are you attacking in the first place lol
>>555336794damn that is a big maploved this game btw. fucking loved it. couldn't believe how good it was. an EA game that is good. too bad multiplayer desynched all the time.
>>555384923That's why I'm overjoyed to have found that modern standalone. It's not perfect, but damn, you can feel the autism dripping from it.
>>555364127anyone know the name of that font?it is the CivV font and often associated with Art Deco, you see it used in Bioshock as well. I just call it the art deco font.
>>555385093hook me up homie i still have the original CDs. last installed like 5 years ago. no idea if it would even play nice with Windows 11 (probably not).
>>555385437Here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-horse-lords-a-total-modification-for-bfme/downloads/age-of-the-ring-version-90Also see >>555356197
>>555387027thanks man never heard of this, i will check it out.holy shit 120k downloads, might even be able to play multiplayer again.
>>555387904The current version is 9.2.2.Don't play against Dol Guldur at first.And mix granaries and blacksmiths, you'll see why ;)
>Pippin is a cheap hero>he has a tutoring skill that buffs nearby heroes>Boromir, as a general, gives big bonuses to Minas Tirith troops, but doesn't give anything to the fief troopsFair!
>>555387904So, does it work?
>>555379414Lionhead studios was a game studio that developed the games Black and White 1 and 2. Youngling.
Nighty night.
>>555391256i'll know soon
>>555392956It'll take a while, the launcher will patch the game, then check file integrity.
>>555391621how does this compare to pic related? loved this game as a kid but got bogged down in the late game, my ambition was too big and it took too long for the crew to travel between sets shooting my magnum opus, resulting in financial failure.ironically made by Lionhead Studios.
>>555393324I know this one was made by Lionhead that's why I choose it for my studio's name. Hollywood Animal is okay. It's still in early access, there's already a lot to do but you are limited to the 30's and 40's I think. You don't actually get to see your movies but on the management and ui side it is a lot better than The Movies. Lionheads ui sucked and it was almost impossible to manage more than 7 actors. In Hollywood Animal it is much easier to manage a lot of staff.
>>555393910yeah, i loved the movie editing and seeing it all come together in The Movies, it was really fun and satisfying. as an adult i'd be more interested in the management sim. i cannot help but love that art deco aesthetic, honestly the UIs in this game look sexy. i'll give it more time to cook but i like what i see.
>page 10
>>555394449I found it very frustrating in The Movies when some of your actors have constant tantrums messing up your shedules. This makes other actors just wait at their set doing nothing also getting annoyed. The Movies was just so frustrating sometimes.
>>555365797That game reminds me of Rule the Waves 3 and my Italy game that's in limbo
>>555400830its been a long time but i seem to remember i was basically a fluffer for the actors, if they asked me to suck dick i would do it, anything to keep them cooperating. probably why i lost the game, i spent too much on them or something.the romans were right about actors.
>>555405267>the romans were right about actors.That they're meant to be dicked often to keep their egos in check?Oh no wait, that's spiderfag.
>>555405445actors were basically prostitutes in ancient rome. when you think about it that makes a lot of sense. their entire career is selling a lie, like prostitutes.
>>555405859>actors were basically prostitutesShame they stopped. Then again, given how many child actors we have...Yeaaaah, Emma Watson's carrier would've been a lot different.
I think strategy games are a fun way to spend your evening
>>555413795I hate that I keep finding mechanisms I really like in old or janky strategy games.
Why would anyone make a ram ship without boarders and guards?Why would anyone rear end such ram ship for the boarders to board it?
>>555418524once you see that huge O in that font you can't unsee it
>>555405986they weren't LITERALLY prostitutes, they were socially the same class. aka scum, at the bottom of society.
>>555405859>>555420401Why is there one person who parrots this every chance he gets around here? There's no indication that was the case.
>>555418524Is that a second little ship at the front of it?
>still nervously waiting for other anon to report back on the BfME2 thingy
>>555380842A region's defense is another army in terms of fighting strength, so the EU technically has 4 armies there.
>>555448670US are losers lmao
Bump
Research complete: Strategy. Now researching: Tactics
Waking up. I'll have to make a post later about tyat fun game I found.
>>555474936okay sweetie
>>555466151Hi, are you me?
>>555482158Yes.I should really take a shower.
I like Seven Kingdoms 2. I love the chain of command in it.I like Warrior King Battles. I love the formations and ammunition system in it, and how supply works.I like Deadlock 2. I like the in-universe reason given to having to research everything.I like Battle for Middle Earth 2. I like killing retarded inbred gobbos and playing dwarves.I like Act of War. I like prisoners, the varierty of infantry weapons, and the mercs.I like Company of Heroes. You kill nazis in it. Killing nazis is always a plus in my book.I like Dawn of War. It got me to fall in love with Warhammer 40000 again after a codex made my Tyranid army obsolete.I like Rise of Legends. It has some formations, but it also feels big, therefore pleasant to play.I like Ancient War Sparta for its "RPG on a RTS scale" aspect of it.I like Darfall for its difficulty.I like They Are Billions for its appearance and how quickly things can degenerate.I like Age of Empires 2 for its teutonic knights.I like Age of Empires 3 for how flexible it is once you understand how cards work.I like Age of Empires 4 for its attempt at trying new things instead of copying AoE2, some of them work, some don't.I like Age of Mythology for its PROSTAGMA and how different the factions feel.I like Battle Realms for its SOVL.I like D&D Stronghold for its slow, economical system.I like Stronghold for its SOVL. Same with Crusader.I like Stronghold Legend for trying to change things, and make every Knight of the Round Table unique.I like Distant Worlds Universe because I played it once and Steam says I have 8 hours in it please help me.I like Five Nations for how fighters manage to stay relevant even late game as you get carriers.I like Godsworn for its unique setting and how hot Saulé is.I like Halo Wars for its surprisingly good gameplay, and unit banter (flamethrowers going "welcome to hell, ladies").I like Lord of Magic for its fantasy setting and its music.I like Silica for its hybrid gameplay.I like Songs of Co
>>555485102I couldn't fit Beyond All Reason, Majesty or Total Annihiliation, or Sacrifice in this.
What's the best way to handle tech in strategy games? Tech tree, tech web, something else?
>>555489559Tech tree. Tech webs fits better for long games, but can be a pain to learn on the fly in a shorter game.
>>555489559What if tech tree is a circle around you?
>>555485102>after a codex made my Tyranid army obsolete.Which edition and what army composition?
>>555497852sots has a dumb tech tree because of the random chances for techs
>>555489559I like the sort of ladder idea MoO1 has. I don't think there is any game that handles tech well. It's always considered an upgrade while in the real world it's meaning is much more diffuse.
>>555499430Started with this one if I remember right. Completely changed how gaunts looks like, moved Genestealers from Elite to troops, and I think removed mutations?
Didn’t the subterranean origin used to reduce pop growth/assembly by 20% or was it always only 10%?
https://www.ageofempires.com/news/demeter-god-pack-coming-february-10th/Do you buy Age of Mythology stuff?
>>555506952I'm waiting for the Aztecs, but yeah. The Chinese and the Japanese are really fun to play.
>>555504104No, you're right.https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/index.php?title=Biological_traits&oldid=111477 link is to an older version of wiki page from 4.1
I fucking love how Age of the Ring improves Gondor and make it really fun.>fief troops>cheap, easily repleacable>terrible armor (none of them have shield), and they cannot get any armor until they reach level 4 (out of 5)>can be buffed by a recruitable hero, the Duke>they're meant to either survive long enough or get replaced by minas tirith troops>to help with the survival, Gondor get fountains mixed with statues, in a 2 in 1 dealFucking awesome.
>Dol AmrothHa yes, Dol Amroth... The Dol Amroth...What's Dol Amroth again?
>>555514737https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Dol_Amroth
>>555515248Oh so they're the one getting bullied (sexually) by the Corsairs of Umbar.
I tried Ancient Wars : Medieval Crusade.While I like the style, I don't actually suggests it, it manages to feel even more early access than Sparta did. Which is a shame because the AI is a lot smarter.
>>555523089thanks for sharing sweetie
>>555523380I mean, take a look at this. It just looks good.
>>555506952I bought it on sale and realized they never changed the game lobby options. But also because Titans became the new game enders, and some Titans become busted due to God's myth unit upgrades. But also because Myth Units become the game enders themselves, replacing normal military due to a hidden mechanic with the Wonder, and balance changes of Myth units doing more damage to each other. God powers can be recast, but due to faction imbalance of Favor resource acquisition they are annoyances which makes the Greeks and Chinese overpowered.Titans don't regenerate HP or can be healed, but some upgrades to allow myth units to self heal effect titans. Those titans of those civs and god groups tend to win the game by Titan stacking.In the end The Retold version is a Campaign only game.
>claymore and flamberges are two different optionsHuh, okay.
>>555524614You act like Titans or Wonders are easy to make.
HON HON HON LA VICTOIRE
>>555526463You act like a game doesn't last for more than 15 minutes.
>>555528021Depends from the game, naturally, but for me, any game that isn't Supreme Commander or Dune Spice Wars is usually wrapped in 20-30 minutes.
>>555541417civ 6 mods?
>>555541535yeah
>>555541417>Sha bug you
>>555547771Bugger!
>>555392956DOES IT WORK? SPEAK TO ME, NIGGER!
Holy cow, big AoE2 patch planned.>everything's gone, Carrack's burning
>>555392956Anon was never heard of again.
>>555560060I need to hear his opinion for the sake of my self-esteem. I recommended so many games to people here, and everytime, they disliked them.
>>555560451Well, he is either still playing it or he has passed out after non-stop playing it for two days.I'd say that in either of those cases he liked it.
>>555560451>everytime, they disliked them.That's simply not true.
>>555560898>suggested Seven Kingdoms 2>"i tried, i don't like, ai is bad, pathfinding is bad, not enough unit variety">suggested war for the overworld>"i dunno senpai i feel like i'm just playing dungeon keeper 2 modded">suggested cossacks 3>"dude this is just cossacks back to war in 3D!"I am sadness embodied.
>>555562696Well I've always appreciated your obscure game posting bwo.
>>555565601Thank you, but have you tried any of them?
Bump. Have a good day.
>>555512979Dad was playing that a lot last year.
about to finish my first campaign of Terra Invicta (losing, alien forces on ground attacking the US) only now have i discovered that you can spend resources to increase chance of mission success
>>555573616Terra Invicta is a game that could be really interesting if the devs weren't so dedicated to making 90% of the options you have outright traps.
wake up
>>555573616>he doesn't buy his way out of problems
>>555580745No, bed is too comfy.
>>555568997Thanks anon.>>555569328Your dad has good taste in games.
Ah yes. Heavy armor very effective. It even turned my airship into a ground bunker for extra effectiveness against ground targets.
>>555596412>airship that turns into a ground bunkerWhat's the point?
>>555600192Instant bunker, just land on target.
>>555604175>Instant bunker, just land on target.I think you can actually make a ship based on that concept. Make it really heavy and well armoured on the bottom and then just drop it on things. You can go crazy with all kinds of designs.
>>555606480>Make it really heavy and well armoured on the bottom and then just drop it on things.>instead of using the t0 dumb weight use the dumb ship whole weightI quit after seeing that you don't the fuck each tech you research does in quest mode. Will play more some day.
>>555607110>you don't the fuck*you don't see
>>555600192I can think of a great deal of good uses for that actually.
>>555541604>soil potatoAs opposed to what? Sky potato? It's normal for potatoes to be in soil.
>>555625859It's a stretch, but it could be some sorta translation error from the French name of potato, "apple of soil".
I'm not ready to go to 117 yet
>>555628528Just wait til Anno 9
Goddamn Terra Invicta is such a scumfest in the beginning, especially on brutal>other factions swarm Canada when you're going for US opening? restart>no councilors over 5 persuasion? restart>servants/protectorate cracks into China early? restart>miss a necessary control nation roll? restart>no usable recruits to shore up your weakpoint? restart>events drain your resources before you even have an income? restartAs forgiving as the game may be in the long run, the slightest fumble at the start will set you back years to the point it's faster to just start over.
>>555524614I mean, titans and wonders are late game stuff, if the opponent don't stop it, or kills your economy or you by then, they deserve the strong stuff.or at least i suppose.on any case I hope mayans sacrifice units
>>555506952kid naps you to start a family
>>555569328He's based and redpilled.
>>555636729>>other factions swarm Canada when you're going for US opening? restartwhy?
>>555569328cool dad
civilization bump
>>555667892cringe
>>555677536Good post
Why is real time strategy so obscure? I really want to see more RTS spinoff like halo wars.
>>555687059APM.
>>555687884What about tye USA's prime minister?
One thing i dislike about Terra Invicta is how sometimes you would do something like Investigate Alien Activity mission and it just says something like "The site was investigated" instead of giving you a proper description of what happened. Couldn't afford to write a paragraph?
>play Infection Free Zone>it uses real maps to play>pick my city down to the street to use as base>can't blogpost about it cuz I would be doxxing myselfAnyways.I like how shops, stores, pharmacies, doctor's offices, firestation/policestation, and such are recreated.Also I got it pirated(fuck paying for early access), and the game told me via ingame larp, that I should buy the game. It even lets you choose how to respond to that radio message.
>>555695710Hi Todd. Catch me a beer while you go out to the pub, eh?
>>555695862>Hi Todd. Catch me a beer while you go out to the pub, eh?You joke, but I already looted all my favourite bars and restaurants that are around my neighbourhood.
>>555695710I like the idea of that but the implementation still leaves a lot to be desired.
>>555695710Its a fun game, it made me realize my neighbourhood is a nice place to survive zombie apocalypse lol.>>555696879Its EA after all. I like the simplicity of it.
>>555697025>it made me realize my neighbourhood is a nice place to survive zombie apocalypse lol.I picked the cemetery that it's inside the town. It has a fuckhuge park too, perfect for cropfields and forests.
>>555697726I have a nice huge park around me, several massive buildings to gather material from, even before that shit got nerfed, shops with food pharmacies etc.Its fun, i might reinstall this game today.
>>555695710Is Brest in? I used to live there.
>>555699559>Is Brest in? I used to live there.It's a random pic I got from google.I will not dox myself down to the street I live.>>555699275>even before that shit got nerfedI'm not having troubles with food. My main problem is ammo for weapons. I'm trying to rush ammo production and spam watchtowers with bows, with overlapping firing fields to cut down on ammo used.
>>555699559It uses map data. Presumably yes.
Fuck me, why can't all strategy games have awesome maps?
>>555699559You can pick the location from google maps, so yes, your old home is definitely there.
>can recruit Denethor>he gives maluses to Faramir, Gandalf, and even Elessar in exchange for working perfectly with Boromir as a troops bufferlol
>>555706116How does the game balance for some areas being rural vs urban and having more stores and shit
>>555715623I recall it just having some buildings be empty and more buildings in general meaning more initial zombies in area.So, doing something like middle of Las Vegas or NYC is gonna be zombie central, but also ludicrously resource rich, while rural areas have surprise caches inside regular houses and less zombos, but in total less resources than some mid-sized or small towns.
>>555715623>How does the game balance for some areas being rural vs urban and having more stores and shitNTA, and I'm the one that started playing it.It seems it doesn't. The game recommends you predefined locations of RL to use. If you ignore it, the game tells you that difficulty may change a lot, and that you know what you are doing.I almost started the game with my HQ on the seminary that's at top of the nearby hill. Which would have sucked mayor dick.
We are smack down in the middle of the city. Who the fuck keeps chickens in their apartment?
>>555717386jew fears the chicken farmer
>>555717386The nefarious indoor chicken farmer, jews fear him
>>555717386It's literally a joke in France that Arabs keep chicken as pets in their apartments.
>make HQ near a student complex(school, high school, conservatiry, etc)>lots of free knowledgeI don't know if it would be worth it to make another research facility, and turbo boost my research. And at night just abandon the place and if it gets attacked, so be it.>only 2 gun stores in town>one of them is nearbyI was lucky.Also, I don't know if I should now go for manufacturing ammo crafting. Or unlock the medbay. Day 11 and the hordes are starting to get huge. Almost lost a watchtower to them, even when it had another 2 in fire range.Tried making razor wire around a several large openings to where my HQ is, but it was way too much metal. I'm going to try if palisade funnel plus razor wire opening is enough to at least damage them. If zeds attack the palisade, it would be a huge waste of material and time.
finally...
>>555717386Imagine the smell of that apartment
Hey, I noticed that citybuilder was mentioned in the general.Would that include Jurassic World Evolution 2?
>>555728896Yes, I made like 3 posts about it and 3 combined in the last 6 months or so.
>>555728896Of course it does. Isn't posted here often but all kinds of tycoon games have been posted here at times.
>>555677536beautiful
>>555728896Please post something before the thread dies.
Is there any point to playing as a megacorp if you’re not pushing hard for a gimmicky trade build?
Lessaria would be so much fun if dialogues boxes didn't interrupt everything.
>>555743136I'm not used to seeing posts where the UI is in English
Lessaria has ONE advantage over Majesty: there is an actual plot.
And also I believe the party system is a lot better in Lessaria? But honestly I never bothered checking how it worked in Majesty.
Vehicles are so overpowered in this game.Anything that is an armoured car or bigger requires grenades or anti-tank weapons to defeat.This vehicle I am using is just an armoured car but it has obliterated about half of the map by itself.
>>555744970Vehicles are always good.
Fffffucking elves!
Is pop assembly bugged for machine intelligences? Rapid replicators + mass produced only gives 5 pops per month with 300 replicators, but rapid replicators + mass produced is giving me about 8 pops per month as an individualist machine even though they still only have 300 fabricators
Good night spiders
Fuck sake, I don't like the Rohirrim because BfME2 makes cavalry insanely fragile, but their buildings are 999/10.>>555754436Good night, Yuri and Kane.
>rohirrim basic units are peasants>they fight with literal toolsThese guys are so fucking dead lmao
>>555742404IIRC some of the advanced authorities are busted
Rohirrim peasants are a lot tougher once they:>are drafted (it's a Rohan power),>have Eowyn nearby (charisma bonus)>have Merry nearby (they like him),>have a statue nearby (more charisma bonus)>have the steel equipementAlso, that map is scary. When a map named Khâzad Dûm has a warning that the goblin faction is changed a bit, and when said gobbo start building an "altar of flame", you panic.
Anybody ever play this game series called “Hegemony: Rome” where you could zoom out all the way from the tactical battle screen to a full strategic map? Worth playing?
>>555759943The name is familiar, but I remember it taking place in Greece, not in Italy.
Sleep well, /civ4xg/.I almost have a Vtuber avatar ready.
>>555744970I guess the balance problem is twofold>not enough anti-tank weapons around>no matter how many times it gets hit by low-caliber weapons, wheels never get popped
>>555746551I wish I was.
>>554897026Ha! No.
>>555762074>spoilerFor what purpose
>>555765653Same. Same. Sadly elves in Lessaria are only slightly less scummy than the majesty ones.>>555778518Fun. I doubt I'll ever commission a real avatar, I'd be too oazy to learn to use it, but it's fun nonetheless.
>>555762074You're not going to be a babiniku are you?At least be open about it if you are, otherwise you will get cancelled or worse, the vtuber community is fanatic.
>>555781975also, you open yourself up to wackos regardless just by being a vtuber
>>555781975>babinikuWat
>>555782531man with a female avataraka the one (1) joke people make about vtubers
>>555782878I mean... Nobody would be interested in an old French masochist's terrible games that are essentially just taking games apart for the sake of theorycrafting, so I don't think I'll ever have a career in that.And also, I swear too easily. I'd get cancelled in seconds.
>>555783225I don't think swearing gets you cancelled unless it's a slur
>>555783359You can swear non-slurs?!?
>>555782090Already got a few people wanting to "creampie", whatever that means. I keep repeating I'm not a girl.That won't make a difference, I fear.
Went full Minas Tirith for this run, and damn, it was fun. Trolls can tear through my lines, but two units of spearmen are enough to wipe them out.Too bad there are no spearman hero, they're all swordsmen, so weak to archers and spearmen, and strong against swordsmen and cavalry.However, Gondor has that thing I love in RTS: FORMATIONS.
bumpFor a website whose users are 95% Americans, somehow this board is active at night.
>>555791090Over half the board is gacha asians.
>>555747110Nobody has an answer for this? I’m curious why gestalt machines have worse pop assembly than individualist machines
>>555792763Sorry, I hate Stellaris.
Currently playing Calyx, I like this battle record feature, reminds me of that starcraft gif where the zerg player is expanding his creep.
>>555797034I have no idea what's going on but Grey player is extremely strong.is this like Etherium?
>>555797448No, it's PVE game. Ever played Creeper World series flash game? It's like the RTS version of that.
>>555797034Looks comfy
>>555792763>>555796071I'm sure there's a joke about different types of AI playing Stellaris and Turing tests in here somewhere.....
>the military remans came to my town to demand resources and peopleI'm glad I didn't antagonised them. My survivors have no anti armor weapons.I managed to not get any of my people killed when they were captures by the riders. And even managed to made them join me in the end. But this will be hard to deal with.
>>555792763is this at the start of the game? what's the job efficiency for each job?
Lost 3 watchtowers and one survivor died. But SOMEHOW, my dude's pistol-caliber bullets penetrated an armored carrier. On the other hand now I have an armored carrier and an extra truck.Oh well, it could have been a lot worse.
>>555809274I have never seen this game before but it looks kind of interesting.
Do you ever go back to Starcraft and Warcraft?
>>555809658>I have never seen this game before but it looks kind of interesting.The map is created by google maps. And I'm having a blast playing in my city and fortifying it against the zombis. It doesn't have much content, but it's mostly bugfree besides some glitches.Posted about it yesterday.
>>555810665sc2 yes
I think I must be in end game. I'm remaking all my squads with three skill. Still need to kit them out full of rifles/shotguns/plate armor. And I want to make another 3-4 extra squads.
>>555810665For me it's AOE2
>>555808875Yes the very start of the game, same job efficiency for both
Is this a certified Grand Strategy moment?
>>555830703It was actually a game bug and nothing happened except they then went to war with me.Now my fleet because of that got soft locked into a scuttle.
>>555830703Can airships travel through that much sea without running out of supplies?
>>555831482So what happened was my fleet was forced retreated back to an allied city, and then they captured that allied city so they got stuck because of that.
>>555830703>Limping Back
>>555829448I think the gestalt assembly job has lower base assembly than the individualist oneat least that was true in 3.14, I dunno about 4.x and the wiki page for jobs STILL isn't fucking updated
>>555810665I replay Warcraft 3 every 15 years or so.
>>555836370so you've played it twice
>>555835720>gestalt assembly job has lower base assembly than the individualist oneBut why though? I guess if it’s been like that for a while then it’s not a bug, but why would gestalt have worse pop assembly? I thought the whole gist of playing gestalts was to sacrifice the free unity/stability from factions for the luxury of not needing consumer goods and having more pops? Why would you ever play gestalt machines over individualist machines if you get free unity AND better assembly speeds?
>>555837893individualist machines aren't even remotely balanced, they're just straight up better than both gestalts and regular organics
>>555839929>let's hand out an ascension perk as a baseline empire and then let them get a second ascension perk afterwardsit's fucking stupid
>>555810665warcraft 3 doesn't exist anymore sadly.
>>555847175The Retail CD version?
>>555847526bobby kotick broke into my house and took a shit on my table and replaced the CD with reforged
Infection Free Zone game.Day 62. I still have 2 story chapters to do according to the statics window.What the fuck do I have to do?My dudes are full gear max stats. Had 200 but I lost a few due to pic-relate. Didn't realize that you need two layers of buildings to actually have them act as a wall. Anyway I'm spamming the invite people radio message. Have more food, guns and ammo than I know what to do. I'm building a bar and gonna use the grain to brew beer, at least my survivor will have fun, because this is starting to be unfun to play. Other than turning the city into my city dunno what else to do.
>>555850082How much more exploration space do you have around your city?
>>555851510>How much more exploration space do you have around your city?I have only done 9% and that was only 3 neighbourhoods.
>>555852406IIRC, you have to explore those areas and listen to some incoming messages from outside your city building map.I think there was a group of intelligent zombies that try to lure your exploration team into an ambush and then launch a giga attack against your city.
There is no real loss if the ships don't cost.
Phew. That was one hell of a fight, I was constantly attacked from all sides with orcs rabble, easternlings, battering rams, and trolls. I had to stack very expensive heroes to stand a chance.
>>555868741>>555869015?
tfw the game actually helps you when you are too busy taking ass and kicking names
These enemy ships are so light and fast that a single musket almost took one out. Thankfully my boarding ships don't have weapons.
>>555877967What game?
>>555889027Airships conquer the skies
>>555889918Huh it has a different UI for battles I guess
What is your excuse for not playing Conquest of Elysium?
>>555858314>IIRC, you have to explore those areasThen it is going to be a slog.70 days in and I have already explored the out-of-raio-range tiles for tech books. Working now on improving defences, making rifles, pistols and plate armo. And for some reason plate armor takes days to make. And if I adapt buildings, they are so big that they need around 400~ crates of metal and wood. So I'm making smaller custom wooden buildings.Will keep making invite broadcasts and letting people reproduce until I hit 500 survivors. Also working on training more squads.I should probably switch my food production to meat, but it requires even more buildings and I'm chronically short on wood and metal.>>555911016>What is your excuse for not playing Conquest of Elysium?It's in my backlog, but I'm terrible at RTSs.
>>555911685It's turn-based.
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>>555927690Like Trump's reputation.
Anyone play Foundation? I have no idea how I force commoners or citizens to live closer to their work so they stop wasting all their fucking time on transit since this game seems to be more focused on housing development and how to make walkable cities(despite it being the middle ages) than production chains.
Damn that angel has cake.
>>555938359Unnecessarily round glutes
is full control of the USA by january 2027 in Brutal good?
>>555911016The graphics are too shitty.
>>555942518Do you feel in charge?
>>555942723yea
>>554788846Speaking of Airships: Conquer the Skies there has been a small update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/342560/view/528744347603043447
>>555942518>HFthe hard part will be keeping it
so stellaris. is it good yet?
>>555963746It's too bloated now. How can it ever turn good at this point?
>>555942452Big round asses are good too.Source: my entire lewd folder.
>>555964930
>>555911016I’m playing dominions mp instead
>>555969162
>>555972640Go to bed spiderfag
crazy how pozzed this game is
>>555974020>helping the poor is pozzedgo to bed /pol/
This guy looks like he's gonna say "Ey what's da plan boss?"
>>555972852>go to bed>thread immediately hits page 10
blowpipes
well fuckgg next map
>>555990172Is this Battle for Middle Earth 1 or 2?
>>555991429Neither, it's a stand-alone.
>misery bonus>orcs units get a discount because I love seeing slaves miserable, so they accept a lower pay just to laugh at a dwarf's face and kick his ass
I tried Three Kingdoms Total War and I'm lost. Can I ask for help here?
>>556000164Go to /twg/
>>556000283Oh, right, my bad. I'll try, but they care more about Warhammer nowaday.
>>555982915Aight, lissen' 'ere ya bone 'eads!Tonaigt we's gonna swipe some o' dat annimatta from dose aliums!
Yup, I'm ignored. Oh well. I tried.
>>556006091You was ignored even in total war general?Well, if you want tactical advice for how to wage war like Chinese, go read Kingdom manga.
I won with only fiefdom units.
Pretend to be impressed by >>556008441 or else...
>>556010523My dad would be impressed.
>>556010969Doesn't your dad only plays BfME2 and not mods?
>>556012140He plays mods too.
>>556012280Your dad sounds based. No wonder your mom picked him.
>>556013012I still don't know how I'm so shit at RTS games, when all my dad plays are RTSs, ARPG and hack and slash ala diablo.
>>556013347Well, my dad got laid, and all I got was pegged, so some things don't pass down the bloodline, y'know.
>>556013382My mum plays a lot of graphic adventure and puzzle games too. I and I ended up playing open world survival crafting slop, city builders and tactics games.Thank you for reading my blog. Remember to like subscrive and hit the like button.
>>556015772My mum thinks video games are dumb and a waste of time.
Deploying page 10 emergency bump.I'm still playing IFZ, but shit goes slow as fuck even with 10 squads.
Sleepy thread. Horatio needs to splice some exciting genes into anons.
Bump.Sorry for no more Age of the Ring or Ancient War post, I don't feel well at all.I wish all of you blokes to never have a relative getting cancer, the crabbo is a slow killer.
This is turning into a fuckhuge slog. Almost 100 days. 15% of the map looted. And still 4/5 of the story chapters complete.I'm producing new vehicles and plate armor. I have enough AKs to form 6 more squads. I have more ammo than common sense. The cook houses can't cook enough meals to use all the tons of grains my peasants are growing. Children are being taken care of, taught and only work when they are adults. I think what is left is making a bigger brewering. At least someone should be having fun.
>>555956784in my last Brutal game nobody even tried to capture any control point from me once
>>556034154huh, maybe things have changed since I last playedI remember people trying to constantly usurp my points, anytime I forgot to protect one it would get hit pretty quick
>>556033827Forgot pic.
>>556034460>children: 52
>>556015975Ask her why all that time she spends in front of the TV isn't the exact same waste of time
>>556037380To be fair, she can't walk anymore, and even standing up is impossible because of cancer.
>>556034290they kept trying to get Canada but not US. I believe US is too big for them to purge
>>556032989I'm sorry for your loss man.
>>556038317Not yet. And this is the horrible part. It's coming, it's coming slowly, and whenever I think I accepted it, I break down.
>>556038306ah maybe, I remember if a place is too tough to crack they won't even try
>>556034548I like children. Specially the female ones.
>>556039380ok Epstein
>>556039453>ok EpsteinEpstein liked yuri furry futa.I like vanilla cunny loli.We are not the same.
>>556038639Then shouldn't you spend as much time as possible with them before the end?Not judging, everyone handles grief and loss in their own ways, just knew an anon in another thread who pretty much stopped posting and spent the rest of the time with their loved one.I hope to see Enmanon again this year, although he did say he might not come back
>>556040347That's what pisses me off, I'm stuck at work. And I don't have a driving license so I'm relying on public transportation.Also I fear breaking down in front of her, that'd hurt her a lot.
>>556040545I think it would hurt her more if you don't go see her.Then again I have no idea what she is like so, take that into account.
>>556041153Let's just say I'm one of the few people in the world that has good relationships with my parents. Or at least it feels like so when my friends traumadump me.
>>556041318Then I'm sure she would appreciate seeing you, even if you're crying your eyes out.
>>556008441Good job bwo
>>556039774What if I like both?
Luckily there are no fsaa laws yet.
>>556047734>higher quality film resultSounds like he's right.
>>556044147>What if I like both?To the pegging mines with you.
>>556047734True and based and this is why movies are bad now
>be me, Servants>randomly gain control point in Kenya>abandon it because it's useless and I'm already 20 over the limit>HF cracks it next turn>2 turns pass>they crack it again>next turn, they purge it>then immediately abandon itThey're just doing it for the love of the game. I aspire to be that level of hater.
>>556056672Comfy
>>556056672nice
I DON'T FUCKING NEED MONGOLIA I'VE ABANDONED IT 5 FUCKING TIMES ALREADY
Drunken idea:RTS but you can pick between a full tech tree (normal) or a simplified one (all units are trained in the same barracks, all upgrades are made at the smithy, and some tech do several things at once).
>>556081405Why tho
>>556081943Sometimes you just want a shorter game because you have an itch for strategy but can't bother to go through an entire game?
I think I heard something about something from somewhere.
>>556084520
>>556078609>Servantsayyfuckers out
>Protectorate gains control point in China>with minimal adjacency bonus>and no public support>and with an enemy malus>consistently enough that it only failed once in 10 minutes of savescummingThis might be on brutal, but something here don't smell right.
>>556091547AI bonuses?
>megafauna 2 years after start??>zoom in, Ethiopia has infestations everywhereHuh, I didn't even notice that. I don't remember any alien activity there at all, usually they just gave me Kenya every few months>zoom out, actually the entire eastern coast of Africa is being swarmed and is about to pop...ah. Well it's on my side, right?>>556092115Allegedly, the AI only gets a 2 point bonus on brutal.But the RNG has been huffing paint fumes this whole game. I have gotten more crit fails/successes in this ~8 hour game than I have in dozens of hours in past games on normal. Some turns have been nothing but crits, 5 in a row.
>>556096915
>>555200665bumP
Would you kind anons happen to know where I should be posting about Mechabellum? I presume here is fine if nowhere else.
>>556113605Never heard of it before but it should be fine here
>>556113605Mechabellum? Sure, sounds fun.
>>556084520>>556084751>>556096915>>556097292Do you play conquest mode or missions?If conquest mode. Any tips on how to not suck on early game?>>556056672What game?
>>556130952The dinosaur game is Jurassic World Evolution 2.
>>556134478Is this inspired by Jura Swess Park?
The Last Starship seems to be out of early access.I thought it would be more buggy and unfinished than it is. It even has Very Positive reviews.Also don't know if it is /indie/ or /civ4xg/. It is a FTL-like game.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1857080/The_Last_Starship/
CIV SEVEN
>>556145004Fuck this shit, I'm going back to my tomb.
>>556145004>Civ 7 finally letting you remain a civ instead of being forced to change it every ageHoly shit they're finally caught up to Humankind
>>556150163>copy Humankind>but only the parts people didn't like7's team got really scared the second someone showed even a hint of competition.
>>556150163>>556153539I consider this a win, if only Amplitude had the funds to make Humankind 2.
>>556156909Where's the goat?
>>556157439In a better place.
>>556150163>>556153539The whole civ 7 situation is absolutely bonkers. I can't decide if it was some kind of worst case game making by comitee situation, if it was 5D galaxy brain giga chess where they preempt the market by making "humankind 2" letting it bomb absolutely knowing that they have money and can still make civ 8 and people will buy or if there was some kind of weird humankind superfan in the office that just wanted to make a humankind but "not shit" (total poopoo instead).You would think big studios had some kind of backstops in place to prevent stuff like this from happening but apparently not.
>>556161879According to firaxis' devs, they'd locked in civ switching before Humankind was even announced.The colossal fuckup would be not changing course when it became clear Humankind was a flop.
>calamitous birth lithoids>colonize a planet with a meteor>clear the blockers that give pops>resettle everyone off the planet>recolonize with meteor>clear the blockers for more pops>rinse repeatDoes this work?
We should design a 4X game
>>556169414But what would it be about? Managing an bantu basket weaver image forum and succeeding against competitors?
>>556175851Managing a space empire
Foundation sucks. The housing system is fucking retarded. Stupid lazy niggers MUST live within 150m of their workplace but you can't evict people to get them closer you just always have to have excess housing so people can shuffles themselves around, but then they make the patrols needed to upgrade housing density fucking pants on head retarded pathfinding. I should have refunded this garbage when I had the chance.
>>556184865>Stupid lazy niggers MUST live within 150m of their workplaceBanished was bad influence for the city building genre.
>4 nights with barely any horde>one night without any>the second I build the new wall picrelated happensOf-fucking-course.
>>556188470What with you Americans loving walls so much?
>>556185916It gets worse, the economy is hilariously broken as well. It's basically pointless to make production chains from raw material to finished product and instead it's significantly more profitable and more effective labor allocation to just sell raw material and import the shit you need.
>>556188738>What with you Americans loving walls so much?Every night I get an horde of undocumented african "migrants" calling to my door.Being in southern Europe is pain.Also starting to have population problems. I think I need to tear down a few more blocks and expand my zone.
>>556188470This game kinda reminds me of the old Flash game Rebuild. Spent far, far too many hours playing it as a kid.Shame the third one sucked.
>>556192038>Shame the third one sucked.That's the only one I played. I found it a bit too simple, but entertaining.
Never played the space Homeworld but the desert one seems cool.
>>556194667It is. It's a game that makes you want to have a big bottle of water next to you, though.And also the writing is irritating.
>have spy inside Resistance>target a guy with assassination, everyone goes into hiding>reload and do something else, everyone acts normal>reload, assassination, hiding>no assassination, no hiding>target their shittiest guy with throwaway mission, the important ones are now locked down for a turnThis seems...exploitable. Stopping an entire faction with just 1 action is a hell of a trade.
>>556204926Further testing, yes. If I recently killed one of their guys, I can just lock down the whole faction whenever I want.
>>556188738>spoilerMakes sense given that it's a desert. It's coarse and rough and gets everywhere. Also doubling down on Fleet Command being space jesus was dumb, they're an entire civilization and the Cataclysm spinoff showed that you can write other kiith clans to be super compelling and not have to fall back on the same lineage of cool commander scientist girlbosses like Kharak, 2, and 3.
I will name him George and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him.
>>556213274Unfortunately it really seems like we're just never going to get the kind of storytelling in games anymore like we used to in the 90s and 2000s.
>>556213654Is that a tardigrade?
>>556213717I'm just an old man not actually that old, but mentally in my unc era as the whipper snappers would say tired of the chosen one trope. If everyone wants to point to Star Wars as the prime example of the hero's journey, I wish they'd pay more attention to the '77 original where Luke is a literal dirt farmer, a nobody who becomes somebody through the course of the story. Sure him becoming the chosen one through the rest of the PT and OT adds nuance, but when fucking everybody's pulling the secret chosen one trope it gets old fast..
>>556213274Someone commented on a Homeworld video that in Homeworld 1's manual, you never read "human" anywhere. Homeworld 2 shows people being at least humanoid, then Desert of Kharak shows them being human....then there's homeworld 3. We don't talk about it.
>>556226942But Luke never was the Chosen One, that was Anakin.
>>556194667I had such hopes for 3 after playing desserts.Was hoping we would get power shunting into the next game too, instead we got homeworld remaster 2 with some mechanics made worse and shittiest story yet.
>>556234479How bad was Homeworld 3's story? On a scale from a fanfiction to Disney's Star Wars?
>>556234569Here's all the cutscenes from Homeworld 1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsaNpA0W62AAnd here's Homeworld 3.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLELoVnKnzY0x_VsbzZdvHhBcaocA3N6WfTo sum it up, 1 was more about the journey of the Kushan people as a whole while 3 was more character centric.
>>556234929She doesn't even move. Like, security blanket mega Hitler walks around her, and she spins to face her, but without moving.
Damn, horses are bloody busted in this game.>bonus damage>faster rate of attack>massive speed bonus>literal meatshieldPlaying Ancient War Sparta makes me realize that Battle for Middle Earth 2 really did the cavalry nasty.
>hasta>base damage of 41 to 45 (random)>bonus of +13 damage thanks to tech upgrade>+14 damage because mounted>+21% bonus damage because the hastati is level 2>+100% damage to light infantry>+300% damage to animalsSo that guy would deal 164 damage to any light infantry (essentially a oneshot unless it has good armor or a shield), or 329 damage to any animals?+300% damage means x4, correct? Man that's busted.
>>556244020Forgot pic. And I was wrong, light infantry is strong enough to tank that hit.Militias, though? I think they have 130 HP or something, they'd die.
>age of the ring>fandomWHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
>>556229619>...then there's homeworld 3No there isn't.
>pop a goody hut>I get a whole fucking city (added in RARR I assume)>it ruins my future city placementI want to restart
>>556253509Anon, I'm sorry, but... it exists. And it's canon, unlike Cataclysm.
>>556253509IT HAPPENED AGAINbetter place this time though
>>556254183I'm assuming you meant to reply to me. No. Simply because you rubber stamp something with the OfficialStamp™ that does not make it canon and I've long since given up pretending it does. When the only thing linking the wannabe Relic(or whatever they choose to call themselves) of today and "Homeworld 3" to anything that came before it is simply the names Relic(or Gearbox I guess) and Homeworld, that means nothing. They inherited something from their betters, and then proved why they are the inferior ones. That does not make it equal to what came before.
>>556253509Don't be afraid to put cities close in Civ 3. Trying to reserve a full fat cross for every city is just going to be a fools errant.
>>556259650minimum_city_separation = 3city_work_radius = 4
If only the RTS genre didn't die.
>>556194929>And also the writing is irritating.I didn't find anything bad with the writing.Also I haven't played HW3. The reviews depressed me.
>>556229942I mean, from a metanarrative standpoint it's weird. Prior to the PT Anakin's just the bad guy dad who gets redeemed by saving his son; while Anakin physically kills the Emperor, it's Luke's actions that save the day and old Ben and Yoda are placing their hopes on Luke and Luke alone. After the PT they really ramp up the idea that Anakin is Force Jesus who got corrupted by Sith Satan, with kid Ani having the highest midichlorian powerlevel ever known and Shmi having him through a virgin birth, but it's also implied both that the PT Jedi are fallible AND that Luke has the same amount of force potential as his dad. Lucas expands on his ideas of Anakin being a fallen chosen one through Gennedy's Clone Wars and TCW, with the former having a fun silent arc where Anakin fulfills some sort of cave painting prophecy and the latter having Anakin literally combat metaphysical embodiments of the living force. What all this spergery is about is that, taking the OT alone at face value when it was released, there's enough evidence to interpret Luke as being a chosen one at least prior to ol' George revealing Anakin was the chosen one.Anyway I really should play Galactic Battlegrounds or Empire at War some time.
>>556270876YES.
>>556270876I recommend Thrawn's Revenge if you haven't played it and have already played vanilla EaW
I have given China to the aliens. Probably should've bumped up the military a bit more, but eh. Them + me (the US) outnumber the armies of the rest of the world combined. And if I can break into Russia and hand it over, it won't even be a contest.
>>556286696>I have given China to the aliensGood, colonization is horrible.
>>556194667I want to like the desert but the actual camera doesn't pan out more. Like half of the range contact fights take like more than half the screen to capture. The units TTK is also a bit too fast for anything tactical.
>>556130952>Any tips on how to not suck on early game?The default Tier 1 preset allow you to play the game because Indi games don't have balance. Tier 0 will in fact give you a complete disadvantage over the enemy, who may or may not have already Tier 1 starting units. The fact I had to say that with the coat of arms sigil perks, is also laughable with some benefits being literal nerfs. Trade treaty your boarder neighbors with submission because reputation in that game is literally nothing except to be earned or lost at a whim of the system. Take every opportunity to demand tribute in your favor, including stacking it with trade treaties. Build markets in every town. Use Non-Aggression because defensive pacts are useless without the Alliance relation. Look for any kingdoms with ports that share the same body of water as your buildable ports, because they can be trade treaty.Sell you first ship because it's NPC garbage.Imperial Cannons are tier 2 meme weapons that carry to the late game because they make 3x3 holes instead of 1 hole, but also they are required for the Steel Armor tech line, also required for tier 4 plane survivability upgrades. Though they take two ammo a shot, a single Imperial cannon will do more damage with less ammo used than 4 stacked cannons. But also they are one of the only few weapons that can destroy heavy steel armor. The irony is the Tier 3 Heavy Cannon, is a subpar performing Imperial Cannon which has 40 firing arc instead of 45, a huge difference, and more Heavy Cannons and their crew are needed to do the same damage as a single Imperial Cannon.Multiple weapons are wasteful if you don't have the crew to man them. Too much crew drains your income, which limits the fleet size.A mobility kill outside a friendly town or city is a ship lost.
>>556288579I often find myself pressing spacebar and going into the tactical view during larger battles. If only you could zoom out just a little more.
>>556263417>Also I haven't played HW3. The reviews depressed me.I mean lets be honest here, it was always going to suck. Every single person that made the Homeworld franchise what it used to be is gone, replaced by lesser imitations grasping at something they don't even realize they don't understand. But that's just modern gaming writ large.
Anybody here tried the new stellaris beta with the massive economy nerfs?
>>556296614It's just that they got deserts of kharak right and they even managed to make a decent mobile game (or so I hear).
Russia is now under alien control. At 21 armies, with 5 more arriving over a few months, plus my 5, the AA is practically unstoppable. The only one that can put up even a modicum of resistance is India, and they're enthralling me into power. Europe is still a bar brawl and barely consolidated, leaving the EU with just 2 armies. There aren't even enough nukes in the world (besides mine) to knock the AA down.My work is done. Time for vanity projects.
Holy! Tanks are really powerful in this game and the beginning of this mission gives you two of them.We are currently on campaign 3, mission 3 and the last time we ever started with a tank was campaign 1, mission 1.The last mission was cool in that we had loads of NPC ally squads arrive from the sides of the map and help take a town.It is nice when you find an old but gold game.
>>556308151Yeah Servants run is ez mode.
What a lovely day.SpoilersI actually had good teammates on The Gothic Line and I held center with 7 BL 5.5 inch's for entertainment purposes.
>>556286696>>556308151I thought the goal was to fight the aliens?
>>556319365It's an excuse to take over the world.
>>556319445Do you feel in charge?
>>556319365Each of the different factions have different goals. Resistance want to fight the aliens, Servants want to bang the aliens, Initiative want to exploit the alien biology to mind control everyone, Protectorate want to put Earth in a cuck cage, etc.
if I press ESC will I be able to continue the deal afterwards? I just want to check which city is which because I don't remember
I got tired of chasing down shipyards and kinda made a mistake.
Objectively correct Terra Invicta faction list in order of how based they are:AcademyInitiativeHFResistanceServantsExodusProtectorate
>>556316528Nani geimu
Keeping this thread alivu.
>>556319573Always been.
What RTS has the best-looking towns/bases?
>>556350141Rise of Nations
How does XCOM 2 compare to Long War?
>>556361932New mechanisms, more timers, and so on...
>>556361932one is a game, the other is a mod for a different game. does that help?
>>556361932A lot. The Long War is for losers desperate to find something they're good enough at something, anything, to prove they're not utter shit at everything.The other is a game.
>>556337251The game is Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2.
>>556366714>>556371029Who touched you? Do you want to talk about it?
I'm about to buy parts for a new PC and I hate the price of computer parts in the current year. At least I'll be able to run AOE2DE at something better than a slideshow
MENACE is out. From the devs of Battle Brother, Belligerent Bastards, Combative Hermanos, and a lot more. It's in early access, so I will pirate it and see if it is worth the price.
>>556375651That mech looks cool.
A lot of mechanics are the same as in BB, We have morale(dsicipline) and armor breaking. But we also got new things more X-COM-like, and a few new mechanics.>>556378675>That mech looks cool.The graphics are cool. Way to go from BB's PNGs. Not that I'm complaining about them, BB's graphics are serviceable, but in this it shows they could allow an actual budget for graphics.
my determined assimilation empire got rolled by cetana. i couldnt even put a dent in her titan which was 17m with a 10m fleet. i took out her fleets before hand too. another problem was the faggy ai empires doing absolutely nothing and the side missions of whatever with convoys were camped in her own territory that i couldn't get it.gay.
I have a question for those who actually got the Infernals DLC for Stellaris. Are Molten worlds able to be terraformed into Volcanic worlds? If there a way to make Mercury into a habitable planet? I really like the idea of playing a hyper-tall game with a bunch of habitable planets in Sol. I know that you can have up to five habitual planets in Sol already (Earth, Mars, Venus, the planet you get from the static dimension event line and Sol X from Solarpunk aliens), so I'm wondering if you can bump that up to six. Also on a semi-related note I think its bullshit you can't terraform Luna.
>>556379360Looks interesting
>>556373360Your mom did. I was only 6.
Endgame Servants is a fucking slog. In 2031, the AA started in China. By 2032, they had most of Asia sans India and were breaching into the middle east and Europe. It's now the middle of 2034 and they've been sitting around with their thumbs up their asses giving me fucking Belarus over and over while I spend entire goddamn years running abductions because I need 15 to hand over a country but can only do 2 per turn. I have dominance over the orbits of Earth, Luna, and Mars, global research has stagnated, and pretty much every human military outside of India has been smashed to pieces. I really do feel like a servant, given how hard I'm fucking carrying them.I should've won 7 hours ago. It'll be another 7 before I even see the light at the end of the tunnel. I've played porn games with more engaging filler content.
>>556404323?
After realising that to get more pop in Infection Free Zone I needed to restart. I felt like I want to try another strategy zombie survival game, and this one was what Steam suggested.Never played the Rebel Inc, only the Infection one. So I don't know how this will be.
Good night.
>>556414287Who truly wields the blade? The dawg, or the dog?
I'm hoping this is the right place to ask but is the vampire dlc for age of wonders 4 worth it?
>>556417786Right place. But I don't play AoW.
>>556417786I guess so? It's fun, but it adds little, I feel.
>>556414287he reminds me of my grandpa;_:
>>556391316The problem is it's a slog, because moment points are also action points and other things. Otherwise it has potential if the core gameplay can't be carried by the (lack of) narrative.
>>556425420>The problem is it's a slog, because moment points are also action points and other things.That's the same as BB though.
>>556417786It adds a lot of thematic shit. Vampires don't actually feel strong or meta OP to me, but they DO feel thematic with powers, vamp castle replacing wizard tower, making a big deal about spreading sunless terrain or staying underground, and turning your recruited heroes into vampiresSome of the new tomes DO feel strong on top of thematic. The two blood tomes are great and the torment one is alright. Alternate undead major TF option is neat, so many bleed effects to stack now. More importantly, useable even when you're not playing a vampirealso I tried making a halfling vampfu and she had no fucking elbows with my pick of clothing. That's probably fixed by now, but looking back I really should have renamed her to a more appropriate title in recognition of this 'unique feature'I guess if you caved and bought previous DLC you'll buy this too, but there was a decent amount to like here at least
>sell gold ore for 4 coins each>smelt SIX gold ore into ONE gold bar... which sells for 7 coins>if you need gold bars for some reason you can import them for 15 coins eachWho the FUCK designed this retarded economy in Foundation
You fight more enemies in the German campaign than the other 3 combined but at least they give you a mega unit.The Tiger tank has great armour and an incredibly powerful cannon. We are often one-shotting enemy tanks from the front.
>>556426269Who?
>>556433926
>>556404323The more posts I read about Terra Invicta, the less excited I am to play it. It sounds like the X-COM gameplay loop with itsost boring parts extended for the sake of "immersion" to the detriment of fun. Sure, in the OG Microprose version it was a terrifying feeling to realize the ayy artifact that you had scientists working day and night to research was just some extraterrestrial dildo that didn't help your war effort, but that was balanced out by early game explosives like Grenades and Hi-Explosive being strong enough to be forever relevant. Terra Invicta's implementation sounds like you're destined to have doomed runs if you don't just focus only the few "valid" options in a massive tech tree, and even then the geopolitical layer is a massive slog as you wait painfully long periods for your actions to bear results.
>>556380817NoVolcanic worlds are their own thing, and can be terraformed into anything. Molten worlds are the same, and uncolonizable normally Devs train of thought was 'we want you to colonize a lava world, but there's too many fucking molten worlds out there' so they made a new planet class as I guess a halfway halfass point. Except I do kinda like em at least. If you don't need food volcanic worlds are great.They even said they'd want to revisit Toxoids and do something similar for toxic worlds once they feel game stability is in a good place, make a new 'noxious' world classification you can colonize. Because the toxic planet ascension perk sucks ballsBut uh, yeah, you can still only terraform Mars in vanilla I think.
>>556430079Should have been a Tiger II
>>556455014Tiger II was historically a joke. A Tiger 1's gun and armor was enough, the problem was guns and ammunition got better than armor. All tank guns were limited by the performance of optics, and in WW2 tanks had less than 70% shots on target after 1500 meters. Any gun that can penetrate more than 80mm at 1500 meters was enough, but the Germans basically after 1941 were full of bad decisions for simple problems. The Germans needed 4 different shell case lengths and shapes for 4 different 7.5cm (75mm) guns that all used the same shells.The Soviets only needed 1 shell case from 1902 for all the 76mm guns and shells they made. That's all you need to know.
>>556463710Thqt sounds idiotic.
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>>556463710Tiger II looks cooler therefore is a better choice
>>556483131Allies and soviets eternally blown out by Hugo Boss
>>556483745Fashion>stats.
>>556483745It's so hilarious to me that to this day having sharp looking uniforms is "nazi-coded" as a result.
>>556489826>nazis are hilarious Wow ok
>>556379360Loving it so far, are they gonna add heavier vehicles into this at some point?
>>556483745Both sovjet and german officers wore Jodhpurs which originated in North India/Pakistan.
I'm finally home. It's as hard as I feared.
>>556500694Stay strong, Mister Spider. It may be painful, but just remember that it would be far more painful having to live with the alternative of not having been there.
>>556501436At least I could hold it together in front of her. She can't speak anymore.
>>556500694I know it's not much, but I hope this improves your day a bit.https://mangakatana.com/manga/kumo-desu-ga-nani-ka.18944/c78.1
>>556501518For your sake I'm glad you got to have a decent relationship with her it sounds like.
>>556500694Get well anon. What is the matter?
>>556433745>Who?Battle Brothers.>>556433926Boarding marines look so broken in conquest. I should try that mode, but it looks hard.>>556501518Be glad she isn't alone and has someone to take care of her.I fear if someday something happens to be I won't be able to be there for my parents.
>>556501554Thank you. I'll check it later.>>556501767Yeah, sometimes I feel like I'm the only person here with a good relationship with my parents.>>556502759Mother dat death door. Been avoiding visits for six months, I'm finally here. >>556502764I'm trying, but it's still tough.
Just got to the first robot mission in menace.Instead of having morale these guys shut down under heavy fire.Also the big fuckers can tank anti-materiel and rocket launcher shots like they were nothing.
>>556507038Near-direct hit from air drop bomb took it down to a bit under half health and broke some internal system, so hopefully it won't fire for at least a turn.
>>556507370Welp, that was rough. Started getting overwhelmed towards the end there and even with upgraded medbay I still lost a squaddie.Also, another down side is that I got zero loot from this mission, despite killing two of the big ones.
>>556507038>>556507370>>556508041Any tips on how not to suck?The first mission I did, my squads got grenade'd, then suppressed, and finally dead. Quit after that as I wasn't really in the mood for thinking what the fuck happened and how to avoid it.
>>556508713First, bring the tank with you.Remember to arm it with the machine gun that you should get for free.In case you picked only infantry commanders, try using cover to lure enemies within killzones of your own making.Enemies won't see you if there's a eye with / mark through it, on your unit.Bracing your units (the yellow downward arrow) makes your units harder to hit and harder to spot.Also, try to flank enemies when you can, because exposed enemies are super weak to your guns.Lastly, buildings provide different levels of cover, which is visualized by shield images.Also also, before starting the mission, remember to top off your squads with squaddies, I think you start with like half full squads by default when the game starts.
>>556509613>Remember to arm it with the machine gun that you should get for free.I'm retarded, didn't see that you could equip weapons to your vehicles. Thanks.
>>556509613That HGM from the IFV totally shreds the enemy squads inside the softskinned transports.
>>556518756Remember that vehicles (including transports) have different armor values at different sides, go for rear attacks.
>>556518936They do? Awesome.I was using it as mobile cover for the other squads, that explains why there's a button to rotate the vehicle.
>>556519557Good call using it as cover, that's what it is good for too.
>>556520292I learned that by the hard way in Xenonauts.Now I got the urge to equip my squads with MGs and lots of nades, to do the same tactics as in that game. But something tells me it won't work very well.
NIGGERS wait for me, my squads need the XP.
>>556521908No, I think that would work great.Grenades against heavies and MG fire against chaff and heavies to pin them down.There's different types of grenades too, ranging from regular frag, to smoke, flashbang and napalm grenades.There's also other explosive items available.
So many niggers, so few bullets.>>556523323I think I'm going to sell everything I can for more ammo pouches. If I have to do more missions like this one, I will need a lot more ammo.
If I already own some DLC do I turn those off in Cream?
>>556502764They are a meme but got balanced because troops cost more upkeep a ship, and guards got buffed. Ordering troops to board takes a command action, and that action makes all of them hang outside unprotected against aircraft and rockets.
>>556543249I don't get it, what are the lambs supposed to be?
>>556543249Reminds me of a Total Warhammer 3 mod I found that added an Empire-aligned skaven faction. They had dumbass goofy hats.
>>556547731Beastmen.Humans tainted by Chaos.
>>556551049>Humans tainted by Chaos.CHOAS?!
>>556551153r/overusedjoke
>>556553752Wrong general. Also where's the hot one, Neon?
>>556553752SoP is underrated. It's surprisingly fun for what it is.
Final Fantasy 4x?
>>556554671If only. I yearn to have an entire army of black mages and dancers.
>>556554336Jack was such a meme that even Blizzard stole his likeness for a Warcraft lore character.
>>556556568Steal from the best.
>>556508713don't be afraid of "wasting" actions. even if there's no overwatch, the enemy needing to move to get into range makes them more visible to you and also prevents them from firing on the same turn. when moving across open ground, don't sprint your max distance. move half, then deploy, and move everyone else up to match. turn order isn't a thing, the AI uses its best positioned units first, and so should you. sometimes that means tucking tail and retreating out of range before they can fire.
I miss heathcliff threads on /co/
Xivilization is one of the X's en 4X
>>554900572How dead is this shit? I remember the MP being the most sweatiest shit with people taking 5 hours to make a tactical combat turn.
i just realized i play rts games like a turn based game. i play for a minute at max speed and then i pause for an hour to make sure i assigned everything correctly and then i do it again. i have been playing a match all day and i haven't even reached mid game
New thread?>>556577326Same.
>>556581359New ThreadI hate the new captcha
