[quote quoting="post"]...Anyway, the point being, some people on these forums make the mistake of thinking what Stardock does is normal – constantly updating and talking to fans. It’s not. We’re mutants...[/quote] any which way you look at it, WELL DONE! (when I grow up, I want to be a mutant too...)
[quote quoting="post"]... Thanks again for dropping AI from panth, SD. That took care of one my major concerns (beating down AI for exp) pretty quickly. [/quote] True... of course playing UB in a dark Panth these days works pretty well too... u know... soon u will have too admit that I do play the game (and game my play) quite well...
more great examples of responsive, consumer-focused game refinements... thx for a great game that keeps getting better!
[quote who="obscenitor" reply="5" id="2419921"]Autobalance already exists, it's called pantheon. It just doesn't work since the sides are split up for no good reason. [/quote] But wouldn't that trade us the Panth for a resurrected Skirmish mode?
[quote who="rho_" reply="9" id="2415585"]...there has to be a noticeable difference between battle results of a poorly planned and executed battle and a well-executed, sound battle plan...[/quote] I agree, and recommend that both the Clausewitz'ian massing at the enemy's hub-of-all-power/center of gravity</spa
[quote who="JagerJack" reply="15" id="2404550"] Quoting Prussian-Havoc, reply 14 now poly... as a 91.1% winner yourself, you must know about new player victimization... let's look at you earlier matches... hmmm, here is a noob only match, there you are as a winner and your %wins at the time... hmmm... you are not quite the stainless player yourself... are u Skimming through Polynomial's game list I don't see a single match titled noobs only. Try po
[quote who="Polynomial" reply="5" id="2404359"] ... And I find it amusing that you ask for people who abuse the system to be banned. [/quote] now poly... as a 91.1% winner yourself, you must know about new player victimization... let's look at you earlier matches... hmmm, here is a noob only match, there you are as a winner and your %wins at the time... hmmm... you are not quite the stainless player yourself... are u
This is a very useful thread... it allows us to police our own community... CosMoe's post is an excellent start... perhaps, these abusers (as >90%-win pro's, who join Noob-only games surely are) will soon be banned?
Great idea...
[quote who="KRayner" reply="25" id="2399806"]Thanks for this Frogboy, definately helps us less experienced players find more balanced games. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us next. [/quote] Awesome addition to the game... it greatly affords new players ( that know enough to download it ) a better chance at a fair fight / a better online experience that will keep them coming back for more... any idea when it will be pushed as a part of a patch to the enti
[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="24" id="2403741"]...As a gaming community you should be encouraging more people to play online instead of hurling abuse at them. There are many ways 'pro' gamers can do this, unfortunately, language skills and common courtesy are seriously lacking at the lower end of the gene pool... [/quote] I agree 100%... while not all premades fall into this group, so many of them victimize and crush an "ininformed" new player, then verbally castigate them
...the overlay is an important part of the solution to the degradation to the game that premades naturally cause... what is more important is an open and honest understanding of what premades are, their inherent advantages... and most importantly, getting this information to new players before they are dissillusioned and quit... ...a thread listing premades is a startand should be encouraged... the overlay is awesome, but new players do not know to download it and until it is par
Premades are an essential part of this vibrantly alive game.... ...yes, premades have monsterous advantages... ...yes, new players do not understand the dynamics that make premades, monsterously superior to a new players' geniune effort to enjoy this game... ...yes, the dissillusionment that repeated losses to premades have lost this game thousands of gamers... and may eventually lead to the multiplayer-death of this incredible game... BUT THERE IS A SOLUTION..
Great idea and best of all, it will enhance/expand the community... too few players in both the custom and Pantheon modes...and way too few players who really know how to succeed in pre-mades (myself included!!!) hmmm... Ironrock showed me the YouTube clip his crew put together... maybe someone will be equally capable of getting one of your initial matches up on the web... some advertising for your matches, some noteri
[quote who="pacov" reply="31" id="2386031"]I'm curious about this... Prussian-Havoc seems to play almost exclusively pantheon games. He plays more games on a daily basis than me. The ranking system currently has him at number 1. Prussian has almost 600 more favor points than me. Since the reset, he's played exactly 40 more games than me. On average, he must get 15 EXP per game. I guess this makes sense. Here's the biggest problem with ranking and
[quote who="StAcK3D_ActR" reply="17" id="2392523"] fixed. [/quote] it is indeed fixed... thx, no one has had more stress over all this than me, now i can concentrate on pure gaming... the best kind! ...on a completely differrent note, my long-expected but not-much-embraced PCS move is taking place beginning today and for the next two weeks... it will be very limited hotel connectivity for me... "very-unhappy-face"... ... so while I will still roam the forums
[quote who="Neilo" reply="70" id="2393243"] I played to the end of every match and no one, and i do mean no one can possibly state that i dodged a start up screen because i did not... My comments to Stacked of course pertain to your previous actions. Like you say, your actions speak for themselves. I'd be happy to play with or against you, maybe i was harsh in my comments, but personally i have no ill will... ...I got the invite and accepted too btw..
[quote who="StAcK3D_ActR" reply="67" id="2393029"] again you call him out for no reason. you dont have any idea if he seeks out AI only matches, besides do u think hes that retarded that he cant figure out how to play singleplayer? [/quote] thank you StAcK3D_ActR ... until yesterday (and I understand that pacov is still a hater) I did not have confidence in my abilities to take on all Pantheon challengers... but yesterday I did
[quote who="Chowdown" reply="62" id="2391573"]...if you fancy stomping some pugs maybe with the use of voice chat hit me up. [/quote] thx and i have already downloaded the ventrilo client... but I would so much prefer Clan stomping... when is that ever going to be an option!
[quote who="Chowdown" reply="60" id="2391526"]Whats happenned lately? You have turned over a new leaf? Well done. Previously you were wasting people time either a. not relaising what disruption youwere causing or b. (the option most likely judging by some of your responses and the fact you are clearly not an idiot) in full knowledge ploughing on regardless. [/quote] ...how about c. none of the above I have been playing this game for 6 weeks or so... you began o
[quote who="Chowdown" reply="58" id="2391518"] Quoting Melric, reply 57 Bang on the money cutting through the rhetoric, Havoc you waste peoples time, you make the rankings pointless through exploitation...[/quote] Have you checked my game list lately?
[quote who="Neilo" reply="9" id="2390997"]Thats all BS Havoc. Trying to justify your means of playing by saying your trying to win the epoch for light. Proud of yourself are you? [/quote] Actually, I am just enjoying my $30 investment in Demigod and through dicovery learning prefecting my grasp of maxing out favor points and exp... ...how has you day been going?
[quote who="Neilo" reply="51" id="2391168"] or the not-so-friendly-but-spot-on Neilo when my partner Oh i'm friendly enough, ... ... ...FAIL. [/quote] ...such profanity really isn't neccessary. However, I accept the toxic forum community equally, with the constructive forum community. Unfortunately it is a fact that you can't have one without the other. Let's leave it at a shared desire to have rankings reset yet again... I do believ
[quote who="pacov" reply="50" id="2391120"] ...Or you could be a pal and quit racking up EXP against AI. Its your call. [/quote] Fair enough, I suppose... but I still haven't bought into your premise. Let's examine the results of current Demigod game mechanics... in overwhelming fashion the best players turn dark, even Rook-loving Ob takes this bastion of light into the shadow (no offense intended Ob)... yes, some few stellar examples to the contrary exi
[quote who="obscenitor" reply="42" id="2390330"] Quoting Neilo, reply 41 Is not exploitation covered somewhere in the ToS? Maybe he has broken some rules.... Either way, a jerk he is and the community knows about it. He is #1 in his head only.I played with him quite a few times before the last patch and he was one of the most polite players I ever met. He always played to the end no matter how badly the game was going and he never had anything but nice t