46
April Fools 2016 / Mods are invisible post cheese
« on: April 01, 2016, 10:58:16 AM »
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
47
Off Topic / Re: Dungeons & Dragons (dungeon master needed)
« on: March 08, 2016, 07:03:16 PM »
I've been DMing for a while if y'all need a DM sometime ;)
I'm most familiar with 3.5/PF however.
I'm most familiar with 3.5/PF however.
48
Off Topic / Re: [NEWS] UN Imposes Sanctions on North Korea, N. Korea Fires 6 Missiles at Japan
« on: March 03, 2016, 06:23:52 PM »
RIP North Korea until they pull back after acting out, apologize, make things okay again, and get away with being a little stuffhead. Again.
49
Games / Re: Paradox Development Studio and Interactive Thread|CK2, EU4, V2, HOI3/4
« on: January 03, 2016, 06:54:23 PM »
There's actually an older grand strategy game also published by Paradox Interactive, but not developed by them. It's called Knights of Honor. It's like Total War + EU or CK, with Age of Empires 2 graphics, in real time, where battles are in a separate RTS army v.s. army fashion. I picked it up a week or two ago, and it's really fun.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/25830/
Era: 1000-1300~
It's not incredibly hard either, it's pretty simple to learn and pick up for the first time or two rather than suffer through 5-10 games before you know enough to compete with the easiest AI.
It's just a bit tricky to manage because with the way the game mechanics are set up, you can only have 9 members of your royal court, such as spies, merchants, marshals (military). So you've got to balance everything very specifically, otherwise you wont have enough defense to spread across your empire if it happens to get too large.
-Merchants are used to make trade with other empires and gain income. It's pretty crucial if you want to stay above water financially.
-Marshals can level up and gain buffs through battle experience: from morale boosts, to lowering enemy morale, to faster overworld speed, in-battle speed.
-Spies can be used to infiltrate enemy courts and can effectively become a kingdom's Merchant, Marshal, or even one of their spies. From within the kingdom you can make a kingdom's entire army rebel, make merchants break off trade, or make spies assassinate kings or other members of the royal family.
The royal family ages and marries off over time. You can marry children into other kingdoms to gain land or relations. You can make the royal family into merchants, spies, marshals, etc. at the risk of losing them in battle. (Royal family != royal court)
If your king dies and there is no heir, one of your non-family royal court members will take his place. It is fully random which is picked. This is only troublesome when one of them is a high-level marshal and you end up losing him to old age. But I can look past it, it adds to the fun of it all. Also, if a king dies without an heir, there is a chance the land will be broken into separate sovereignties if the royal court feuds on who becomes king. This can lead to some seriously powerful NPC nations dividing into new smaller nations.
You can declare peace treaty terms from vassalage to demanding payment, royal weddings, demanding land, etc. Vassals will give you a certain income, and are obligated to go to war with someone if you request it, but they can eventually rebel and gain independence.
I left out an awful lot, but I don't want to clog up this topic. It's a great in-depth game.
All in all, this is a fantastic grand strategy game that I seriously recommend if you enjoy Paradox's other grand strategy titles. There's no turn limit, year limit. You play until you're satisfied.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/25830/
Era: 1000-1300~
It's not incredibly hard either, it's pretty simple to learn and pick up for the first time or two rather than suffer through 5-10 games before you know enough to compete with the easiest AI.
It's just a bit tricky to manage because with the way the game mechanics are set up, you can only have 9 members of your royal court, such as spies, merchants, marshals (military). So you've got to balance everything very specifically, otherwise you wont have enough defense to spread across your empire if it happens to get too large.
-Merchants are used to make trade with other empires and gain income. It's pretty crucial if you want to stay above water financially.
-Marshals can level up and gain buffs through battle experience: from morale boosts, to lowering enemy morale, to faster overworld speed, in-battle speed.
-Spies can be used to infiltrate enemy courts and can effectively become a kingdom's Merchant, Marshal, or even one of their spies. From within the kingdom you can make a kingdom's entire army rebel, make merchants break off trade, or make spies assassinate kings or other members of the royal family.
The royal family ages and marries off over time. You can marry children into other kingdoms to gain land or relations. You can make the royal family into merchants, spies, marshals, etc. at the risk of losing them in battle. (Royal family != royal court)
If your king dies and there is no heir, one of your non-family royal court members will take his place. It is fully random which is picked. This is only troublesome when one of them is a high-level marshal and you end up losing him to old age. But I can look past it, it adds to the fun of it all. Also, if a king dies without an heir, there is a chance the land will be broken into separate sovereignties if the royal court feuds on who becomes king. This can lead to some seriously powerful NPC nations dividing into new smaller nations.
You can declare peace treaty terms from vassalage to demanding payment, royal weddings, demanding land, etc. Vassals will give you a certain income, and are obligated to go to war with someone if you request it, but they can eventually rebel and gain independence.
I left out an awful lot, but I don't want to clog up this topic. It's a great in-depth game.
All in all, this is a fantastic grand strategy game that I seriously recommend if you enjoy Paradox's other grand strategy titles. There's no turn limit, year limit. You play until you're satisfied.
50
Games / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Fallout 4
« on: November 30, 2015, 03:48:11 PM »I heard somewhere that it's because her main actor is scottish or something
that's oddly hilarous. i love irish accents to bits but hers sounds really forced and off.
51
Games / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Fallout 4
« on: November 30, 2015, 03:44:21 PM »
does anyone else think cait's irish accent is really not all that great? it's ok sometimes but it doesn't quite sound right. it's really the only thing keeping me from liking her more.
53
Off Topic / Re: I've just been diagnosed with Glaucoma.
« on: October 24, 2015, 12:59:55 AM »
My dad and his dad before him has/had this, I wish you the best OP, it's tough, but we're working with him to help him along his way. My dad's case was considered relatively rare for mid-age, but your case seems even more rare. You definitely don't deserve it. I hope you get everything sorted out sometime in the future.
54
Off Topic / Re: open letter to facechild
« on: September 26, 2015, 11:25:40 AM »sabbin?? what's going on???I don't know buddy, but we're gonna make it through this!
55
Off Topic / Re: Applying to become a sperm donor
« on: September 26, 2015, 01:54:39 AM »itt: "otis is going to be a father"otis is going to be many fathers
56
Off Topic / Re: open letter to facechild
« on: September 26, 2015, 01:49:09 AM »
Is it 2008 again? What the hell happened here?
57
Off Topic / Re: Birthday
« on: July 05, 2015, 10:55:11 AM »
We share a birthday! Happy birthday man.
58
Off Topic / Re: Happy birthday to me!
« on: July 04, 2015, 11:32:27 PM »wrong!!!!!!!!!!Code: [Select]Age: -7985you are age -7985
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
60
Games / Re: Mack (from 'Worth A Buy' youtube channel) talks about stuff combat systems.
« on: July 01, 2015, 10:30:53 PM »
I never really realized it until I listened to the video. That really opened my eyes. I've played through the old Jedi Knight games, and there's definitely a different playstyle.
The Mount & Blade games came up next in mind, they do a really good job at combat. (And not the fidgety mechanic-exploit multiplayer "Skill" combat)
The Mount & Blade games came up next in mind, they do a really good job at combat. (And not the fidgety mechanic-exploit multiplayer "Skill" combat)