Plus one. I do prefer the old style counters, I think it would be nice of Slitherine to include that option. But I will buy the game regardless, because it has so many interesting features, and because it is the new Ageod system and I want to support Philthib and Pocus, who have done so much to enri...
Thanks Vaalen, nice comments, and true about FOG2, even if I'm very newbie to it! But RBS is on my back ;) You'll want to read this about Empires gameplay also: http://www.ageod-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=411&t=53151&p=402326#p402326 Yes, I did indeed want to read that post you made, and I a...
Pocus, I also appreciate the explanation, which is getting me even more excited about this game. Don Powell, thank you for your willingness to try the game on its own merits. For myself, I have accepted that some of the things I love the most about Ageod games will be treated in a different, maybe l...
One of the very nice new features in this game will be the option to resolve battles tactically, in Field of Glory 2. I am very familiar with FOG 2, and play it regularly. I have all four expansions and have enjoyed all of them. The controls a re simple, and the game is easy to learn, but it is very...
Tamas wrote:And of course due to the randomisation of leaders, a great leader rising from among the random leaders is possible as well, for any countries.
That is excellent news! It really adds some spice to the game, to think that any nation has a chance of generating a great leader.
Tamas, That is an excellent point. No one could predict when a great leader would appear. Yet, great leaders had an enormous effect on the success of many wars, and they did appear from time to toime. Considering both these factors, i think the approach of having some great historical leaders having...
Hi Tamas, I apologize for getting your name wrong. i do not know how it happened. it was not intentional. I have always appreciated the helpful and thoughtful replies you provide, and wish I had not made that mistake. You have my respect, as always. Thank you for the information. regards, Vaalen
Thank you for the information, Pocus. I am glad to see that there is a chance for historical leaders to appear in the general period they actually were in, as this adds much flavor. Can you tell us some of the ratings and traits leaders will have? I do understand that everything is subject to change...
I am wondering how leaders are handled in this game. Will historical leaders be included, or will they be randomly generated? Will leaders be able to have something like the huge range of traits they had in previous Ageod games, or will they have something else. And if it is different, what types of...
Thi ssupply system does sound similar to AGE, which worked perfectly for the period. In AJe, supply was a huge, and challenging issue, especially when campaigning in less developed area, like Hispania. The more I hear about this game, the more excited I am getting about it. Any estimate of a release...
K am wondering if you could resolve battles using the Field of Glery 2 game in the following situation... You have Field of Glory 2 installed on Steam, and, You have Empires installed, but not on Steam. In other words, would you have to have both games installed on Steam, or both of them installed o...
Hi Tamas, Ageod manuals that allow this option are Wars of Napoleon, and Wars of Succession. Slitherine manuals that do not include this option include Field of Glory 2, and Strategic Command, World War 2, War in Europe. I am overjoyed to hear that Windows magnifier works in this game, and about the...
This game seems utterly fascinating, almost like a Europa Universalis set in the Ancient world, with tactical battles as an option. However, I do make a request on behalf of those of us who face visual challenges. All previous Ageod games allowed Windows magnifier to operate without a problem. Some ...
Hi gents, I understand the feeling, but the truth is that we are working full time on the new engine and the new theme associated with it! I believe we will start announcing real meaty things very soon on it, but marketing wants us to have a lot of materials so we can sustain the heavy fire of ques...
This is odd. It is November,1703, and I have looked inside of Warsaw in the Great Northern War scenario. A Saxon Polish army of no less than thirty six units is inside the city, easily the biggest and strongest AI army in the game. Many of the units are cavalry, not exactly ideal for defending a cit...
Thank you for the historical background, it is fascinating, and I learned from it. I do think event chains, as you have suggested, would be the best way to handle this. Though, as you wrote, it would be hard to recreate the whole mess. It would still be a lot of fun to have the Confederation form at...
I see your point, and I pretty much agree with you. I do not want the AI to only build historically, for the very reasons you mentioned. But Poland did not have a modern standing army during this war, and most of the Poles saw it as a war of their Saxon King,, and wanted no part of it. The one army ...
I have been testing the latest patch over the last several weeks. I cannot stop playing the Great Northern war, and my gaming time is limited, so I have not played the War of the Spanish Succession. However, while playing the Swedes, I have reloaded the game as the anti Swedish coalition, and paid p...
Since we are now on a similar page Vaalen, do you think the war should be extended past 1716 in this new scenario/grand campaign? If it was, I would feel like I still could have some time to make a resurgence as Sweden after Karl XII has been in the Ottoman lands for several years. I really like th...
Another possibility would be to have Karl removed from the game for five years by event if he does not capture and hold Moscow or Kiev by the winter of 1709. This would certainly motivate the Swedish player to invade Russain. Perhaps the Ai could be scripted to have Karl try for these cites no late...
Karl XII is beating you if you believe he is too overpowered and want to lock him away five years. He is getting in your head like he did to the Danes, the Russians at Narva, and the Saxons. Actually, I have only played the Swedes so far, and have never lost to Karl. I do not think he is overpowered...
It's also interesting to note that Karl actually didn't lose at Poltava either. Due to his leg injury the overall command was held by Rehnskiöld. In any case I think that locking him for 5 years just because of one battle or for failing to capture a certain city would be far too harsh. While I have...
After Poltava, Karl abandoned his still large and powerful army , and decided to go to Turkey to bring the Turks into the war. His army surrendered, without a fight, to a much smaller and weaker Russian force. The plan almost worked. The Turks admired Karl as a great soldier, and hated the Russians....
My experience is that the patches have really improved the game, at least tee Great Northern War, in the game I am playing. The fixes listed seem to have taken place. The armies involved are now quite different from each other, the one battle I have fought so far had more losses, though it was still...
I am happy to see this event is in the game. Russai was, and is, vast, and the people had an almost religious belief in the Tsar and the holiness of Mother Russia. The Poles took Moscow in the early sixteen hundreds, but could not control the nation, as most Russians would not surrender, but simply ...
In two turn after Charles lands you can knock Denmark out of the war, which negates the Danish fleet. As Sweden it’s all about speed, and the game has been set up this way to assist in that process as it happened historically. As for the Danish fleet defeating the Anglo-Dutch AND the Swedish fleet?...
I think it is crucial to show these differences in the game, but there is an alternative to changing all the values. IN wars of Napoleon, there was an excellent modifier system which made the forces of each major nation unique, with a number of simple modifiers that recreated the tactical differenc...
There were very dignificant differences between the tactics used by some of the major nations. For example, the Swedes relied mainly on melee combat, and their fierce charges helped win many victories. The Russians relied mainly on firepower. French combat formations were denser and more vulnerable ...