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by Taciturn Scot
Sat May 23, 2015 9:34 am
Forum: Thirty Years War
Topic: Looking for testers!
Replies: 36
Views: 20206

Well, I've applied and we'll see what happens. it sounds like a very interesting period to play in so I can see me sinking quite a bit of time into this one.
by Taciturn Scot
Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:28 am
Forum: Wars of Napoleon
Topic: Welcome to Wars of Napoleon forums!
Replies: 209
Views: 99461

Well, this is a very exciting announcement though not utterly unexpected :D I will definitely be watching this forum for updates. I'm glad to hear that it will have a Grand Campaign as that was probably one of the most asked-for features for NC1. Even though I'll play it, it's not really my thing th...
by Taciturn Scot
Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:46 pm
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: Traffic Penalty, and how it changes things.
Replies: 13
Views: 7113

I'd like to know too as this new feature seems to be creeping into PoN as well and probably will into Espana and the RUS Gold game too.
by Taciturn Scot
Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:29 am
Forum: Help improve EAW
Topic: Public beta Patch 1.01 RC9 (upd oct 31)
Replies: 121
Views: 54489

Ah'm frae Aiberdeen too, min. :D
by Taciturn Scot
Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:36 am
Forum: Napoleon's Campaigns
Topic: Grand Campaign for NCP2...
Replies: 17
Views: 60968

Well, first up, I would like to have two shorter campaigns to play, 1812 through to the end of the war, whenever that might be, and from 1805 through to 1807. Both of these should have weekly turns so that I feel sufficiently in control of my forces and not be able to influence events for 2 weeks at...
by Taciturn Scot
Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:18 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: Current estmate for patch date?
Replies: 52
Views: 22202

Striking that no one from the AGEOD team took the floor here. :confused: Not really because they already announced that the first patch will be out in a matter of months a couple of weeks or so ago. Until they have a definite release date for the patch, what more can they say? Their precious time i...
by Taciturn Scot
Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:50 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: multiplayer EAW is a blast
Replies: 33
Views: 10428

Ah, the alternative history debate again. :cool: I've seen some real blood shed in discussions like this on other boards and for what? Sure, it's a lot of fun to speculate what might have happened if, but somebody always has to go and stop the fun by taking it all too seriously. The soon as you open...
by Taciturn Scot
Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:41 pm
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: Advice needed - to understand battles more
Replies: 22
Views: 8377

This was with normal (not easy) supply rules. Just to be clear, what setting do you have for Attrition? The Normal settings mean that the human player's forces suffer from the normal effects of attrition but the AI doesn't while the Hard option applies to both. My bad if it's something else. If tha...
by Taciturn Scot
Mon Sep 08, 2014 12:19 pm
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: Ever Play this Game? Inspiration for TEAW?
Replies: 25
Views: 9458

Anyone here played Offensive a Outrance? http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic1878177_t.jpg Just spent my day... yep, the entire day setting this up. Portrays the 1914 campaign in the West at divisional level with some smaller independent units thrown in. It has a very interesting feature where ev...
by Taciturn Scot
Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:52 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: Battlefield reports
Replies: 11
Views: 5241

That is an interesting quote. If only it were accurate. German casualties in that attack, while certainly light, were not non-existent. Some of the British units actually made it to the German trenches, where they fought the Germans hand to hand. Another factor at the battle of Loos was that the pl...
by Taciturn Scot
Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:07 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: Battlefield reports
Replies: 11
Views: 5241

The zero casualties is hard to justify. Light casualties maybe. But none is a bit hard to swallow. I think that result is more of an aberration than a reflection of how the game generally works. I certainly wouldn't try to defend it as being anything else. here's a quote for you ;) "On 26 September...
by Taciturn Scot
Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:40 pm
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: To End All Wars - First Impressions
Replies: 163
Views: 61021

it's the best pure WWI war game available. I would agree with that too and that's why WW1 Gold is finished for me. The actual war game is by far the most important aspect of the fun of playing for me and, as we both agree, TEAW's war game is better than WW1 CE's. WW1 Gold was a great game too. It w...
by Taciturn Scot
Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:09 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: To End All Wars - First Impressions
Replies: 163
Views: 61021

EAW is just a different game than I had hoped it would be. Then it is most fortunate for you that you can continue to play WW1 Gold to your heart's content for a considerable time to come. For me, there is no going back to WW1 Gold. It is the only 'AGEOD' sold game that I have uninstalled from my h...
by Taciturn Scot
Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:01 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: Ever Play this Game? Inspiration for TEAW?
Replies: 25
Views: 9458

Oh yes. I played that one to death as well, both SP and against an opponent. I was lucky enough to have a friend who was interested in this era too. I kept a pair of tweezers in the box so that I could extract the stacks for combat and put them back in the line afterwards. We usually played the 1916...
by Taciturn Scot
Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:18 am
Forum: España 1936
Topic: Some questions and comparison with ACW2?
Replies: 4
Views: 4658

This game is a very good size for learning the game and having fun. You have almost all the features, Regional decisions, the advanced Supply system, tanks and aircraft etc, on a small map and yet still have great strategic depth. The Battle Planner is not in Espana though. And I don't let the lack ...
by Taciturn Scot
Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:25 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: How long a wait between turns?
Replies: 16
Views: 6998

Of course, you could actually, you know, talk to your opponent while waiting for him to plan and execute his turn :D
by Taciturn Scot
Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:48 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: AI sends troops everywhere!
Replies: 109
Views: 36120

I would like for you to lower your tone and harsh judgement toward me as a fake wargamer, since I use those "gamey" "hacks". It sounds weak at best. If the AI of the game can't cope with my ridiculous deployments and moves, then it's not me that uses unrealistic tactics, but it is the AI that fails...
by Taciturn Scot
Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:39 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: How long a wait between turns?
Replies: 16
Views: 6998

The 8 out of 8 review mentioned a 3 minute per turn wait. Is this correct? I hope not. Wow! If I were playing a board war-game of comparable size against a human opponent, I doubt my opponent would be able to 'do' a turn in less than 30 minutes even with all the advantages of having the 'meat compu...
by Taciturn Scot
Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:20 pm
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: Chain of command not clear
Replies: 15
Views: 8158

I think I'm proposing the same thing as in other AGEOD games I'm not by any means an expert but it seems to me that the command structure in AGEOD's stable of games varies from one title to another. AJE has a very different command system from ROP and PON is different from RUS. I think the reason f...
by Taciturn Scot
Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:20 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: Chain of command not clear
Replies: 15
Views: 8158

Ace posted this in the 'first impressions' thread a few days ago All stacks commanded by ** generals will MTSG (They are Corps attached to nearest Army without the trouble of manually attaching anything) http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?36840-To-End-All-Wars-First-Impressions&p=324254&viewf...
by Taciturn Scot
Tue Sep 02, 2014 5:18 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: To End All Wars - First Impressions
Replies: 163
Views: 61021

Well, I have to say that this game is absolutely HUGE! I've just been looking through the CP set-up positions for the historical campaign and I can tell that it's going to take a lot of time to get a handle on what's good to do and what's not at the start. I'll stick with the historical campaign for...
by Taciturn Scot
Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:16 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: AI sends troops everywhere!
Replies: 109
Views: 36120

I think its far too early to draw any conclusions about this game. The game's only been out for five days. I don't doubt that the developers are working really hard to fix things up with the AI. Unfortunately, posting a screenshot or two accompanied with a post pointing out how 'retarded' this behav...
by Taciturn Scot
Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:19 am
Forum: Revolution Under Siege
Topic: RUS Official Patch 1.06a = November 12, 2012
Replies: 65
Views: 50367

Heh. You might want to check that link. It led me to a file site where I could download RUS 1.04, nearly 1GB in size
by Taciturn Scot
Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:26 am
Forum: EAW AARs
Topic: To End All Wars AAR - Western Entente against the AI of Central Powers!
Replies: 210
Views: 189115

WOW by March '15 your in German territory all the way upto Frankfurt.. Sets of alarm bells to me. One reason for the War going static was lack of Arty and Arty ammo, immense fatigue on both sides plus the weather. Really to be remotely like the period if the Central Powers don't manage to take Pari...
by Taciturn Scot
Sat Aug 30, 2014 4:41 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: Historical concerns - All troops, of whatever country, seem to have the same values.
Replies: 72
Views: 21620

Given that the game engine takes into account so many factors when computing combat strength, I don't really see a problem that the base stats are almost the same for all nations. It certainly dodges any racial controversy as well which doesn't hurt ;) I don't know if there would be that much differ...
by Taciturn Scot
Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:41 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: some small scenarios?
Replies: 8
Views: 4573

In the manual, it tells us that there will be single-theatre campaigns as well as campaigns that start at different years. I'd expect those to come along as DLC a bit further down the line like 'Bloody Roads South' brought fresh content for AACW2. Hopefully, before Xmas because I don't hold out much...
by Taciturn Scot
Sun Aug 24, 2014 1:03 pm
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: How will you win the war to end all wars?
Replies: 21
Views: 10366

I will most likely play my first game as France/England and hopefully, later Italy. I figure that will be the easiest to manage for a new player. Then I'll play as the Central powers and finally as Russia. I suspect that Russia will be the hardest of the three sides to win as. The unique features of...
by Taciturn Scot
Sun Aug 17, 2014 3:30 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: AAR or gameplay on youtube
Replies: 82
Views: 31738

Guys, Facebook is rather secure with the right settings nowadays. But even if you don't want to use a real name, it's ok. Create an account with a fake one and follow the channel there. It is not a bad platform, it's secure and a very good (and cheap) advertisement method for the game. My reason fo...
by Taciturn Scot
Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:52 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: AAR or gameplay on youtube
Replies: 82
Views: 31738

Good to hear. The info seems to be coming out now.

BTW, I am in no way a veteran AGEOD player yet and this is a definite purchase for me. I am even seriously considering playing this PBEM as well. WW1 done properly will be something special indeed.
by Taciturn Scot
Sat Aug 16, 2014 4:55 am
Forum: To End All Wars
Topic: AAR or gameplay on youtube
Replies: 82
Views: 31738

Hey, we have been showing off stuff from the game on the AGEOD site and on Facebook. I am another person who won't use Facebook. If you guys are paying to maintain boards like these, surely it would be useful to post links to any promotional articles elsewhere here in this forum. I am very, very in...

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