Soo... When is the next patch?

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Diablo? Never was a big fan of it. It strikes at my biggest weakness- indecisiveness. There obviously was a big audience for it- but two games I preferred in the genre were Nox and Sacred, Heretic (aka Kult), Divine Divinity (there were other games I preferred even more, such as Arx Fatalis, Ultima VI, etc, but they weren't exactly the same genre).

First off, Sacred vs. Diablo
Stat growth was partially fixed, with one free point to spend each level, the rest of the gains preassigned. Diablo, you'd have 5 points to assign each time, and there was no going back. With Sacred, I could customize for a high agility or strength or charisma character but I did not have to worry about picking the wrong stats and ending up with a completely unviable character. As well, unlike D2, I could save. While there were random drops, the maps were not random - I liked that.

Nox had an interesting spell system (really) that wasn't dependent on irreversibly, uncertain skill picks. As well, it was rather linear (but I liked that) maps were not random, enemies were not, and there were lots of little secrets. They made the world into a character all of its own, one I was curious about. Diablo players would say that decrease the fun of replays (though there was mp deathmatch mode), but I say it made a single player game worth playing on its own merits - practically every Diablo review overemphasizes the multiplayer component. It is good for its audience, but with blizzard I just feel a bit lonely in the SP world. It was interesting enough that I actually played each characters campaign twice, and would still be playing it if I hadn't lost the serial.

As a side note (I'm looking at you Nox, Diablo) there's nothing romantic about smashing barrels. Save the world, kill monsters, fulfill quests, and smash barrels. What is up with that?

[Humakty]

I want alpha centauri 2 !!
A side question : does anyone succeeded in making AC 1 run under XP ?

[K]

Humakty said:
I want alpha centauri 2 !!
A side question : does anyone succeeded in making AC 1 run under XP ?

There is a file on the Firaxis website that makes it work.

Check the first download.

[Saarud]

Well I agree that totally random items is abit less immersing. It would be nice if mages/crafters could craft their own creations as well as those already in the game. The items could be designed kinda like spaceships are designed in SE4 where the crafter makes the decision what stats/abilities to add to that item. The more skilled the crafter is the more points to use and the more gems/money that are used even more points to use for crafting the weapon. Or something like that.

[Arralen]

K said:

There is a file on the Firaxis website that makes it work.
Check the first download.

I have run it successfully without that patch - that patch makes it impossible to play MP against anyone not using it.
'Twas something about "ForceOldVoxelAlgho" or something in some ini file, and tinkering with desktop settings IIRC.
PM me if you can't get it to work and I'll try to look it up.

[Meglobob]

Random items in Diablo/Diablo 2 were great. There was always the surprise factor when you got something better than you already had and the Yip factor when you got a outstanding magic item.

What really made it great was any magic item you did not want you just sold, so you got a reward for every magic item.

It would be nice if in Dominions you had a alternative to throwing a magic item you don't want away. The ability to sell it for gold or get 1/2 the gems back, rounded down.

Just for the record, I have thrown a ring of wizardry away on purpose...

[Humakty]

Arralen said:

I have run it successfully without that patch - that patch makes it impossible to play MP against anyone not using it.
'Twas something about "ForceOldVoxelAlgho" or something in some ini file, and tinkering with desktop settings IIRC.
PM me if you can't get it to work and I'll try to look it up.

Thanh you both, I'll give it a try tonight, and PM you if I fail once more.