An Open Letter to Illwinter Game Design

earcaraxe · #1 June 15th, 2011, 07:02 PM

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I think burden of time in this form is seriously unbalanced, since it has the ability to nearly unavoidably cripple a great deal of nations while not affecting several others. However i think it brings to the game some unique tools i would like to keep (killing off pop and not too important units), so i'd prefer not banning it from my games. One possible, and - perhaps - easily implemented fix would be making boots of youths and elixirs of life protect the wearer from the effect of BoT.

if strategic balance is what matters to you, I suggest you try CBM.

what do u mean? i always play with CBM. what made u think i didnt?

brxbrx · #2 June 15th, 2011, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by earcaraxe

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Originally Posted by brxbrx

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Originally Posted by earcaraxe

I think burden of time in this form is seriously unbalanced, since it has the ability to nearly unavoidably cripple a great deal of nations while not affecting several others. However i think it brings to the game some unique tools i would like to keep (killing off pop and not too important units), so i'd prefer not banning it from my games. One possible, and - perhaps - easily implemented fix would be making boots of youths and elixirs of life protect the wearer from the effect of BoT.

if strategic balance is what matters to you, I suggest you try CBM.

what do u mean? i always play with CBM. what made u think i didnt?

you asked for moar balance.

Saxon · #3 June 16th, 2011, 07:09 AM

I would like to go back to the original post and add my support to the fulsome praise for the game design. Unfortunatly, it must be mixed with my wife's abuse of the designers. The more I like a game, the more she hates it. It is sort of like points for scales...

In any case, I look forward to your next project and thank you for your thought and intellectual energy.