Must Vent about Breath of Winter

tinkthank · #1 February 23rd, 2004, 12:59 PM

Ah ok Im not the only one.

Still, cold gear cant be the answer. It just cant be. This is such a great game.

A slider. Me wants a slider.

Slider all the way to the left: AI value attributed to this spell x 0%. Never cast this spell, ever.
Slider somewhat to the left: AI value attributed to this spell x 20%. Only cast this spell if there are no other alternatives
Slider in the middle: AI value attributed to this spell x 100%. Assign normal value to this spell.
Slider to the right: AI value attributed to this spell x 150%. Give this spell more consideration than normal.
Slider all the way to the right: AI value attributed to this spell x 500%. Cast this spell always, unless no valid targets in range.

Pocus · #2 February 23rd, 2004, 01:37 PM

you will never have a priority list of the castable spells... it has been said (not like that) by IW.

tinkthank · #3 February 24th, 2004, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pocus:
you will never have a priority list of the castable spells... it has been said (not like that) by IW.

Ah quelle dommage

Because it would be naughty or because it would take forever to make?

Wauthan · #4 February 24th, 2004, 02:53 AM

Well I doubt IW consider it naughty if players had a greater control over the units. But it sounds like something really hard to code in such a way that it doesn't mess up the AI, create a lot of new bugs or make turns take forever to load. It simply don't fit into the basic idea of Dominions 2 so a it would take quite an amount of reconstruction. Perhaps in a sequel, should there be one?

Edit: Urgh! Bad dyslexia day.

[ February 23, 2004, 12:57: Message edited by: Wauthan ]

Gandalf Parker · #5 February 23rd, 2004, 04:51 PM

Its a computer. Nothing is impossible. However there are things that are more trouble than they are worth.

The wish list is pretty big and everyone has personal preferences for what they think should be high on the list. We do know that the devs read and remember our wishes but as far as I can tell the patches are going to include things they feel are important and quick little things they can fix and things that they consider fun to put in. Not necessarily in that order.

Taqwus · #6 February 23rd, 2004, 05:55 PM

Water mages should be kept separate, for now. Death mages present a similar risk, although in practice I've seen less Soul Vortex casting and more summoning from them when unscripted so the risk is probably much less in practice.
And never, ever take a nature mage into battle alongside your Abysian army, lest he cast Protection on one of your Abysian commanders lowering his fire resistance by 25%.

Argitoth · #7 February 23rd, 2004, 06:02 PM

well, I vote for a "DO NOT CAST THIS SPELL" system within the game. Shouldn't that be easy? I mean it could be primitive as in a list which all mages go by and not an individual mage. It would help some.