Fantasy Friday XVII - Homelands of Teria

[welshie]

Originally Posted by blackfang

or they could implant it now

Look i want the game asap, dont make the devs do more aswome work They have a schedual you know..

[Negthareas]

As I said before, I think the reason so many players pick Southmount is this: they know that they will be unfamilior with the game, so their first reaction is "safety" - mountain castles with streams in front sount good for turtling, so they pick Southmount.

I have no clue who I am going to start as in the MMORTS first. I intend to do all three - I imagine that, even though this is mmoRTS, there will get to a point at your homecities and trade caravans where waiting will not hurt you too much. Also, think - If you are online, your caravans and you can get attacked.

Therefore, if you can maximize the effects created by a minimum of time, you could very easily play the three different civilizations at once.


Also, about chatting - is that world chat? I know that on Evony, world chat goes by so fast you can't even read it or reply to anything. I hope the chat will have lots of settings.

[crispyg29]

ya i agree because i know both of my friends who are wanting this game plan on just defending and never attacking because lets face it majority of ppl like defending more than attacking

[welshie]

My natural instincts were 'Ohhhh shiney castle>everything else' so southmont would have been perfect then i read into it a bit more and decided i'd rather start off where i can experience all aspects of play before dedicating my self to eaither defender/attacker/farmer. Then i shall use my other spots to do what i think i prefer and test my combanations, thus not cutting off vital early experience in any aspect so i can change tatics and stragities to suite.

[otomotopia]

If I went human, I'd gravitate towards Rollingplain. I'd take less expensive footmen, macemen, and Calv any day, and with extra fast calvary, momentum shouldn't be as much as a problem. I'll be able to take a huge economic monopoly on trading goods: gold to Southmount for the extra food I'd need, not to mention raking in tons of timber from the mine-scarce wold.

I'm extremely surprised people aren't going for the the Rollingplain. I think the food is scaring them away, but trading will take care of that.

[Alex Walz]

Meh i was hoping to see trees with less and less leaves or coming back on it and also going grass from green to brownish and vice versa =/.
But summer should be at least 6 (5?) days and winter 2 since snowless are usually 3 seasons and snow just winter.

We may change it - personally I like the summer setting much more.
But the four seasons aren't universal. Many climates only experience one or two distinct seasons. Utah, for example, is unpredictable and lacks a distinct Spring or Fall - it went from six inches of snow a couple days ago to 60 degrees the next day, and we often experience snow in late April and September. Other cultures, like the Celts, celebrate five distinct seasons. And considering Mythador isn't in our universe, they could have completely different weather patterns.

Also, about chatting - is that world chat? I know that on Evony, world chat goes by so fast you can't even read it or reply to anything. I hope the chat will have lots of settings.

In-game, you can either chat with a select individual or with your closest neighbors, but you will have to be in the lobby to world chat, I do believe.

[Zeluk]

Chatting with neighbors will probably be what I do the most.

[Negthareas]

Originally Posted by Alex Walz

In-game, you can either chat with a select individual or with your closest neighbors, but you will have to be in the lobby to world chat, I do believe.

Thanks for letting me know! If there is any chance of - alliances/guilds, etc - will they be added on as extra chat features? Also, I am assuming you can chat privately with people.

[Alex Walz]

Yeah, you can chat privately and, most likely, with your guild mates.

[Zeluk]

Guild chat was almost a given I assumed. Almost every MMO out there had some form of Guild chat.