Spring RTS Engine

I see what you're getting at, but like Nightcold said, should teching really be organic? What's wrong with it being risky? Is it that you feel the pace of the game slows too much because of all the resources being spent on teching? its not that it slows down, but that it almost stops. you can no lo...

http://www.foopics.com/showfull/d908303f4c158393acd43ebc9cc1c2e7 this is a problem imo, and its the same in BA. in the early game to late mid game, players only macro to a certain point, beyond which its no longer required. there for when you do decide to tech (which costs butt loads of metal) your...

i dont think its the guessing size of someones economy that is the problem, but more the fact that the bridge between t1 and t2 econ is massive, takes loads of time, and is expensive as hell. I think it would be better to see something a bit more progressive, so that instead of having to cut all pro...

the thing is that it takes forever to get to t2 in nota. it means that alot of the time, front lines turn into veh arty battles which is really a shame... because of their range, it also removes the aspect that i love about nota, the battle tactics and the manouevering your armies into good position...

Thor wrote:I uploaded a few replays from today: http://replays.adune.nl/

these replays show off pretty much the only thing is really dislike about nota, the veh arty spam... really makes the game boring...

Licho wrote:Won/Played converges to 50% with elo based balancing system...

unless your godde...

there are some really great replays on http://replays.adune.nl/ but they are all for the older versions...

i find the fact that you call controlling ones army a 'menial task' rather disappointing to be honest... its only half of what a strategy game should entail. unit blends are extremely quick and easy to setup, dont tell me that you put your units to fight, and then think "3 raiders to every rock...

not sure whether this had been brought up with relation to CA/ZeroK but i thought it was worth a mention... first of all, ZeroK seems like quite an interesting game with quite a bit of depth. one aspect i really didnt like however was the fact that units, especially rockos and hammers would micro ba...

Fighters kill planes eventually, but its usually too late, they will have launched their torpedos. Aa ships are ok, but in the time it takes to make a navy that requires one to protect it, they will have made so many torp planes that it will essentially be useless. They can also snipe your Aa ship w...

It seems to me that alot of the sea gameplay depends on torp bombers these days. lets face it, the torps deal a shit load of damage... microing a destroyer against torpedo bombers is certainly feasible, but what im finding the most annoying is that once you get a big ship out (say a cruiser or missi...

i actually really prefer the sea as it was before...

can we buff sea aa a bit plz, torpedo planes are really dominating these days.

i partially agree with you on the artillery thing, but for me my only concern is the low traj, making them very strong even when your trying to push. with regards to rockos vs thuds, it can work, if you manage to catch your enemy off guard with a push, ive seen rockos beat thuds when the thuds weren...

i find that if you use veh nice and early, in combination with your own kbots they will rape a kbot only army.

with vehicle artillery, i really dislike the low traj...


also, id really like to see some kind of high altitude missile

i dont think having a weaker low traj attack will compromise that shift, but it will make the midgame slightly more dynamic rather than revolving entirely around artillery. you should be trying to get a balance in terms of army support units composition. atm, its a case of more artillery is almost n...

that said, its not like arty werent a problem pre hitbox issue :s

tnx johannes :)

it seems to me that it should play more of a support role, whilst atm, its fairly handy on its own and can sometimes be dealing the main core of the damage. perhaps theres a way to make the projectile it fires different whether its on low traj or high traj. the low traj one could have less splash an...

cant you make them not fire at units that are within a certain range instead then? and low traj doesnt help them fight doms/fidos in any way, it just helps them rape advancing kbot armies of hammers/rockos.