Open Source Realtime Strategy Game Engine
https://springrts.com/phpbb/
Agreed. "More strategic" is not a good justification. "Better gameplay", yes. "More options", yes. In this case, it's just adding more required micro tasks that do nothing but distract you from the interesting stuff - economy management and combat. It adds no more options.Cabbage wrote:No, it just sounds like endless mindless tedium....
Good point, now that you mention it.Egarwaen wrote: As for air cons, they already have a use. They've got no unfold time, so they're perfect for reclaiming or building Dragon's Teeth.
lol yes the game definately has elements of R/P/S balancing, armour classes anyone?A manual? You think the game is that vanilla plain? This is TA, not starcraft. There is no rock paper scissors balance, no oneway to do anything; nothing that is the only option in a given situation. Ever. Everything that's so awesome (dareisay beautiful?) about Spring and AA is emergent; its why people get turned off so easily when they have little actual experience with it.
QFT. I think we need a elite place to discuss strategy and balance which isn't clogged up by the noobs, any relevant comments noobs make in passing could be duely noted and discussed there by the good players, with no flaming, no forum drama and above all no idiots!Agreed. "More strategic" is not a good justification. "Better gameplay", yes. "More options", yes. In this case, it's just adding more required micro tasks that do nothing but distract you from the interesting stuff - economy management and combat. It adds no more options.
I seem to remember that the default autoheal rate is well less than 600 HP/minute. Isn't it closer to 100/minute? Even if it is, you're making a lot of assumptions here. Your attack still gained ground if you managed to destroy enemy units or structures, and the purpose isn't to wipe out his defences but push past them. And 600 HP is pocket change. A group of 5 AKs will wipe that out in just over a second of fire.
As for air cons, they already have a use. They've got no unfold time, so they're perfect for reclaiming or building Dragon's Teeth.
I don't think so. These threads can actually be surprisingly educational for newbies, and Caydr seems to be pretty good at wading through the big huge flamey discussions of doom and finding the good bits. (And when he's not, he gets quickly corrected.)Min3mat wrote:I think we need a elite place to discuss strategy and balance which isn't clogged up by the noobs, any relevant comments noobs make in passing could be duely noted and discussed there by the good players, with no flaming, no forum drama and above all no idiots!
hell yes ;DAND I WOULD BE YOUR KING!
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I say it fits "Better gameplay". It forces player to rely on support as i explained in the last page. it will force players to retreat to their BASES and not just "natrual" ground to get healed, which i find better then just pulling back a phew inches.Egarwaen wrote: Agreed. "More strategic" is not a good justification. "Better gameplay", yes. "More options", yes. In this case, it's just adding more required micro tasks that do nothing but distract you from the interesting stuff - economy management and combat. It adds no more options.
Well, i made a small mistake there... the deafult Idleautoheal time is more close to 20 seconds, not 10. Then 10 per second, 100, for 10 seconds, 600 for 1 minute. So counting that, 400 per minute, making it 1000 for 2 minutes (due to startuptime removed). And that can mean alot. a gap of 3 minutes will heal EVERYTHING YOU OWN 1600 hp. That means that if you kill 2-3 HLT's to a point of near death, then come back the next 3 minutes with a new big force to make the final push, they are all repaired for no cost at all.I seem to remember that the default autoheal rate is well less than 600 HP/minute. Isn't it closer to 100/minute? Even if it is, you're making a lot of assumptions here. Your attack still gained ground if you managed to destroy enemy units or structures, and the purpose isn't to wipe out his defences but push past them. And 600 HP is pocket change. A group of 5 AKs will wipe that out in just over a second of fire.
More of a purpose then? other then building a lone mex on a single far to reach island or reclaiming, they could be use for fast healing on the frontline.
As for air cons, they already have a use. They've got no unfold time, so they're perfect for reclaiming or building Dragon's Teeth.
Like computer games?No, it just sounds like endless mindless tedium....
Already happens. Pull back a few inches, you get pwnt when your enemy's mobile units start boiling out from behind his defences.Kixxe wrote:I say it fits "Better gameplay". It forces player to rely on support as i explained in the last page. it will force players to retreat to their BASES and not just "natrual" ground to get healed, which i find better then just pulling back a phew inches.
More of a purpose then? other then building a lone mex on a single far to reach island or reclaiming, they could be use for fast healing on the frontline.
Not going to work out, even if a con aircraft could repair a unit instantly. Mercuries and fighter patrols. Doesn't matter how much AA you have with your units, a handful of Freedom Fighters will take out twice their cost in Con Aircraft easily. A handful of Hawks will do it and probably survive. They're just too fragile for work like this, especailly since they chain-explode.Once again; that is a small eternity in gameplay terms. Just give it progressive heal aftre like 20-30 seconds or so...You know, 5 minutes for buildings and 2-3 minutes for units sounds fine.