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Offline SNAFU

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Next AI War Expansion?
« on: February 15, 2012, 03:17:47 am »
Not to be "that guy" because I understand that most of your attention is probably focused on AVWW right now, but... I'm gonna go ahead and be that guy!  :P

Are we still looking at having a new expansion for the 2nd quarter of this year, or is that off the table? What sort of scope is planned for it? Is it going to be a CoN-like micro-expansion, or more of a LotS-like paradigm shift? Any major changes planned that could use some airing out or brainstorming sessions within the community? Can I presume the recent pre-releases are getting things tidied up in preparation for new groundwork to be laid i.e. possibly a new starship line? Will keith start dry heaving and speaking in tongues when he sees this thread?

Inquiring minds wish to know! :)

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Re: Next AI War Expansion?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2012, 09:11:39 am »
It's still our next project after AVWW 1.0, though there will be ongoing AVWW work going on too during that time.

I have started in on some interesting (to me) ideas, but still way to early to tell folks about because not sure if they're going to actually make it, and I don't want to get folks hopes up too high :)
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Re: Next AI War Expansion?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2012, 11:39:33 am »
I would really like to see a random difficulty button someday soon though, regardless of new expansions :P I've been dying to see that in AI war. We got Random AI types, so why not random difs?

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Re: Next AI War Expansion?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2012, 12:07:09 pm »
I would really like to see a random difficulty button someday soon though, regardless of new expansions :P I've been dying to see that in AI war. We got Random AI types, so why not random difs?
Because the range between 1 and 10 is bigger than the range between any two AI Types :)
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Re: Next AI War Expansion?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2012, 12:19:17 pm »
When it comes to random map gen, I'd prefer these related mantis suggestions.

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Re: Next AI War Expansion?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2012, 02:55:47 pm »
I would look forward to super towers with modules.. but thats my defensive nature talking :D

There were talks about things like environment effects.. and weather? at some point.

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Re: Next AI War Expansion?
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2012, 03:05:01 pm »
I'd like to see another modular Starship, this time with a melee attack for its basic mode of operation. And a deployable artillery starship.
Weather and Environmental effects sound damned cool, too, though ;)

Because the range between 1 and 10 is bigger than the range between any two AI Types :)
Careful, there. The AI type settings allow for many different selections of randomness, so it's not quite fair to compare their settings to a random pick between diffs 1 and 10 ;)
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Re: Next AI War Expansion?
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2012, 03:52:48 pm »
It's a tiny tiny thing, but incredibly annoying to me all out of proportion to its impact.  I want the blasted generator to remember the color I set for myself in the new map/game screen.  Please?
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Re: Next AI War Expansion?
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2012, 03:55:43 pm »
It's a tiny tiny thing, but incredibly annoying to me all out of proportion to its impact.  I want the blasted generator to remember the color I set for myself in the new map/game screen.  Please?
Have you tried changing the color of your profile, from the main menu?
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Re: Next AI War Expansion?
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2012, 04:04:18 pm »
It's a tiny tiny thing, but incredibly annoying to me all out of proportion to its impact.  I want the blasted generator to remember the color I set for myself in the new map/game screen.  Please?
Have you tried changing the color of your profile, from the main menu?

There's a profile?  Well slumbit, there is one!  I.. I...  I seem to be having foot in mouth disease lately.  ::)

Heheh, thank you!
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Re: Next AI War Expansion?
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2012, 04:29:53 pm »
AI: "... I got beat on 10/10 by someone who didn't know they had a profile.  I will never live this down.  And that's a long time."
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