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Post by verily on Feb 28, 2024 23:44:40 GMT
Are they there to make fun of war or are they there to make war fun? That's the question. Thanks to a certain superhero action movie, perhaps the Terrorists succeeded because of the relics of a lost kingdom. dunno, war never fun, but everyone thought it. also insert "unearthed ancient mig here". |
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Post by Erwin Rommel '44 on Feb 28, 2024 23:45:30 GMT
Hello guys (dunno if anyone will remember me... maybe Gerd von Rundstedt?) Anyways, I've been pretty much inactive for some long period (I think a year) and I just wanna know, are any threads still alive for the games? Like not barely eking out an existence, but somewhat alive? (too lazy to check it myself). Although I used this forum for a short time, I remember how awesome it was back when (I think- I hope I'm not getting confused) EW6 1914 was released. Either that, or when GOG3 was (ik I was definitely active during that period. BTW I think it's the best game in my opinion, but can't be bothered to restart the campaign; lost my old account). Ah well, fond memories... |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Feb 29, 2024 4:08:16 GMT
Welcome back. The new game, GC:S, has some activity. WC4 returned to life due to recent updates. WC3 should have been revived as well.
You're likely to find someone in EW6:1914. As for GOG3, I think those who finished the game had left for other games.
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Post by Erwin Rommel '44 on Feb 29, 2024 22:55:50 GMT
Thanks so much  I'll see what I can find in EW6 1914 (one of my other fave games), and WC3-4 should be good too. By the way, any news on World Conqueror 5 release? (if it's ever gonna happen) |
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Post by blueberry on Mar 1, 2024 0:32:47 GMT
Thanks so much I'll see what I can find in EW6 1914 (one of my other fave games), and WC3-4 should be good too. By the way, any news on World Conqueror 5 release? (if it's ever gonna happen) Given the flurry of updates with new stuff, I'd say that wc4 is the new wc5  Wc5 is not going to happen. |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Mar 9, 2024 10:40:48 GMT
For people interested in how humans think and act, philosophy and whatnot, what do you look for in translations of well-known texts by popularised authors?
I noticed a limited-time sale offer for 7 classical reads (online copy) on Google Books / Play Store. In my country's currency, individual books are listed at $1.44 each and $10.08 in total, while the collected version costs $9.03. Clearly, the collected form is a better deal.
However, I've already paid for Machiavelli's The Prince at $1.44. Moreover, I was gifted a physical copy of one translation of Sun Tzu's Art of War as well.
This is where the sunk-cost fallacy sets in: do I buy the "cheaper" collected edition and have a duplicate of The Prince and (The) Art of War at a loss of $1.05, or not?
The reads are:
1. Sun Tzu's Art of War,
2. Confucius' Analects,
3. Chanakya's (apparently Anglicised or rewritten as Kautilya) Arthashastra,
4. Marcus Aurelius' Meditations,
5. Machiavelli's The Prince,
6. Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings
7. Yamamoto Tsunetomo's Haguro (Bushido): The Way of the Samurai
These are uploaded and sold under "Classics Press" and the translations were attributed to a Jeff Mcneill.
In The Prince, it seemed like the length matched that of a quick Google search in terms of a translation of Machiavelli's words only.
I presume the same must be true for the rest.
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Post by Theron of Acragas on Mar 9, 2024 12:44:58 GMT
For people interested in how humans think and act, philosophy and whatnot, what do you look for in translations of well-known texts by popularised authors? I noticed a limited-time sale offer for 7 classical reads (online copy) on Google Books / Play Store. In my country's currency, individual books are listed at $1.44 each and $10.08 in total, while the collected version costs $9.03. Clearly, the collected form is a better deal. However, I've already paid for Machiavelli's The Prince at $1.44. Moreover, I was gifted a physical copy of one translation of Sun Tzu's Art of War as well. This is where the sunk-cost fallacy sets in: do I buy the "cheaper" collected edition and have a duplicate of The Prince and (The) Art of War at a loss of $1.05, or not?
The reads are: 1. Sun Tzu's Art of War, 2. Confucius' Analects, 3. Chanakya's (apparently Anglicised or rewritten as Kautilya) Arthashastra, 4. Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, 5. Machiavelli's The Prince, 6. Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings7. Yamamoto Tsunetomo's Haguro (Bushido): The Way of the Samurai
These are uploaded and sold under "Classics Press" and the translations were attributed to a Jeff Mcneill. In The Prince, it seemed like the length matched that of a quick Google search in terms of a translation of Machiavelli's words only. I presume the same must be true for the rest. Mathematically, this one is pretty clear. If, as I understand, you already purchased the electronic version of The Prince (great book, by the way), you're already out $1. 44 for that one. A second copy does nothing for you, so you can buy the set for $9.03 or the remaining six individually for $8.64, or $7.20 if you decide you don't need an electronic copy of the Art of War (personally, I prefer physical copies). The only reason to buy the set is if you have someone to give the other copies to (don't even know if that's possible with Google Books. The obvious question for me is that we're talking about, I guess, five languages (I don't know how much the Chinese of Sun Tzu differs from that of Confucius) from four language families. Is he really proficient enough in all of them to produce a professional translation? |
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Post by Wim Kok on Apr 7, 2024 8:35:06 GMT
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Post by Eugene V. Debs on Apr 7, 2024 8:36:05 GMT
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Apr 8, 2024 21:09:18 GMT
Howdy.
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Post by Just One Bite on May 7, 2024 7:06:01 GMT
I miss this place sometimes
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Post by Manfred von Richthofen on Jun 23, 2024 12:55:22 GMT
oh well.
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Post by STILETT0 on Jul 2, 2024 7:15:41 GMT
sup
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Post by STILETT0 on Jul 2, 2024 7:31:00 GMT
I miss this place sometimes this place was all I had during the pandemic. Sucks to see its activity falter like this but we all grow up. |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Jul 7, 2024 15:11:44 GMT
Just a random babble about things I do not like:
Has anyone noticed games with recommended player levels / minimum requirements to be able to beat something?
ET used it in EW7. The thing is, I am stuck in a side-quest series with this label: "Suggested Troop Lvl: 8" yet I have cleared the harder main campaign series and subsequent F2P side-quest series.
Even though I intentionally avoid one branch of technology upgrades and spamming Drums, I should still be able to clear this series since I beat other content with higher minimum requirements.
I recognise the aspects that make it hard. The design is similar to some aspects "Epic Battles" series that I dislike, and they are centred around the enemy getting many unfair advantages.
- The enemy has 10 reinforced legions (2-5 times the HP of normal troops) on top of 19 legions, and two well-protected, single-unit legions manning archer towers.
- The player has 3 player-made legions, including Baibars without his unique equipment. This puts us at a 10-to-1 disadvantage upon spawning by numbers.
- 2 waves of enemy reinforcements + continuous spam from castles every turn until late into the midsion. Meaning that the 10-to-1 ratio would be maintained over time if the player cannot one-shot enemy legions. Note that the reinforced legions can also recruit at the start and end of enemy turns (perhaps replenishing 1 full legion's worth in that turn!).
- No player reinforcements.
- Extremely powerful enemy commander based on his passive skills and basic statuses.
- Hard choices. You can choose to use either siege or counterattack equipment, to face both enemy swarms and very sturdy castle walls. Archer legions counterattack the hardest, but they cannot take advantage of a certain trick involving the fact that melee units do not counter ranged attacks.
- Time constraints.
I cleared subsequent HLs on Normal and the rest of the Normal campaigns without drums or Talent (I did use Formation). Why is a supposedly easier Baibars HL giving me such trouble?
I even used my leeway of up to 10 small and big drums, and still failed.
ET likely designed HLs like Baibars and Harald Hardrada's for endgame and post-endgame players and probably tried to tone down the HLs after feedback for Baibars, except for Annex Antioch and maybe Another Defeat for Crusaders.
Any thoughts?
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I'll see what I can find in EW6 1914 (one of my other fave games), and WC3-4 should be good too. By the way, any news on World Conqueror 5 release? (if it's ever gonna happen)
