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Post by scottso on Oct 29, 2015 1:40:59 GMT
Been awhile since my last post and in that time I had a MAJOR crash. When the game crashes I usually open the Task Manager and end the process,I for got to do that and when I went to close the game I got the dreaded blue screen and had to shut the laptop down with the off button. OK,no big deal it's happened before BUT when I opened the game again the only thing that was still there was the autosave game I was playing at the time. ALL my generals,items,scoring etc. where gone!!! The game was just as I had left it a few rounds before the crash except my generals where not there,weird huh?
I had Kate & Fatimah sitting in the wings too. Man was I pissed! First thing I did was send ET another "choicely worded" e mail,which I got a reply from them again! They still claim it's a chip issue,I had told them in the EM I thought they were blowin' smoke up my a$$. I just don't see the graphics chip being the problem since I can finish some conquests and not others.
Fortunately I still had an older HQ save stashed away,so I put it in the game folder and got some of the stuff back,Sophia and the other 3 generals with enough medals for me to get another. I decided to do things a little different than before figuring that if I didn't like it I could just start the same save again.
I regrouped Bubna into Dumouriez and bought Kutiasov with the intention of putting him into Sophia. I've had second thoughts on that and instead after leveling them all a bit more regrouping Carteuax into Kutiasov,buying Gazan (which is sitting there waiting) into Sophia giving her 3 arty. stars. That opens a slot for a second cav. general when I have the medals for a 4 star one and regroup Dumouriez into that one making it a 5 star.
I plan on making copies of the HQ save along the way so I can always go back a few steps if need be.
When able I plan on a better arty. general,I've used Scharnhorst and Drummond in the game and like them,each has there pros and cons. I've also been considering Jourdan because he has Explosives & Ballistics, with those and the right item(s) and regroupong Kutiasov into him (giving him 4 stars) he'd pack a pretty good punch.
I've been reading posts just about everyday and that has lead me to ask a question...
Why are things like Assult Art, Strike etc. called "skills"? By definition they aren't really a skill but rather more of an attribute (or enhancement) to a skill.
For example a general has 4 stars for cavalry,2 infantry,1 artillery which makes his best skill (or ability) cavalry. This general also has "Surprise" and Defence art which both enhance his cav. ability.
Seems to make more sense in my book.
Another ? ... From a table that was posted on generals am I correct that Davout is an "emblems only" general?
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Post by Mountbatten on Oct 29, 2015 2:16:40 GMT
Yes Davout is an eblems only general. And the Defense art and Assault art don't add to stars or anything. They are skills because they are unique things that trigger. And even if they werent, they would still be called a skill because it's on the skills screen. It would be confusing to say the attribute 'Assault Art' when it's found with every other skill.
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Post by scottso on Nov 25, 2015 2:18:27 GMT
They are skills because they are unique things that trigger. And even if they werent, they would still be called a skill because it's on the skills screen. Where is that written??? Certainly nothing from ET calls them that because they don't really tell you a thing on game play or anything else. It would be confusing to say the attribute 'Assault Art' when it's found with every other skill. I still disagree with that synopsis,there is no logical sense calling anything in that listing a skill. Especially things like Trench etc. or Banner etc. etc. etc. As I said before they bolster/enhance an ability/skill. BUT, I can see my argument/POV will likely go nowhere and fall on deaf ears. SO,you all can call it what you want and I'll call it... Anyway, in my last post I mentioned my plans for generals... I regrouped Carteau @ 86/3 into Kutaisov @ 54/1 which made Kutaisov 74/2 I bought Gazan and put him into Sophia giving her 3 arty. stars. It has definitely made a difference in her hitting power. I use her with Pressed powder (+4) & Powder mix (+2) and she packs a real wallop! I use her in all conquests with 2 siege art. and she wipes out shore batteries and most small forts in one shot,the other forts usually take 2. She hits troops hard and will just about kill weaker generals with 1. I think it was well worth it! I decided to go with Jourdan for my arty. general after weighing the stats of all the non emblem generals. I feel Explosive and Ballistics much more useful for an arty. general than anything else although Spy or Geography would be a bonus. Carteau had Engineering and still couldn't move more than one grid useless it was "flat ground" even with the wooden wheels so,I don't think much of engineering. After leveling him and Kutaisov more I'll regroup them and give Jourdan 4 arty. stars. With the right items I think he'll do a good job plus,I plan on adding movement stars to him,Diez is ready to buy ATM. Plus he has 4 infantry stars and Formation so I can use him in campaigns with whatever decent troops may be given. Still up in the air on a cav. general but, I think it's between Ney and Golitsyn. Since I have Dumouriez I could make Ney a 5 star. I've been looking for both but neither has shown up yet. Hard to decide with only 4 slots. Regarding the academy, it seems as though the levels in Achievements may bear on what generals show up when(?). I've cycled through it quite a few times and get a lot of repeats. If I was looking for an Infantry general I could have bought Dobeln and Oudinot a few times already. but,have yet to see a good cav. one though. I have to laugh at some they have in tier2,quite a few cheaper tier1's are better! Must be some of ET's inane logic! |
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Post by Mountbatten on Nov 25, 2015 2:42:02 GMT
They are skills because they are unique things that trigger. And even if they werent, they would still be called a skill because it's on the skills screen. Where is that written??? Certainly nothing from ET calls them that because they don't really tell you a thing on game play or anything else. It would be confusing to say the attribute 'Assault Art' when it's found with every other skill. I still disagree with that synopsis,there is no logical sense calling anything in that listing a skill. Especially things like Trench etc. or Banner etc. etc. etc. As I said before they bolster/enhance an ability/skill. BUT, I can see my argument/POV will likely go nowhere and fall on deaf ears. SO,you all can call it what you want and I'll call it... Anyway, in my last post I mentioned my plans for generals... I regrouped Carteau @ 86/3 into Kutaisov @ 54/1 which made Kutaisov 74/2 I bought Gazan and put him into Sophia giving her 3 arty. stars. It has definitely made a difference in her hitting power. I use her with Pressed powder (+4) & Powder mix (+2) and she packs a real wallop! I use her in all conquests with 2 siege art. and she wipes out shore batteries and most small forts in one shot,the other forts usually take 2. She hits troops hard and will just about kill weaker generals with 1. I think it was well worth it! I decided to go with Jourdan for my arty. general after weighing the stats of all the non emblem generals. I feel Explosive and Ballistics much more useful for an arty. general than anything else although Spy or Geography would be a bonus. Carteau had Engineering and still couldn't move more than one grid useless it was "flat ground" even with the wooden wheels so,I don't think much of engineering. After leveling him and Kutaisov more I'll regroup them and give Jourdan 4 arty. stars. With the right items I think he'll do a good job plus,I plan on adding movement stars to him,Diez is ready to buy ATM. Plus he has 4 infantry stars and Formation so I can use him in campaigns with whatever decent troops may be given. Still up in the air on a cav. general but, I think it's between Ney and Golitsyn. Since I have Dumouriez I could make Ney a 5 star. I've been looking for both but neither has shown up yet. Hard to decide with only 4 slots. Regarding the academy, it seems as though the levels in Achievements may bear on what generals show up when(?). I've cycled through it quite a few times and get a lot of repeats. If I was looking for an Infantry general I could have bought Dobeln and Oudinot a few times already. but,have yet to see a good cav. one though. I have to laugh at some they have in tier2,quite a few cheaper tier1's are better! Must be some of ET's inane logic! Carteau couldn't move 3 spaces because to move 3 plain tiles you need 9 movement. The heavy artillery and siege artillery units have 5 as their base. Engineering adds 2 to make 7. Then the oak wheel adds 1 to make 8 total movement. Engineering is actually a good skill. And if your artillery general has decent movement like Sophia does, they can be very speedy with it. Btw, you should try to get Sophia horse artillery to make her faster if you use her on Siege artillery |
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Post by scottso on Dec 2, 2015 22:40:37 GMT
It appears ET did something to the game,when I opened it lastnight I noticed they added a "Quit" button on the main page (see pic). So I looked at the game folder and there it was. the Settings folder had been modified 11/1/2015 @ 3:49pm. Glad I have Windows update set for apps too.   Not sure exactly what was done but, I played 1806/Prussia all the way to victory!  Had barely a flicker on the screen too so I'll have to test more and see. In their last reply to me they said they had loaded the Windows store version and had no problems. Yeah  Wonder how many games and on what maps? Almost hard to believe it took them a whole year to test it! Then again it's hard to believe I've stuck with it for so long. Anyway, Golitsyn finally showed up in the academy so I think I'll go with him. Not sure what to do with Dumouriez though,seems like a waste not using the star he can add to another. I'm considering regrouping him into Sophia and give her 3 cav. stars. On the other hand he'd up Golitsyn's health/nobility since he's at 110/5. Kinda gonna miss him.  |
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Post by Mountbatten on Dec 2, 2015 23:02:09 GMT
It appears ET did something to the game,when I opened it lastnight I noticed they added a "Quit" button on the main page (see pic). So I looked at the game folder and there it was. the Settings folder had been modified 11/1/2015 @ 3:49pm. Glad I have Windows update set for apps too. Not sure exactly what was done but, I played 1806/Prussia all the way to victory! Had barely a flicker on the screen too so I'll have to test more and see. In their last reply to me they said they had loaded the Windows store version and had no problems. Yeah Wonder how many games and on what maps? Almost hard to believe it took them a whole year to test it! Then again it's hard to believe I've stuck with it for so long. Anyway, Golitsyn finally showed up in the academy so I think I'll go with him. Not sure what to do with Dumouriez though,seems like a waste not using the star he can add to another. I'm considering regrouping him into Sophia and give her 3 cav. stars. On the other hand he'd up Golitsyn's health/nobility since he's at 110/5. Kinda gonna miss him. Why upgrade Sophia's cavalry? |
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Post by scottso on Dec 3, 2015 3:27:28 GMT
Why upgrade Sophia's cavalry?
For one reason it would be wasting the cav. upgrade star IMO since Golitsyn already has 5. I can level him fairly fast now that I found campaigns do it faster. Plus Sophia already has 2 cav. stars and it would make her more versatile. Adding a 3rd artillery star to her made a difference so...
If you recall I'm going with only 4 general slots (2 arty. & 2 cav.) so I want to make the most of my efforts. To get Golitsyn I'll regroup Kutaisov into Jourdan,level what I have a little more and at the same time acquire more medals. Then to open a slot I'll RG Dumouriez and get Diez to RG into Jourdan for the movement. Then keep looking for more cheap trainers,hopefully Kutaisov and Diez will come along a few times to upgrade Sophia/Jourdan. The chances of that are good since tier 1's cycle through the academy faster it seems. I might even get Jourdan a 5th infantry star to make him better for given campaign units which is one reason I went with him. He does pretty good with a powder item and just 3 stars so he can only get better with more. I feel explosive & ballistics are very good "skills" and together really good, those in combination with items are doing as I expected so,I think I made the right choice.
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Post by scottso on Dec 17, 2015 22:50:19 GMT
I found what else ET changed,originally conquests could only go to round 100 and now I can go further (if needed). A good thing with that is I can set-up a medals grinding game if I want. I'm not too fond of it though,it's booorrrring! They did not seem to fix the crashing BS like I had hoped,matter of fact it may be worse now. I've tried GB/1806 a few times and can't get past 30ish rounds! BOO! ET!!! A real bunch of schmucks IMO. I didn't get a reply to my last email.  I can't imagine why?  I took a couple screenshots... This was right after a crash.  Then I ran the Compatabilty Wizard (again).  Some of you seem pretty savvy to this computer stuff,what do you make of them? The way I read them is the problem lies in the game program vs. Windows 8/8.1 and not the "Intel chip" ET keeps claiming is the problem. I sent them an email with these today. I was civil this time though... IF it was the chip then WHY is it none of your other games have the same problem??? Plus the fact that not all conquests crash. I can play ANY country in 1775 & 1812 to the end. In 1798 I can play using HRE & Poland to the end of the ones tried. In 1809 Prussia very rarely crashes but most others do and 1815 France can be finished. 1806 is the worst, I have only finished it a few times,most recently as Prussia. Also,only ONE campaign has ever crashed and worked fine when replayed. It has gotten worse since you messed with the program too. I do like being able to go more than 100 rounds but the "Quit" button has locked up my laptop more than once so I stopped using it. As a matter of fact it is so BAD in 1806 that it crashes before round 35 EVERY time! HOW can I finish any if it's the chip??? That makes NO SENSE whatsoever! Please explain this!? I won't hold my breath for a reply but, I would like to see how they try to 'splain it. |
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Post by kanue on Dec 18, 2015 3:38:26 GMT
Now you earn the title EasyTech Technical Support Expert.  |
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Post by scottso on Dec 20, 2015 21:55:44 GMT
Now you earn the title EasyTech Technical Support Expert. LOL If I was, no one would have problems of any kind. These clowns are the epitome of BAD customer service! I'll bet that if it wasn't for the players in their homeland (who they seem to cater to) they would be out of business already. |
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Post by Jean Lannes on Dec 21, 2015 5:34:01 GMT
Now you earn the title EasyTech Technical Support Expert. LOL If I was, no one would have problems of any kind. These clowns are the epitome of BAD customer service! I'll bet that if it wasn't for the players in their homeland (who they seem to cater to) they would be out of business already. Isn't it like that everywhere? Well besides or CS:GO which has a lot of Russian players. |
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Post by Jean Lannes on Dec 21, 2015 5:35:46 GMT
When I play RB6:S I never heard anyone talk another language than English and Ubisoft (who made the game) is based in Canada and in the game they even use meters (I think even US Special Forces use meter. It's just easier to divide meters,
But we're getting off topic here
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Post by scottso on Jan 13, 2016 19:58:47 GMT
I'd like some opinions. I saved up 4001 medals and got Kutaisov up to 125/6 & Jourdan up to 98/5 and decided it was time to regroup them. (Jourdan went up to 125/6 afterwards btw) I had Diez in the acad. waiting so I bought him after regrouping the above. I then cycled the acad. and BINGO Diez was there again (some luck huh?) so I bought him and used him for Jourdan again,giving him 3 movement stars. Rolled the dice again and BOING there was Kutaisov again! Bought him and did the same giving Jourdan 5 arty. stars. Zakrevsky was also there so I got him too and gave Jourdan 5 Inf. stars. (I did that for using him in campaigns if the situation is there). I thought ahead and copied the HQ. save file incase I wanted to do it differently. I decided to give it a shot this time without getting Zakrevsky,so I switched the files. What happened wasn't exactly what I expected,Diez only showed up once and Kutaisov not at all this time when I rolled the dice. SO,I didn't get the same results by any means. This is from the 2nd try. Thought I took one of the 1st but it's not there.   Which one would be the "keeper",the 5 star Jourdan or the above? I'm leaning towards the 5 star that way all he needs is 2 more movement stars. There's also a business trainer (@340 medals) I could get and was considering it for Sophia since I'll be keeping her no matter what. |
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Post by Mountbatten on Jan 13, 2016 20:15:09 GMT
scottso I would keep the 5 star Jordan and start looking for an infantry general or get Isabela.
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Post by scottso on Jan 15, 2016 23:30:47 GMT
I'm gonna go with the 5 star Jourdan but,I saved the HQ save with the other so I can try different things if I have the urge. He even looks good...  I also got Sophia another movement & business star. If Diez keeps popping up like he has been I'll be very happy. Nix on an Inf. general,I'm only going for arty. & cav., 2 of each should do nicely and I can always use Jourdan for Inf. if needed. I'm using him now in a game with 2 machine guns and does real good. I noticed there was a "hiccup" with the last crash, my Achievement score went down.  The health(?) was at Lvl.51/131801 and now it's back to Lvl.50 and under 120000!  Now someone tell me HOW that can happen if it's a problem with the "Intel chip" (Graphics) like the schmucks at ET keep claiming??? I still believe the exe. has a glitch in it.  Besides the point that I can play some conquests to victory but some refuse to go past 30-40 rounds. If it was the graphics you'd think it would crash all the time in all conquests and in campaigns (which it never has!)?!? Found some ET staff pics.      |
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Had barely a flicker on the screen too so I'll have to test more and see. In their last reply to me they said they had loaded the Windows store version and had no problems. Yeah 
The health(?) was at Lvl.51/131801 and now it's back to Lvl.50 and under 120000! 
