Your weekly report on what the heck we’re doing!
Website
As you might have noticed, an account is required to reply on this website. A tedious practice I would agree, but those accounts are not for nothing 🙂 Not only gives it an extra little protection towards spam, but also, when the game will be released, we’ll go through open beta phase first. With that we’ll open a part of the site for tracking bugs. And that will require an account. Currently we’re working on linking both parts. Oh, and the accounts will be for something else as well, but that’s for later.
YouTube Preview
I noticed that the latest preview video for AoFE dates back to February 2012, way too old and time for a new one. So geared with a brand new microphone and my best radio voice I did a game commentary for a testing game we did this week. Don’t expect top-of-the-charts micro & macro-management, but just a damn enjoyable game.
The map played was Golden Pit. A stab at Gold Rush and much more enjoyable in my humble opinion.
Balance & Small features
This must have been the first week without balance changes, I think most balance will be for the open beta. Also, there hasn’t been any news about our mini Nations Cup lately. An internal tournament we held amongst members of the Beta Team. Sadly the tournament came to an end and we won’t be seeing more games of that in the future.
Have your say: What would make an interesting team bonus for the Slavs?
Graphics
More progress on the Slavic buildings by 1302. Which is also the reason they weren’t picked in the game above.
Scenarios
It’s moving slowly, but it’s moving nevertheless. Extra objects must be created, extra heroes must be put in and ofcourse, designing a neat scenario just takes a lot of time!
Webhost
I’m very satisfied with my current webhost, but I’m well aware that it won’t be enough for when the game actually has to be downloaded & maintained. Anyone has advice on this part? (Count at least 200 GB of monthly traffic). Personal experience is always a plus 😉
ok a few questions more that i hope a dev answers
1)will the AL be more fun to play against
2)will the AL resign in random maps ex(to many crows flew over my castle…….etc)
3)are you guys gonna add more than 9 units
4)will there be more than 1 buildings like new buildings for the new technologies
5)will there be any new technologies other than the new ut 🙂
I forgot
good luck to all the AOE FE team
1) Yes, we have some AI scripters who are doing an amazing job bringing the AI to a new level. 2) These new AI normally include resign rules and text messages. 3) We add 9 researchable units, but we’ll add more objects for the scenario editor. So you’ll see more new units in-game, but you can only train 9 of them yourself. 4) Just one new building. However, all the new civs should get their own wonder grpahics. In addition, we add two new architecture styles. 5) Yes, we include 30 new technologies. It would be rather odd if all… Read more »
je pense qu’il serait bien de pouvoir assembler l’économie des joueurs d’une même équipe. On pourrait faire le développement à l’age impériale pour que cela se fasse il faut qu’ils aient fait le développement. Pour l’accord entre les deux joueurs ils faut qu’ils cochent la casse partager votre économie dans l’onglet alliance…
Et quand ils rompent cet accord ils partagent l’argent par rapport au apport et aux dépenses qu’ils ont realiser.
Il y a déjà la possibilité d’assembler l’économie des joueurs: elle s’appelle le marché. 🙂
Just one question about Italians. The team bonus, ( I think it is the condottiero available in Imp barracks) are they effected by the gothic bonus of being cheaper?
2 new architecture sets? thats great, i thought you were only doing one, whos it for, slavs?
Sounds exciting!!
Can’t wait to play the beta. -_-
As far as a team bonus for the Slavs goes, I’d say something minor, because they’re already pretty powerful from what I’ve seen. That unique unit, if produced in masses will wipe out so many other unique units that it just seems overpowered. By giving them a minor team bonus (like say, a 10% faster build rate of town centres) would help to balance them out. Just a thought.
i quick question
will the mini-map be in the far right corner like every aoe or no 🙁
far bottom riight corner
best wishes and good luck to all AOE 2 FE team
Must have been answered before but I couldn’t find it,
Will the game be standalone or do I need to dig my AoE game from the basement?
i just did lol.
You should consider this: Team bonus for the Slavs: Trebuchets fire 20% faster rate 🙂
pedro: i think you would consider it stand alone, but it would require aoc to be already installed, its an expansion like aoc was a separate game from aok. im not a developer, this is just based on what ive heard