Why haven't I played Pike and Shot much?

[ianiow]

I am starting to recover from my "mud obsession" now and I am enjoying the game very much. I always compare everything with FOG PC and P+S is a major improvement on it. I particularly like the way historical match-ups are at the centre of the game and that it is possible to stipulate your opponent's army in your challenges so that you get the match-ups you are really interested in. I also like the way melees are dealt with compared to FOG. In P+S there are not the wild swings, or bizarre outcomes, that are quite regular in FOG; melee-ing is much more attritional and this makes the game much more realistic, in my view. And Sengoku Jidai takes this system one big step further on with a "command and control" system that was sorely lacking in FOG. I haven't really got any gripes now . . . although I suppose the horse units could throw up clods of mud instead of dust from time to time.

Like Pete I am also beginning to be won over by this game. I am a veteran of FOG digital, playing it from its inception, but I feel P&S does have a more honest less gamey feel to it. I am really looking forward to Richard's AM version!

Also I notice there hasn't been anything resembling a league or competition played recently for P&S. Has the game died a bit since its launch? Are many people still playing?

PS. Richard, at the risk of Iain 'killing you' . Do you have a rough eta for AM FOG2 beta/launch? Are we talking weeks, months or years?

[stockwellpete]

Also I notice there hasn't been anything resembling a league or competition played recently for P&S. Has the game died a bit since its launch? Are many people still playing?

There seem to be quite a few people playing, Ian. I put 4 open challenges up last night and they were all taken in an hour or so. I am currently playing Anders (hidde) and Mike (Triarius) is about too so you can join in with us.

[LFDLM]

FOG advantage is that we can play 30 games at once without getting tired and, sometime, without big thinking

However, I admit that P&S/SJ are excellent games and I take great pleasure to play them. Of course, I'm such a newbie...

[rbodleyscott]

PS. Richard, at the risk of Iain 'killing you' . Do you have a rough eta for AM FOG2 beta/launch? Are we talking weeks, months or years?

Yes

[TheGrayMouser]

I am starting to recover from my "mud obsession" now and I am enjoying the game very much. I always compare everything with FOG PC and P+S is a major improvement on it. I particularly like the way historical match-ups are at the centre of the game and that it is possible to stipulate your opponent's army in your challenges so that you get the match-ups you are really interested in. I also like the way melees are dealt with compared to FOG. In P+S there are not the wild swings, or bizarre outcomes, that are quite regular in FOG; melee-ing is much more attritional and this makes the game much more realistic, in my view. And Sengoku Jidai takes this system one big step further on with a "command and control" system that was sorely lacking in FOG. I haven't really got any gripes now . . . although I suppose the horse units could throw up clods of mud instead of dust from time to time.

Like Pete I am also beginning to be won over by this game. I am a veteran of FOG digital, playing it from its inception, but I feel P&S does have a more honest less gamey feel to it. I am really looking forward to Richard's AM version!

Also I notice there hasn't been anything resembling a league or competition played recently for P&S. Has the game died a bit since its launch? Are many people still playing?

PS. Richard, at the risk of Iain 'killing you' . Do you have a rough eta for AM FOG2 beta/launch? Are we talking weeks, months or years?

I agree with all these even the lack of mud clods , I find overall P&S much more satisfying.

I think MP is likley a little slower due to the fact that the single player game rocks, with challenging AI, a campaign style game and the skirmish games offering hosts of battle types and parameters you can tweek for infinite challenge. I have slowed in MP a bit (actually a crawl!) w P&S due to work and I joined a campaign game and short tourney in FOG. I kinda find it hard to "switch" moods between systems!

[ianiow]

PS. Richard, at the risk of Iain 'killing you' . Do you have a rough eta for AM FOG2 beta/launch? Are we talking weeks, months or years?

Yes

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