Slitherine

SimonLancaster wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:02 am

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:55 am 1st turn auto-reload random map

Not sure how hard this would be to implement, but it's a bit of a pain to cancel and re-create a challenge just because the map is not suitable for one or both of the players, especially in a tournament. Would it be feasible to have a 're-roll the map' option on the first turn for each player? Just throwing it out there.^^

Aetius

Interesting. Would you cap it at one re-roll? By definition a random map is random so re-rolling until you get a good map for your particular army seems a little unfair.

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:55 pm

SimonLancaster wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:02 am

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:55 am 1st turn auto-reload random map

Not sure how hard this would be to implement, but it's a bit of a pain to cancel and re-create a challenge just because the map is not suitable for one or both of the players, especially in a tournament. Would it be feasible to have a 're-roll the map' option on the first turn for each player? Just throwing it out there.^^

Aetius

Interesting. Would you cap it at one re-roll? By definition a random map is random so re-rolling until you get a good map for your particular army seems a little unfair.

1 or 2 re-rolls would be great. No more than 2 needed, and just 1 would be better than none.^^

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:55 am 1st turn auto-reload random map

Not sure how hard this would be to implement, but it's a bit of a pain to cancel and re-create a challenge just because the map is not suitable for one or both of the players, especially in a tournament. Would it be feasible to have a 're-roll the map' option on the first turn for each player? Just throwing it out there.^^

Aetius

Jagger2002 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 6:41 pm It might be a project but I would like to see the AI chose an army that matches up better with the map terrain. More cavalry in open terrain, more mediums/lights in rougher terrain, etc. Probably more of a situation with Medieval than with standard FOG2.

Fangorn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:17 am Hello there, first post, but I've playing this game for years.

One point of this game that I think could use some improvement is the amount of information accessable to the players and LOS is part of this. We have perfect information about the enemy units, the elevation only hide units if it is very high, and we can discern every detail about the unit, to the point we can see where the generals are from the other side of the map.

I believe one of the uses of skirmishers was to hide the units behind them. Also in Cannae Hannibal light troops were ordered to raise as much dust in the air as possible which was later used to help fool the Romans into the trap.

One way to change the game to improve it is to place "?" icons to the enemy units. You can see them, maybe hear them but you need to be close to see more details (you can believe it is a heavy infantry, but maybe it is a medium), when you get closer you can discern which type, but have doubts about its quality or the presence of a general. If the unit is being heard but not seem you can think it is in a place, but it really is in a nearby square. If we have fog conditions, all this is worsened, in plain day light it is easier, but units behind other units are still hard to discern.

I think this idea would really change the game for the better.

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:05 am "Cavalry that stops pursuing if it's attacked by ranged units (especially lights)"

I wonder if the above was ever considered?

I noticed that sometimes, like in a game I'm in now, that if a cavalry (here a Byzantine lancer) broke a unit and keeps pursuing it, it can get pummeled by arrows, yet it often keeps pursuing another turn or two. Wouldn't it make more sense for the cavalry to stop pursuing immediately, and turn on the new attackers? Doesn't seem like a big thing, but also seems more realistic to me, unless I'm missing something.^^

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:08 am

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:05 am "Cavalry that stops pursuing if it's attacked by ranged units (especially lights)"

I wonder if the above was ever considered?

I noticed that sometimes, like in a game I'm in now, that if a cavalry (here a Byzantine lancer) broke a unit and keeps pursuing it, it can get pummeled by arrows, yet it often keeps pursuing another turn or two. Wouldn't it make more sense for the cavalry to stop pursuing immediately, and turn on the new attackers? Doesn't seem like a big thing, but also seems more realistic to me, unless I'm missing something.^^

The idea is that they are too focused on hacking down routers to take any coherent notice of what is going on around them.

We might disagree on whether that is realistic, but we think it is, and have no current plans to change it.

Fangorn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:17 am One way to change the game to improve it is to place "?" icons to the enemy units. You can see them, maybe hear them but you need to be close to see more details (you can believe it is a heavy infantry, but maybe it is a medium), when you get closer you can discern which type, but have doubts about its quality or the presence of a general. If the unit is being heard but not seem you can think it is in a place, but it really is in a nearby square.

Karvon wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 10:27 pm I'd like to be able to save a battlefield and have the option of importing a battlefield in addition to the normal randomized one.

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 7:12 am

Karvon wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 10:27 pm I'd like to be able to save a battlefield and have the option of importing a battlefield in addition to the normal randomized one.

Yes, we would like that too, but it isn't simple to implement.

Do you mean
a) Import a battlefield created in the Editor.
b) Import a previously saved randomly created battlefield.
c) Something else
d) Both
?

Hari72 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:32 pm I hope for a way to skip the enemy replay sequence.