Slitherine

After 10 months away from P&S nnd FoG, came back to the long-long-awaited FoG 2... here are my impressions:

+ OVERALL: amazing indeed! Visually and gameplay-wise, is superb! definetely the new standard for ancient tactical wargames. kudos to Byzantine Games

+ PROs:
* light troops are easier to manage (and ammo limit works)
* skirmishers make much sense now
* group-command is a great treat in the first turns
* pairings are way cleaner now
* beautifully painted miniatures

- MINOR ISSUES:
* the "Replay X%" marker sometimes takes minutes to complete
* no "x2-x4-x16-..." option in the "Replay"
* had some games witrh no Generals in the armies (is this possible?)

++ SUGGESTIONS:
* in-game access to the tournament system
* multi-armies MP games (please!)
* for on-going and finished games, some replay option so we can replay them
* some way to contact your opponent (other than the forums), so we can keep battling (aka. Social functionalities)
* leaderboards
* MP campaigns (yes, campaings are not really much right now, but some kind of strategical MP campaigns)

Thanks!


Take care,

egos wrote: * for on-going and finished games, some replay option so we can replay them
* some way to contact your opponent (other than the forums), so we can keep battling (aka. Social functionalities)

Yes, I'd love to be able to re-play battles.

How do you mean, some way to contact your opponent? Aside from email?

hjc wrote:How do you mean, some way to contact your opponent? Aside from email?

yes, some way to be able to send a message to previously played users so you can play again with them. Right now, after you finish a game you can't keep in-game messaging with the user.

Perhaps an option to add them to your Steam friend-list from within FoG2 should do the trick

egos wrote:

hjc wrote:How do you mean, some way to contact your opponent? Aside from email?

yes, some way to be able to send a message to previously played users so you can play again with them. Right now, after you finish a game you can't keep in-game messaging with the user.

Perhaps an option to add them to your Steam friend-list from within FoG2 should do the trick

Isn't it an idea to make a thread with Steam folks who wants to add each other?

Cablenexus wrote: Isn't it an idea to make a thread with Steam folks who wants to add each other?

indeed! that should patch it. Nevertheless, in-game access to add/delete Steam friends will be nicer

BTW, does it happens to you that when you minimize the game display (WIN+D in Windows 10), you get a double-pointer? (the in-game one and the Windows one)

egos wrote: * had some games witrh no Generals in the armies (is this possible?)

There were two bugs that could cause this in certain very specific situations which did not come to light during beta-testing. These have now be corrected and we hope to issue a patch some-time very soon.

* multi-armies MP games (please!)
* MP campaigns (yes, campaings are not really much right now, but some kind of strategical MP campaigns)

I like these ideas.

Today I finished my first MP game and sadly I was not able to reply to my opponent, please can you add this feature in the future?
Thanks

AlessandroD wrote:Today I finished my first MP game and sadly I was not able to reply to my opponent, please can you add this feature in the future?
Thanks

In the meantime why not send him a PM?

... or when sending your turn, in the "message for your opponent" tell him/her your email address and request a back channel for diplomatic communications

egos wrote: * MP campaigns (yes, campaings are not really much right now, but some kind of strategical MP campaigns)

There are two openings left in the MP Bactrian Empire Campaign, that is just starting: http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 94&t=79937

rbodleyscott wrote:

AlessandroD wrote:Today I finished my first MP game and sadly I was not able to reply to my opponent, please can you add this feature in the future?
Thanks

In the meantime why not send him a PM?

Because I'm stupid and I forget to check the members list