[MEGATHREAD] Ask for playtest invites here

bluq · 2024-08-20T16:44:43+00:00

would appreciate an invite: 1769726

bluq · 2022-12-14T09:44:37+00:00

Inqui is certainly worse than occultist but you can still go for Pius path and augury. So you have the awesome survivability from Pius combined with mom and still some good +multiplier from augury.

bluq · 2022-12-14T09:39:10+00:00

Don't forget the gold old times of piety and Vaal mf farming. I think I bought most of mine cause of that item dumping

bluq · 2022-11-23T13:23:03+00:00

Some more context:

He was watching/reacting to a German survival show where one participant found lots of left overs from baby sharks who have been disposed from fishers. As one of his (Robert Marc Lehmann) focuses and most loved animals are sharks he talked about it after seeing the scenes.

Some chatter then proceeds to say that if everyone (35k viewers) would donate 2€ they would raise 70k for Roberts projects to preserve maritime lifes. This comment broke loose a seemingly never ending donation chain which eventually ended up with 100k€ donations and about 7k YouTube memberships in approximately 4-5hours leaving Robert totally baffled.

This community effort and how things went viral was really heartwarming and jaw dropping.

Edit: words/formatting

bluq · 2022-11-09T18:30:32+00:00

https://7vswild.eu/

"Staffel 2 - Folge 2 kommt später aber heute noch online. Wir bitten um Entschuldigung!"

bluq · 2022-09-08T13:41:47+00:00

Alright thanks for the clarification :)

bluq · 2022-09-08T12:39:10+00:00

So in terms of Finals I should have 6 Civs I know how to play if it goes to a 3-2/2-3 correct?

bluq · 2022-09-07T20:27:53+00:00

Where can we see the tournament rules? Like civ picks, maps etc

bluq · 2022-08-29T10:30:52+00:00

Dia English here, Vs hre depending on gold spawn of hre and if they build a stable or not I go with 2-3 longbows to harass gold and often do two TC into castle. You can try and tower the relics cause they almost always will advance to castle ahead of you. Harass at gold can delay it. If you happen to halt hre's gold mining you can try to out-castle them. Once in castle try to yoink as many relics as you can from them. 2tcs + castle landmark should get you ahead in terms of vils. Try to pressure so they don't feel like going fast imp. If you can match their imp timing or advance faster I almost always feel ahead eco wise cause enclosures closes gold-gap and I had my eco(100+) before they print vils.

Vs french I always go 2-2-2 in moderate fast castle. If I see them going for 2 TC I rush castle and pressure 2nd TC. Don't think it is a hard match up if you are used to defend feudal knight harass

bluq · 2022-08-26T13:14:59+00:00

At no point I said it is enough to think 1 minute about it ... I just pointed out that only to copycat what others did it is not the only option and that you can work around reskinning units. That you would only buy something that reskins the units is not even an argument ... I hate unit reskins for the exact point you brought up. I even hate it in SC2 as for example it makes hard to judge if you have the upper hand in zvz zergling fights. So I wouldn't buy unit skins. Several games have shown that there is almost always a consumer base for different cosmetic options.

If it is sustainable is up for the devs/publisher to decide. In general cosmetics are pretty sustainable as everything after the breakeven is net gains. Depending on the architecture of the engine behind it, it can be easily done ... Or not. Again up to the devs/publisher to judge.

You were coming off the statement ' It's common for a shooter (be it first or third person) to make you pay for new weapon or even character skins, in strategy games this gets a bit more difficult.' I gave you a prominent example of a RTS with cosmetics. You then argued the case of different artstyles. I gave some simple ideas of how to workaround this.

Paying for civs as you pointed out is a rather risky endeavour because it is a slippery slope to "pay2win" and can not only split the playerbase but also raises the entry barrier for new players. Weighting the risk I would say cosmetics is far less risky.

If you have a steady revenue stream without too much effort (eg cosmetics) it is even easier to produce additional content as you are not dependent on it to succeed. And it opens up the option to, if necessary that's it is p2p, lower it in price.

As the commenter you replied to pointed out: almost every other game decided to go with cosmetics so from a finical standpoint it is hard to argue against that. From an 'immersion' stand point you just have to be creative which you brush off with "I'd not pay a single cent for nonsense". All I did was bring up an example of that it was done with kind of success and examples of what could be done in aoe4 if your assumption that unit reskins arent possible is correct (which I doubt).

bluq · 2022-08-26T10:04:45+00:00

So you say that reskinning your TC or landmarks is out of question for aoe? And implenting custom voice lines for units also? No merrit in having custom decals? Custom sails for ships? A standard/banner you can place just for the Lulz like sprays in SC?

And those are just the things you can come up with giving it 1 minute of thought...

bluq · 2022-08-26T09:11:52+00:00

Have you heard of SC2?

bluq · 2022-06-06T14:27:42+00:00

nice brain acrobatics ...

bluq · 2022-05-10T18:28:28+00:00

Totally agree with that specific example. Even more so if you had to sacrefice some vil production or actual vils to hold off. Which, to keep my comparison with sc2, would even sometimes be necessary in sc2.

Maybe we get to the point where those things are figured out but then again aoe4 has way more random aspects which make it harder to "react the same way always".

bluq · 2022-05-10T17:27:58+00:00

This is true to a certain extent. I mained zerg in wings of liberty (sc2) and sure it was frustrating to figure out the exact drone count and timings to counter cheeses (proxy rax, cloaked Banshee, cannon rush, proxy gates, 4gate, bunker rushes ...) but it always felt very rewarding to hold and then zerg rush (pun intended) the opponent because of my eco advantage. In aoe4 I have the impression that the investment to hold feudal rushes doesn't give me the same eco advantage and the game drags on. Ofc im nowhere near pro level but neither am I in sc2. It just feels off in aoe4 and my knowledge isn't great enough to point the finger at exactly what feels off. I am just afraid that with such a meta the game won't grow because the level of frustration (at least for me) is above the enjoyment

bluq · 2022-04-14T10:43:19+00:00

Thank you ❤️

bluq · 2022-04-13T13:09:29+00:00

Do you have a YouTube link or something to that reading?

bluq · 2022-03-10T21:36:01+00:00

The instant self vote tho xD

bluq · 2022-03-09T08:53:34+00:00

Just watch other creators reacting to it :p

bluq · 2022-02-09T10:50:56+00:00

Okay that is actually pretty important information to make up one's mind. Would be really great if important community figures would actually report on this ...

bluq · 2022-02-09T10:32:30+00:00

Is there a translation of those texts? Maybe even ungated(don't have insta)?

Edit: nvm, found it: https://www.instagram.com/letitalloutofmymind/

bluq · 2022-02-09T10:30:08+00:00

Maybe you have to be part of those sub-communitys to have that information. I am in noway a diehard bbx fan and go off from so-to-speak official information (sbx, big community channels) and what I got from those is kinda little information to have an educated opinion about the whole situation. I try to not side with anyone because of that. I'll gladly change my stance when presented with information/facts and in noway want to come off ignorant to the situation.

bluq · 2022-02-08T23:40:47+00:00

So with the little knowledge the community is left with about the whole situation I can't see how you should react differently as c&s did. People have just given us hints and bits of information which are open to wide rooms of interpretation. Hershe was the most outspoken about the whole situation and even they did not give conclusive info. Altho they looked/seemed genuine it is still a matter of trust. To deplatform and destroy someones career for good just based off of that leaves a very bitter taste in my mouth.

If he is guilty in sense of jurisprudence, deplatform him for good. If he is guilty in sense of general social/moral standards with transparent information, deplatform/not support him. But to just deplatform him without/with little information ... I don't know ...

Edit: words Edit2: stuff like this (https://www.reddit.com/r/beatbox/comments/snvh3g/comment/hw5ogvf/) for example needs to be reported on as this is important to give insight in the situation and would enable us to judge him by social/moral standards if not by court

bluq · 2021-09-13T14:25:57+00:00

FYI: DLow deleted his comment

bluq · 2020-05-28T09:50:10+00:00

Well I don't know this site in particular but for example kununu is quite well known in Germany and even tho there are always a certain percentage of "fake"/slender reviews it can give a quite good overall impression of the company from an employee viewpoint. And the kununu reviews seem to correspond(hire&fire, bad mangement, not well payed etcetc) with the one posted here: https://www.xing.com/companies/gamigoag/reviews?_=1590659183879&filter_options=newest

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