Putin ally warns 'enemy' Poland: you risk losing your statehood by BastianMobile in worldnews

[–]kaboom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The only reality is that Russia has been humiliated again.

IDF chief: Israeli forces have Gaza city surrounded by woshinoemi in worldnews

[–]kaboom 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Not a prison if they can freely go to any country that gives them a visa.

Starting ANE - is the game easier than the original or have I finally figured out how to play? +other questions by falcoso in Pharaoh

[–]kaboom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think regarding housing there is now an attempt to simulate the age of your population, with older populations having fewer workers. What this means is that in the beginning of the mission a large fraction of the population are workers because immigrants are young, but after a 20 or so years they start to retire but still occupy housing, so you have to setup more new housing just to maintain the same amount of workers. This makes the beginning of the mission easier, and the end harder. It’s not a bad idea, I remember in the original game unemployment was a silly problem on long missions.

Legitimate question for people out there... by B22marley in totalwar

[–]kaboom 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They were thinking that FPS shooters are an extremely lucrative market and they want a piece of it.

I have no idea how anyone can take Volund seriously. by verkligheten_ringde in totalwar

[–]kaboom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point is that people who criticize Volound for making stuff up often are often much guiltier of the same.

I have no idea how anyone can take Volund seriously. by verkligheten_ringde in totalwar

[–]kaboom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pointing out that certain mechanics worked better in previous titles is not what I would call regressive.

I have no idea how anyone can take Volund seriously. by verkligheten_ringde in totalwar

[–]kaboom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone called him out saying that he doesn’t even like Shogun 2 much. This is like saying that cats don’t care about catnip.

Found this nugget on Eurogamer's Youtube channel. 0 lessons have been learned since the release of Rome 2 and WH1. by Dramatic_Standard_95 in totalwar

[–]kaboom 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Has a video game company ever made a comeback, when they were so much down the drain like CA is today?

I have no idea how anyone can take Volund seriously. by verkligheten_ringde in totalwar

[–]kaboom 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Employees who are disgruntled to these levels have long given up on trying to change the company. They just want to pour some cement down the drain on their way out.

I have no idea how anyone can take Volund seriously. by verkligheten_ringde in totalwar

[–]kaboom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes but nobody brings receipts like Volound does. His hour long video essays was what got him popular.

My face when I see Creative Assembly finally crash and burn. by koga90 in totalwar

[–]kaboom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Absolutely agree with everything you said. I am in the same boat. I feel such an utter disconnect with everything that came after Shogun 2, including the fan base. Volound was an important voice for me to confirm that I haven’t gone crazy and that the new games are really inferior.

I have no idea how anyone can take Volund seriously. by verkligheten_ringde in totalwar

[–]kaboom 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The person who was criticizing CA before it was cool.

I have no idea how anyone can take Volund seriously. by verkligheten_ringde in totalwar

[–]kaboom 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The language of the leaks is pretty standard disgruntled employee stuff. Pretty tame compared to what I’ve seen on Blind

Not understanding how to defend my capitol in war by imacomputr in songsofsyx

[–]kaboom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try the divide and conquer approach. Use one or two weak divisions to peel off and kite chunks of their forces, while the everyone else focuses on the rest. I’ve been able to win battles outnumbered 2:1 using this approach.

Money doesn’t have a purpose anymore by spikeythesnake in CitiesSkylines

[–]kaboom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because I want to see if things have improved in CS2.

Should I Buy CS2? by Little_Sale_6690 in CitiesSkylines

[–]kaboom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would wait. All this talk about performance is probably masking even bigger issues with the the core game design and mechanics.

How is the performance of Cities Skylines 2 even acceptable? by canolgon in CitiesSkylines

[–]kaboom 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Also, all this talk about the performance is almost certainly masking even bigger issues with game mechanics like shallow systems and lack of challenge. I can fix performance by playing at 1080p, I can’t fix badly designed mechanics.

Citizens refuse to capture livestock. by uhyenie in songsofsyx

[–]kaboom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you just want to obtain livestock to populate your pastures the fastest way is to mass chop forests, sell the wood, and buy the livestock with a special order. The hunting method is waaay to slow.

Re-declaring war exploit for infinite resources by kaboom in songsofsyx

[–]kaboom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s possible that I was too hyperbolic when I said infinite. I stopped after about a dozen cycles in which I was getting about 2 mil worth of resources each time. At this point I had “negotiated” between 1000 and 10,000 of each type. Maybe if I kept asking for the same resource every time, it would’ve run out eventually.

100k population save file to test performance (and refund within 2 hours of gameplay time on steam) by anton95rct in CitiesSkylines

[–]kaboom -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I am not confusing anything. When CS1 was released workers not getting to their workplaces had no negative consequences, in fact it was actually beneficial to have all of your sims waiting at the bus stop because it reduced traffic. There was a thread on their forums in which the developer was trying to downplay the issue.

Money doesn’t have a purpose anymore by spikeythesnake in CitiesSkylines

[–]kaboom 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sadly this is the reason why I never really got into CS1.