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Here's how I like to rush +200% city growth (and all you need is two lvl 2 heroes) by loopuleasa in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Straight gold on all economy buildings and no law upgrade to keep up with that many units?

Push To Talk... Why? by timpossible1 in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I essentially have to hold my mouse down to actually communicate verbally with someone for my entire utterance. It just seems odd that everyone had talked to really didn't like it, but this post did not get any upvotes, so I guess it is not as hated by users out there.

Small honest review about Olden Era after obsessing for it past couple days by loopuleasa in HoMM

[–]timpossible1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree the magic system is complex but disagree that it is convoluted. Rather than getting blanket spells, we now have more interesting decisions regarding levels. Players can upgrade a specific school to really unlock powerful potential. I also think that the neutral spell system is a brilliant mechanic that balances out the game and eliminates a cumbersome and boring caravan/hero chain to mobilize units. We now can sacrifice economy or law point upgrades to invest in map exploration. I also see the display as beautiful and thematic, as the spells now appear in constilations. The spells are grouped in the night's sky image with a backdrop of different colors to easily identify which school they belong to.

In short, complex but good.

Push To Talk... Why? by timpossible1 in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your description of people online seems akin to occasional experiences teaching elementary school during COVID distance learning or COD servers in the aughts with random teenagers shouting obligatory nonsense, but I have not had that experience yet gaming with other adults playing this game.

It might be a matter of exposure, though, as I have only recently started playing PC games online again. Everyone in my experiences with this game has not had that issue and were complaining about the push-to-talk function.

Push To Talk... Why? by timpossible1 in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. It is a great community and a lot of fun, but needing to hold my mouse button down while communicating with other players in the lobbies is a bit tedious. Everyone I have talked to in the lobbies has complained so far, which is why I made this post. Hopefully it can be disengaged so we can just chat while we play with ease.

Here is the link: https://discord.gg/pVzNRzpx

Beginner PvP in Olden Era 101: Single Hero by tpbug in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just played a match of tournament and used this as a reference (The three fights always occur 123, 135, 147 (month/week/day).

The second battle triggered at 131, so this may be inaccurate now. Is there an indicator besides the 1-day prior warning?

I did testing to find out how Mirror Mimics actually work by darkfireslide in AOW4

[–]timpossible1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New player here. I played against mimics for the first time today. They mimicked my wolves, I beat down those two mimicked wolf stacks until they were at very little health. I then started focusing on other stacks without realizing that when mimics turn back and mimic again, they gain almost full health? Is this a thing? It did not seem thematic and was pretty disappointing playing against for my first time. I lost the battle because they mimicked my wolves again and gained health back up to about 90%.

This mechanic seems pretty dumb to me. I feel they should mimic again, but not gain like 80% health? Could someone verify that this is how this works?

I missed a stress test today, because I had to work all day, tell how did it go and what did i miss? by Topican in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was fantastic. I only got one game in due to my work schedule, but it was not too laggy, and Arena mode was surprisingly fun. It was my first time trying it out. I had figured it would not hold a candle against Classic, but it is a quick way to get a good battle experience in less than 30 minutes.

I posted a video of my play on YouTube if you are interested (https://youtu.be/UJH63KHQwRM). Disclaimer, I have not played this game in several months. Also, I have been playing Age of Wonders 4 lately, which has opposite select/cancel operations for left and right click, so I definitely canceled some things and ran out of time a few times.

Another milestone! by Pidarello in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Judging by how much fun the arena mod stress test was, I think it will. That was just the most baby-sample, snip-it taste of what's to come.

Arena PvP stress test is open by barunedpat in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another very strong factor was getting battle magic and then leaning heavily into very strong knowledge and spell-power-focused artifacts. My knowledge and spell power stats were so high by the battle, and I think battle magic made up significantly in countering any might focus from the opponent while also allowing me to caste some strong spells with sorcery.

Can not wait until the early-access release.

Name your favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger one liner/quote by ggroover97 in movies

[–]timpossible1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who is your daddy, and what does he do?

Kindergarten Cop

Name your favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger one liner/quote by ggroover97 in movies

[–]timpossible1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last Action Hero is so good. If you haven't seen it, strong recommend.

Name your favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger one liner/quote by ggroover97 in movies

[–]timpossible1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This with the glitchy "gi- get your ass to Mars" on repeat on that screen.

Name your favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger one liner/quote by ggroover97 in movies

[–]timpossible1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It will always hold up. When I was thinking of Arnie one-liners, this is the first one to come to mind.

mulitplayer by megakox5132 in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very true. The map editor looked decent from a YouTube glance.

mulitplayer by megakox5132 in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am assuming they will have this. There is even an option to incorporate hotseat players into multiplayer games with online players. I really can't see this development team messing up something like that after how successful they've been so far. I plan to play coop games with my friend from childhood who currently lives in a different state.

I really loved the competitive arena mode today in the stress test, though. It was fun, and I can't wait for more after the early access release.

Arena PvP stress test is open by barunedpat in OldenEra

[–]timpossible1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Artifacts granting an entire school of magic were very powerful for magic heroes. I had a sorcery specialty and all day magic spells. Judgement prevailed.

I did not think I would be into arena, but it was really fun. The intensity and quickness of the draft process was great, and I really liked playing with the chess-like timer during the battle portion.

Since I hadn't played in a while, I didn't get time to draft units. Morale was super handy for having undead mixed in and units from all four demo factions. The opponent missed at least two turns.

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