Brace yourself for the Galactic War has come!

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by siefer101, May 22, 2014.

  1. scathis

    scathis Arbiter of Awesome Uber Alumni

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    zaphodx Post Master General

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    I'll probably be streaming it tonight :)
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    tohron Active Member

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    It's true that 96 metal per T2 mex was OP, but here's the thing: Uber corrected that fairly quickly as soon as it was tested by the community. Likewise, if Galactic War turns out to be lacking a few things, I'm sure that community feedback will be able to improve it.
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    optimi Well-Known Member

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    ANNOUNCER!
    NEW UI STUFF!
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  6. bradaz85

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    Why does the game have to completely change when one forum member cries about it?
    I for one like the sound of what is to come!
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    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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  8. Heizmeister

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    Just read the article and watched the gameplay video... so AWESOME!!
    cant wait for it to be distributed to us patiently waiting players.
    thx Uber!!
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  9. thetrophysystem

    thetrophysystem Post Master General

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    It is a single player. Why can't a single player metagame be like "Risk" or "Game of Life"? Generally, I am just excited at a more longterm game mode. I am suprised their third itinerant of Galactic War was created so fast. I guess they were serious about putting some labor into that.
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    I'm getting ready for my appointment now, so expect the switch to flip any second!
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    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    It's not just a single player experience. Or at least it wasn't supposed to be.

    But apparently a bunch of stuff got lost in translation.

    We'll see.
  12. popededi

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    I assume they didn't throw the earlier ones away completely. The rules and gampleay mechanics perhaps, but stuff like the UI and art and such probably stayed, so those didn't need re-doing.
  13. scathis

    scathis Arbiter of Awesome Uber Alumni

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    This is the single player Galactic War.

    Multiplayer will come later.
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  14. thetrophysystem

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    Woah woah woah. Remember the last Vanguard Newsletter? I know not everyone reads it, I don't expect everyone to. However, it did say that "Singleplayer Galactic War" was coming first, as it is practically the "Campaign Mode" that this game relies on. "Multiplayer Galactic War" which is something like boneyards or something, basically a clan bracket sort of metagame between multi players over multi games, is entirely different and coming later.
    Yes, thank you Scathis. I was wondering what Brian was talking about :)
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    Sorry Scathis, we all want everything now. ^^
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    mered4 Post Master General

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    Come on Scathis. The latest T2 balance sort of did wig all of us out. (it still does). You guys did things you initially said you were against. You did a good job of explaining your reasoning though.

    Slack needs to be cut.
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    Just to clarify even further Scathis, if I may ask here, is the boneyards style or whatever it is Multiplayer Galactic War still being designed? I know there really is no telling on timelines, just wondering if Galactic War or Ladders or anything like that is coming? I personally find PAStats acceptable for the time being, even though it's still not official so it still not the real deal for the game.
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    Well I always imagined that there would be something to differentiate the Galactic War, like individual objectives for matches, or special stipulations/conditions.
    I don't know where this info is for "cards" and such, (is it on that german language link?), but I imagine this will have a similar effect and as long as it isn't microtransaction reliant I will be happy with the result. Again, let's wait and see how it is implemented first. And again, I'm sure it will be customisable so that you don't have to have these features active if you don't want.
    Have faith, Brian, it would be a shame to see you abandon the game because of these developments :)
  19. scathis

    scathis Arbiter of Awesome Uber Alumni

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    Things change.
    Iterations happen.
    Assumptions you initially have prove out to be better or worse than you planned.
    You normally don't see this stuff because it happens behind closed doors.

    This is how game development happens.
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    I'm happy with the decision you guys made with this. Giving a game like this a good learning curve is absolutely essential, and I think GW will give new players the chance to ease themselves into PA.
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