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don_komandorr
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posted March 01, 2013 11:34 AM |
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Hobbit
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posted March 01, 2013 11:42 AM |
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Edited by Hobbit at 11:49, 01 Mar 2013.
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Ivan
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posted March 01, 2013 12:09 PM |
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Awesome! The new Pyromaniac generator is soo good! And to think that you'll actually be able to implement these into the game... truly outstanding, well done 
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DarkDXZ
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posted March 01, 2013 07:36 PM |
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You know what would be awesome? (but is in no way needed)
If you could remake the original towns that way - but that's more a trivia long-term idea, since Forge is a definite priority atm.
That being said, great job!
I've been wondering about Forge creatures' abilities - because they clearly had to had a fair deal of their own, unique abilities (most obvious being that most of the Forge creatures are unliving/undead, but that goes for Juggernauts and maybe Cyber Zombies, since most of the known Forge creatures are actually living creatures from other towns with hi-tech equipment)
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Storm-Giant
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On the Other Side!
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posted March 01, 2013 11:57 PM |
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They look great, guess they'll look also great in-game sprites 
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Hobbit
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posted March 02, 2013 02:01 AM |
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I've been wondering about Forge creatures' abilities
If I remember correctly the goblins would have the shooting range of 1/4 instead of standard 1/2... but that's all what I know. Also, it can be outdated.
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don_komandorr
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posted March 02, 2013 04:23 AM |
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^ yes, it's an old but stil actual idea. Yhet have a huge damage but 1/4 penalty that makes them kinda short-range shooters.
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DarkDXZ
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posted March 02, 2013 03:57 PM |
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So do we know what JVC's e-mail address is?
(worst case scenario - I won't get any reply whatsoever...which is, to say, the most likely scenario, but whatever - it's not like I am phoning Barack Obama here...)
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"If I can't determine whether people are trolling or not within a moment's notice I will just start flailing with this chainaxe without any particular aim besides general slaughter." - Adrius
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DarkDXZ
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posted March 02, 2013 05:03 PM |
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Quote:
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I've been wondering about Forge creatures' abilities
If I remember correctly the goblins would have the shooting range of 1/4 instead of standard 1/2... but that's all what I know. Also, it can be outdated.
5 damage + 1/4 range?
(which means they can one-shot regular Goblins in their effective range, which honestly seems alright, ever since Kastore could one-shot Goblins in the ending cinematic in MM7 - not saying that this is something we should base Forge on, but that's a big part of what we've got)
Speaking of that cinematic, maybe we/HotA Crew could base Forge's theme on the theme from it?
Not 100% copy, but giving it a similar theme seems like a good idea.
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"If I can't determine whether people are trolling or not within a moment's notice I will just start flailing with this chainaxe without any particular aim besides general slaughter." - Adrius
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Hobbit
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posted March 02, 2013 05:32 PM |
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Definitely something dynamic would work very well.
Also - it isn't the final version of the Forge town screen, is it? 
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OxFEA
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feanor on DF2.ru
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posted March 02, 2013 06:07 PM |
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Also - it isn't the final version of the Forge town screen, is it?
No.
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Warmonger
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posted March 02, 2013 06:17 PM |
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The screenshot above has nice lighting and feel, but the style is incosistent. Rough, rusted structures don't go well with glass buildings and clean, white electrical light.
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DarkDXZ
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posted March 02, 2013 06:40 PM |
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The screenshot above has nice lighting and feel, but the style is incosistent. Rough, rusted structures don't go well with glass buildings and clean, white electrical light.
Clean buildings are civilian (who appreciate them being so), while those rough ones are military (first of all they're dwellings, and second of all, troops don't really care about that).
So IMHO that makes perfect sense.
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"If I can't determine whether people are trolling or not within a moment's notice I will just start flailing with this chainaxe without any particular aim besides general slaughter." - Adrius
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DarkDXZ
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posted March 02, 2013 06:57 PM |
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Edited by DarkDXZ at 19:21, 02 Mar 2013.
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Now that I am thinking about this, wouldn't it be a good (or bad) idea if Forge's Blacksmith (it's a Forgeception in Polish, since Blacksmith in Polish is named "Kužnia", which happens to be the *speculated* Polish name of the Forge as well) could produce all the regular War Machines, as opposed to one, but brand new?
Lazy? Maybe.
But it makes sense for such a hi-tech faction to be able to make more than just one of them.
Either all, or two of them - (more likely the Tent and Ballista).
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Also, I know what Forge seems to be missing in all its genuine reconstructions - the shipyard.
I know it's not THE most important part, since you rarely get the opportunity to build one, but it STILL is an innate part of every town - Forge included.
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"If I can't determine whether people are trolling or not within a moment's notice I will just start flailing with this chainaxe without any particular aim besides general slaughter." - Adrius
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Hobbit
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posted March 02, 2013 08:17 PM |
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Edited by Hobbit at 20:21, 02 Mar 2013.
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Before AB only 3 out of 8 towns had any shipyard. With Conflux and Cove - it's 5 out of 10.
About war machine - only cannon or ammo cart fit there. And I'd go with the second one.
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DarkDXZ
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posted March 02, 2013 08:38 PM |
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What in the love of all made me think that all towns have a shipyard?
Honestly a shipyard would make more sense in Rampart than Necro, for some odd reason, but whatever...
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"If I can't determine whether people are trolling or not within a moment's notice I will just start flailing with this chainaxe without any particular aim besides general slaughter." - Adrius
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don_komandorr
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posted March 03, 2013 05:21 AM |
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Dont speculate about this screenshot. It's outdated now since Forge will get brand new town screen from the scratch. Well, all those 3d models were screaming about it.
and capitol will be redisigned. Nobody likes it's glassy look.
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DarkDXZ
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posted March 03, 2013 11:20 AM |
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Well, I do, but that aside...
I for one wonder whether or not NWC still has the original Armageddon's Blade campaign files.
It probably wouldn't work, due to, well, the Forge itself and associated creatures and dwellings, but also heroes (like Kastore), but hey - the storyline would be more important than the content, imho.
If Greg Fulton said (in his interview) that "all but one maps for the campaign were finished", we could be able to integrate MM and HoMM, someway.
(Words fail me!)
TL;DR (it's not that L, tho): We need to retrieve the original AB campaign.
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"If I can't determine whether people are trolling or not within a moment's notice I will just start flailing with this chainaxe without any particular aim besides general slaughter." - Adrius
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Ivan
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posted March 03, 2013 04:59 PM |
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Well, getting the original AB campaign storyline would be awesome, but how do we reach Greg Fulton or Jon Van Caneghem?
Also, one more vote against the Capitol change. Why change it? It's beautiful Art Deco, reminiscent of Edificio El Moro in Mexico.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edificio_El_Moro_2010.JPG
Your designs are great and you may be able to come up with something better, it's just that there's really nothing wrong with the original.
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DarkDXZ
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posted March 03, 2013 05:48 PM |
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Edited by DarkDXZ at 18:10, 03 Mar 2013.
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Well, getting the original AB campaign storyline would be awesome, but how do we reach Greg Fulton or Jon Van Caneghem?
Also, one more vote against the Capitol change. Why change it? It's beautiful Art Deco, reminiscent of Edificio El Moro in Mexico.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edificio_El_Moro_2010.JPG
Your designs are great and you may be able to come up with something better, it's just that there's really nothing wrong with the original.
At first I thought about simply e-mail, but God knows what's his actual e-mail address - and even if, it's much less likely for us to get an answer back. (although since they were getting all those emails after announcing Forge there's got to be one)
Let's see who we have a potential to get anything useful from, so to speak:
Jon Van Caneghem & Greg Fulton - self-explanatory. They were the main developers of the Forge.
Paul Anthony Romero, Steve Baca & Rob King - composers. (are those 5 tracks seriously Paul's work?)
Phelan Sykes - we've got most of her work, I suppose - the town background. (although God knows if she has any more concept art in her portfolio - speaking of which is here - no Forge art in there, sadly, but hey, worth a visit.)
I do realize that there probably are more related NWC employees that were involved in Forge's creation (there are probably even among us, who knows), but I'd say that they are the most "crucial" of the group.
I wish we manage to develop time travel at some point... (I doubt that THIS would be the first thing to use it for, but hey - a man can dream.)
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"If I can't determine whether people are trolling or not within a moment's notice I will just start flailing with this chainaxe without any particular aim besides general slaughter." - Adrius
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