posted February 16, 2001 07:03

quote: Originally posted by cyclotron7 on 02-16-2001 12:45 AM Does anyone else actually understand this? Myself, I haven't the foggiest notion of what this means. So... does this mean I can choose to have paratroopers require only iron working? I can make a phalanx x2 vs. air units? Does all this go for your scenario builder, or the game itself? How could you possibly hope to balance any of this if its all up to the whims of the players? Does anybody out there get this post, and if they do, could they enlighten me!?!?

I think its like any other product. They provide it as fit for its intended use. If you then do the equivalent of add a dozen chrome wing mirrors and put bicycle wheels on your car, then its not their fault when it doesn't corner properly and gets you laughed at! They balance the vanilla game, produce an AI that does its best to win under all circumstances and some documentation on the customisation tools. You are responsible for making sure you don't make any mistakes with your customisation. If you produce a valid unit that the AI does not understand how to handle properly, they have a problem. If you produce a unit that just unbalances gameplay its your fault.

	posted February 16, 2001 10:26

quote: Originally posted by cyclotron7 on 02-16-2001 12:45 AM DanM: "You will absolutely be able to create your own units. You will have the flexibility to do practically anything you want with them: you can give them whatever tech prereqs you want, name them whatever you want, fiddle with their abilities, and *lots* more. Does anyone else actually understand this? Myself, I haven't the foggiest notion of what this means. So... does this mean I can choose to have paratroopers require only iron working? I can make a phalanx x2 vs. air units? Does all this go for your scenario builder, or the game itself? How could you possibly hope to balance any of this if its all up to the whims of the players? Does anybody out there get this post, and if they do, could they enlighten me!?!?

There will be tools to let you tweak the units, from simple skill adjustments to graphical representation. These tools can be used to create a full-blown scenario, or they can be used to just tweak the game to your liking.

Dan
Firaxis Games, Inc.

	posted February 16, 2001 10:59

quote: Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS on 02-16-2001 10:26 AM There will be tools to let you tweak the units, from simple skill adjustments to graphical representation. These tools can be used to create a full-blown scenario, or they can be used to just tweak the game to your liking. Dan Firaxis Games, Inc.

Thank you Dan, this is exactly what most of us understood from your previous posts.

	posted February 16, 2001 20:33

quote: Originally posted by Roman on 02-16-2001 10:59 AM Thank you Dan, this is exactly what most of us understood from your previous posts.

Ecchh... "most of us"... this post is so devoid of detail I still don't know anything more about Civ3... Is this because you haven't made any of this yet, and this is just "some thinkin'", or is this a new sales strategy? I for one would like some more concrete details, if at all possible...

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	posted February 20, 2001 03:34

Gary