http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/ AtlantisDev Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:40:48 GMT Jorge Garciasevilla López http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8610 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8610 Hi Enno... You give some great ideas and hope that a new better game comes out. I love PBEM games. ... FYI there's a running game of Olympia TAG at Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:47:52 GMT Piotr X http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8609 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8609 Hi! ... I found your post most interesting and even stored it on my hard drive in case of a internet meltdown. It reflected many things I observed in Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:47:37 GMT Arno Saxena http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8608 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8608 ... Hash: SHA1 I have played Olympia just about a year ago. I like the stacking feature too. I think the big difference between Olympia and Atlantis in this Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:42:28 GMT Stephen Baillie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8607 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8607 ... Memory is a funny thing :-) ... Well, going back over the points from your other post: Movement: In A4 walking, riding / sailing, and flying all have Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:43:37 GMT Enno Rehling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8606 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8606 I have only ever played Olympia for two turns, but I read the rules a decade ago, and I'm probably still remembering some of it subconsciously. Like the Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:07:04 GMT Stephen Baillie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8605 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8605 ... Having read both your posts I can say definitively that I would play such a game. The reason I can say that so confidently is that I already have played Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:17:15 GMT Enno Rehling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8604 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8604 Writing that rant earlier today gave me a lot to think about. So, here are a couple of pretty wild ideas: I hate the micro-management, and having to give each Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:39:05 GMT Enno Rehling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8603 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8603 Hi, as most of you on this list probably know, some weeks ago I started a game of Atlantis 1.0 (aka A1) for research purposes. It's been going for 10 turns Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:52:38 GMT Stephen Baillie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8602 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8602 ... This is now in code. There's a new gamedef parameter, UNDEATH_CONTAGION, which is the percentage chance for soldiers of type IT_MAN slain by soldiers of Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:46:34 GMT Rob Rodgers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8601 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8601 Without getting into too much detail, the best way to balance is to have each path be differentiated enough that not everyone chooses only one, and each gives Thu, 30 May 2013 15:28:34 GMT Jorge Garciasevilla López http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8600 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8600 ... Just thinking about Zombie movies, it would be great if some % of the converted zombies (just the Undead units) would rise up and join their ranks in the Thu, 30 May 2013 15:22:40 GMT Jorge Garciasevilla López http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8599 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8599 ... I think that the easiest way to do it, would be that after the the undead attack, to check % for the units killed and add them to a list. do this after Thu, 30 May 2013 04:27:20 GMT Stephen Baillie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8598 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8598 ... I'm thinking a bit more about this, and I'm not sure when exactly things slain by undead should return to life. During combat seems too powerful, but if Wed, 22 May 2013 03:08:53 GMT Stephen Baillie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8597 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8597 ... Good point. Although dragons and liches can be safely harvested forever at the moment (and balrogs can currently too, if you do it right). This wouldn't Tue, 21 May 2013 23:57:57 GMT Jorge Garciasevilla López http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8596 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantisdev/message/8596 Another possible tweak, admittedly more related to making trade ... Yes!!! I love this idea!!! How about having a more powerful version of some spells if you