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Xyvik

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Posted in: Beast's
  Xyvik
06-12-2006, 11:01 PM
#12
I don't know about beasts. It could be fun, but it could also look weird. I understand some beasts are really strong, but to send them against a relatively modern army sounds more like cannon fodder then anything else. True, very true. However, ther...  [Read More]
Posted in: Video Card
  Xyvik
06-22-2006, 3:39 PM
#6
Any card you get right now won't be the greatest since even the nvidia 7900 and ATi X1900 cards do not support DX10. DX10 is also an overhyped MicroShaft creation, which will in no way pull of what it claims. A good card for the price is the X1600X...  [Read More]
Posted in: What can these ships be?
  Xyvik
06-01-2006, 3:50 AM
#4
definetely smaller than corvettes. Perhaps they are one of the new fighters? Can't really tell =/...  [Read More]
Posted in: Question regarding Defender
  Xyvik
06-02-2006, 1:33 AM
#23
B-wings were bombers and TIE Defenders filled a space superiority role; it would make sense for the B-Wing to have a higher warhead complement. I thought that was what I remembered from XWA, but I haven't touched that in a while...and I'm a bit biase...  [Read More]
Posted in: Question regarding Defender
  Xyvik
06-01-2006, 2:37 PM
#20
According to X-Wing Alliance, the B-Wing can carry up to 16 concussion missiles or 12 proton torpedoes. I think that's actually equal to what the Defender can carry. Based on the X-Wing series, which I always liked to a certain extent but always tho...  [Read More]
Posted in: Question regarding Defender
  Xyvik
05-30-2006, 10:57 PM
#17
Actually, the idea of it having more firepower then a B-Wing is relative. The Defender had less ion cannons (2) for two more lasers (4) making it a much deadlier anti-fighter craft. However, it did not have the same warhead carrying capabilities then...  [Read More]
Posted in: Question regarding Defender
  Xyvik
05-28-2006, 3:16 PM
#8
According to Star Wars "history", didn't the Empire only have a few dozen Defenders scattered throughout the whole galaxy? If they mass-produced them, the Galactic Civil War could have turned out far differently... I'll be sure to keep that...  [Read More]
Posted in: Question regarding Defender
  Xyvik
05-26-2006, 10:01 PM
#5
I've played all the old TIE fighter games - I remember how much of a nasty ship the Defender was. While we have to keep RTS game balance in mind, I want to make sure that the Defender lives up to it's history :) *breathes a sigh of relief* So glad t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Question regarding Defender
  Xyvik
05-26-2006, 3:23 AM
#1
I am both delighed and a bit worried to hear that the TIE Defender will be making it into the game. My question to the Devs, however, is based on past experience. Both X-Wing Alliance and (obviously) Galactic Battlegrounds made the mistake of making...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things that need to be fixed for this game your ideas
  Xyvik
06-06-2006, 1:58 AM
#79
Uh...you're saying that tactical depth was increased at the expense of strategic depth? Since "strategy" refers to overarching goals and plans (i.e., the Galactic Map), and this is a discussion about land battles, "tactics" are th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things that need to be fixed for this game your ideas
  Xyvik
06-04-2006, 4:10 PM
#71
Fourth Point; I don't really see why people hate the storylines of the Prequels. Albeit, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman cannot act these parts very well, the Storyline is exceptional. I will not be dragged into the same argument that has alr...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things that need to be fixed for this game your ideas
  Xyvik
06-04-2006, 1:42 AM
#66
Landing zones and the resulting pop cap is an excellent way of adding tactical depth to the land battles. At the sacrafice of strategy. But anyway, you missed the point. In a Galactic Conquest mode, yes the idea of a beachhead makes sense, get the t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things that need to be fixed for this game your ideas
  Xyvik
06-03-2006, 2:41 AM
#59
"All is fair in love and war", as the saying goes. And the concept of landing zones is an excellent one, and entirely realistic. Beaches of Normandy, anyone? We're not talking about WW2 where people are limited to ground, sea, or even air-...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things that need to be fixed for this game your ideas
  Xyvik
06-02-2006, 1:41 AM
#53
:lol: For once I agree. It would definitely help to be able to skip that logo. Though it's not that long and call me impatient if you wish, I find it stupid not to be able to skip it. Maybe only "force" it the first time, but after, you sho...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things that need to be fixed for this game your ideas
  Xyvik
06-01-2006, 2:51 PM
#50
I sincerely hope the devs are reading this! In addition to side vs side (empire fighting empire etc.) it would be in the best interests of everybody if there was some way, a shortcut modifier or whatever, to skip past all the logos. Honestly, Petro,...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things that need to be fixed for this game your ideas
  Xyvik
06-01-2006, 4:55 AM
#48
You're right. The name Coruscant was Zahn's creation. The city-planet, not so sure though. Actually, the description of Coruscant in Zahn's Thrawn trilogy does not match the one we see in the prequels. Originally, in Return of the Jedi, a capital pl...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things that need to be fixed for this game your ideas
  Xyvik
05-31-2006, 2:32 PM
#45
Well, back to what needs fixing. The first one is to make every unit invulnerable untill it actually can be used. The skirmish and Galactic Conquest modes can use some fixing as well. I am currently unable to play Empire vs Empire games. So that ne...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things that need to be fixed for this game your ideas
  Xyvik
05-30-2006, 7:07 PM
#40
I hope it's sarcasm. I seriously do. Not in the least. The prequal trilogy did nothing but destroy longly-held EU ideas left and right. And for what? Cheap thrills, "kiddy" movies, and more style-over-substance crap than any other recent m...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things that need to be fixed for this game your ideas
  Xyvik
05-25-2006, 2:18 PM
#29
then we would be turning it into another Galactic Civilizations =/ i think having modding capabilities for our own ships is to complicated for this kind of game... but if there really is a want for customizations... let it be only for heros perhaps....  [Read More]
Posted in: Critical features remain unanswered...(fill the list)
  Xyvik
05-13-2006, 5:31 PM
#16
Starcraft, C&C, Warcraft and similar RTS belong to the spamfest, arcadish, "old-school" RTS. That depends on which WarCraft you are referring to. WC3 doesn't deserve any title of RTS period, so shouldn't even be mentioned in that group...  [Read More]
Posted in: Devs: Give them the darksaber instead please
  Xyvik
05-12-2006, 5:00 AM
#2
I usually don't whine, but giving the Eclipse to these pirates is just ridiculous. How could they fnd a 500 000 + crew to make it operational? WHERE would they build it, as it requires huge shipyards only the Empire have Wouldnt it be better if Tybe...  [Read More]
Posted in: Petroglyph updates their site with Forces of Corruption (Trailer, Previews, Screens)
  Xyvik
05-12-2006, 3:11 PM
#7
This is exactly the case. None of the units in any demo you see are balanced, and most have been exaggerated to show off their functionality, or to speed up a demo. Balance happens once everything is actually in and functional. I was hoping that was...  [Read More]
Posted in: Petroglyph updates their site with Forces of Corruption (Trailer, Previews, Screens)
  Xyvik
05-11-2006, 7:55 PM
#3
Yoda appears a bit too powerful. Don't be going all WC3 crap style on us, Petro. That game didn't deserve the title of "RTS" but deserved to be called a new form of Hero Worship. Heroes are ordinary people who do extraordinary things, not p...  [Read More]
Posted in: Devs please reconsider
  Xyvik
05-11-2006, 9:00 PM
#18
That might be true, but the mediums you mentioned above (Novel, Comic, RPG, etc.) are appropriate to develop characters and races, and a storyline. An RTS simply isn't. Now if this were a RPG, then things would be different because the characters wou...  [Read More]
Posted in: So anyone no any good RTS games comin out in the future?
  Xyvik
10-05-2006, 5:19 PM
#32
I'm saddened that so few are keeping any interest on Supreme Commander. It will finally be a true real time STRATEGY game, not the tactical stuff that WC3 made popular. Medieval 2 I am looking forward to, but that is not an RTS, it is a Turn Based S...  [Read More]
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