Ask Apolyton Anything About Rise Of Nations

[Carver]

Originally posted by MarkG
bombing is rather deadly already(you can level a city in less than a minute, air defence will be crucial)

Awesome. But hurry up and get to the nukes. I believe they can damage cities but not destroy them. What do they do to units in cities or in the open?

[MarkG]

I believe they can damage cities but not destroy them.

will check
bombers do the same. they destroy building but can only "reduce" a city to a minimum health level. then you have to send in the infantry to fight out the citizens inside the city

[tniem]

Markos,

When in diplomacy mode is it a series of click options that you make? Or do you need to enter amounts of tribute by keyboard?

How does pop limits for units work? How many pop units does it cost per unit? Is it expensive off the get go?

How easy is it to defend early in the game? Without walls, are your cities exposed to armies early on? How hard is defending your cities?

How easy is it to build a significant army quickly? How easy will rushing be? Can large armies be built overnight?

How exactly does science work in this game? Is it one national tax that funds research or is it individual buildings? How expensive is it to fund? How quickly does research take?

I am sure I will come up with more questions based on your responses. And of course there will be more questions that I think of later on but that should give you a nice start.



edited for spelling, if only we could get a spell check

[MarkG]

When in diplomacy mode is it a series of click options that you make? Or do you need to enter amounts of tribute by keyboard?

you have a diplomacy screen to make proposals. i'll post a screen later today

How does pop limits for units work? How many pop units does it cost per unit? Is it expensive off the get go?

units and citizens count together in a single pop limit. the pop limit is raised through tech. some units require more than one pop units

How easy is it to defend early in the game? Without walls, are your cities exposed to armies early on? How hard is defending your cities?

you can build fortresses which will defend your territory and are hard to be destroyed. you'll have to keep an army on standby for your defence at all times

How easy is it to build a significant army quickly? How easy will rushing be? Can large armies be built overnight?

well if you have several buildings of the same type...

How exactly does science work in this game? Is it one national tax that funds research or is it individual buildings? How expensive is it to fund? How quickly does research take?

you have a "knowledge" resource. knowlege is "gathered" in universities(limit of one building per city) which can carry up to 7 scholars(they require some gold but not any big ammounts to be created). in the game setup you have a choice on how expensive you wont research to be. research can take up to a minute(new age)

examples of some cheats please?

place buildings, units, and such stuff....

[tniem]

Originally posted by MarkG
i'll post a screen later today

Thanks Markos.

you can build fortresses which will defend your territory and are hard to be destroyed. you'll have to keep an army on standby for your defence at all times

Do fortresses fire arrows at troops? Do you garrison your army in these buildings? Does the computer AI go straight for the fortresses first? In attacks on cities will we need to attack fortresses first? Are they central to being able to take over an empire?

well if you have several buildings of the same type...

How much is early game buildings cost? Units? Is it comparable to other RTS (the ones that you have given at least a few minutes to)?

you have a "knowledge" resource. knowlege is "gathered" in universities(limit of one building per city) which can carry up to 7 scholars(they require some gold but not any big ammounts to be created). in the game setup you have a choice on how expensive you wont research to be. research can take up to a minute(new age)

When can you first build universities? Is there a building right off the start that you can use to research? These research points that you collect, do you then spend them whenever you want research? Or do you select what to research and they do that?

Once something is reseached, i.e. flying, how much does it cost before that technology can be used on the battle field? How much does it cost to upgrade?

[MarkG]

Do fortresses fire arrows at troops? Do you garrison your army in these buildings? Does the computer AI go straight for the fortresses first? In attacks on cities will we need to attack fortresses first? Are they central to being able to take over an empire?

yes. yes. not really. you'd better. it's the AI's first defence so...

Is it comparable to other RTS

cant really say

When can you first build universities?

very early once you reach the classical age(in the first 3-4 minutes)

These research points that you collect, do you then spend them whenever you want research?

yes

Once something is reseached, i.e. flying, how much does it cost before that technology can be used on the battle field?

most of the time you have to research an upgrade(which doesnt cost much in comparison to the main tech) in the related building

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Main_Brain
What...
are the German City Names? :=)

From an Africanophile (is that a word? ) like me, that inevitably leads to the follow-up question: could you post the African city/leader names? So those of the Bantu, Nubians and Egyptians (in order of importance)...

[Starspangled]

Does RoN have a "general" for the sky?

You know like Air Force One or something.

[Carver]

Originally posted by Locutus

From an Africanophile (is that a word? ) like me, that inevitably leads to the follow-up question: could you post the African city/leader names? So those of the Bantu, Nubians and Egyptians (in order of importance)...

For Nubia, there are alot of genuine names they could come up with if they do they research... OTOH, I wouldn't be suprised if they just looked at a map of Sudan.

As far as the Bantu, the Bantu are such a large umbrella group they could pick names from practically anywhere. Although, I think central African peoples are the ones usually referred to as Bantu. Historical names from the Congos, Angola, Gabon and Zambia would do nicely.

[MarkG]

Does RoN have a "general" for the sky?

nope

[The diplomat]

MarKG: does your beta anything about the "conquer the world" mode? If, so, what is it like? Is it good?

[MarkG]

the mode is not enabled in the beta...

[theponyguy1]

How many population spaces does one infantry (actually three) take up? How much population does the two people machine gun take up? How much population does a tank take up? And how much population does a bomber take up? Are there B-2 stealth bombers in the modern age, or are they only in the information age?

[Viking Berserk]

testing

[Viking Berserk]

1: Are the borders dynamic?
2: Are the zooming in 3d?
3: Can I play custom scenarios online?
4: Can I edit "Conquer the World"?
5: Will there be a unit editor?
6: When is the demo coming?
7: Can I edit the city-names in scenarios?