War of the Ring - ROTK(obi)

[kobayashi]

I'm just waiting for Arthedain to give the green light for his second run. Then we'll be on our way.

[Arthedain]

D**n, now u made me feel bad for not playing the scen 24/7.

[curtsibling]

Looking forward to this one!

[kobayashi]

Originally posted by curtsibling
Looking forward to this one!

Say, what ever happened to the interview?

[Elensar]

Is this still in testing?

It sounds too good to wait for.

[Arthedain]

Here are my notes so far. Boy is the scen much harder this time around.

[curtsibling]

Originally posted by kobayashi


Say, what ever happened to the interview?

I sent it to you, and that was the last I heard of it!

If you wish me to send the text again, I can...

[kobayashi]

I sent you the answers about three dyas after you prompted me the last time. Maybe its a glitch with my internet service provider. I'll send it to you again soon - but I'll take the opportunity to revise it a bit, I was a bit rushed the first time.

[kobayashi]

Arthedain,

Unless you're almost done, I'm inclined to release the scenario this weekend and then maybe issue a patch later on for fixes and adjustments.

[Arthedain]

Then u should definatly release it. As you said you can always make another patch. I think more should be able to enjoy this one.

[Boco]

Would a patch address some of Arthedain's questions/comments about the timing of the campaign in West Rohan?

[Elensar]

Alright, I admit it. I (for the time being) give up.

On one hand: Beautiful graphics (though some seem better than others, they're all beautiful and Middle-Earthy). Great work.

The Rangers are a tiny bit too weak (or is it just a flaw in the Civilization 2 engine)...they'll damage a unit quite badly, then suddenly take enough hits to put them in the yellow or die. Its either superbly calculated to make the player's life hell, or a bug (in the game, not the scenario).

But hey. Generally seems to be as good a balance as we'll ever get, though the West is a little too hopeless (it may fit the reality behind the books but not quite the events, your mileage may vary).

Still, glad to have downloaded it, and planning to borrow ideas and graphics. : ) With permission, of course.

[Arthedain]

My main issue with the scen is just what Boco said. Isengard gets too strong too quickly. It must be challenging, but I was merely talking about the realistic part, since Isengard attacked Helm's Deep (in huge numbers, even surrounding it) even before the fellowship was out of Moria. As soon as Iot out, I knew I had to sacrifice the hobbits trying to rush heroes to the Deep. Otherwise, I just love the scen.

I'm a map freak and I usually love accurate maps, but there's something about this map. It's bigger where the combat is, and smaller where there's not much action, and that I like. Sometimes, even for me, playability maps > accurate maps, but just sometime, like in this case.

[kobayashi]

Originally posted by Elensar
Its either superbly calculated to make the player's life hell...

yep that's the idea...for the rangers and the scenario as a whole. As you guessed, I wanted to capture the 'desperate fight for survival' and 'back from the brink of defeat' flavour of the books. In fact in some ways the release version is harder than the beta for Rohan because I found I could hold out indefinitely at Helm's Deep in earlier versions.

Having said that, it's difficult but definitely not impossible. I did wait till I played to the end myself before releasing it and I an by no means a good player. They are certain key strategies Men of the West need to employ in order for survival. I won't discuss them here as I don't want to spoil it for people like Agricola.

In any case guys, I'm hoping for every one to post their comments in the other thread as the title of this thread uses the old name of LOTOR.

[kobayashi]

Originally posted by Arthedain
The orc with the "?".. It should be Willam Keenan's sig. "WK" or something like that.

did you mean the small orc?