Firaxis, give us some patch gossip!!

[Inverse Icarus]

firaxis is by far one of the most understanding, and giving companies out there. no ones debating that, they take care of their fan base. the problem with firaxis (in my opinion) is that they dont VOCALIZE their struggles to fix the problems we point out. so even if they're fixing it, people are oblivious, and they get louder and more pissed off. firaxis is out there, developing solutions to every little problem you could possibly whine about.

they're just not talkative.

multiplayer.

[Elucidus]

Yeah I have to agree. They don't comunicate it, I guess because if they say they are working on a fix and it isn't in the next patch they think we will sue or something.

[Jaybe]

Firaxis, give us some patch gossip!!

Yes Firaxis, tell us about things that you've been CONSIDERING doing in patch ! We want to hear war-STORIES from the 'patch' room!

If a change/feature was nixed, don't be specific as to who did the hatchet job, just mention that either for gameplay or for coding/sideffect/bug reasons it was cancelled. Keep it in a story format (sort of).

As long as you aren't too specific (e.g., "we are working on for the next update"), you've given yourself an out in case it doesn't make it.

JB

[Elucidus]

Yeah we would be happier anticipating new changes and finding out that some of them didn't make it, but that most of them did. We could have plans ready, but not dependant on the possibilities.

[Dienstag]

In the spirit of the Acadamy Awards, coming up this weekend, let's play a game called Predict the Patch.

vote for your favorite candidates in each of these categories:
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1.) Most likely to be included in upcoming patch:*
o Reworked (i.e. reduced) AI tech trading
o Fixed AI Communism implosion
o Size 1 cities no longer inordinately safe from bombardment

* "Lethal Bombardment" was disqualified from this category, after broke it's non-disclosure contract.

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2.) Most obsure documented changes in upcoming patch:
o "fixed bug with farmland"
o "changed "multi" savegame code to something else, Mwuhahahaha!"
o "diScontInueD the sublimInal meSsaGe prOceDure"
o "no more unexpected asteroid impacts"

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3.) Most popular undocumented changes in upcoming patch:
o Flood plains look 20% less radioactive
o End of game replay now has uncanny parallels, when watched simultaneously with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album
o "Gracious" animations for female leaders revised
o AI diplomacy decisions sent to random number generator to increase combat randomness

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4.) Most Likely to be put off 'til next patch:
o Editor allows aircraft with range > 8
o Firepower
o Warning before culture flips
o Game uninstalls itself after spearmen defeat tank

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5.) Least Likely to be included in upcoming patch:
o Multiplayer scenarios with wonder movies.
o non-Kenny G music
o Musketeer unit's +1 attack bonus changed to +1 cultural bonus
o Everything Vel could ask for in a strategy game

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6.) Most Likely to never happen in a patch:
o Simultaneous turns
o Gradually decreasing amounts of nicotine
o Unit Workshop
o Cylindrical world with squares changed to Icosahedral world with hexagons. That, or a Mobius strip.

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Everyone not from certain counties in Florida is welcome to vote.



edit: Clarified which Dark Side of the Moon I was reffering to, in case it wasn't clear. Categories now numbered, 'cause it's better that way.

[notyoueither]

Excuse me sir, my ballot is dimpled. How are you going to count this?

[Dienstag]

...who said anything about counting?

The winners are irrelevant. My insidious purpose is to see if I can tempt Firaxis to respond and maybe let something slip.

darn...shouldn't have said that.

Well, at least I still have my super-secret other insidious purpose of trying to get Firaxis to offer me a job because of my clever posts.

darn again.....or maybe not....

[notyoueither]

OK. I'll promote your career.

Category 1. Fixed AI Communism implosion

Category 2. You mean there were ever any questions about divinity?

Category 3. You mean the Pink Floyd album? I vote for that.

Category 4. Spearman defeats *blank* results in format of hard drive is definitely unlikely.

Category 5. Well. Vel is a tall order. And pink being cultural is a good idea, so I'd have to say that music by the Clash is least likely.

Category 6. The geometry gibberish. That'll never happen. Are you a Finn?

Did the Democrats have any input on your ballot plans?

[Pius Popprasch]

Originally posted by player1
And, someone would like to use Manuf. Plants before finishing Space Ship.

You can build them if you want.

[player1]

Originally posted by Pius Popprasch
You can build them if you want.

Exept if you want to finish SS as quickly as possibile.
It that case you won't bother to discover Robotic.

[Dienstag]

Are you a Finn?

No, but I'll add that to the list of nationalities I've been accused of being. I'm totally American (i.e. from the USA). Are Finns notorious for advanced geometry, or something? I wasn't aware...

P.S. no Democrats offered any input on the ballot, so I just did the best I could.

[Deornwulf]

I vote early and often....

I resent the implication that none of us in Palm Beach County know how to vote!
My vote is the weaker civs giv me bananas.
So there

[Elucidus]