<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: chrisdk<br/>
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As to why it is so hard to do anything meaningfull against armor:<br/>
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The designer of the game has posted extensively at <URL url="http://www.boardgamegeek.com">www.boardgamegeek.com</URL> on the topic and how the research shows that ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Binko<br/>
I believe that is true in a general sense. But because Conflict Of Heroes is a much loved boardgame system I think you will find that a large percentage of your core audience will prefer 2D. In other words, the 3D might help sales to those who are ...

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Edit: Not much of an improvement. Most of the time is spent looking at the menu telling me its loading the game, then I get a black screen for 15-20 seconds before the splash screens start firing up. At ...

<t> MSE is the only anti-virus running in the background on my machine. Unless Steam is causing a problem, I can't think of anything else that would be causing a conflict, but I guess I can turn those off and see if it impacts anything.<br/>
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Edit: Not much of an improvement. Most of the time ...

<t> Even since the previous expansion, the game takes a very long time to load from the desktop. As in 2-3 minutes. I was hoping Legends might help, but it does not. To be clear, the game runs fine when it finally does start-up, but 2-3 minutes is a very long time compared to just about every other ...

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Get more information on Distant Worlds – Legends from its official <LINK link="http://matrixgames.com/products/398/details/Distant.Worlds.-.Return.of.the.Shakturi"><s>[link=http://matrixgames.com/products/398/details ...

Not to derail things further, but SOTS2 is NOT a Steamworks game, meaning it will run without it. All they are doing is making Steam the sole provider of updates and patches.

Love the character system! In particular, the part about their skills not being automatically known. Too many strategy games that have characters have abilities known from the start, so its great that we will have to learn who is good and who isn't as we play.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Oberst_Klink<br/>
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Lads... see <URL url="http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2639173&mpage=1"><LINK_TEXT text="tm.asp?m=2639173&mpage=1">http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2639173&mpage=1</LINK_TEXT></URL>?<br/>

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<t> The update broke my install (Error code 200, says my serial number information is wrong - verified that is correct). The support FAQ says to uninstall the game and reinstall but I'm in a similar boat as the OP. I own the game, but can't find the install files anywhere. When I contacted the ...

<t> I let the story play out in my first expansion game and they rolled over me eventually. One thing that sucked was that I was leading an alliance in a full blown war against the dominant power in the game when the Shakturi revealed themselves. While the threat was enough to get the other side to ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: elliotg<br/>
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Some more thoughts about spaceports:<br/>
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Larger spaceports have more docking bays, so if there's a lot of trade at the spaceport then that will help with throughput. Larger spaceports also have more construction yards, allowing you ...

<t> With the expansion I'm back to playing DW a lot and an issue I've never been able to figure out is the whole space port thing. The galactopedia says you should probably have at least one space port in each system where you have a colony, but that seems to be about the extent of the advice on the ...

You can set things so that the AI will recommend mass refits. The only downside is that it recommends them for every ship every time there is an upgrade, meaning you can't tell it only to upgrade certain classes if that is you preference. Those mass generic refits can be expensive.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: MajFrankBurns<br/>
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Well for some strange reason it is $10 less at NWSonline.com but add in the $4 shipping fee and we're back up to only $6 less. I'm still holding out for a $59.99 price who's with me?[:D]
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins<br/>
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Guys, I understand the instinctive reaction to the price and I know it's not going to be within some gaming budgets. Nevertheless, this is what the price needs to be for this kind of wargame to be made and it's worth asking what games you ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Joe 98<br/>
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The Global Financial Crisis should be renamed the North Atlantic Financial crisis. Our banks were better managed and the crisis had only a minor affect here.<br/>
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As a result the AUD has ...

I ended up reinstalling from scratch and it looks like everthing is now working.

Thanks for the suggestions.

<r> Hopefully someone here has some ideas since Matrix has yet to respond to my email request for help.<br/>
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I purchased Forge of Freedom not long after it was released a few years back, choosing the digital option. The game downloaded, installed, and ran just fine. A few years back I ...

<t> In general it seems to me there should be a diplomatic option (or it should be part of one of the existing options) wherein the two sides agree that systems they are already established in are off limits to the other empire as long as the two sides are at least to a certain level of ...