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ORIGINAL: Handbanana

Iiigh.. can barely CONTAIN MYSELF!! This is bigger for me than Cyberpunk ever was!! I need this

Beware the hype. Maybe the AI in DW2 will also be dumb as f*** and crash into planets, stations, and everything.

Hehe, I'm kinda expecting it to be. Even though I could run circles around the DW1 AI and had to compensate with extreme difficulty settings and 'house rules' I still had a blast of a time just because of the mere complexities of the game itself. THats what i expect from DW2. A deep game that will engage me even though I find ways to abuse the AI. Kinda like Total War Warhammer 2 if anyone is familiar with Legendary diff on that game- were cheese is almost the only way to win.

I love that we now have an announcement for the announcement of the date for the announcement for the launch of the beta. This is what nagging for any kind of information will get you [:D]

Do note the lack of year attached to January

But I joke, you have us at the edge of our seats Erik

ORIGINAL: Kingah

I love that we now have an announcement for the announcement of the date for the announcement for the launch of the beta. This is what nagging for any kind of information will get you [:D]

Let's hope the tiny morsel of info we get is slightly less tiny than the last one. [;)]

I check every few hours now to see if there's any change xD

Jan 26th on twitch will be the big reveal as per new info.[8D]

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4945556

Beat me to it..... just saw it on their instagram feed too! 12pm EST/9AMPST/5PMGMT on their twitch channel.

ORIGINAL: SirHoraceHarkness

Jan 26th on twitch will be the big reveal as per new info.[8D]

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4945556

^^^ [8D]

As a long time player, am I the only one feeling hopeful but a little nervous?

I've played DW into the ground and I hope DW2 isn't just DW-3D.

ORIGINAL: Retreat1970

As a long time player, am I the only one feeling hopeful but a little nervous?

I've played DW into the ground and I hope DW2 isn't just DW-3D.

I've played it forever too and with nearly every mutation of options I could think of that would be enjoyable. But there is much in DWU that to me is still unfinished or just plain broken like characters and AI along with the plethora of other nags everyone has so that if all they do is fix it all up and present it in a modern package I would be happy. Of course new stuff is nice too but sometimes change just for the sake of change ends up being a poor gaming experience as many other strategy games have found out over the decades. But if they can get it right then sure pour it on. We will know soon enough I suppose!

ORIGINAL: Retreat1970

As a long time player, am I the only one feeling hopeful but a little nervous?

I've played DW into the ground and I hope DW2 isn't just DW-3D.

Been around since day 1 and DW caught my imagination. I like Elliot's vision e.g private/state dynamic and the living universe and I feel positive overall - but agree, it would be good to see some new features. For me, this would be the development of planet surface/ground assault but appreciate everyone has their own preferences with this.

New stuff is always risky. At least updated, actually working properly previous stuff will be tried and true. Maybe extended/deeper previous stuff that works properly.

I just hope there's more depth in modding, for example AI and how they treat ranges and general tactics and options.

Someone mentioned the problem with AI - Well thanks to modding and Icemania this mod was able to fix most of that:

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3647528

Hopefully they've made it so what they can't cover/fix/do properly etc, can be done via modding.

ORIGINAL: Webbco
Been around since day 1 and DW caught my imagination. I like Elliot's vision e.g private/state dynamic and the living universe and I feel positive overall - but agree, it would be good to see some new features. For me, this would be the development of planet surface/ground assault but appreciate everyone has their own preferences with this.

Yep. I've been playing around with Shadow Empire lately and I wanted to write a post about just that: the future of ground assault and planetary governance, especially since all that stuff is Matrix Games. But obviously I'm holding on to see what we'll have in DW2 first.

ORIGINAL: SirHoraceHarkness

just plain broken like characters

Characters are awesome. Leave them alone or I'll black hole-beam you to the end of the universe.

ORIGINAL: Retreat1970

As a long time player, am I the only one feeling hopeful but a little nervous?

I've played DW into the ground and I hope DW2 isn't just DW-3D.

While I can't rule out any nervousness whatsoever, I'm more confident about DW2 than most games. Some reasons:

1. I don't know who their alpha testers are, but at least some of them must be people who loved DW1, and many of those people would have a keen interest in making sure DW2 turns out well (because they want to play it).
2. There was an immense amount of really good feedback on DW1 from players.
3. Stellaris has been released, which took many features from DW1 and improved upon them. It also had features that definitely did not improve on DW1. Hopefully, Matrix will have regard to the features Stellaris got right and wrong.
4. Matrix is still something of a niche developer. They have their own vision for what they want, and how to get there, and they don't seem to get blown about in the wind by fotm.
5. Finally, my fingers are crossed, which must count for something, right.

Please don't burst my bubble!

PS Does anyone have any ideas about the best way to suck up to Matrix to get picked for the beta
(Probably just screwed up my own chances!)

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

ORIGINAL: SirHoraceHarkness

Jan 26th on twitch will be the big reveal as per new info.[8D]

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4945556

^^^ [8D]

Worth a try....

Hmmm...

ORIGINAL: Miletkir

ORIGINAL: SirHoraceHarkness

just plain broken like characters

Characters are awesome. Leave them alone or I'll black hole-beam you to the end of the universe.

Yes characters are awesome but as implemented in the game they are not very useful. You either have to manually edit them on a per game basis to not completely suck or edit up the starting scripts so that your starter characters are useful. Much fun can be had with them by giving say the boskara a leader with 100% population growth bonus and a colony ship building bonus so they really do spread like a swarm of insects and give them a starting admiral or three with a bonus to hyperspace speed so their early fleets can go farther setting them up for an early boost to empire growth. I've also made nightmare level characters for the 'evil' races with all the possible bonus I can to turn then into near unstoppable juggernauts. Some really good brutal fun can be had on a small map vs a single AI with a huge stack of max bonused characters.

Apparently if Characters and Races don't have overpowered bonuses, then they're straight up broken.

TIL