Thoughts on 1.60 beta patch

[operating]

Kirk,

Found this French hex in England, have to think it is mislabeled...

Bob

[operating]

In case anybody is interested: increasing labs from 4 to 5 in a Research category with a multiple of at least 4 techs in the tree, will result in advancing those techs 1 turn.

[Cataphract88]

ORIGINAL: operating

Kirk,

Found this French hex in England, have to think it is mislabeled...

Bob

Operating,

Or else there is a little corner of England that is forever France! [:)]

[operating]

Why not a Spainish hex in Ireland for the "Black Irish"?[:)]

[operating]

This is one of my favorite SS:

Admiral Sarek and myself are battling it out till the very end, of which is near after capturing Washington, it's the crowning achievement to a hard fought match. Going this far into a match (95 turns) still keeps the learning light on. Initially the Admiral was able to fend off landings and mercilessly sink or damage transports and fleets, I was beginning to have doubts an invasion was going to work, even gave it thought to turn my Armada around to set sail back to Europe, but time was of the essence. Learned in this 1.60 beta the existence of American Commanders (3 generals, 2 admirals, I think and at least 1 air commander), which was sorry and lacking in previous patches/versions and grateful to know that Kirk and likely Johnny Bravo made it possible for them to be in this game.. What has even been more delightful: "That NO fatal CTDs killed the game in progress", a huge improvement over past experiences. Another learned feature is: The American's ability to build planes, which was nonexistent before. I absolutely love how well the 1.60 beta patch has performed!

[Hellfirejet]

I'm like you in that I'm pretty happy with the 1.60 Beta patch stability, in that I have had zero crashes to desktop during game play, the only think that bothers me is the time it is taking to get this released officially, I really stopped working on this thing in November last year, it is now mid February and zilch happening, in my eyes this is an unnecessary delay, added to that I have had no contact from the powers at bee since before xmas, and I'm not amused.[:-]

[operating]

ORIGINAL: kirk23

I'm like you in that I'm pretty happy with the 1.60 Beta patch stability, in that I have had zero crashes to desktop during game play, the only think that bothers me is the time it is taking to get this released officially, I really stopped working on this thing in November last year, it is now mid February and zilch happening, in my eyes this is an unnecessary delay, added to that I have had no contact from the powers at bee since before xmas, and I'm not amused.[:-]

Do know one thing: "Redirect Count: 3426" has been growing at a pretty good pace the last few months, a decent measure to attribute to your work. The PR you have had with the membership, I think has been invaluable, whereas, some of the others of "Your Team", only post NEWS CLIPPINGS.[>:]

[operating]

By mistake I have bought ammo for countries that have no use for ammo, it would be another thing if I could give that ammo to another country that uses it, however in MP the mistake cannot be reversed.

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The Admiral finally surrendered on his turn. To give him a full picture of what the invasion force looked liked and where his last 2 subs had to face, attached this SS. Philadelphia was his last and only city left to fall. He and I have 2 other matches that are still ongoing 38 and 42 turns at the moment, don't expect the CP one to get as far as this and the other one I got to play as Entente.. If the tables were turned on this 98 turn match, I would have fought him down to the "Bitter End", there were lessons to be learned for the both of us in this match. GOOD GAME! Congratulations Admiral Sarek!

[AdmiralSarek]

I lost to counters, it looks so much better with the nice pictures.

I learned a lot in this game, also gives rise to a lot of suggestions to improving the game mechanics, but that can wait until after the next patch release.

[operating]

One of the features of this patch, that no one has commented on is: The uniformity of individual commander's Zone of Influence! "All" commanders get a 2 hex radius of influence beyond the owning commander's hex, whereas before, it was a hodge-podge of influence from 1 to 3 hexes of influence. The latest game improvement IMHO is one of the best made for this game. An example shown in the SS below:

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Also, what is not getting much attention: In prior versions if you upgraded a "unmoved" damaged/low strength unit first, "then" it would cost you more (penalty) PP than usual to increase the strength of the same unit second (on the same turn), unless you increased the strength first, then did the upgrade. "Now", it does not make a difference to which (upgrade or strength) task is done first, without paying a penalty for doing so.

An example: If a class I, 7 strength garrison was upgraded to a class II (industrial warfare tech) first (in prior versions), then used 1 PP to increase strength, the 7 strength garrison would only increase to a 9 strength instead of to a 10 strength, however if you increased strength first with 1 PP the garrison would go from 7 to a 10 strength, afterwards upgrade would be at it's normal cost.

I'll recheck the results to be absolutely sure....

[operating]

Rechecked the results of my previous post and proved myself "WRONG". There has been no change to the order that repair and upgrading "should" be done. Below SS will demonstrate what I am talking about. If a player is not paying attention to this stuff, it could cost them unnecessary PP expenses unwittingly.

In this first SS you will notice 1 PP will add 3 strength points to the garrison

[operating]

ORIGINAL: operating

Rechecked the results of my previous post and proved myself "WRONG". There has been no change to the order that repair and upgrading "should" be done. Below SS will demonstrate what I am talking about. If a player is not paying attention to this stuff, it could cost them unnecessary PP expenses unwittingly.

In this first SS you will notice 1 PP will add 3 strength points to the garrison

This second SS will show 1 PP will add 3 strength points to the nearby infantry

[operating]

Third SS Garrison upgrade costs 2 PP (industrial warfare), is the same for infantry unit, this can be done even after a unit moves

[operating]

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Third SS Garrison upgrade costs 2 PP (industrial warfare), is the same for infantry unit, this can be done even after a unit moves

Fourth SS infantry upgrade

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Fifth SS shows garrison has been upgraded first, but now the 1 PP for increasing strength only allows an increase of 2, whereas, the infantry has "not" been upgraded first instead it had 1 PP used to increase it's strength first, which brought it to a 10

[operating]

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Fifth SS shows garrison has been upgraded first, but now the 1 PP for increasing strength only allows an increase of 2, whereas, the infantry has "not" been upgraded first instead it had 1 PP used to increase it's strength first, which brought it to a 10

In this last SS the infantry is at a 10 strength, plus now it can get upgraded "without losing" a strength point like the garrison did, because of the order in doing the tasks. To some this might seem like small potatoes, but if done incorrectly constantly, it could mean the difference between winning or losing the game, misusing your PP.

[chemkid]

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[operating]

Here is another problem with the CTGW MP lobby: Can't "claim" a long dead MP match off the MP Lobby list, "without reaching for the gods" for help. Once in awhile someone initiates a match, plays 1 turn, then for some unknown reason never responds. It's annoying, and should be able to be cleaned up by the players themselves (click the task is done). Personally I would surrender to just get rid of the match, Bu-u-u-t-ttt, the match cannot continue to the next turn for me to do so, it's so lame and should be corrected.. example SS below: