I am so excited about the work and effort going into a new expansion and so thankful to those in the community gifted enough to make it happen.
I still believe AOC is the by far the best video game ever created. I recall when AOE III came out thinking how all I really needed was another expansion and some new civs.
With some attention to balancing the mods (and there is no perfect right way to do that so at a certain point what will be must be and leave it alone and let it settle) I believe that a whole new wave of excitement can be created to bring back what kkab once called that "new and funny feeling" of AOC. I believe he made that remark when he first tried DM after being an RM player for so long. I took that to mean that cool feeling you get when you are still experimenting and learning how to create because you have raw materials to work with again.
No matter what map you like, adjustments to bonuses will change the nature of the game so significantly that new strats and new ways of mastering the game will again come to light.
I would just like to express my sincere appreciation to all those involved in this effort now in beta testing. What a great ambition and a great goal! Thank you so much!
I still believe AOC is the by far the best video game ever created. I recall when AOE III came out thinking how all I really needed was another expansion and some new civs.
With some attention to balancing the mods (and there is no perfect right way to do that so at a certain point what will be must be and leave it alone and let it settle) I believe that a whole new wave of excitement can be created to bring back what kkab once called that "new and funny feeling" of AOC. I believe he made that remark when he first tried DM after being an RM player for so long. I took that to mean that cool feeling you get when you are still experimenting and learning how to create because you have raw materials to work with again.
No matter what map you like, adjustments to bonuses will change the nature of the game so significantly that new strats and new ways of mastering the game will again come to light.
I would just like to express my sincere appreciation to all those involved in this effort now in beta testing. What a great ambition and a great goal! Thank you so much!