Lord Ba'al
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I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Jun 6, 2014 6:18:20 GMT
Instead of getting on a boat and sailing around some islands that apparently have nothing to do with the actual game map, your followers could uncover an ancient teleportation device that was buried long ago. Call it a gift of the gods if you like. Going on adventures through the portal they discover new lands on far away planets where unknown challenges await them.
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Post by rubgish on Jun 6, 2014 6:22:33 GMT
Do I perhaps sense some positive-bias towards stargate?  I think a nicer way to do it and still be inkeeping with the advancement level of your people would be to find an old washed up boat, have them drag it back into town & watch them as they take it apart and try and understand how it works (preferably with a couple of failed attempts at boats that you have to rescue people from). Then once they understand how to build a boat properly, you can get them to build a harbour near some water and go on your voyages that way. Bonus effect of this is that it can be used to tease interactions with other, unknown peoples (i.e. go and find where that ship came from). |
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Lord Ba'al
Supreme Deity
Posts: 6,260
Pledge level: Half a Partner
I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Jun 6, 2014 6:31:55 GMT
Yes that could work but then the islands you discover should be part of the actual game map otherwise it still doesn't make much sense to me. Also these ideas are not mutually exclusive.  |
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Post by rubgish on Jun 6, 2014 6:41:31 GMT
I think both islands on your map & islands not on the map would be sensible. Having your followers discover/explore new land rather than waiting for timers is obviously a vast improvement, but it'd also be pretty cool to be able to go and visit temporary islands that have a challenge of some sort to complete, for example a volcano is exploding on the island (dynamic water == dynamic lava instead), and you've got to sculpt the land to ensure the flow doesn't hit the native's village.
Basically challenges as per what I posted as my ideas on voyages a long time ago. I'd go find the post but i've got an exam to go to in ~30 mins so I haven't quite got the time ^^
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Lord Ba'al
Supreme Deity
Posts: 6,260
Pledge level: Half a Partner
I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Jun 6, 2014 6:52:59 GMT
Good luck on your exam. |
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Post by engarde on Jun 6, 2014 8:07:37 GMT
Think how much delight PM will have trying to figure out if he should make your stargates a mounting point for additional stickers...
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Post by Qetesh on Jun 6, 2014 11:06:36 GMT
They have time portals in the future expansion pack of the Sims. I would think that Godus would not want that far advanced technology until the player has earned that "age".
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Post by hardly on Jun 6, 2014 12:00:28 GMT
They have time portals in the future expansion pack of the Sims. I would think that Godus would not want that far advanced technology until the player has earned that "age". By "earned" do you mean paid for? |
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Post by engarde on Jun 6, 2014 12:01:21 GMT
Obviously the traditional meaning, as in earnings...
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Post by rubgish on Jun 6, 2014 12:28:19 GMT
Good luck on your exam. Cheers! Exam went pretty well, all done with exam period now so I'll probably be posting a few more things on here than during the past few weeks. |
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Post by banned on Jun 7, 2014 2:22:11 GMT
"new in godus, Stargates. travel to new realms and experience unusual environments.
new in godus store, hire a Tau'ri platoon to defend it against incursion by alien parasites infecting your followers. 1200 gems. duration 24hours."
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Post by Qetesh on Jun 7, 2014 14:30:44 GMT
"new in godus, Stargates. travel to new realms and experience unusual environments. new in godus store, hire a Tau'ri platoon to defend it against incursion by alien parasites infecting your followers. 1200 gems. duration 24hours." TBH, I would not have a problem as long as you could choose whether to have that alien incursion or not. Wow and Sims and plenty of others have stores but they have superficial items, avatars, and events that you can choose to buy, but the gameplay is fine if you choose not to. Godus could have been a great game if it was designed to be fun to play without nary ever a gem or sticker, but still had a superficial only store. Hell, if they had, I might have even spent some money on a cool alien incursion, platinmum temple or wacky God power. |
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Post by banned on Jun 10, 2014 0:18:18 GMT
"a superficial only store. Hell, if they had, I might have even spent some money on a cool alien incursion, platinmum temple or wacky God power. " I begged. Honestly begged Peter to do this, promising to buy everything they put in the store if only. |
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Post by Qetesh on Jun 10, 2014 14:37:47 GMT
"a superficial only store. Hell, if they had, I might have even spent some money on a cool alien incursion, platinmum temple or wacky God power. " I begged. Honestly begged Peter to do this, promising to buy everything they put in the store if only. I don't get it all. It is not like EA is hurting for money. Ours is not to wonder why, ours is but to do or die......seems to be how PM looks at the players. |
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World Stroking Simulator 2014™
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Oh hey, Godus, that was a thing. Yeah. *shakes head*
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Post by World Stroking Simulator 2014™ on Jun 11, 2014 14:18:28 GMT
Godus: Spore expansion pack - coming this summer!
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