Korndawg -

http://www.tothegame.com/screenshot.asp?screens=10269

and apparently everquest2.com has just been revamped majorly

did anyone here go to this E3 thing?

how did it fare?

/me drools

i really want civ 4 and fallout 3, why did you have to tell me they could come out

now i will be waiting, and the wait will be longer

Can I just cage what difficulties y'all were playing on, for Civ 3? It seems illogical to not like it... ideally Regent/Emperor or above is the only way to play and get a decent game

Also, with the Conquests pack adding a plethora of funkiness, I'm still convinced it's one of the best yet

strength of numbers and experience make a lot of difference - also remember, Marines are normal infantry with the ability to attack cities via transports, nothing more

steel battleship? or steel Ironclad? ironclads are crapola is so, but i can see what you mean if it was a destroyer/battleship/aegis cruiser

Theres your answer right away there is massive changes in Civ 3 - playing it as civ2 will get you nowhere (no offence), but that is the general concensus in the community..

Wonders arent as important, the combat system has had an overhaul (and i will add that in civ 2/civ 2 ToT there were massive problems with jet fighters/tanks etc being lost to spearmen - the combat system is still a little off , but a lot better than it has been. im not doubting your ability at the game Orph, i'm just pointing out some of the most common hurdles people face with this game...

Always annoyed me how privateers could rarely, even on the easiest settings, defeat a pesky trireme. They should make certain techs be undefeatable unless faced with numbers, e.g. a tank should never lose against spears/arrows, unless perhaps there are hundreds of them. Such foolishness.

Anyway, the whole Civ concept is a bit flawed and silly really- something like Alpha Centauri, where it's set in an unbreathable atmosphere and you have to build colonies, makes sense. I hope that they radically overhaul the gameplay of the next because, as fun as the earlier Civs were, I'm tired of 15 years worth of simple "factory building". There should be more of a 'sprawl' rather than discrete population centres, and the factory/movement systems should be changed, along with the military- proper armies would kick ass

well. since you were so inoffensive and all

unless i failed to say, i played civ 3. i win.. i almost always win. i just found the balance annoying.. the combat balance that is... if i am mis-interpreting this.. so be it.. but being ex-military, i don't see how.

the game was only OK.. i so hope for either..

1) a re-institution of the civ 2 value system, with civ 3 graphics, or

2) a total revamp, ignoring 2 or 3 completely..