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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
This is actually pretty neat. It feels a little odd to be adventuring on kind of a personal scale while you get into these tactical map battles, but the devs aren't afraid to have fun with things which is always a plus in my book.

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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Do simple enough enemies, like, willingly group up for easier explosions?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Plants often overlook the many important roles plant-eaters play in their continued livelihood.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Interacting with quest coupons is pretty fun, yeah.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
So what kind of unit replenishment does an extra 1000 gold of looting buy you?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Let's help Baron Norge. No telling what a ghost is going to do when he realizes that's not his son on the throne...

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Everybody keeps talking about de'Virre. We'll either find his body or he'll be the end boss.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
So what do you do with all the points in skill trees you don't use much? Can you actually buy up a couple abilities in those trees or are they all spent on incidental costs to get abilities in your main tree?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
"The barbarians didn't want your treaty so I decided to kill them."

Is there anybody who'd be happy to hear that?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Maybe nobody can actually tell it from a dragon reinforcement wearing a particularly ill-fitting necklace?

Anyhow, good job that artist.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I like that they're making neat plot use of the item-guardian mechanic.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Heh, the swamp's got horrid thunderclouds over it. That's a nice touch, but unless this game is super-small they're probably going to run out of interesting things to do with map clouds.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I'm willing to give Argus at least a little credit for wanting the love potion for himself. Unless that's something else Bill Gilbert talked him into.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Aw, please tell me you didn't kill the friendly zombie for good. He can't help his taste in food.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Let the paladin die. It's not like anybody's going to make him into a skellington.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I can appreciate them wanting to get the boss fights resolved without whatever crazy rage powers to worry about balancing for.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
It's an education listening to you explain strategy and such.

I like that pretty much every unit has at least a little something to make it unique, like that sweep attack.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I don't know why "Bob Devis" as a name strikes me as so funny, when neither "Bob" nor "Devis" really do it for me.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I'm curious about how exactly that devilfish fear ability works. You're just asking to get slaughtered if you point it at something strong, after all.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I like that the pacifist path doesn't particularly endear you to the pirates.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Bill Gilbert's really up to some shady doings. I hope the King doesn't find out! ...or maybe that the King doesn't care? That might work too.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Interesting custom, these pirates. How many pirates can you hire for even 1000 gold?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
It's a completely organic way to make ropes. Ropes! The mariner's best friend, or at least cool uncle.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Just out of curiosity, what classes of recruits have we seen so far?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry

Gully Foyle posted:

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by 'classes' here.

Demons, elves, that sort of thing. Or aren't they classified like that?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Oh, so winning the pirate queen's hand in marriage was just part of the critical path?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
"Ruin Guy"? I think I saw them in Color Splash, they were just Shy Guys in grey robes and stone masks.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Occasionally I forget that we're just in the business of treasure searching, and then, hey presto, it's a treasure so huge we can only search it.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Yeah, that brings up a question - are the enemies always going to start out bunched together in the backline, or do they start spreading out as the game progresses?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
The ice ball looks like an interesting unit. I like those kind of... almost, trap units?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
How long do battles usually last by this point? Seems like two one-shot powers would get you most of the way through one.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
A mirror match is a pretty big challenge in this game. I imagine you can't just leave most of your troops behind to make it easy on yourself?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Huh. All these Dwarf buffs. How many dwarf units do you have access to by now?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Does every powerful item have its own hangups that way, or only the real heavy hitters?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Oof, backstabbed by human treachery at the worst time. Poor dwarves.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I like that the game automatically sets up Horsemen to charge. Does it do that with the ice ball too, or does that only move in one direction a turn?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
...well, poo poo. I wonder if someone's going to try to tip Mr. Bill Gilbert into the chest?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Whoof. Swapping any two units in a tactical context is murder. Is it any two units? Like, can you zoom a fast unit into the enemy lines and then swap in a tank, if you've got a demoness working for you?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Dang, how long does night last when you're there? I don't remember you doing a lot of night fighting.

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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Diogenes probably would live in a whale if he could get away with it. Dude was a wild card.

So magic item morale will recover naturally over time? Or will you just have two hard fights once the morale drains?

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