UPDATED : Answers To Community [29/01/2010] | Forums

[Malkael]

Interesting . Should be no shortage of defensive emplacements, production buildings and such then.

[Ashen-Shugar1]

Originally posted by Inquisitor_Zeal:


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Will AT guns have a range bonus when placed on hills?
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> If you watched our gameplay videos you may have noticed that when selecting a unit, you see a surrounding halo representing its visual field. Finding the good spot for your troops is important; and indeed AT guns placed on a hill benefit from larger field of vision. The environment is definitely a parameter you have to take into account. But beware: exposing your units to get a larger visual field may also be riskier.

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Finally a game that does this!

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WIC does this unless I'm reading it wrong. You can move your tanks and snipers etc to the top of hills to get further better LOS and LOF

[RawKryptonite]

Good stuff! Looking forward to more info.
Would still like to know if the game will offer a replay function like EndWar did, so you can save and record on your own flying around to soak up the eye candy.

[N3V30]

Originally posted by Ashen-Shugar1:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Inquisitor_Zeal:


<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">
Will AT guns have a range bonus when placed on hills?
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> If you watched our gameplay videos you may have noticed that when selecting a unit, you see a surrounding halo representing its visual field. Finding the good spot for your troops is important; and indeed AT guns placed on a hill benefit from larger field of vision. The environment is definitely a parameter you have to take into account. But beware: exposing your units to get a larger visual field may also be riskier.

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Finally a game that does this!

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WIC does this unless I'm reading it wrong. You can move your tanks and snipers etc to the top of hills to get further better LOS and LOF </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Age of Empires 2 did this. They also got damage bonuses...Not that it was very noticable, but still.

[TheVoice777]

Sounds cool, But I really hope that in the open the infintry will be abled to be wiped out easaly...not like C&C were you need to shoot like 3-4times before you kill a single man...and hopefully it will not be like Blitzkrieg were a bunch of infintry will be able to disable or destroy a entire tank column in the open...

[Paradox0823]

The "Age" concept is interesting to me, but i hope that the entire game doesn't just depend on it

[Yerox]

The game's main purpose is to offer a very strategic game. It's more about the control of information than the control of technologies, so I wouldn't be too worried about that paradox

[bruce57]

yay answers!

that anti-tank thing excites me, as does the infantry question! thanks wuzzi

[Inquisitor_Zeal]

Originally posted by Ubi_Wuzzi:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Wow. My guess was actually really close to how the years/ tech tree would work

So true. Exactly what I was thinking when reading your thoughts a while ago. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

You were reading my thought Wuzzi's a Telepath!

And N3V, ya it really does sound like the time periods i guess in AoE.

And with the Ranges being increased and stuff when on hills, i dont remember them giving you a bonus for it in WiC but its possible i didnt play it for very long.

[ImperialDane]

Or perhaps he's just reading your secret diary ?