I'll be blunt. I can understand the reasons for not including MP, based on time, budget, or a combination of the two. What is really, and I mean really rubbing me the wrong way is how the information regarding the complete removal of MP was just kind of dribbled out two days before beta. I would not have purchased Elemental without MP, and while that game was a bust I've been patiently waiting for a year as Stardock has stated they would like to make things right. It's not an issue of money for me, it's the fact that I feel that I've been strung along for years now.
If Fallen Enchantress was an attempt to "make things right" with the customer base, it has certainly had the opposite effect for me. I fully acknowledge that, as a TBS gamer who gets the most enjoyment from coop with friends, I'm in the minority. I get that. But I feel I've been lied to and strung along and it's left me more than a little pissed off.
I honestly and sincerely wish the people working on FE the utmost success, but I think I'm done with Stardock. I'm not going to do anything silly like a boycott, it's not that, it's just that I don't feel like I can trust a damn thing they say, so why bother following their game development?
Anyway, this isn't some righteous crusade or anything, I just wanted to make my voice heard. Don't worry, I'll let myself out and make sure the door doesn't collide with my backside. For the majority of people who were only interested in single player, I hope FE turns out to be everything you hoped!
I would just like to pipe in here and say this:I was interested in this game, because the creator of Fall from Heaven was involved in creating it. I was interested because I put more than 1000 hours of gaming time into that mod, and mods of that mod. And more than 50% of my time playing it was in co-op with friends.
I will not be buying Fallen Enchantress till it supports co-op and/or multiplayer. I don't care if it isn't balanced for multiplayer. I don't care if all the features it has aren't available in multiplayer. I am used to making sacrifices to play multiplayer in games like this - hell, I even played the multiplayer for Medieval Total War II, which was solely hotseat multiplayer.
If at some point in the future, this game supports multiplayer, I will probably buy it, as long as I can afford it at the time. I haven't read a single review, or seen the gameplay for this at all - I would buy it solely based off the reputation of Derek Paxton, because I loved what he did with Fall from Heaven, and I would want to see and play with what he does in a different universe. So feel free to send out emails, or otherwise once this game supports multiplayer. Till then, I wish you luck.
In order to have multiplayer (and then PBEM) I would be happy to have battles resolved from AI vs AI.We have AI able to manage an army and than this should be possible.This was the solution used in Dominion 3, a game that still has a large base of players in spite of its age.
multiplayer please
I would love a battle resolution like the one in the old Dominions 3.
PBEM is the way I play with my friends.
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