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Divinity: Dragon Commander |OT| The political RTS/TBS/RPG/Action game
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Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Mine does this too no idea why. Everything else works ok, just those cut scenes for the story bits seem to skip.
I've had games where the movies skipped a bit before. Might be something with the codec they used or my version of drivers. If I'm not the only one I'm not going to worry about it. It's annoying but doesn't affect the gameplay.
I might try upgrading drivers later if anything else pops up. Didn't see anything about it on the official forums.
Sir Garbageman
Member
My intro videos skip as well, dont know why.
Wow. I had a rough first battle. I had a 52% chance of victory and it was tough from the get go. I had no idea what I was doing and they secured a neutral set of buildings first. I forgot to generate troops so it just went downhill from there. It's really a RTS lol.
Ended up quitting because I ran out of time. Try number 2 coming up!
Ended up quitting because I ran out of time. Try number 2 coming up!
Dragon form is crazy powerful, with acid blast im able to solo the entire map most times.
Dunno how well this strat will work later in the game, but so far it is stomping the computer. Just starting act 2.
Good luck with that in the larger battles in act 2
Sir Garbageman
Member
I find early expansion is the key to success most of the time. Take whatever troops you have and race to one or two of the nearest sets of nodes (middle of the map is ideal) and set up shop. Make sure to sit on 20 resources so once the countdown ticks down you can fire up dragon form and provide support during this early phase. Chances are you'll be able to easily defend any assault from the enemy with the dragon backing up your fledging army.
At that point build up your army as you see fit, keep an eye on the minimap and slowly expand your territory dwindling your opponents resources.
Playing on normal thats how I've basically approached every battle so far and its been very effective.
Thanks for the advice guys. I'm definitely out of touch with my RTS skills. Will turn down the battle speed a bit and give it another shot. I think half of it was figuring out what my units were and "oh look, I can build something here. What's my resource?" etc etc. By the time I started moving the enemy already had a foothold in the middle of the map. Lol
famousmortimer
Banned
I have seemingly run into a game-stopping bug. Start of act 2 when you
I've reloaded it a few times and it always happens.
Edit: Found the fix... loaded an autosave instead of my most recent manual save. That did the trick.
Choose your wife... I chose the lizard chick. When i got back from a battle we had the ceremony and the queen's quarters opened up. When i go in there and I click on her nothing happens. When i go to the bridge and click on the map it says "Please go talk to the queen in her quarters first."
I've reloaded it a few times and it always happens.
Edit: Found the fix... loaded an autosave instead of my most recent manual save. That did the trick.
Sir Garbageman
Member
I have seemingly run into a game-stopping bug. Start of act 2 when youChoose your wife... I chose the lizard chick. When i got back from a battle we had the ceremony and the queen's quarters opened up. When i go in there and I click on her nothing happens. When i go to the bridge and click on the map it says "Please go talk to the queen in her quarters first."
I've reloaded it a few times and it always happens.
That's terrible. I think the game creates an autosave between chapter transitions so you should be able to roll back to that point at least... :/
famousmortimer
Banned
Now i've run into a new bug right after that one. My next turn on the board brings a battle up... except I can't choose myself or any commander and I can't back out of the screen.
Rebooted and am verifying the game's cache now. There was a 0 byte patch listed as a download overnight... not sure if that has anything to do with anything.
Rebooted and am verifying the game's cache now. There was a 0 byte patch listed as a download overnight... not sure if that has anything to do with anything.
My dragon was unstoppable in act 3. That nuke ability combined with the juggernaut's missile made battles pretty trivial towards the end.Good luck with that in the larger battles in act 2
famousmortimer
Banned
Are you guys replaying your losses or just living with how things shake out? I would assume that would change the balance of the game drastically.
Personally i'm living with them. My army got quite thin for a while in act 1 until I got the hang of it. But much like xcom-ironman, this is how i prefer to play strategy games.
Personally i'm living with them. My army got quite thin for a while in act 1 until I got the hang of it. But much like xcom-ironman, this is how i prefer to play strategy games.
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It depends. In one instance I lost two transports full of units at the start of act 2, that I replayed. But for smaller stuff I try to live with it.
I guess it also depends on how you focus your upgrades -- I spent far more on unit upgrades than dragon abilities so far.
You're able to group the same type of units, or any composition of units, into numbered squads. That should lessen the burden of micromanaging and turn it into a boon.
But it might help if you spend more time in the standard RTS mode and only switch to the Dragon form when you need the edge over the enemy.
It's a bit daunting for everyone at first, but eventually you'll get the hang of it.
You really don't need to micro individual units to be successful. I didn't even bother with anything but shamans for the most part and stomped through most missions.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
You might want to ask the website support that question. Since as you have seen in this thread the game is out. Even the website says Available Now.
Yeah, the first act is almost like an extended tutorial in comparison. Which is understandable, given the many systems they need to introduce -- some people still think the learning curve is too steep.
Basileus777
Member
I finished the single player campaign. This was an enjoyable game, one where the sum is greater than the sum of its whole. No one individual component of the game is particularly great, some such as the RTS aspect have a ton of flaws, but put together they work nicely. Though I admit by the end I was auto-resolving many battles because I had grown tired of the RTS battles. My Lizard wife stayed cold to me until the end, I suppose I should have forced her to go against the law.
Is there any reason to do a story campaign ever again? The custom campaign seems like it just skips the first chapter and gets you right to the meat of the game, but has all the rest of the content you'd want. I hear the undead wife
I hope that's as hilarious as it sounds.
Is there any reason to do a story campaign ever again? The custom campaign seems like it just skips the first chapter and gets you right to the meat of the game, but has all the rest of the content you'd want. I hear the undead wife
can become human or a frankenstein flesh monster,
Sir Garbageman
Member
So custom campaigns contain all the same story elements? Generals, factions, princesses etc?
Basileus777
Member
You pick your princess before the campaign starts. The generals, councilors, decisions, and racial balancing are all there. I'm not sure if Corvus is involved.
famousmortimer
Banned
Hot keys. I think G, for instance, builds grenadiers.
It's hard to compare really, since the Dragon changes the game so much -- you could call it a gamechanger even!
But I'd say in terms of scale and unit counts it's a bit like Supreme Commander, and in terms of resource acquisition mechanics (and their impact on how matches play out) it's a lot like Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War.
By default it's quite fast-paced, but the speed is adjustable.
It initially felt a little StarCraft like to me but I knocked the speed down a touch and it was much more comfortable for me.
Cameron122
Member
This game is incredible.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Any idea whether this title is a sales success for Larian?
Basileus777
Member
I don't think it's well balanced enough for a "pro" scene.
Why ? There isn't any other faction. Every player has the same units, tech etc. There isn't any balancing needed.
Basileus777
Member
Balancing isn't only needed when having different factions. The units themselves need to be balanced, and they are not in this game.
Well, yeah, but that is always a gradual process.
Just stumbled over AngryJoes video review of the game. Dammit, I had completely forgotten about this!
Will buy tonight.
Will buy tonight.
Autoresolve, here I come.
foobarry81
Member
Angry Joe review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOPP4NUGexQ
Dragon Commander gets a Bad Ass label from AJ and a
.
Edit: damn... beaten by seconds.
Dragon Commander gets a Bad Ass label from AJ and a
7/10
Edit: damn... beaten by seconds.
He's one of them youtube personalities/video bloggers.
His enthusiasm behind his videos is infectious and seems genuine. Bit of an L'enfant terrible when it comes to interviews (learned the hard way after getting a verbal smackdown from the Dorito Pope the first time around). Has a good amount of followers, so his review is good PR for this game.
He's also a gaffer by now. Maybe he'll show up here.
His enthusiasm behind his videos is infectious and seems genuine. Bit of an L'enfant terrible when it comes to interviews (learned the hard way after getting a verbal smackdown from the Dorito Pope the first time around). Has a good amount of followers, so his review is good PR for this game.
He's also a gaffer by now. Maybe he'll show up here.
foobarry81
Member
He's one of those internet celebrities. He also did a video preview of Original Sin during the final days of the Kickstarter campaign.