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OK, thanks.

When you try to remind a late player, and it comes up with the message

Player cannot be reached
(no google account on that device)

does that mean they have uninstalled the game and left?

Good work Aral. We could probably do with the profanity filter brought into game names too (unless it's been added recently) , sometimes we see rude words there.

Results are in from the group stage

Grp A
1 AndySensei
2 3M
3 PaulS
4 Stratego

Grp B
1 Aral
2 Foxy
3 Friedrich
4 Goose

(other groups still ongoing - change of personnel in Grp C, SonofGod replaced Inbreak who unfortunately vanished)

I wonder if it should be removed from TC though. Tough call - on the one hand, it's stats really are brilliant (essentially Master Skirmisher with extra hp and dbl attack), on the other hand, flavourwise it is a great representation of the hit and run tactics synonymous with the Celts - a load of t...

Nice addition - Kern isn't available in the Celtic Roundhouse though

Might not be the best place, but since it's already been brought up I feel inclined to speak in defence of wagons. Changing how they work would really effect the attacking dynamic. I agree that this is an issue... ability to summon something without leaving wagons. For example ability to summon wolv...

That's the one I mean, Advanced Legion Command is there in game in my Roman Garrison but not in the upgrade shop.

And I've noticed a little oddity with War Canoes - they only allow a unit to embark /disembark when they are on a tile that supports land and water units, eg bridge or TC

Nice, some interesting additions. There were some freebies in that pack I think - Battlements, Legion Training 2, Ace Cav and Posthouse weren't available to buy in the upgrade tree, but they all appear as they should in game.

Then what you've drawn above is fine. I was only using the abominable stairs because that's all we currently got on the smaller scale. Perhaps remove it from ME then?

Yeah, I've tried obstd on cliffs, it does odd things.

What you propose here is a heresy. Or maybe - do you like cubism? That's exactly my point - look at the top squares of the slopes https://ibb.co/rGVKCBS When using it south to north you cannot make it blend in to other grounds because top tile is hardwired in as cliffground, so it can't even be use...

That sketch is exactly like existing horizontal slopes if accounting for huge cliffs height. no, existing slopes are 3x3, I was thinking of a rotation of the 1x3 cliff ground multi-tile, so 3x1 or 2x1 depending on what looks best, but 2x1 in my mind - 1 tile to break the cliff line, the 2nd to land...

Diagonal stairs are even worse. Yeah, true, I guess diagonal slope is impossible south to north (unless keeping the 2x3 configuration, which would look severely warped). Would be good to have a vertical though, even if approximated, otherwise northern players face significant disadvantage accessing...

https://ibb.co/Tmdmrtc

As you can see, I'm no artist. But for the horizontal version of the 1x3, would something like this work, either 2 or 3 squares long, and with an up to down dogleg to show gradient? Someone better than me with visuals might be able to use shading to better demonstrate that.

And the only one added still looks a little bit out of place - even assuming it represents slope that would normally have 3 tiles if presented on the opposite side. Actually the South to North slope looks ok to me, its clear what it is and fits in with the surrounds fine. And anyway, all the "...

Playing around with cliffs in ME atm, seems like a few things need their inverted twin. In particular, the 1x3 cliff pathway in cliffground and the two 2x3 diagonal pathways in cliff only go from north to south - we could do with all of those having an alternate direction equivalent, ie flipped 180....

I've suggested an archer nerf suggestions to kick out of TC roster and into their respective factories... Longbowman - surely the best pound for pound archer. Trust me, that one change would make a huge difference! I could argue to boot Ranger out too, but they are already underused and a little bit...

Monestary is already cheap for the cause - even have siege weapon in it. But yeah, it's mega. Monastery is a bit of an untidy mish-mash imo. It's got some crusader stuff, the Teutons (because they don't have anywhere else to be) and some siege weapons (I guess just because it's a mega). Yeah, it's ...

A stillborn idea I've been carrying for a while, initially inspired by the good work of Squirrel5555 for the Teutonic order (Deus vult) - brought back to life after the efforts of L4cus for additions to the holy Templars (Deus vult), and Endru's recent mention of dissatisfaction with the priory poss...

Possibility of making the AE bonus dam ignore armour upon research of aforementioned tech (or even a cheap separate tech) to reflect penetrative power of improved bullets Interesting idea to move added armor ignoring damage to tech, but it has one huge limitation. It would be hard to copy it to abi...

A general observation - Barracks seems to be, in some ways, the least necessary factory. This seems odd and unfitting given the importance of the foot soldier. To clarify my statement of "least necessary"... Yes, there are many upgrades that can be done in barracks, but depending on choice...

There is this topic http://www.ageofstrategy.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12281#p133770 that slightly overlaps with what you suggest here. Ironically, as someone who hasn't really enjoyed gunpowder units being in this game, I find myself recently wishing that they were more effective in their roles (...

I checked and there is a mistake in json causing this "FOOT" to be ignored (if using real category it would have been shown as "Foot"). You probably already know Endru, but to be sure, I've just noticed this same capitalising problem in all skirmisher type units, routier, horse,...

Good man, swift response as usual - your good work is much appreciated by many

Report on AoS chat of the matatag maceman skin being invisible. Unconfirmed from me, but no reason to doubt the player in question - anyone able to confirm?

Specific answer - No (even though it has double attack, it has rather low range, slow movement, and can't be built). Tangential answer - I don't like it all. I agree with what Endru said somewhere a few weeks back, them and ornis should be booted to fun unit. In a game that tries to be closer to his...

Hmm, I do think we have slipped back towards favouring towers. Most end games (I'm talking when it's all over bar the shouting, and you've more or less got your opponent beaten back to his starting area - assume all relevant upgrades done) seems to be waiting for more trebs to arrive to deal with th...

and nerf Hatamoto to 3 speed.

Amen!

Of those examples though, one is (arguably) OP, and the other has barely half the hp. If blacksmithery was added, the easily possible combo of mêlée armour and pierce armour being in double digits for legionaries is what slightly concerns me though. I suppose on the one hand that doesn't make a huge...

Dre, you seem to be the Roman's champion at the moment. I found this suggestion in the archives of a previous all-encompassing discussion - ie I'm not taking something from it's own specific thread this time (credit to Squirrel) To further buff the Roman's, could legionnaires (sic) get the ability t...