ζ Фopум ζ:  The Guild of Craftsmen   Добавлено: Сб Окт 19, 2019 2:22   Тeмa: Any plans for another version of New Horizons? Version #3

I am wondering if there are any plans for an upgraded version of New Horizons. I love the game to death except for the extreme difficulty/AI cheating. I usually play on expert or 1 level below. Just hate getting trounced by the AI when I feel there was no way possible to get the level of heroes and troops it has in such a short time frame.

ζ Фopум ζ:  The Guild of Craftsmen   Добавлено: Ср Июн 12, 2019 2:32   Тeмa: Smart AI on 1 does seem to be a little better.

I am playing with the smart AI set to 1. There still are times when 2 level 30 heroes show up with level 15+ upgraded units but not as often.

ζ Фopум ζ:  The Guild of Craftsmen   Добавлено: Ср Июн 12, 2019 0:45   Тeмa: Is there any way to prevent this

Here is what is happening during a campaign. I am trying to formulate a strategy on what shards I should initially take. The shards award buildings, items, units and so on. I generally play neutral to good. What happens is some of the shards I want to take have evil units like kobolds and hunters as a prize which are pretty much useless to me. Also I end up with several of one item like hunting bows or axes or something like that. I find the game tough enough as it is without these inherent handicaps added. When your shard gets invaded and you have 6 units in your garrison to start with (half are evil and half are good) I just end up deleting a bunch of units rather than pay the maintenance costs. Wouldn't it be nice if shards appear with units aligned with your karma? Also it would be nice if the same item never appears twice. Just my thoughts.

ζ Фopум ζ:  The Guild of Craftsmen   Добавлено: Сб Мая 25, 2019 15:32   Тeмa: I usually don't use those rituals.

Thanks for the tip.....I usually don't use those rituals but will try them out as a tactic. Did not realize their effect. I guess I am use to playing MOTBW and found that those rituals did not seem to work effectively.

ζ Фopум ζ:  The Guild of Craftsmen   Добавлено: Сб Мая 25, 2019 5:52   Тeмa: I don't think that the Smart AI can be dismantled.

I've tried playing New Horizons both ways (with 0 and 1) to disable the smart AI in the config.sys file and found that there is really no difference. This is really disappointing because there simply is no way to win most of the time. A lot of time invested in starting a game and building your hero up (to level 15) only to face 2 level 30 heroes with full army's of upgraded units level 15 to 20. It's just not fun having this happen and impossible to play against. If the modders insist on keeping this heavily cheating AI perhaps they could offer an option for the players to start with a level 5 Hero to help balance the game. This seems like a simple solution that can go a long way. Thoughts?