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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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Hazza54321 wrote:if you spent half the playing rather than discussing maybe youd fine out ;)

By the way, I'm testing stuff constantly, even right now.
What was the last time other EP members tested anything?
How can you even have an assestment of a civ if you don't play outside of optimal conditions. Ye, it's easy to infer that Iro are better on a TP map but to which extent should be extensively tested.
One of the problems with the current patch, which is in part a matter of method, is that by going for simplifications and then changing iteration rather frequently it's impossible for the playerbase to even try an unusual situation.

None but me tested extensively : China colonial, Iro on no TP, Russia TP play. They all just assumed those things are bad by default. Whether this is a misconception or just a practical simplification to go on, it is a bad approach.
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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umeu wrote:
[Armag] diarouga wrote:
umeu wrote:Thats why you open beta. A beta patch that can switch to easily like you can switch between ep and treaty patch would be a good start.

We had betas in the past. Since nobody played it there's no beta anymore.
However, if you suggest some changes, ask the devs to open a beta, and test it, I'm sure they'd do it :)


maybe i am missing something, but I thought we are discussing in the current beta thread right now. so surely there must be a beta right?

Well to be honest I don't know :D
I haven't heard of a beta channel actually, maybe there's no beta.
If I were a dev though, considering nobody is goona play on the beta, I wouldn't waste time creating one.
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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seriously ill donate 20$ for the winner if we can see diarouga vs garja in the next Master of 14, BO27
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

Post by EAGLEMUT »

Of course a Beta channel exists, the infrastructure is already implemented and you folks are right in the thread where its latest releases are announced...
Also, yes, there is a button for launching Beta channel much like launching ESOC Treaty Patch. It has the same color and everything.

For whoever missed the first line in the OP, I'll paste it here:

See the EP Beta FAQ for general information about EP Beta and details on how to participate.

If there's still something unclear after reading that, let me know and I'll try to clarify. I have both the current Beta thread and FAQ threads pinned and reference each other, not sure what more can I do.

umeu wrote:it could still be made easier, but i'm not sure how difficult that is.
Please be more concrete. What improvements would you like to see? From my perspective, the Beta support seems quite solid right now.
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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EAGLEMUT wrote:Of course a Beta channel exists, the infrastructure is already implemented and you folks are right in the thread where its latest releases are announced...
Also, yes, there is a button for launching Beta channel much like launching ESOC Treaty Patch. It has the same color and everything.

For whoever missed the first line in the OP, I'll paste it here:

See the EP Beta FAQ for general information about EP Beta and details on how to participate.

If there's still something unclear after reading that, let me know and I'll try to clarify. I have both the current Beta thread and FAQ threads pinned and reference each other, not sure what more can I do.

umeu wrote:it could still be made easier, but i'm not sure how difficult that is.
Please be more concrete. What improvements would you like to see? From my perspective, the Beta support seems quite solid right now.


what i said before was that it would be best if the beta patch was switcheable just like the TP is. So without having to reinstall the "stable" version. But like I said, I dunno how feasible this is. How it is now is acceptable for sure
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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umeu wrote:what i said before was that it would be best if the beta patch was switcheable just like the TP is. So without having to reinstall the "stable" version. But like I said, I dunno how feasible this is. How it is now is acceptable for sure

Hmm, so you mean having both Stable and Beta versions installed at the same time? Indeed that sounds hard to accomplish I'm afraid.
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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sudmakmak wrote:
[Armag] diarouga wrote:No, he dodged the showmatch because he knows he has no chance.


LOL , Fear?

what is your reaction to Japan buffs???
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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EAGLEMUT wrote:
umeu wrote:what i said before was that it would be best if the beta patch was switcheable just like the TP is. So without having to reinstall the "stable" version. But like I said, I dunno how feasible this is. How it is now is acceptable for sure

Hmm, so you mean having both Stable and Beta versions installed at the same time? Indeed that sounds hard to accomplish I'm afraid.
How is that, given that you can switch between EP and TP?
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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pecelot wrote:
sudmakmak wrote:
[Armag] diarouga wrote:No, he dodged the showmatch because he knows he has no chance.


LOL , Fear?

what is your reaction to Japan buffs???
"Fuck your ass them"?
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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The only way to achieve pure balance is to remove half the civs!
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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rsy wrote:The only way to achieve pure balance is to remove half the civs!
- Thanos, somewhere


The only way to achieve pure balanced is to play on Vanes Patch
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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We need a beta channel to validate that the patch we push works before pushing the final out. Being able to test balance on it is a plus, not the reason it exists.
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-07]

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zoom wrote:de_stroyed


de_nice2

Also: hooray for way of the bow, a good step towards making japan great again
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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It would be cool to test out nerfing 5 cossacks to 4, and then reducing russian vill cost to 255f just to see if it is balanced. I think the beta is a nice platform to try out suggestions that there has been a ton of debate over, but no one has ever actually tried out in game.
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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Darwin_ wrote:It would be cool to test out nerfing 5 cossacks to 4, and then reducing russian vill cost to 255f just to see if it is balanced. I think the beta is a nice platform to try out suggestions that there has been a ton of debate over, but no one has ever actually tried out in game.

That's a huge nerf tbh
Sowar cost change is a buff actually because they are super horseshit and now less tempting to make. Just make sepoys instead.
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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Darwin_ wrote:It would be cool to test out nerfing 5 cossacks to 4, and then reducing russian vill cost to 255f just to see if it is balanced. I think the beta is a nice platform to try out suggestions that there has been a ton of debate over, but no one has ever actually tried out in game.

great lets make russia another semi ff civ!
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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I don't see how that change would make them a semi ff civ whatsoever. 5 cossack to 4 is not ideal though.
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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As for Garja-Diarouga debate. Garja usually exaggerate things what I've seen and no he's not right about everything he says but diarouga has a tendency to just to pick up his statements and not think about the context. and for Jerom and his crusade on Garja seems to be personal and nothing to do with the game. There are many things Garja have said to me and others which makes sense. Jerom I haven't seen you nor Diarouga playing much or at all recently, instead of arguing it over the forums you could post records to prove your point, same for Garja.
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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Lol get out of here with ur logic
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deadrising78 wrote:
Darwin_ wrote:It would be cool to test out nerfing 5 cossacks to 4, and then reducing russian vill cost to 255f just to see if it is balanced. I think the beta is a nice platform to try out suggestions that there has been a ton of debate over, but no one has ever actually tried out in game.

great lets make russia another semi ff civ!

assuming they arent already :hmm:
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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My favorite idea (to be test) so far was to enable the 200g+1bh age up. But contrary to what the guy who talked about this said, I don't think this would just be a way for russia to ff, it would give them plenty of other new builds in age 2 aswell.
I like this because I don't think russia are especially weak but rather that they do always almost the same build : like 5cos/700w/700g is the build to go too often.
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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princeofkabul wrote:As for Garja-Diarouga debate. Garja usually exaggerate things what I've seen and no he's not right about everything he says but diarouga has a tendency to just to pick up his statements and not think about the context. and for Jerom and his crusade on Garja seems to be personal and nothing to do with the game. There are many things Garja have said to me and others which makes sense. Jerom I haven't seen you nor Diarouga playing much or at all recently, instead of arguing it over the forums you could post records to prove your point, same for Garja.


does anyone even play eeeeepeeeee?
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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

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umeu wrote:
princeofkabul wrote:As for Garja-Diarouga debate. Garja usually exaggerate things what I've seen and no he's not right about everything he says but diarouga has a tendency to just to pick up his statements and not think about the context. and for Jerom and his crusade on Garja seems to be personal and nothing to do with the game. There are many things Garja have said to me and others which makes sense. Jerom I haven't seen you nor Diarouga playing much or at all recently, instead of arguing it over the forums you could post records to prove your point, same for Garja.


does anyone even play eeeeepeeeee?


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Re: EP 5.0.x Beta [2018-05-08]

Post by [Armag] diarouga »

Honestly Russia would still age with 400w and never use this 200c+1bh age up :D.
On TP maps you just want a TP from the 400w so it's a no brainer, and in general you need a lot of wood as Russia for market/houses/strels, so it wouldn't make a lot of sense.

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