Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: Breeze

Quoting: DMGDid they finally fixed AI or it still as bad as it was in beginning and question "what else can we do" was more about "how else we can milk money from those players, without fixing the game"? :huh:

The AI will always be bad because of how complex the game is.

I don't think I can agree with that. There is no reason why the diplomacy AI needs to behave like a drunkard, yet it has been doing that since Civ 1. Being best buddies in round N, then declaring war out of thin air in round N+1? Give me a break, that's not a game being too complex, that's just a badly written AI.

If you want an example of games WAY more complex than Civ 6, and still have an AI that doesn't do overly stupid things every other minute, just go look at any of Paradox's grand strategy titles.

About the packs. I dunno. I feel that Civ 6 already has plenty of Civilizations to pick from. The additional ones won't add a lot to the game. This is indeed more about milking every last possible drop before announcing Civ 7.

I think different Civilizations added a lot more to the game than in any other Civilization game so far. Terrain and maps also have more influence on games, and specialized Civs, together with new terrain and new district types can potentially change the game very much. Thinking about new game modes to switch on or off in game setup (it's not scenarios!).. make me feel these dlc's are far from low content milking upgrades.
Then.. oh yeah.. the bad, bad AI. I think it has become a lot better and more calculable diplomatically over time. Still, I agree, I would love to have less AI starting bonuses, and a higher challenge in mid- and endgame on higher difficulties instead.

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Quoting: Alm888

Quoting: NeverthelessMaybe secure boot was the most idiotic idea, and ME and PSP came because of it..
At least it seems PSP is much better implemented than ME...

Yeah, much better.
If I were you, I wouldn't be so glad some obscure dude at AMD or its partner (like Netflix or CIA) controls my PC more "professionally". :S:
Besides, these guys are already working on it and have achieved some success [External Link].
And their findings and tools are here [External Link]. :whistle:

:sick: Can't trust anything today...

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Quoting: Arehandoro

Quoting: ZlopezI will probably go for AMD CPU when seeing how many vulnerabilities Intel CPUs are having right now. With ME [External Link] as a little bonus.

I agree with you 100%, and am a happy AMD costumer, but let's not forget about the ME version of AMD; PSP.

Maybe secure boot was the most idiotic idea, and ME and PSP came because of it..
At least it seems PSP is much better implemented than ME...

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Quoting: ZlopezI will probably go for AMD CPU when seeing how many vulnerabilities Intel CPUs are having right now. With ME [External Link] as a little bonus.

ME is the most idiotic idea they ever had!

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Just upgraded from i7 to Ryzen 5 3600. Sounds like a downgrade, but isn't, and, more important, it has a lot less security flaws...

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Quoting: rustybroomhandle

Quoting: Wernersorry but i really must rant now, i can't hear that crap anymore about Manjaro or Arch based distributions, i get a lot of support requests because many sites now make articles that Manjaro is great for beginners or First Time Users :><:, sorry but WTF, no it is not great for beginners. Normal users don't need f**king bleeding edge the only thing they need is a updated hw stack and a stable base thats it.

If we're going to throw around generalisations, then I'll go with: Users want to be able to run the software they want to run. When it come to running non-standard type stuff, it's way easier to point a user to the AUR than to explain PPAs or Flatpak or such things. Same with drivers. "Bleeding edge" has its downsides, but Linux gaming is currently a teenager undergoing a huge growth spurt... you kind-of want the most up to date vulkan/gpu driver/ etc.

Also, Manjaro is hardly bleeding edge. It's just the right amount of conservative. imo.

Alone deciding if you can or can't trust an AUR package is not a thing for beginners! Installing Flatpaks is very easy, and Flatpaks are sandboxed.

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Loved the first game. I'm happily waiting a bit longer for more content!
They did ask on Twitter what OS you'll use (and why) to play it btw..
https://twitter.com/FatbotGames/status/1239507890035179520?s=20 [External Link]

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Quoting: GuestGNOME is awesome. Clearly the best DE. The only nasty thing is the default themes. It is..... functional, at best. Unless you are using a distro like Ubuntu with their own default themes, you need to definitely install some new gnome shell themes, gtk themes, icons, cursors ASAP.

Gnome IS awesome! Its tech is great. It seems to work well for a lot of people. It feels fast. It's just that its usage concepts make not much sense to me. I really wanted to like it, but I prefer a simple non-dynamic menu. I like to find things where I left them. I like window controls other than just one small close button. I like to close windows with one gesture, and opening the menu with the opposite gesture. I like window lists showing me all open apps on all screens, without having to press a key. Does that make me a dinosaur?
So I'm really, really glad we have a wide variety to choose from!

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I can't help it... What I look for in a DE is either just one panel at the bottom or maybe one on the left., because closing windows by simply moving the mouse to the upper right corner while leftclicking is a die hard natural gesture for me.
I also need a window list that lets me see what's running by a simple look.
I don't know if it's possible to tweak Gnome to give me that, but because of those prefereces my DE right now is Cinnamon (and Mint is somewhat naturally a good solution to me ;-)).

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I really like it so far. Feels a bit like a mix between Commandos and Frozen Synapse.

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