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[Delphi-PG]

Hi Guys,

 

It has been well over a month now since the QA was sent too us and I do greatly apologize for the delay.

 

With new info having been released during this time, and many of the questions probably being answered, I have a request for you.

 

Can we please get a list of the top 5 questions you guys would like answered and sent over to me ASAP.

 

I would like to get these questions no later than Wednesday (12-14-05). This way I can have them answered and posted by Friday (12-16-05).

 

I leave it in the hands of the forum mods to make this happen. =)

 

Thanks

[Cain]

Hi Delphi,

 

Here are the 5 questions selected by the community. And to be extra sure I added one extra. I hope its ok with you.

 

1.We remember hearing a interview from E3 about recording video from ingame. Exactly how will this work ? Will we be able to record freely or will it just be normally recorded and the user able to freeroam around it? Is this some sort of a fan movie tool?

 

2.We've been told that the game will be very moddable and use data driven XML files. Can you give an example of an entry in these files(such as the X-Wing)? Also how many files would we need to edit to put in a new unit?

 

3. Aside from having the tools to battle the enemy (moving your fleets around, building them, invading the planets, things like that), is there anything else that we've not seen yet? Something not as overt and aggressive like diplomacy, special ops, assassinations, etc?

 

4.Will the Stormtroopers sliding down from the AT-AT cost anything or are they free? Or is there a limit of how many Stormtroopers you can create from the AT-AT ? Also will Star Destroyers produce Tie Fighters during battles ?

 

5. Is there any information you can give as to how base building and expansion going to be handled both on the planet and for space stations?

 

6. How do bacta tanks work? Will you be able to place your troops in there during a battle or before/after a battle? Also how long and how much health will it give the units/vehicles/ships ? How do you repair with bacta vehicles or even space ships ?

 

 

Thanks - Keep up the good work,

Cain

[Junker]

4.Will the Stormtroopers sliding down from the AT-AT cost anything or are they free? Or is there a limit of how many Stormtroopers you can create from the AT-AT ?

 

May you will remember the Troop Crawler of China in C&C Generals? You get the unit with already infantry in it. In an AT-AT there are 2 squardrons of Stormtroopers. Each squadron has 9 soldiers in EaW.

At the Games Convention I was able to unload 2 squadrons of Stormtrooper (but with no rope-animation) and than the AT-AT was "empty".

Important for me is the question if it is possible to load other infantry in a empty AT-AT. Maybe a weak hero and bring him very close to the front line.

On Star Destroyers we were not able to produce fighters (only Spacestation) or store them on a capital ship.

[Teradyn_pff]

In that case it may have been updated for the AT-AT to be able to "Produce" them as its ability since the Star Destroyer now "Produces" Tie Fighters as its ability.

[Zer_Teron]

No, how many times do i have to say it.It is their special ability, they can deploy a sqaud of Stormtroopers/TIE Fighters whenever the timer fills up. This was confirmed in the Gamespot preview, and every unit will have one of these abilitys. Heros will have two different one IE: Vader Force Crush/Force Choke

[Ghostly_Substance]

Ok who edited number 2, me and other people wanted toif we can add factions in number 2 If its gone then well to late. O well whatever i'll find out later.

 

About the AT-AT I only watched it on G.A.M.E so if your going to repeat yourself then link it in a pm to me and I wont ask that question again.

 

Well bye bye and see you on friday Q&A

 

edit: Grammer mistakes above

[Teradyn_pff]

Ok who edited number 2, me and other people wanted toif we can add factions in number 2 If its gone then well to late. O well whatever i'll find out later.

 

About the AT-AT I only watched it on G.A.M.E so if your going to repeat yourself then link it in a pm to me and I wont ask that question again.

 

Well bye bye and see you on friday Q&A

 

edit: Grammer mistakes above

 

I think the factions question is very important especially in the context of the campaign multiplayer portion, but its inclusion in #2 probably would have sabotaged an answer on the rest of #2 so best to give it its own question for later.

[Cain]

Ok GS - update the #2.

[Ghostly_Substance]

No its ok Cain and if he was here its to late to edit if I wanted to. Well as I said I will find this out later

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

we'll see if he's been here on Friday when he said we'll get the answers.

[Cain]

we'll see if he's been here on Friday when he said we'll get the answers.

 

PM message:

 

I will have them to ya by Friday. =)

 

[Zer_Teron]

Replace number four with their question

[Darkmark]

You're too late for any potential changes, the questions were collected yesterday. Cain's last message shows confirmation that Delphi recieved them and will have them back by tomorrow.

 

Besides that was one of the original four questions. If people had problem with those they had plenty of opportunity to voice those concerns.

[Zer_Teron]

Well it(#4) already been answered in the Gamespot review and multiple times by myself.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

what is the answer then? Zer Teron and if you've posted it multiple times before then you could have posted it before the questions were asked.

[Teradyn_pff]

He is right about #4. Both the AT-AT and SD produce their units on a timer like other units' special abilities.

[Zer_Teron]

No, how many times do i have to say it.It is their special ability, they can deploy a sqaud of Stormtroopers/TIE Fighters whenever the timer fills up. This was confirmed in the Gamespot preview, and every unit will have one of these abilitys. Heros will have two different one IE: Vader Force Crush/Force Choke

 

Also posted this around the middle of the 4 questions thread, but i cant find it(deleted?)

[noian]

It's friday, hope it's soon.

To Zer Theron:

SO, a star destroyer in hypothetical thinking can have unlimited tie squadrons in the game if your right?

Imagine, infinityxsquadrons vs. 1 small force.

If you have surviving ties, would they be availiable in a next battle

Do you need to Garrison the star destroyers before you launch them?

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

well vaders got more than 2 special abilities! Delphi's told us about 3 but i bet theres more than that. and it is friday but it maybe Saturday before the UK people get answers cause it may not be posted til 2-3am.

[Teradyn_pff]

It's friday, hope it's soon.

To Zer Theron:

SO, a star destroyer in hypothetical thinking can have unlimited tie squadrons in the game if your right?

Imagine, infinityxsquadrons vs. 1 small force.

If you have surviving ties, would they be availiable in a next battle

Do you need to Garrison the star destroyers before you launch them?

 

My guess is that the Star Destroyer can't produce unlimited tie fighters and take them with it. A personal Star Destroyer unit limit if you will. A couple of possibilities exist. A SD can produce Tie Fighters during a space battle indefinately and either hit a limit for the map, or a limit for that SD. Or, there may be a set amout that a SD can hold (6 squadrons I think) and once that is full, you can't make more until the ones attached to you are destroyed. May make a tactical decision necessary, do I waste my timer on the ability and refil my squadrons at half health or do I let them all be destroyed to get the most bang for my special ability buck?

 

Then again, if there is not a limit like that, you could have a single SD produce 100s of Tie Fighters (which would be undesireable on all sides I think). The only restriction would then have to be that the only ones that last after the battle are the 6 squadrons that the SD can hold... or none survive at all. This last option doesn't hold with the unit persistency thing IMO though.

 

Is an interesting question though.

[deriko]

I bet that once the timer fills up, you get like one squadren. Then the timer starts all over again. Then once it gets filled up again, one more squadren, and so on.

[Blackjack]

I bet that once the timer fills up, you get like one squadren. Then the timer starts all over again. Then once it gets filled up again, one more squadren, and so on.

 

I think Deriko is right, personally. I think it is most likely an unlimited use special ability that is restricted by a timer. However, I have seen several times on this fourm someone say that the units created via a special ability were "weaker" versions of their regular counterparts.

 

Personally, I hope this is not the case. I would prefer that they are just the same as the regular units and that the balance comes from the length of the timer before you can use the ability again.

 

Somthing about "weaker" ties/stormtroopers.... I don't know, I guess in knowing they were weaker i'd be less likley to use them. But, that might just be a personal quirk.

 

-Blackjack

[vasuba_pff]

I dont know if theyd be actually weaker. from a abalnce standpoint the empire Does kinda need its unlimited swarm over time ability for star destroyers. As Much as I like the Empire its fighters are total garbage for the most part. Xwings and other rebel fighters would slaughter the fighters the empire had present if they couldnt pull constant reinforcements like that and make battles way too one sided.

 

 

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