Siddus

A new preview from Gamespot is available here : http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/starwarsrts/news.html?sid=6140634&page=1 Discuss about this on PFF : http://swempireatwar.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1313 Eight new screenshots are available on the EAW-FR Galleries or directly on the GAMESPOT gallery

We have a dedicated forum about Previews. Maybe you won't believe us, but it's written in the title ! "Previews and screenshots". Thanks for being a little more serious and focused when you're posting new threads. Topic closed, go ahead : http://swempireatwar.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1313

Siddus we do try to find solutions to this problems : We are faced with spammers and some of the moderators decide to leave and feel happy with the "Exodus begins stuff". Loosing some of our important people due to spammers that were too much for them really pisses me of. We will not make a new GD. We will ban any spammer that fails to comply with the first warning. Yeah we're trying to find solutions but having a new GD is not a solution. I saw the topic about recruiting new moderators. I don't think it's a good idea for the moment because we are not organized. This is the key. Here is the list of PFF moderators. I think you should first move LEC guys to the groupe "EAW developpeurs" or create a group "EAW testers" to clean this list. Then you have to wonder : "Who is doing what ?" ->Darkmark and Siddus are handling news and welcome office for example. After doing this, you simply choose 3 guys who will moderate actively the four "Empire at War" forums. Then two more guys to check the Bar and games & Mod sections. Other people shouldn't be moderator.

We did it ! we have all videos from units decsriptions ! Avalaible soon ! Cain, Could I have a personalized rank ? like "Holonet Master" as I'm running the "Holonet news" ?

I think for now we can say Niles Ferrier is the "model" for the smuggler unit which will be availaible

I do not agree with your idea Cain, it won't help us to handle the "free" GD and what will be this "premium" forum ? a copy from the first one ? It's not inreresting and quite stupid.

Update : Maybe we found how to get videos, I'll give you news as soon as I can.

With the new stuff released with the website, websites about EaW are now able to create and begin yo fill game databases. But LEC used this ****** Flash technology which make us for example forced to use the "print screen" key to recuperate screenshots ( ) The problem with videos (avalaible with description of units etc etc.) is the same, and the print screen key is not useful anymore. That's why I wonder if you, people from LEC/Petro reading us, Cain and other who can contact "insiders" could help me (and I'm sure, all webmasters ) to get these videos ? Cya

I believe today is Thanksgiving into USA ... I hope I'm not wrong So , Happy Thanksgiving to all american people enjoying on PFF May the force be with you and with the Turkey !!

Ghostly, you should know it's dangerous to think at school

I'll vote shoot to kill, I think it would be stupid to create "mature" forums ... No reasons to do this

Update : new concept arts are avalaible too ! http://www.eaw-fr.com/index.php?p=galerie&cat_id=14#texte

I've just uploaded new screenshots on eaw-fr.com . You can consult the gallery here : http://www.eaw-fr.com/index.php?p=galerie&cat_id=13#texte New ones are screenies with "24/11/2005" (we put the day before the month in French ) Just click on the picture to enlarge it ! As screenshots are coming from LucasArts they are small and quite ugly , but I think that X-wing in the asteroid field may be a very exciting moment

LucasArts has released a new skin for the official Empire at War website ! More ! They released the list of units, weapons, planets, creatures and even more. Not all information is avalaible about units yet, but it's still very interesting ! Official website : http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swempireatwar/indexFlash.html Discuss this on PFF : http://swempireatwar.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1262 Enjoy !

One more thing ! There is something I really don't like PFF. Some of you have problems with stickies and annoucements and stick any post anywhere. I think it's one a the reasons that make forums like GD one not a very clean one. Even this post, why an annoucement ? Take Fosh during your cool down time, but it's not the end of the world and I don't think annoucement was really necessary

Guys, all of this is "normal" and will get worse with time. On our forums (on eaw-fr.com / swg-fr.com ) we have more than 9,000 members, arround 800,000 posts/year I can say we know the "noob way of life". Keep in mind PFF are "forums where Devs post" , PFF are "biggest forums about EaW" , we're attractive. That's why more and more people , and so, more and more damns guys actings as kids will come here. Two choices : we let this like now. Forums will grow fastly but we'll loose people who gonna have the same problem as Fosh. I think you can guess it would be first "quality" members who will leave soon. Then, devs won't post anymore, no interest, PFF team will move somewhere else and the story will start again. Or, we have to organize PFF team. Most used forums must have a big warning and a tutorial. Warning : "Each post with repetitive,spam etc etc. will be delete immediately" . If guys complains, you ban because we have to keep order with thousands of mesages. And a tutorial, because we aren't Tyrans. A tutorial about the "search" feature. It can seem a little "hard" although I think it may be more natural for Anglo-Saxon mind to be a little "straight' . To do this, we need 2 or 3 people, real moderators, to filter GD forum and screen forum. To handle a big forums is not easy at all, we had to make difficult choices on ours, I just hope PFF will keep conviviality and a good atmosphere where Fans from whole the world will be able to gather on.

All of this is sucks, it's not a good point at all for Empire at War, fans like us gonna be disapointed and new comers gonna say " that's all ? the game FAQ ? " Several weeks to release this ? All of this is already is FAQs on EaW fansites for a long time ! 30 minutes to adapt all of this ? Not a serious work, that'll be my final word.

http://packy.dardan.com/walky/albums/album11/aag.jpg Well we have to keep in mind that the situation will be more and more difficult with time et and new members. That's why we should be very strict and I think a little frozen time for time wouldn't be a bad idea.

Hey guys, are you planning to transform PFF in what you're talking about or are you talking about about a new site/forums ? Just to know if I really must answer

In the menu ate top of the page you have : You have xxx (or no new) messages

Well, tell me why we should PM you ? Perhaps it could be very very interesting ....

They also put lots of " [MISSING] for missing information so it's not very complete to do this now. EAW-FR and PFF (through me ) contacted Petro and LEC to submit the possibility of publishing this information (and the same for building and planet properties) weekly , spreading information until the release. I'm waiting for answers, stay tuned

That's what I want to mean. And this, is not a major element of gameplay.

I understand you guys when you say that wheather is not a detail. But in games, hasn't effects like IRL. When you talk about wether in major battles or for example stalingrad. I totally agree but this (soldiers frozing in the snow) won't be in EaW, have you seen pictures from GC2005 ? With Han in shirts on Hoth ? I'm quite sure that weather will affect some little gameplay affect , not more. BUT , if it's wrong, and we will have a full handle of weather in the game, well Gratz ! It's great

weather can be considered a "detail" , not a major gameplay element. But Heros, you're hitting Star Wars aspect, and one of the gameplay major element. That's why we're according much more interest on Heros and what they can do.