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Discussion / Multiplayer?

« on: May 17, 2008, 11:52:08 pm »

As of such i have been loving the Single player mode, but I'm currently finding the multiplayer....inactive. I'm no stranger to multiplayer games with small communities, but i'm wondering how active multiplayer is right now, and if so what times it would be best to check on there (I'm Pacific Time Zone)
Thank you for the help

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Discussion / TODO battle

« on: May 17, 2008, 09:56:56 pm »

Finally made it to the ToDo battle, and disapointingly killed most of the aliens in the first few turns (i assume i got most of them as the Ai's turn started going by really fast). (First Complaint)
The last alien whose presence i knew of was sniping from the building south of your spawn site. i tried sending some men over there, but the terrain there was raised so that the only way to get there was either through the ship, or walking all the way around the ship. (Second complaint)
So, being the lazy guy i am, i of course sent some people to get into the ship. Problem is, everytime they got up to the top of the ramp to get in, they stopped. Even the next turn, you couldn't get them to move at all. I tried shooting the green thingies next to them (possible tractor beam of some sort? that would have been interesting), but nothing happened. (third inquiry/complaint)
Lastly, I took my last guy that wasn't stuck on a ramp (i did some expermenting there....) and took him ALL THE WAY around that giant ship, and took out the last alien (i think it was the last) Game didn't end, but the AI did nothing after that.... :S
So, in Summary, here are my questions/suggestions
-Are there only like 5-6 aliens on that map? and if so, is it possible to make it more? because I would really enjoy  a big fat climactic battle for that one, and i don't think a giant ship like that, and a mission to infect a bunch of aliens would take only 5-6 aliens to pull off.
-Since it's an infection fight, can't you put some hostile humans on there? I was all excited for the chance to plug some of those idiot humans with particle rifle.
-Can you make it possible to go around the ship in an O, rather then having to go all the way around the ship to reach the point at the end of the U?
-What is up with the entrance ramps into the UFO? Is it really a kind of forcefield/tractor beam, or is it a glitch? And if it's a forcefield/tractor beam, any hints on how to get around it?
-Is there a bug with an alien falling off the map (like in a previous map, i circumvented that one by sniping the sucker before he fell off), or just the game refusing to realize i've killed all the aliens, or are there aliens posted as guards inside the ship, which i can't reach because of the aforementioned problem?
Other then that, i found the game very enjoyable. Keep up the good work!