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Richard Cretan (herr...@cris.com) wrote:
: Ben Ziegler <bzie...@radix.net> wrote:
: >
: >First of all, I think WC 2 is a great game, BUT
: >
: >Why can't you sell something off after you've built
: >it (and only get half the gold/lumber back) like in
: >C&C?  When you are playing against another person
: >Head-to-head, the end game is rather anti-climatic.
: >In C&C he could sell off everything and send an
: >onslaught as a last ditch effort, in WC2 if he runs
: >out of money he just rolls over and dies basically
: >(with nary a wimper).
: >
: >Anyone else feel the same?  Should Blizzard incorporate
: >the "Sell" option?
: >
: >-Ben
: >

: Nice idea.  It would add a bit of unpredictability to endgames.

: On another score, I think the inability to build walls in single player 
: games is lame.  Towers are ok, but let's face it: as long as Warcraft 
: games can get, it would be interesting to build better defenses.  (Which 
: would also require a patch to have the enemy smash walls, obviously.)

: So many fine criticisms have come through the group in the last few weeks 
: without a word of reply from Blizzard.  Ok, it's the holidays, and 
: they've been working like crazy for months.  I just hope that when 
: BlizzrdEnt returns, he has some record of what we've been saying.

: Richard

A bit unrealistic. I doubt there is a thriving market for used barracks 
or Temples of the Damned in decimated warzones on the edge of 
civilization. One of the best strategic elements of Warcraft II is trying 
to figure out how to maximise the amount of gold you start out with and 
trying to establish outposts to take advantage of remote mines. Also, 
since the computer doesn't cheat in Warcraft II (Use the code "on screen" 
to watch him if you don't believe me) he will eventually run out of gold 
and have to establish outposts. (A life saver in Human 14)

In regards to the inability to build walls in single player mode, this 
option wasn't included due to the fact that the AI is simply too stupid 
to figure out a path around them. In fact, in Warcraft I if you walled 
your city in completely and there was no way to get in the computer would 
sit his troops outside your walls and never do anything. My strategy to 
build wall-like areas is to build my farms in such a way as to block off 
any pathways to your town, leaving a small pathway to allow troops 
through. Intersperse your farms with cannon towers to provide defense.

-Pagan