Top Three Mods

[DukeLeto]

Ok, cast your votes here! What do you think the top three mods are?

Granted, I haven't played them all, but I think they are:

3. Kwisatz Haderach 2 (You replaced Atreides, man! >:()

2. Corrino's Revenge (I may be a LITTLE biased. So sue me. :P)

1. In the Destroyers Grip (The best mod EVER man, good work! :))

Now, I don't want a flame war, so let's post our opinions and leave it at that. OK... :)

[Dunenewt]

I think thats about right :D

[Edric O]

You know my opinion. Suffice to say I consider Kwisatz Haderach 2 the very best Emperor mod.

And the huge number of downloads proves it. It is certainly the most popular Emperor mod ever made.

[DukeLeto]

So what's two and three, then?

[Apollyon]

I'd agree altho id say that vidis mod is third.

sry edric.

EDIT: agree with dukeleto that is.

[IxianMace]

Current top three IMHO:

1. Dune Blaster 1.20 - English version/ITDG

2. Chocolate mod

3. None

I judged them based on several things in list of priority:

1. Stability (I don't like mods that crash >:()

2. Fun factor (i.e. can the mod be played for ages and not become an old experience?)

3. Features (e.g. were there new xbfs, did units make different noises, were there new textures, etc etc)

4. Originality (I don't expect much here since I don't think I would do very well in this department, but if all your units have been seen before or are too similar to other units in other mods, don't expect a very high score)

I have yet to download Corrino's Revenge.

[Edric O]

Second for me would be ITGD, I guess, if only I knew what each unit is supposed to do. You really should have included a manual of some sort, Apollyon... :-

I also have the slight feeling that ITGD is horribly imbalanced... that's a big minus if it turns out to be true.

Edit:

What I look for in a mod is first of all balance between the playable Houses. Second, there must be no useless units, as well as no overpowered end-of-the-world units. Third, it must have a professional, "official" look to it (i.e. new textures, etc.)

I think KH2 meets those criteria best, although there are several mods that I haven't tried and so I can't form an opinion on them.

[Apollyon]

it isnt unbalanced at all as long as you leave super weapons off (and even they are pretty well balanced). Especially now with the patch.

Speaking of which, Edric, can you add files to dune editing? I sent an IM to Gob but he ahsnt been online for a while.

and as for a manual, I think Rigel6669 is working on a tech tree diagram which may be a substitute of some sort.

[Edric O]

Yes, I am part of the DE staff. I can post and edit news, as well as add/remove files.

[Apollyon]

ok, could you upload this:

http://www.karborn.com/kaos/ITDGPatch.zip

In the Destroyer's Grip Patch 1.1

thanks.

[Edric O]

Okay, but go easy on me, I only have a 56k connection. ;)

[Apollyon]

me too but its only a small patch (1.5 meg or so) :)

[DukeLeto]

Okay, but go easy on me, I only have a 56k connection. ;)

You uplaoded KH2 on a 56k connection? :O :O :O

I suddenly have a lot more respect for you. ;)

[Edric O]

Not only that, I also downloaded it once to make sure it's been uploaded properly. ;D

[DukeLeto]

Wow! :O :O ;D

[nemafakei]

Edric, I, and (I think) ghosty all have 56k (connection speeds are usually about half that here at least), so that's why crashes due to bad graphics files took so long (2 months?) to sort out in KH2; it took about 4 days to get kh2 (split into 12 chunks) across to Edric.

And Edric, surely you no longer have to d/l mods before putting them onto the fed2k servers? You just have to enter the URL (which may or may not be on your PC) into the DE entry field.

I have actually not played that many mods for long (partly because of the connection), except for KH, testing the graphics for which I have memorised Aprit Chard off by heart, so I'm not sure.

[Apollyon]

ive got a 56k and I managed ;D youre all just lazy :P

[Ghosty_Square]

KH has something that no other mod has. It's a historical mod.

[guusr5644]

i liked KH2 till it just crashed all the time :'( y does it crashes? grafix problems?

[Apollyon]

yes it crashed with me too :(

and what on earth is a "historical mod"?

[DukeLeto]

KH has something that no other mod has.

And that would be...?

[Edric O]

Great balance. And a very original idea. (that got copied afterwards by many mods... *cough*CR*cough*)

And it was also the very first large-scale Emp mod. It opened the way for Emperor modding.

[ethan]

yeh, i got 48k. hah i've downloaded KH2, ITDG, Duneblaster1.20, ITDG beta, ITDG alpha, and 4 mappacks, and 8 other maps. on 48k ;D

[Apollyon]

Great balance. And a very original idea. (that got copied afterwards by many mods... *cough*CR*cough*)

very original idea? Not in comparison to many mods. Great balance? Many mods are equally well balanced.

I think you should drop it with the CR plagarism claims

sorry if this post is at all unintelligible im, slightly under the influence.

[DukeLeto]

Great balance. And a very original idea. (that got copied afterwards by many mods... *cough*CR*cough*)

very original idea? Not in comparison to many mods.

^Indeed. ITDG, CR2, etc, are all much more original.

Great balance? Many mods are equally well balanced.

^To be sure. In fact, Corrino's Revenge happens to be VERY well balanced, thank you very much.

I think you should drop it with the CR plagarism claims

^Indeed! I didn't copy you! The only remote similarities are that they both replace an existing house with Corrino and some of the units, because they are simply unlocked hidden units!

sorry if this post is at all unintelligible im, slightly under the influence.

^Never drink and post. ;D