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Zealos
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United Kingdom3576 Posts
July 17 2013 21:28 GMT
#21
I also think if a Queen has the audacity to move to the ending row of the board, it should be changed back into a pawn.
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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
July 17 2013 21:29 GMT
#22
On July 18 2013 06:28 Zealos wrote:
I also think if a Queen has the audacity to move to the ending row of the board, it should be changed back into a pawn.

But... the pawn is changed into a queen so if I make a queen with a pawn... I make a pawn... which makes a queen...
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
July 17 2013 21:39 GMT
#23
I think that there should be a high ground mechanic so defenders have a bigger advantage.
Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
July 17 2013 21:56 GMT
#24
So, is it safe to assume the queen needs a range buff?
Useless wet fish.
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
July 17 2013 23:13 GMT
#25
On July 18 2013 06:56 Capped wrote:
So, is it safe to assume the queen needs a range buff?


Yes. I also think the pawns need a 'mount horse' ability to improve their mobility.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
July 18 2013 12:45 GMT
#26
The thing i don't like is you can't cloack your pawns
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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
July 18 2013 14:08 GMT
#27
On July 18 2013 21:45 FFW_Rude wrote:
The thing i don't like is you can't cloack your pawns

I like where you're going with this. If you could just cloak your pawns the enemy would be stopped mid-movement, making the pawn an incredibly useful tactical asset.
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
July 18 2013 15:19 GMT
#28
On July 18 2013 23:08 3FFA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 18 2013 21:45 FFW_Rude wrote:
The thing i don't like is you can't cloack your pawns

I like where you're going with this. If you could just cloak your pawns the enemy would be stopped mid-movement, making the pawn an incredibly useful tactical asset.


Unless you have a tower ! That can detect cloacked units in a 2square radius !
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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
July 18 2013 18:55 GMT
#29
I think the King should be given cloaking detection though. Otherwise, pawns could trap him too easily. Cloaking detection should be in a 2-square radius for the King as well.
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Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
July 18 2013 19:10 GMT
#30
I don't know anything about Chess but I feel like it's one of those games where the slightest change would end up vastly changing everything.

I like the stealth chess idea =)
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[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-18 22:30:21
July 18 2013 22:29 GMT
#31
I think the creators need to focus on bug fixes as well as balance. I have seen games where towers have moved around the board. Also, I have found the knight piece to only display the horse - the rider seems to be missing. They also seem to noclip through friendly units, and some hooligans use this to quickly bring out their knights, even when surrounded by pieces. This makes walling off the king incredibly difficult.

Lag could use a bit of work as well. When my opponent's pawn was at the fourth rank, I moved my adjacent pawn two spaces up to avoid capture, yet the pawn was still killed.

I have reported these issues on the official forums but one of the design guys told me there was no sense in fixing it.
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OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6593 Posts
July 18 2013 22:34 GMT
#32
rooks need a buff, need to be able to change directions in the middle of their move.
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ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
July 18 2013 23:02 GMT
#33
On July 17 2013 19:13 Capped wrote:
The bishop can now take 2 pieces? Oh cool so in 3-5 moves you can gg your opponent as white.

How ridiculous, i hope this is a trollpost

EDIT: Upon further inspection i found a pawn self-destruct.

Troll post, Sarcasm is not your fortay


No dude, this is real. Chess matches have been very static for the last 400 seasons, and we always see players go with the same piece compositions every game. From a spectator's point of view, this is very boring, and there needs to be more AoE attacks, like the exploding pawn. I also saw someone say that rooks needed a buff, but I think players just need to start with three rooks instead of two. This will make matches a lot more dynamic because it will reward players who micro stronger to move their pawns out of the way to release the rooks into the open.
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ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
July 18 2013 23:08 GMT
#34
Also, I heard that in Chess 2, you'll be able to select 6 pieces into one control group instead of only being able to move 1 piece at a time.
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Epishade
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2267 Posts
July 18 2013 23:22 GMT
#35
On July 19 2013 07:29 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Lag could use a bit of work as well. When my opponent's pawn was at the fourth rank, I moved my adjacent pawn two spaces up to avoid capture, yet the pawn was still killed.


Bahahaha.
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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
July 19 2013 04:22 GMT
#36
Maybe the King should have a sniper rifle. He may use it to banish any uncloaked pawn on the board for his move. :D
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
Nibbler89
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
884 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-19 05:17:43
July 19 2013 05:16 GMT
#37
On July 17 2013 19:13 []Phase[] wrote:
As a player of the white race, I feel like the black race is too OP. Every game I play it just feels like the black race has better units. I suggest nerfs for said race, and buffs for my race. Also, the lead design team for chess has no idea what they are doing.
Now I shall spread my opinion on the official chess forums!

Typical white balance whine, they get to move FIRST and they still complain about balance when clearly their race takes no skill. It takes like double the apm to play Black.
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-19 13:03:06
July 19 2013 13:02 GMT
#38
On July 19 2013 08:08 ninazerg wrote:
Also, I heard that in Chess 2, you'll be able to select 6 pieces into one control group instead of only being able to move 1 piece at a time.


My god this one was good.

Also i feel Chess is way more superiror to checkers wich is a noob game !

Also for the WCS (World chess season), i believe that russian will dominate the scene. I heard it was in their culture and genes
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[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
July 19 2013 14:34 GMT
#39
On July 19 2013 22:02 FFW_Rude wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2013 08:08 ninazerg wrote:
Also, I heard that in Chess 2, you'll be able to select 6 pieces into one control group instead of only being able to move 1 piece at a time.


My god this one was good.

Also i feel Chess is way more superiror to checkers wich is a noob game !

Also for the WCS (World chess season), i believe that russian will dominate the scene. I heard it was in their culture and genes

I'm mad that Russians play in Western Europe and North America qualifiers, last WCS had like 2 foreigners in it who got eliminated first round. How can we have a "world" tournament when it's just another event with nobody but Russians? They need to fix that.

Maybe even have something like the TCL3, where TL invited the top foreigners and top Russians in approximately even numbers. The foreigner who won ended up knocking out like 3 of the top Russian players, and before that he was some scrub who went semi-pro in Checkers 3.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
July 19 2013 14:49 GMT
#40
On July 19 2013 23:34 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2013 22:02 FFW_Rude wrote:
On July 19 2013 08:08 ninazerg wrote:
Also, I heard that in Chess 2, you'll be able to select 6 pieces into one control group instead of only being able to move 1 piece at a time.


My god this one was good.

Also i feel Chess is way more superiror to checkers wich is a noob game !

Also for the WCS (World chess season), i believe that russian will dominate the scene. I heard it was in their culture and genes

I'm mad that Russians play in Western Europe and North America qualifiers, last WCS had like 2 foreigners in it who got eliminated first round. How can we have a "world" tournament when it's just another event with nobody but Russians? They need to fix that.

Maybe even have something like the TCL3, where TL invited the top foreigners and top Russians in approximately even numbers. The foreigner who won ended up knocking out like 3 of the top Russian players, and before that he was some scrub who went semi-pro in Checkers 3.


(damn your good).... I got nothing
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