Pax Demo Times
Pax Demo Times
I realize the demo is rather shortcoming (less than 1% of the entire game) but I've got what I think are pretty good times for the available maps - I just need to buy it now and start playing other people.
Here are my times:
aus - 3:44
crossed - 8:00
lines - 3:36
one - 4:02
risk - 5:24
How do I compare to others? Has anyone played for fastest conquering time?
I've gotten a bunch of friends interested in it now as well and I think a small group of us will be playing on a LAN - I'm major excited (:
Here are my times:
aus - 3:44
crossed - 8:00
lines - 3:36
one - 4:02
risk - 5:24
How do I compare to others? Has anyone played for fastest conquering time?
I've gotten a bunch of friends interested in it now as well and I think a small group of us will be playing on a LAN - I'm major excited (:
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I've been hyping Pax for the past couple of weeks, but nobody really seems interested. Dustin said a multiplayer network is being set up, and should be out eventually (no timetable, I'm sure). I've been playing the demo, and I think it definitely has potential. I'm pretty sure there is already a multiplayer option, so long as you have the IP of the person you are going to play against.
I'd be interested in trying that out with someone, but everyone I've asked doesn't want to play it. It's ok, because I'm practicing, and when the multiplayer comes out, I'll be ATOP THE WORLD RANKINGS!!!!
I'd be interested in trying that out with someone, but everyone I've asked doesn't want to play it. It's ok, because I'm practicing, and when the multiplayer comes out, I'll be ATOP THE WORLD RANKINGS!!!!
Very nice. I'm working through them all now on normal. Some are painfully easy, other are rediculously difficult. I have no idea how you beat them on Expert. I'll get there ...dustin wrote:Here's my Pax screen. 3 stars means beaten on Hard, 4 stars is expert. It gets damn hard up there.
*snip*
A multiplayer server is coming. I urge you to all practice solo before then. Otherwise Vegas may be right...
Out of curiosity, do you spend much time just letting your armies build up while the AI players pummel one another?
Well I haven't beat them all on expert, just hard. Still a challenge, but not nearly as tough as expert (which is sooo fricken tough). Also, some of the maps I could only beat on these difficulty levels using certain colors. If I play a few times and keep getting beat then I will try playing the color that beat me the most (although a lot of the time it still ends up in a loss...)
Yeah, sometimes I will sit there building up. If your borders are secure and you have a good number of stars it's worthwhile. Then while you have a bit of breathing time you can watch what the AIs are doing and plan your next attack accordingly.
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Yeah, sometimes I will sit there building up. If your borders are secure and you have a good number of stars it's worthwhile. Then while you have a bit of breathing time you can watch what the AIs are doing and plan your next attack accordingly.
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Crossed is the only one I ever play - the others are too easy to be challenging on the unregistered version. I should probably play them more just to improve the times and beat Pimaniac
But yeah it is a good time - only ever got it once - but then I am convinced that there is some random element in the game as well - you can follow one strategy and get 5:34, and the next with the exact same strategy it can take over 10 minutes...
But yeah it is a good time - only ever got it once - but then I am convinced that there is some random element in the game as well - you can follow one strategy and get 5:34, and the next with the exact same strategy it can take over 10 minutes...
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True, crossed is the best of the free maps. But when you have all of them, it's really no big deal. It's one of only a handful I've beaten on Expert. Probably because I played it so much before I bought the game (:Preacherman wrote:Crossed is the only one I ever play - the others are too easy to be challenging on the unregistered version. I should probably play them more just to improve the times and beat Pimaniac
But yeah it is a good time - only ever got it once - but then I am convinced that there is some random element in the game as well - you can follow one strategy and get 5:34, and the next with the exact same strategy it can take over 10 minutes...
Yes, it's only the number of ships that change between difficulty levels.LoudMusic wrote:Oh, one other thing, in Pax do the attack / defend ratios change based on difficulty setting or is it just the number of ships you start with? Because it seems outrageously difficult to kill enemy ships the higher I go up the difficulty scale.
Wow, maybe it's just my imagination.Diodor wrote:Yes, it's only the number of ships that change between difficulty levels.LoudMusic wrote:Oh, one other thing, in Pax do the attack / defend ratios change based on difficulty setting or is it just the number of ships you start with? Because it seems outrageously difficult to kill enemy ships the higher I go up the difficulty scale.
It's good to hear from the developer! Thanks for a really great game - I've been having lots of fun with it. So far I have two stars on every packaged star chart and I'm going back through getting three stars.
Woohaa! Just finished the last level on Hard. That was pretty cool - all we need now is some head to head action. I'm sure like many other games (Lux, StarCraft, etc ...) it becomes a completely different game playing against humans than it does against a weak AI.dustin wrote:Uh, it's on hold for now. I was playing a ton of Pax for a while, but I'm back to Lux for now.
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