I would also love to be involved in the beta for 1.1, That would be marvelous.

I remeber being so excited Pre-Ordering the collectors edition, and I havent been dissapointed. Your post-release service has been marvelous Can't wait for the expansion and for 1.1. Count me in!

After reading about 1.1 upcoming changes I got disapointed.

It's all sounds like GalCiv2 with different units.

not that GalCiv2 was bad, but it's not really what we wanted , the 1.x despite many problem it had , had own "spirit" and I liked it. Now it's GalCiv2 again with different sprites.

Numbers 3, 4, and 5 all seem part of a greater whole to me.  I was really frustrated with population because I found it very difficult to effectively use my population past a certain point.  Training up a bunch of powerful troops was difficult because of how costly they were in materials and gold.  So I ended up with just huge amounts of population sitting there and my cities didn't seem any more effective with large populations.  Isn't going to this new system where you have to choose between guns and butter similar to Master of Magic as well or am I remember that incorrectly?

I'm sure its probably too early to really get into this, but will there be differences in how the Kingdoms and Empires utilize population?  For instance, maybe when the Kingdoms put population points into spell research they can get that population back if needed, whereas, the Empires would use their thralls in a more expendable manner, like using them as living training exercises for their advanced troops. 

Also, is there any consideration in returning to one of the concepts in the Beta where cities could build multiple iterations of a building (workshop for instance) per city level?  I liked this idea because I liked the idea that my cities would specialize in certain functions especially if they happend to be in a spot that had a couple of mines or something.  I would have my forge city and then my research city and whatnot. 

Mostly, I would love to see population become a more dynamic resource used in a variety of ways.  Like, you could research various techs that would allow a portion of your population to be turned into a civil defense force when attacked.

I'd want in the beta 1.1 also.

I think that Stardock need to be a bit careful on this bit, personally I haven't been giving Elemental as much attention as I want to just yet.  This comes down to two factors:

1) I happen to have been busy lately.

2) I have been at least partly holding off until the 1.1 update.

So I have yet to even try multiplayer, because if I'm going to put some time in then I'd rather wait a bit for the 'improved experience'.  I know that my brother decided to put the whole game to one side weeks ago and wait for 1.1.

My point, you have fans that have been following the game for a long time who are holding off while while you address the post-release fixes and balancing. We had originally planned on an MP match together on release day, but that sadly wasn't to be.  Do not be too quick to judge the MP interest before 1.1 comes out.

I've refrained from playing the game since, oh, the release-ish version. Figured there was no reason to play it when the epic 1.1 will be coming soon.

I'm hoping that the twitching will stop in the immediate future...

-N

I'm really confused about the whole process behind Multiplayer.

Frogboy himself said that he didn't feel that elemental had much potential as a competitive game. (Versus) But rather more enjoyable with a few friends against the AI. Now, that being said, the dev path still is pointing/leading towards competitive play. What's going on?

And the other thing that makes me even more confused, is that you say that you are waiting for player feedback in order to make changes to it. But you haven't enabled Coop play? So this means that all the feedback you are receiving is from people playing Versus. (Or against the AI... alone).

I really don't' understand the logic or purpose behind this. How are you going to make coop play better with versus feedback?

I'm really eager to play Multiplayer, with a friend, against the AI. Although I'd like to contribute to the MP experience, I am not at all interested in versus play.

I really think this whole different game for multiplayer concept should be thrown out the door, and simply focus on Singleplayer version, and make a direct port to MP, and THEN, work on it to make it better.

You, the dev team, basically created a multiheaded dragon to deal with, rather than one. Since all the techs were changed, support will have to be divided in two. (To some extent).

Although I won't be able to get a straight answer, I'd really like to know why was multiplayer version geared towards competitive play, even though it was stated that it would be best enjoyed in Coop play. And why was another version of the game created, rather than simply port the Singleplayer experience to Multiplayer?

I'm more than thrilled with the changes coming to Elemental, but still highly worried about the future of Multiplayer mode. I said it many times before, but I really wished that they would of just ported SP game to MP. And after everything is all balanced, if they wanted to venture towards a specific MP mode or chagnes. THEN... do it. Trying to do 2 things at once is usually a bad idea.

I really hope COOP mp mode can be implemented, so that the coop community CAN give feedback. I just find it ridiculous that the mode MP would be fun for, isn't implemetned, and that the feedback for the versus will be used as reference... My mind it is confused.

Still, thanks for the hard work, just hope coop MP will see the light of day.

Regards,

V

Sounds good. I will give 1.1 another more serious play. I especially like the sound of the econ improvements.

The reason for the delay will be really obvious after next week's announcement and I think will make people very happy.

Regarding v1.1, we're just referring to them as population requirements. Example, a Merchant will use up 5 of your population (the people don't go away, they're just working at the shop).

In addition, a command post will be needed to train more than 1 soldier at a time and will require a level 3 settlement (i.e. no outposts cranking out mass units).

Now I´m nosy and i like to ask, but i would not make Steph´s job harder as it obvious is.

Question: What if your population drops?  Does the merchant stop functioning?  Could/should someone unable to take a town just raze the houses instead?

I'm sure it will, I just want it NOW (yes, I've been told I can be a bit impatient..)

What I was hoping for from the start, so I have to say: Excellent