Alstein

THe new Font is terrible in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Can we bring the LH Font back, or are you guys planning a new font?

Reply to [BUG][0.50]XP Calculation in LH Support Elemental Forums

Personally, I'd like to see a reduction not a division. Split the difference.

[Minor Bug?] Swarm+ Missile Units in LH Support Elemental Forums

are missile units supposed to aid in swarms? Unsure if this is bug or not, but noticed it already.

Reply to More then 4 accessories on a Sovereign ? in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Tinker adds 1 accessory, so a promotion helps.

Reply to LH Beta -- It's Out! in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Curious- for folks who bought the DLC, are we going to get a Steam code for the DLC

Reply to Civ V - Brave New World Announced! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="mqpiffle" reply="6" id="3331530"] Quoting Alstein, reply 4They need to improve the AI. Maybe, but the AI is light years ahead of the Elemental franchise at this point. I only mention that because the original games (Civ 5 and WoM) released within a couple weeks of each other.[/quote] Gotta disagree, esp when you take cheating into account.

Reply to Highlights from Legendary Heroes in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Ronin313" reply="34" id="3332380"] I would like the choice to NOT hire either of then[/quote] Steal spirit them? At a minumum gain a free spellbook trait for your sovereign. [quote who="Sanati" reply="32" id="3332359"] So it looks like you get a choice between two champions at a time. Any chance you could make that choice always be between a male and female? Any male champions I get stuck wi

Reply to If this is my first FE game, should I try the beta? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

If you do the beta, you might get it tomorrow or Friday. I think the game is in a good enough state that a beta won't be too painful. As for a lack of guides/tutorials, you'll learn over time, this isn't a MP game where you're going to get destroyed. Losing can be fun in games like this.

Reply to Shadows, my oldest enemy in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Kiting works IRL also. Just ask folks who fought the Mongols. Imagine Mongols with healing potions. I think when folks complain about kiting, it's more a balance issue (mounts, particuarly the lack of cost/maintenance with mounts) instead of an AI issue. Mounts+archery/staves should have an additional multiplier on top of that. Training cavalry archers was super-difficult IRL.

Reply to Shadows, my oldest enemy in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="51" id="3331947"] Quoting Kongdej, reply 43 Quoting Frogboy, reply 39The game itself continues getting developed every day. It just means that Beta 1 will be further along in other areas. It's not like the rest of the team is sitting around having beers waiting for the shadows to get in. I personally believe people work faster and produce higher quality stuff if they can rest and relax once in a while, so no evil faces from m

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes beta changelog in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I don't think champion stack of doom will be a big issue. Most factions will end up with a similar number of heroes, if fame works the way I expect.

Map Packs and LH- potential issue in FE Support Elemental Forums

Just thought of this. Those of us who have the map pack through SDC- if LH is Steam install, will we need a Steam key for the DLC? Guessing you could replace the stamps folder, but might need a more elegant solution.

Reply to Informal Poll: On what level(s) of difficulty are you playing Elemental:Fallen Enchantress ? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Challenging. I try hard not to exploit AI stupidity to make it fair.

Reply to A request for Legendary Heroes: "better" city defenders! in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Unrest should also impact city defenders- more unrest, the fewer you get, or the less HP they start with. Mercenary defenders would not be impacted (if you created such a thing)

Reply to A request for Legendary Heroes: "better" city defenders! in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

I would like to see cities/conclaves get wall improvements. I could see conclaves having magical troops, and forts having higher trained troops.

Reply to Laptop purchase advice -- help please? Thank you in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Depends what you're playing. If you're wanting to play AAA games, you'll need a top-shelf graphics card. If you're not a AAA gamer- you probably can get by with a cheaper card. The only real TBS game that is AAA in terms of requirements is Civ V, and processor helps more there. I expect the next explosion in requirement will come on the RAM side of things once 64-bit takes off.

Reply to Post-LH DLC ideas in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

The Dynasty system won't be DLC. My guess is it either gets put into next expansion, or never. Items DLC pack is likely if they do another pack. It was one of the ones mentioned by Brad months ago.

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes beta changelog in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Question re: Tarth/Mancer is Double strike fixed to actaully be -30 accuracy, and will it work with ranged weapons? It would be kinda bad if the ranged weapon faction's abilitiy doesn't work with ranged weapns. The Mancer special ability- does it apply to the strategic map, or just the tactical map. Having a 50% move bonus in the early game on the strategic map would be very hard to balance. Seeing some of those new traits- are

Reply to Laptop purchase advice -- help please? Thank you in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Asus G series has one huge advantage- it's cooling system is really top notch. It's the only laptop I would buy for gaming (others might be better, but I've gotten great use out of both Asus laptops I bought)

Reply to Shadows, my oldest enemy in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I don't think time off is a problem - Stardock isn't crunching as far as I can tell. Hopefully everyone is working 40 hr weeks and getting enough time off over there.

Reply to What We Now Know About LH in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Prestige is gone, growth is based on potential population, unrest increases with number of cities.

Reply to Shadows, my oldest enemy in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

It's not so odd when you consider that this is the first game series of an engine that will be used for future games coming down the pike. That said, for LH, I find the visual quality sufficient already, so holding back just because of shadows isn't something I particuarly like- I was hoping it was because you were working on balancing/bugfixing, which is what is most important.

Reply to Shadows, my oldest enemy in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Idea: Could GGPO work as a online code for a TBS game? I have my doubts, but it is fairly cheap to license.

Reply to Should I buy this game or wait for AOW3? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

pick up FE on sale, which will make LH cheaper. AOW3 wait for reviews and patches unless you're a huge fan of the series. AOW3 is going to have to step up its AI to compete with modern TBS games, unsure if they'll do taht, though the attempt will be made. (it sounds like they're trying to use some techniques from Stardock in terms of threading the game)

Reply to LH Beta Update in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Last word was a one week delay, but I suspect it will be at least two- they gotta get 1.4 out first.