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Reply to Major changes to city building? Noooo in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Madmelodie" reply="41" id="2657504"]The one thing I think I mentioned in a blog post is that I wish the types of building were color coded on the cloth map. For example, food producing cities show up as green, administration buildings show up as grey, war buildings (barracks, siege foundries) show up as red, and so on. It would make it easier (on the cloth map at least) to show how you're zoning the city and easier to find buildings for building adjacent buildings which give a bon

Reply to Character Based Strategy: A Discussion in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Ofoug" reply="8" id="2658741"] Quoting OsirisDawn, reply 7 I think they are a bit to strong right know. Also i would like it more if that boni to research or income and such wouldnt be a set number but an % increase your city production. Not +2 research points, but +20% research in the stationed city. Not +2 Gildar, but +1 Gildar for each caraven arriving in the city. a.s.o. That would be a go

Reply to Character Based Strategy: A Discussion in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I think they are a bit to strong right know. Also i would like it more if that boni to research or income and such wouldnt be a set number but an % increase your city production. Not +2 research points, but +20% research in the stationed city. Not +2 Gildar, but +1 Gildar for each caraven arriving in the city. a.s.o.

Reply to City Building in 2A in War of Magic Elemental Forums

To be honest i dont like the city building in the latest build. Before you could specialize cities and you really needed those gardens and houses. I liked it, because you need to make a decission. With the latest build you take that away. You can just build everything and i have so much free space i doubt the new techs add enough stuff to make me wish for more free tiles. Also the new Food/Housing/Citygrow ratio is totally out of balance. If you find only one farming tile you

Reply to Civ V game discussion in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

The best unit/combat design i ever saw was the one of Kohan. It was the best of all worlds and fun to tinker with different combinations of units in each stack. hm.... *heads of to GOG, looking for Kohan*

Reply to Elemental: Beta 2-A Change Log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Wow, awesome work from you Elementalists. [e digicons]:digichet:[/e] The Beta will be the first thing (well after Win7 64 and Impulse) installed on my new computer. And i got a free weekend to boot. [e digicons]:w00t:[/e]

Reply to Is my soverign the onlyone that escapes? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

There is also a bug (that i cant reproduce) which ends the game if you sovereign is killed near one of your cities. Not your last one, just anyone. I am still trying to reproduce it. Cant even do it with save games.

Reply to Is there any kind of morality system in Elemental ? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="gapper4" reply="27" id="2654236"] Quoting OsirisDawn, reply 26 I have never even thought about killing NPC's that i cant hire, just for XP and loot. The notion that some you did, disturbs me and makes me mourn about humanity. Morals and ethics should be nothing you need to put into game mechanics. Just my2 eurocent. People will do what they can get away with; That's why we have civil society. Othe

Reply to Get Rid of the Clutter Please!!! (now with "fixed" highlighted colors) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

My empire tree never looked like that. Did you know, that you can filter, add/remove and group stuff?

Reply to BigDownload’s Elemental Interview with Brad Wardell in Elemental News Stardock Forums

@ Rosco_P: Haha, good one! @goodgimp: No, but it wont be ready for retail. There is a post on the board somewhere.

Reply to Is there any kind of morality system in Elemental ? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I have never even thought about killing NPC's that i cant hire, just for XP and loot. The notion that some you did, disturbs me and makes me mourn about humanity. [e digicons]:'([/e] Morals and ethics should be nothing you need to put into game mechanics. Just my2 eurocent.

Reply to Elemental Beta 2-A Preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Sanati" reply="168" id="2654111"] Quoting strager, reply 161 But you shouldn't be able to steamroll over someone using that strategy. If they don't prepare for it then I don't see why not. Much like rushing in another game. If your sovereign sits on their butt in a city all game and you don't train any adventurers up or build some really powerful defenders, then you will lose to that strategy. If you counter their strategy though with s

Reply to Elemental Beta 2-A Preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="strager" reply="150" id="2653788"] Quoting Valiant_Turtle, reply 146 Keep in mind that early cities are not a strong requirement for this game. The other day I started a game with a inventor hero and a 4-pack of adventurers by me. I recruited them all but didn't have enough $ left for a city (I'm not sure the game is getting the $ right on recruiting groups, I'm going to check next time I see one). We wandered around getting loot and f

Reply to Civ V game discussion in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I will buy Civ5 for two reasons: 1) They made Civ4, which earns them a one buy sight unseen. For the same reason i will buy the next Ironclad (SoaSE)game (if it is something that remotely interests me). 2) Grand Strategy games a rare in this day and age and if not enough people buy them, we might lose (sp?) them completly. Just IMHO and YMMV, of course.

Reply to Who Played Elemental Beta 2 This Weekend? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I played too many hours this weekend, but had nothing else to do anyway. I had both Civics and Warfare reseached to lvl 30+ and found so many speed potions, my sovereign was zipping around the map with move 13, after which even more speed potions didnt add anything more. And i dare say it was fun. Now i am going to punch myself for awhile to even out my karma ... [e digicons]:banhammer:[/e]

Reply to Random questions on playing... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Just holding down the left MB and dragging works for me.

Reply to Elemental Beta 2-A Preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Eldorad" reply="38" id="2652899"] Quoting Sanati, reply 18 I know you can't please everyone, but I'm disappointed in the city change. I think most of the complaints about the current system are from people who don't really understand the food system or aren't researching the housing upgrades. You only need like 10-12 villas to max a city right now, and gardens are optional if you just go out and look for food resources (one bee hive with a granary is 30

Reply to Rate my Rig_Timmaigh´s Edition in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="caross73" reply="13" id="2644907"]Why would you get a caviar green? They are slower than the Caviar black and for a game system, you want a large cache and high speed. You're not trying to minimize power consumption. Edit: Oh, nevermind. Too late. At least you're being nice to the environment. I hate the way they market those drives, right alongside the much faster caviar black. [/quote] I thought the exact same, mybe he can send them back

Reply to Elemental: Beta 2 Info in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Zozz" reply="47" id="2645875"]I know the first beta was supposed to be all paper cuts and lemon juice, so I am just wondering if Beta 2 is supposed to be somewhat fun or just more of the arduous masochism we have been promised up until now. [/quote] BETA 2 is supposed to be all open wounds and salt, lots of salt. [e digicons]:S[/e]

Reply to Map of Elemental in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Anomander" reply="89" id="2644661"] Quoting VicenteC, reply 88 Quoting seanw3, reply 69Who cares about map irregularities like that? Is your imagination so far diminished that you need your fantasy games to have ultra realistic river formations. We could go on for days about this map's similarity to real life and the justifications for its geographical qualities or we could just enjoy it. Or are you capable of enjoying things? <br

Reply to Map of Elemental in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Sir_Linque" reply="83" id="2644602"] ... Lake Gorba is really weird however, or then the map is really unintuitive. The river through the imperial spine is clearly continuous, so it would indicate that Gorba indeed has two rivers flowing into the ocean. This would require *extremely* rare and unstable circumstances. The river would have to fill up at the exact same rate as it empties from both rivers to maintain the balance. Otherwise one of the rivers would

Reply to Demigod v1.3 Update in Demigod Journals Stardock Forums

[e digicons]:beer:[/e] Nice, thank you for continued support.

Reply to BigDownload Previews Elemental: War of Magic in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Great review. Can't wait to see the 3D engine in action.

Reply to Elemental Preview from GameSpot in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Nice to get some coverage, but i found the preview a bit lacking (on all fronts). It somehow read as if the reviewer wasn't very interested in the game at all. *shrug* But maybe i got it all wrong [e digicons]

Reply to Elemental: Spreading life in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

@Wintersong: It is just an idea that covers nearly all sides of the argument, i think. Also "Sovereign Death = Game Over" is more of a story reason i guess, then hard to implement. You are the sovereign, it is your story. If you die, it is game over, as i understand the design. Another suggesstion: Bind things like essence recovery to magic research and include spells like Empower Life (City enchantment, Cost X Essence): Life spread from this city is i