Sammual

Reply to Sacred 2 - Better then Diablo II? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

All, As far as DRM goes I was not aware that it had SecuROM, I bought a copy from Impulse and downloaded it. It didn't cause any problems on either of my PCs. Differences from Diablo - I like the cooldown on the skills, the ability to chain together skills in a combo, the ability to mod you attack powers (The biggest plus), only being able to pick 10 skills. All in all Sacred 2 character development is much more complex then Diablo 2

Sacred 2 - Better then Diablo II? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Hey all, I bought Sacred 2 on Impluse this weekend and I'm loving it. Other then the random maps of D2 I think it is better in every way. Any one else play both D2 and Sacred 2? What do you think? Sammual

Reply to Best game to show off a new monitor? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Thanks all! I went w/ the Crysis demo, Sacred 2, and some 1080 movie trailors. Damn is this thing bright. My 4 year old ran out of the room in the middle of my 'demo' and came back with my wife's sunglasses for her. Sammual

Reply to Great Turn Based Games in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

If you are old enogh to remember Car Wars - http://www.gametunnel.com/dark-wind-game-review.php If you like Turn Based Tacticle combat - http://www.zatikon.com/index.htm?id=gt1002 Sammual

Reply to Best game to show off a new monitor? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Battlewounds" reply="1" id="2309406"]I have a 24" monitor myself,I love it a lot.If she isn't a gamer let her see what a movie looks like on it. To keep from getting whacked have pictures of you 2 as a screensaver. [/quote] She knows I bought it for gaming so I have to show her a game but I will follow it up with a movie and the idea of pics of us and the munchkin are pure genius! Sammual

Best game to show off a new monitor? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Hey all, I just got a new 24" monitor from DELL and want to show it to my wife in the most impresive way I can (So I don't get killed). What PC game do you think would blow away a non-gamer on a bright 24" widescreen 1920 X 1080 monitor? Sammual

Did the Elemental Dev Journals forum lose the last month's posts? in Forum Issues Elemental Forums

I can't see anything posted after June 24th in 'Elemental Dev Journals' is it just me? Sammual

Reply to What makes a good beta tester? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

A good Beta Tester is someone who can focus as directed, ignore known issues, and can communicate both problems found and why something does or does not feel right. Sammual

Reply to Alpha Status? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="15" id="2293853"]Python is now fully hooked up for the AI [/quote] *Joy* I can't wait to start playing with the AI and Scripting capabilities in Elemental. AI and Map Gen are my current projects for my MoM-like game. I think I have Map gen about 99% done, the only issue I have left is the rare case when a resource gets placed in a place that can not be in a cities range. Sammual

Reply to Alpha Status? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="17" id="2294049"]"Goodie Huts": Aka. Dungeons? [/quote] As in Civ style goodie huts. Sammual

Reply to Multiple Micromanagment levels in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"]At lower levels of micromangment it's not the case that the AI is 'doing the complex stuff for you' the complex stuff just wouldn't exist, you wouldn't get the benifits or complexity for free. Like playing Civilizations Revolutions for the DS, vs Civilization 4 for the PC, differnt expieriances, but in this case one game. [/quote] I would be against this. It would be a lot of work to code, balance, and write AIs to be able to handle this. I

Reply to Elemental: AI designing in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Denryu" reply="11" id="2264269"] Yes wouldn't it be cool if this launched a whole new type of multiplayer - no human interaction allowed, it is just "my AI vs. your AI" or even better "my AI vs your and your and your and your AI". [/quote] There are games out there that do this. They are a blast (As long as they are supported to keep the game balanced). Sammual

Reply to Elemental: AI designing in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]One other difference in Elemental was the decision to have multiplayer support. There's a single player reason for this - I want to see how people play the game before the game is released so that I can incorporate clever strategies into the AI.[/quote] [e digicons]:smitten:[/e] I love you! I can't wait for the first time an AI 'goes Gandalf' on me. Sammual

Reply to Elemental:WoM on Twitter! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="21" id="2262892"]Why join Twitter? Cannot you just bookmark the page and go there once in a while? [/quote] Because I'm an Elemental adict. I don't like smoking things but now that there is Elemental goodness in crystal crystal form I will smoke it rather then wait for the powered form to show up so I can snort it. Sammual

Reply to Elemental:WoM on Twitter! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Thanks for the screenshot of the new pewter spider! It looks great. My phone will not let me reply on Twitter and I can't go there from work. Sammual

Reply to Elemental:WoM on Twitter! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

*sigh* Your going to make me join Twitter..... Sammual

Reply to auto-resolve vs. tactical spell division in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="DivineWrath" reply="6" id="2256470"]Perhaps this stuff should be handled by a Dominions 3 like battle system. You could script what the AI should do, and the AI will do that to the best of its ability in the auto-battles. If you tell it to cast a fireball, it should try to fry a group of enemies instead of a lone unit. Given that Elemental is currently under development, I think we should be able to design an AI instead of relying on scripts alone. You know, a few

Reply to Elemental – polishing for Alpha 0 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="16" id="2255597"]It's an interesting idea. Perhaps rather than a specific auto-resolve result it would just give you a general approximation of what you can expect. Like the TW tactical result summarizes as "Decisive Victory", or "Close battle" and things like that. So you initiate combat, and it gives you a hint of what you can expect, and then if it's a Close Battle you can auto or try to squeeze the most out of it with manual. That way it's not exac

Reply to Enchanted Items & Granted Abilities in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I'm not a fan of allowing non-caster (Hero) units to use magic items that cast spells. If you lose a fight and your mage dies you are just out 1 mage. If your unit with a wand of fireballs dies you get to be on the other end of that want next fight. Sammual

Reply to Survival of fittest...or survival of the biggest? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Denryu" reply="10" id="2252210"]Another thought - maybe the choice to "go Gandalf" would have something to do with scarcity of resources. Maybe you start a game planning to hoard essence and become uber channeler - but you start the game and are literally surrounded by resources. You'd be crazy no to lay down your capital and crank out the armies imo. Or the reverse, you are planning to build an army to Stand the Test of Time (tm), but there are no resources to be found near your

Reply to Master of Magic 2 = Elemental ? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Rhadagast" reply="18" id="2251951"]MoM is my favorite game of all time, my hope has always been that someone would slap a new coat of paint on it, improve the AI a bit, and re release a "MoM 2". Looks like elemental will be much more then that, the fact that they seem to be true fans of the original sets me at ease though. Ok, back to my dosbox MoM game [/quote] Depending on the day MoM is either my #1 or #2 game of all time. For years I wishe

Reply to Master of Magic 2 = Elemental ? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Elemental != MoM2 So far it looks like anyone who wants MoM2 will enjoy Elemental a lot, just don't expect it to be MoM2. Sammual

Reply to Survival of fittest...or survival of the biggest? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Denryu" reply="3" id="2251558"] it is exactly balancing between the Gandalfs and the city builders that I think will determine how great this game is. [/quote] I agree. This is the largest balance issue I can see comming down the pipe. I worry that by making cities so much more expensive (Essence cost) they will become much larger targets. A hero who has has essence spent on him is mobile and can be moved to a safer location if needed, a ci

Reply to Survival of fittest...or survival of the biggest? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Denryu" reply="17" id="2251072"] Quoting Sammual, reply 14 I think the Channeler who weakened himself to create that extra city will no longer be strong enough to protect it from the Channeler that kept all his power to himself and then just takes over the area others have created. Sammual Him and what army? Literally. [/quote] My C

Reply to Survival of fittest...or survival of the biggest? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Paradoxnt" reply="3" id="2249983"]The essence/city founding concept should balance the problem of 'the most cities wins'.[/quote] I disagree. I think the Channeler who weakened himself to create that extra city will no longer be strong enough to protect it from the Channeler that kept all his power to himself and then just takes over the area others have created. Sammual