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Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Production, Population and Terrain in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

It sounds really good. The Master of Magic system can work but you must avoid its pitfalls. Things I dislike in Master of Magic: The very tight relationship between buildings, maintenance and military This was one of the worst things for me. The more military units you had, the less workers you had and the slower your cities grew. In combination with powerful monsterlairs, this made earlygame military usel

Reply to Capital Cities in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

My first reaction is negative since it will lessen the arcadegameplay. Hard to explain in one word but in Age of Wonders II (and Shadow Magic) you didn't have a capital. It was just a big city that you probably had your wizard in. Making ties and stuff makes things complicated. Makes me afraid people will save & reload and stuff to save their capital. And really, what's the deal with a capital..?

Reply to It's a new gaming world for me in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Damn straight. All hail the computer! [e digicons]:cylon:[/e] I play games when they're a few years old as well and I don't get that "the cake is a lie" [e digicons]o_O[/e] ....YES! I've played and completed Half-Life 2. I got the expansions as well but haven't gotten to them yet....got Half-Life and its expansions to deal with first [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Reply to Exclusive leaked in-game rebellion footage!!! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Haha that was hilarious!! [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] That also made my watch some other versions of that Saturday Night Live sketch. StarCraft and Sparta. [quote who="Darvin3" reply="16" id="2993379"] The people on the starcraft forums just flamed me. Are you really surprised? I was involved on the Warcraft III forums ages ago. You have to develop a thick hide just to survive there. It's a ve

Reply to Where is the promise of the digital age? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="13" id="2993435"] A hundred times this. I read an article a few months back on how the technical revolution and global information exchange had "failed" to usher in a new era of civility, freedom and democracy in the world. The author went to great lengths to explain why this hadn't happened, and how terrible and sad it was, but the author never even explained why it should have happened in the first place. If you tack on a lot of presumption

Reply to [UI] FE - Main User Interface in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I got a hard time thinking of anyone not liking your suggestions. Making the UI better and giving you more (optional) information is an easy sell. Seeing the same animations again and again, it really depends on the game and how it's done if I find it boring or fun. Animations done bad: Age of Wonders: Shadow Magics Dark Elf archers are a prime example of slow animations being boring to watch. Those three arrows took l

Reply to "Apps Central" - Member Tips for Useful Apps in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Filemanager Unreal Commander The best filemanager I've ever used. Back in the day I used Windows Commander which changed its name to Total Commander. Eventually it stopped working and I searched for a filemanager roundup. Unreal Commander gotted among the highest scores (possibly the highest), it works like Total Commander and I've stayed with it. Using it

Reply to New noob game of Dominions 3 in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I'm following your game but I don't understand much. Shadowtoungue, How do you know who drained your Well of Misery? Was a certain magictype i.e Death used and you know that f.e wonderloss is the only one who got access to Deathmagic due to his nation? Tartarians? *Googles Ulm Tartarian*....Oh! That's one big tough guy!

Reply to Warlock – Master of the Arcane (New Fantasy 4X Game in World of Majesty) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="zigzag" reply="16" id="2991333"] Then Master of Orion 2 isn't a 4x?[/quote] Never played but have seen a little of it 13 years ago. have no idea how the MoO series works.

Reply to ETA for E:FE Beta? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

That depends on what 'sequel' means to you. To me, sequel means "the next main game in a series" like Battlefield 1942 ---> Battlefield II ---> Battlefield III and a better engine. So Age of Wonders ---> Age of Wonders II and then Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is an expanded version of Age of Wonders II since it uses the same engine.

Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Main User Interface in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="flymar" reply="71" id="2991149"] Yes there is. Because they need to be 3d modelled for the purpose of tactical battles. That's why in EWoM we have less creature types then in MoM. Hours and hours of modellers and animators cost a lot. [/quote] True, but there is atleast two animators (Auri, Lead Animator and BoogieBac, Senior animator) with some experience so they should be able to work fast & effectively. In 16h (one day) a lot of work can

Reply to Warlock – Master of the Arcane (New Fantasy 4X Game in World of Majesty) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="12" id="2990882"] Dragon Commander and Masters of a Broken World to name two those I currently care about that you did not list. Also there is Heroes of Might and Magic VI, for those still interested in the series.[/quote] Never heard of Dragon Commander. Masters of a Broken World I got to know from this forum. Missed that one. Others on this forum would not call Heroes VI a 4x. Myself I asso

Reply to Warlock – Master of the Arcane (New Fantasy 4X Game in World of Majesty) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="9" id="2990549"] That is hardly listing all the upcoming turn based games.[/quote] You got a list? I sure as hell don't. And I'm not gonna run around the internet to look for'em either. If they can't market themselves better then too bad for'em.

Reply to Warlock – Master of the Arcane (New Fantasy 4X Game in World of Majesty) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Interesting. A few days ago there was only Fallen Enchantress to look forward to and now there's Warlock as well as Sword of The Stars II. Things are looking good. Seems 4x TBS aren't dead yet However, I got this nagging feeling that it is a mediumbudget title and thus will not be as good as it COULD be....hope I'm wrong.... I'm a bit scared that the UI w

Reply to Respect the WOM in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Look dude, you need to explain what you mean. Respect WoM as in keep supporting it? Respect WoM as in stop changing it every friggin patch?

Reply to Which Doctor Who villain are you? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="1" id="2989961"]I don't have facebook [/quote] Neither do I ....but I have an account on that site (The Escapist) [e digicons]:P[/e] Didn't know you needed that. I don't think the vampires are an option. From what I've seen this far, It's The Weeping Angel, The Silence and The Master. There MUST be some more but on that site that's what I've seen.</p

Reply to Revisiting Mana for FE in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Tridus, I know how AoW works. Did I give the impression that I do not? Goonraider, Don't know what you're on about.... I mean that I'm not sure of how the best magicsystem would be done and unlike many others I'm not pretending to know.

Reply to [UI] FE - Main User Interface in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I think I like your suggestions, but I'm not sure since the text disappears to the right You're definetly right on 'attention indicators'. Every RTS worth its salt has an audio & visual alert (StarCraft: *beepbeep* Our units are under attack) when your units get attacked and it's crucial so you can react quickly. Having steamlined u

Which Doctor Who villain are you? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

Found this quiz and I like quizzes so let's do it! I've never watched Doctor Who but the villains sound interesting. As The Silence, you sometimes find it kind of hard to find a date for Friday night since everyone you ask keeps forgetting where they're supposed to meet you. But on the plus side, people al

Reply to Revisiting Mana for FE in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

While Age of Wonders & Master of Magic made spellcasters have their own manapools, we shouldn't do it like those games did something just because. I completely disregard realism as well. The system that should be used is the one that is best for gameplay. I trust Derek to make the right decision.

Reply to Dominions 3, Where to Buy? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Nope, I'm not proficient with youtube but I plan to make it one day.

Reply to Suggestion: Radical Redesign in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I know you are new here so I'll inform you on how things work. 1. Elemental is the (don't know how to say it) overlapping name just like Might & Magic part in Might & Magic: Heroes VI is. It's there so we know which universe the game is in. 2. Brad said once that the difference between a Druid and a Vampire is "graphics and stats"

Reply to New noob game of Dominions 3 in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="ghostwes" reply="605" id="2988014"]So apparently my pretender died in the missing turn. Not even sure how that is possible. Oh well, game is pretty much a write off now.[/quote] Man, that has to SUCK ! If such a thing happened to me I would stare at the screen quietly for 5 seconds and then scream, piss & moan for an hour so I'd get suspended from the forums or atleast get a PM fr

Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Main User Interface in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

First thing I thought about when I read the journal (on the journalpage) I thought you talked from memory due to me not seeing the things you were talking about as they're not visible there. About the strategic spellcasting. As another poster said, when you have casted the spell, have the camera zoom in to the caster like in Heroes V so you can see him cast the spell. Would be cool. I don't got much to say. Can't find any errors. Maybe make the "atta

Reply to Disappointing GamesCom 2011 in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="13" id="2986270"] it was meant to be something else, something alongside DoW3, most probably either HW3 or Company of Heroes 2 (more likely option, but i would prefer HW3 - obviously). There was a big thread on this on the Gamereplays COH message boards. Still, as it did not happen in the end, we can only speculate.[/quote] Since Company of Heroes didn't sell that well and Company of Heroes Online had to shut d