I just had a thought. What does it matter if a spell is OP? There isn't any public leaderboard or public ranking system. So if someone "cheats", or uses an exploit, they are only cheating themselves. It's like cheating at Solitaire...
[quote who="Kongdej" reply="4" id="3325591"]I don't mind the nerf, I think blind was waaay too important before the nerf. K [/quote] You've been disagreeing with me a lot lately. [e digicons]>:([/e] [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
[quote who="n0fo" reply="2" id="3325518"]Blind is extremely potent. High dodge army + blind + infection is a brutal combo. [/quote] Not every one has a high dodge army or can cast the infection spell... That being said, I think it would be better to increase the manna cost or decrease the spell duration rather than nerfing the effect.
[quote who="onomastikon" reply="21" id="3325153"]Yey! where or which are the new spells, however? [/quote] There is just one new spell "Majesty" (per the 1.3 change log)
Took a close look at the 1.3 changelog last night. I noticed that effect of blind has been reduced from 50% down to to 25%. I disagree with this decison. If it was felt that blind was OP, then IMO, the manna cost should have been increased (e.g. Kurt's volcano), or the duration decreased. As it stands now, the the spell should be renamed the "nearsighted" spell.
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[quote who="Borg999" reply="11" id="3324863"] But I still think those are the three best choices, even if you can't choose them at the same time. [/quote] Just read the 1.3 changelog: "Champion Recruitment cost gets gradually more expensive based on the # of champions the player has" One more reason to choice "adventurer"....
[quote who="Aristoi" reply="251" id="3324876"] Quoting Borg999, reply 249 They wouldn't do it if it wasn't economically feasible for them. Plus it generates good will, which can be very profitable in the long run. It was a very wise business decision. It would make a great case study in how short term losses could yield long term gains. Of course I am aware of the business rationale. That said, Brad doesn't have to oper
[quote who="willie sanderson" reply="3" id="3324768"] I want SPIDER MOUNTS!! [/quote] Forget spiders, I want dragon mounts. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
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[quote who="StevenAus" reply="10" id="3324861"]You can't have beastmaster and adventurer - they are both professions. But you can choose adventurer, tech up for better heroes and hire beastmaster heroes for free. You have to be lucky with where heroes are placed on the map though. [/quote] Thanks, I stand corrected. It's been a while since I made my own sovereign. But I still think those are the three best choices, even if you can
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A combination of beastmaster, weathy and adventurer (feee hereos) IMO are the best traits for a custom sovereign.
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[quote who="Ashnal" reply="24" id="3324567"] You're kidding right? We have four different victory conditions, only two of which require the application of brute force (Conquest and Master Quest) [/quote] All of which rely on the power rating. Ever try a diplo victory when your power is lower than the AI's? Ever try a magic victory when all of the AI's are piling on you? Fire is useles? What about firestorm? It can turn a deadly AI stack into a strong
[quote who="Star Adder" reply="31" id="3324629"]Funny huh? Frog answers the Q about the beta but is afraid to stand up and explain his decision to abandon his self proclaimed bill of gamers' rights by forcing steam dwon our throats! [/quote] He explained it in another thread about a month agao. It was mostly about the reliability of cash flow, which can't be ignored by a company that want's to stay in business. Other distributions methods were i
[quote who="Aristoi" reply="248" id="3324437"] Quoting DrFugue13, reply 76 Guys, you gotta stop giving this stuff away for free! I want you making great games for another 25+ years! Personally I like the move to Steam. I was one of the people who pre-purchased Elemental so even when I got FE for free I bought it again on Steam, just because I like Steam and, well, like I said, you can't give this stuff away for free! <br
[quote who="GFireflyE" reply="15" id="3324339"] A suggestion: Could you release update 1.3 before the LH beta please? There should be some time for that update to be tested and commented upon, so that the results could also be merged into the LH beta... Otherwise, what is going to happen is update 1.3 will not get any attention from the player base, as everyone will focus on LH. It's all fine and good for those who are going to convert to LH anyways, but there a
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[quote who="willie sanderson" reply="21" id="3324281"] Yeah tell that to Master of Magic. People still play it TODAY even (I know I do). If a game is GOOD/GREAT it will always have value. Changing core design around doesn't help to save it...just take a look at Age of Wonders. lol [/quote] Well I can think of three great games that have undergone big changes from the original design. GC1 to the final chapter of GC2, Alpha Centauri to Alien Crossfire, and Civ1 to Ci
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[quote who="Star Adder" reply="18" id="3324201"] drop the element base in magic, and just have a pool of magic instead. Errr, nope! Because that would be changing the most important game core mechanic and hence turning this game into something else it was not supposed to be. This is NOT an AD&D game. End of story. [/quote] Which is why I said future release. Eventually the game will get old and tired, and people will move obnto something else
How do you get to participate in the beta?
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[quote who="kangon" reply="11" id="3323978"]the decision now on what magic schools to take is far from a no brainer, as is evident with your post. You want a good dd spell take fire or death. you want spells that help your city produce more go with earth. want more gold go with air want to help your units on the tactical map go with air, life or earth, want to hinder your enemy on the tactical map go with water or death. and so on and so on. Very far from a no brainer, this a
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[quote who="Kongdej" reply="8" id="3323943"] Quoting mqpiffle, I don't want just 1 big pool of spells to choose from, mostly due to most spells would be neglected and ignored with this concept. Sincerely ~ Kongdej [/quote] How about a pool of useful spells, making the decision not such a no-brainer.
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Well my comment is about tactical spells, not strategic, and I remember only haveing access to one spell out of the gate, haste. IMO, the fire bolt trumps that. [quote who="mqpiffle" reply="4" id="3323915"] Quoting Borg999, reply 2 But a low level fire or earth sovereign is much stronger than a low level life or air sovereign. My suggestion would remove this issue. And what's wrong with one teleport spell, instead of two, for example?<br
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[quote who="abob101" reply="3" id="3323893"] Well I could be mistaken, but aren't they different effects... One teleports the caster and his army, the other teleports all unstationed units.... quite the different outcome in most cases. [/quote] That's another issue. I think the number of units that can be teleported should be scalable with level. That would eleiminate the need for two different spells, and make leveling up more meaningfull. IMO, l
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[quote who="mqpiffle" reply="1" id="3323885"]If you'll also recall from your AD&D days, your mage was very weak in the early going, as well. [/quote] But a low level fire or earth sovereign is much stronger than a low level life or air sovereign. My suggestion would remove this issue. And what's wrong with one teleport spell, instead of two, for example?
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I recently created a new soveign with life and air spells. Needless to say, he was very weak in the early game. making those spell types unattractive, at least at the lower levels. I remember back in the orignal AD&D, a magic user could choose from a pool of spells of any kind. Thus when a MU made it to the 5th level, he could chose his first 3rd level spell, which could be fireball, lightning bolt, or cone of cold (among many others) His choices weren't restricte
I understand that the LH beta was planned to start in March. Will the beta for LH be open? If not, how do you get to particiapte in it?
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Cross-posting because I put this in the wrong forum initially... In my current game, I got a sovereign to surrender. When I looked at his equipment list, I saw that he had purchased 6 horses and 6 wargs. That seems a bit much. I don't think he had twelve heros to trade them to. 2. When I captured a city with an AI hero, the hero stayed in the city recovering for 5 turns, and then became part of my faction (It wasn't until many tu