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Reply to [GRAMMAR] Three Sons quest in FE Support Stardock Forums

[quote who="parrottmath" reply="1" id="3266063"]I agree that this is a problem... but I think that taming the creature should mark as a failure of the quest. The quests specifically asks you to kill the creature not control the creature for your own ends. It works out neatly, either you get harridan or you get the spearmen. I consider either option a win-win. The taming and getting the spearmen I consder way to much. [/quote] I thought the quest said so

Reply to [GRAMMAR] Three Sons quest in FE Support Stardock Forums

[quote who="NienorNiniel" reply="2" id="3266159"]You could tame it? I really should try to remember the items I carry with me without using them ;([/quote] I play with 'Beastlord' as a profession, so I have Tame as a spell. Yes, there is a collar that also gives you a similar skill, but ... it can be dangerously unreliable if the collar isn't used by someone with a high Spell Mastery because Tame (whether as a spell or from the collar) can only be cast/used immediate

Reply to The Metacritic Prediction Thread in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Mmrnmhrm" reply="101" id="3266091"] Quoting Chibiabos, reply 99 Quoting Mmrnmhrm, reply 97 Everyone who posted a number is based on what they think it will get and it is based on thier opinion. So trolling me will not affect that. Yea, and you said 68. So when you give your "opinion" in the future we can reflect how mainstream it is. And when you give "your" opinion in the future, I can reflect how you substitute mainstream/popularity for meri

Reply to I'm honestly not sure if I love this game or don't like it. Impressions from a NEW player. in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

My forum posts, and a long going (11+ hours thus far) gameplay video I think show that even with a lousy starting position, you can persevere. I play as a 'Beastlord' profession, which enables me to essentially assimilate a military through Beastlord's special 'Tame' spell given to my sovereign, which is a spell that can (if not resisted; it works as a spell so costs mana and can be resisted) permanently convert an animal to your side. I've made a serious

Reply to [Suggestion] Ways to train in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="MarvinKosh" reply="1" id="3265989"]It's called the Adventurer's Guild. Research Heroes (on the magic tech tree) and you can build it.[/quote] Your avatar reminds me a little of the Liberator from Blake's 7.

Reply to The Metacritic Prediction Thread in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Mmrnmhrm" reply="97" id="3266026"] Everyone who posted a number is based on what they think it will get and it is based on thier opinion. So trolling me will not affect that. Yea, and you said 68. So when you give your "opinion" in the future we can reflect how mainstream it is.[/quote] And when you give "your" opinion in the future, I can reflect how you substitute mainstream/popularity for merit/value.

Reply to I wish to buy hard copy in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Stardock could give the official answer, but if by 'hard copy' you mean physical media, I don't think Stardock sells those. I know the last Sins of a Solar Empire was 'digital distribution' only meaning download-only (which seems an inaccurate term to me, as optical media -- a DVD -- is digital). If that's the case, I'm sure you could buy a download, download it onto a thumb drive/external drive or burn it onto a DVD-R to give it to your friend.

Reply to The Metacritic Prediction Thread in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Whiners harp on how 70 (or its equivelant 7.0/10) is a bad score. I completely disagree ... but, then, my bias probably comes from my go-to source for game reviews I've stuck with all these years: Gamespot. No, Gamespot hasn't reviewed Elemental Fallen Enchantress, at least not yet, but nonetheless here is Gamespot's breakdown of what varying scores mean: http://www.gamespot.com/misc/reviewguid

Reply to Incorrect Hit Chance Percentage in Fallen Enchantress Stardock Forums

I actually could wind up helping contribute data collection here, as I started what I intended to be a tutorial to my playstyle using a custom sovereign with "Beastlord" profession ... its winding up being a long play-through. I have 11 hour-ish sections thus far, and what the heck, I'll just keep going. The early chapters especially are not very good quality, but I should be able to re-read the percentages, record them and note if they resulted in a hit or miss, crunch it thr

Trying to show off has consequences in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Why is it when I shuck recording for the tutorial I'm trying to put together and play a new game by itself, I always do better than when I'm trying to record the game and narrate my decisionmaking? I think the game knows when I'm recording, lol. Whenever I try to record, my spells seem to miss more often, especially my first Tame ... but for now I'm playing a bit for fun and right off the bat I tamed not just a spider, but a Ravenous Harridan. XD

[GRAMMAR] Three Sons quest in FE Support Elemental Forums

"Kiled" is obviously mis-spelled, but even as "killed" it is actually inaccurate, as this quest stage triggered after I tamed the Ravenous Harridan, so perhaps "defeated" or "eliminated the threat of" might be more accurate if generic 'victory' text is needed.

Reply to map types with fewest mountains in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I prefer mountains, it gives me a decent advantage over the AI in that the AI can't seem to recognize chokepoints created by blocking terrain, and its easier to limit avenues of attack against my cities.

Reply to The three biggest annoyances left in FE in Fallen Enchantress Stardock Forums

Even higher priority for tactical battles is units with 0 attack (such as Pioneers) should never be placed in the front row in Tactical battles ... they may have more hit points on occasion, but they will block the actual attack units.

Reply to Where's the Galactic civilization 3 beta. in Game Talk Stardock Forums

You don't enjoy GC2 anymore? I still fire it up, especially when I'm out on my laptop which is probably too wussy for Elemental (haven't yet tried it though).

Reply to Please nerf shrink/grow ! in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="14" id="3264939"] Quoting Chibiabos, reply 8Without Shrink, dragons would be unassailable until you could cast Diamondskin. There's also blindess, or you can have a dragonslayer marksman + champion' lance + giant form double-strike the dragon. I've had my Verga kill dragons with one shot, and he did not have access to life magic.[/quote] Blindness seems to not be working, as reported by another user.

Reply to Where's the Galactic civilization 3 beta. in Game Talk Stardock Forums

They have a second expansion for Fallen Enchantress to work on, and I presume GC3 won't be until at least after that. https://forums.elementalgame.com/404765/page/3/ is a "Project Roadmap" for Stardock from the man ... err, frog himself. I'm guessing GC3 might be built on Kumquat (the engine developed for WoM and FE). 'Game 2013' or 'Game 2014' could b

[LEGAL] Youtube Monetization of videos of Stardock games? in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

I'm somewhat baffled by legalese, as I fear a lot of non-lawyers are. Youtube is scoffing at my trying to enroll in monetization for videos I have been uploading of Elemental: Fallen Enchantress ... they certainly place ads they profit from on videos, but are questioning whether its legal for me to try to collect a few pennies from them. What are Stardock's legal policies on players uploading videos recorded from Stardock's games to Youtube and trying to moneti

Reply to Please nerf shrink/grow ! in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I thought they weren't stackable, except for that annoying Wilding Shaman's Shrink? Effects on Juggernauts and similar where it completely zeroes their attacks are a bug due to the inconsistent order of operations, as was pointed out in another thread. Without Shrink, dragons would be unassailable until you could cast Diamondskin.

Reply to [1.00 BUG?] When my Resoln spiders cast web on archers, the archers can't shoot in FE Support Elemental Forums

The AI always skips turns when webbed and no one is in melee range, which does indeed seem like an AI bug. AI spiders who themselves have been webbed won't try to cast web themselves, but will skip their turn if no one is in melee range. Web only affects movement ... archers don't need to move except to try and flee.

Reply to Sooo, when is 1.01 supposed to come out? in FE Support Elemental Forums

Stardock's favorite answer: When it's ready! [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Reply to Where to Upload Mods? in FE Modding Elemental Forums

[quote who="JSchoeck" reply="9" id="3263796"]Why not create a central hub with Torrents for the mods? I don't know if enough people are into playing FE with mods, but that would certainly be a completely free and distributed way of sharing files.[/quote] I wish more folk would do this. It might seem like a nightmare to manage to weed out copyright-infringing torrents folk might upload, but if Stardock really wanted to kick mod-friendliness up to the next level, it could

Reply to Disney Buys LucasFilm, Announces Episode 7 in Movies & TV & Books Elemental Forums

I'm reading a lot of contradictory information between big-name news organizations like USA Today, Reuters, etc. Some state Lucas is selling the company and franchise after Episode VII, others say its been sold and from that, Disney is making VII.

Reply to Derek Paxton on Three Moves Ahead Podcast in Elemental News Elemental Forums

On the tactical battles portion, I kinda agree with the critics there isn't a lot of variety. Positioning importance is a bit too simplified IMO, as archers have unlimited range on the tactical battle, a few spells or equipment like Throwing Knives have some limited range. I think ranged combat needs more variety ... maybe heavier-damage ranged weapons that have shorter range, suppression fire that can reduce the attack strength of their target, maybe crossfire when attacking

Reply to Brad's unofficial, private builds of FE in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

Is it just the .exe that changes? None of the other data files with the game?

Reply to Brad's unofficial, private builds of FE in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

Is there a way to have a dual Enchantress installation, so I could try your private build but still preserve the latest official release (1.00 at this point, hopefully 1.01 coming soon!)?