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Reply to Multiple Players on the Battlefield in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="10" id="2316034"] Actually realistic is a good reason because the more unrealistic qualities the less gamers are drawn into the gameplay. Realtiy is not balanced. A game must be balanced. The pretty standard way to do this is put mechanics into games because they are fair, then make them realistic through cosmetics, text, and lore. [/quote] I wasn't talking about gameplay balance... if you are adding the variable of gameplay bala

Reply to A quick comment on life and death magic in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="3" id="2315389"] We've got what looks like a sea of blood, ... [/quote] Hopefully what we see is a river of lava... or if it's blood that's okay as well because than it means we'll most likely have lava as well.

Reply to Multiple Players on the Battlefield in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tourresh" reply="2" id="2315162"]Dominions did a great job with assassinations. They are actual fought out with the person being assassinated and there are many ways to have bodyguards. Not everyone had access to assassinations as well. [/quote] Yes Dominions did a great job with assassinations... there's a few areas of improvement, but overall the assassinations were fun and added another level of strategy to the game.

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[quote] Tourresh writes: NTJedi, out of curiosity, is there a forum you aren't a part of? I've been seeing you fairly frequently for over seven years.[/quote] I usually arrive on the RPG and TBS forums... but you won't find me on any FPS forums. :) For&n

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I'm also praying the limit is somewhere in the 20s. The option for more than 20 would be great as well. Perhaps gamers can specify any number they wish and the game can provide a warning that it's not supported, but still allow the gamer to continue. This feature would allow a high number of players to be tested and eventually made more stable and/or only available for those with powerful systems.

Reply to My new toy... in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="10" id="2315023"] If YES to the above question... what have been the differences when running benchmark tests?? I just recently installed the 64 bit ver of Win 7 ....but on a separate phys HD....each OS is in a separate hot-swap caddy...so only one is negaged at any one time....and only the 32 bit win7 has all the kit loaded for benchmarking, etc... [/quote] Kool I'd be interested to see the benchmark results of

Reply to Thriller (AKA, Undead Armies) in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="6" id="2315213"] You never said it explicitly, but you've implied it over and over. You keep saying how one of the advantages of same-old same-old creatures (like vampires) is that people look at them and already know what they can do. Your actual words were: NTJedi: Most fantasy games include these popluar fantasy creatures because the customers already know their traits and abilities. There's no need to spend time writing a de

Reply to My new toy... in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Jafo ... have you setup the new system to dual boot or triple boot between different operating systems?? I always recommend at least a dual booting environment for several reasons. If YE

Reply to Favorite and least favorite in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]Favorite: 64bit maps!!! I cannot wait to play some long multiplayer games[/quote] Favorite = That's definitely my favorite as well !! I look forward to playing a game for 3 months and then suddenly encounter an enemy AI opponent of massive size and strength! A single battle will consist of thousands of units, a few hundred summons and dozens of heroes! Least Favorite = </

Reply to My Dream Machine in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Rnick and OldMsgt 1_ What's the current price for the building of your system??

Multiple Players on the Battlefield in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote] [quote who="BoogieBac" reply="4" id="2313860"] Sammual : How does combat work right now? Like CIV? Yeah...it's instant and ugly (the UI is around 6 months old and hasen't been touched since). It'll be getting the most love over the course of the beta cycle. [/quote] <

Reply to Thriller (AKA, Undead Armies) in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote] Actually, my favorite units in fantasy games tend to be the more exotic ones. Why use werewolves and vampires and all when I can play with them in countless games, watch them in even more movies, read about them in a billion books... Just to give an example, my favorite unit in HoMM V is the Rakshasa Raja - I've never seen one of those in a game, book or movie. I'm well aware that Nival didn't invent them (they're based on a hindu myth), but they aren't overused and stale -

Reply to Elemental: July FAQ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="4" id="2313860"] Sammual : How does combat work right now? Like CIV? Yeah...it's instant and ugly (the UI is around 6 months old and hasen't been touched since). It'll be getting the most love over the course of the beta cycle. [/quote]

Reply to A less crazy title about how I was frustrated that day in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="KellenDunk" reply="17" id="2313127"]soda is far more dangerous than water. Leaving the computers on a nightstand would be even MORE hazardous. There be a toddler afoot. [/quote] Well no details described a toddler living in the house. Anything on the floor or within arms reach of the toddler is not safe. Adding the toddler variable means keeping the laptop safe is even tougher... personally I'd probably place the laptop into my laptop bag

Reply to Elemental: July FAQ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Well we have some questions answered... I feel bad that some people in the community asked questions which were previously answered and/or just plain stupid. So let's review: [quote] Q: What are channelers and how do they work? [/quote] This was a good question and provided great insight into the channeller and the usage of essence. [quote] Q:How is good and evil handled? [/quote] This was an okay question.

Reply to Thriller (AKA, Undead Armies) in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="1" id="2311880"] You have a point, but I feel the creative industry (especially in fantasy) has gotten a bit..... lazy in that they keep re-using "stat blocks" like undead+hurt by holy attacks+drains life. When was the last time you saw something completely new? (And I don't think we've used up all possible combinations yet). In any event, even if they are not included in the vanilla release (and I doubt that they will be), the modders will be crea

Reply to Stuff You Hate In Games You Love in Everything Else Elemental Forums

The biggest part I hate in games I love is how developers drop a popular game and move towards developing a completely different game where they have zero experience. It seems most games reach about three sequels and then have their evolution frozen in history. A few rare cases the ownership rights have fallen into the hands of another gaming company, but they usually screw up the next version by adding a BUNCH of their own ideas. T

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[quote] What is RockNRye -If you don't live in the American Midwest and are not a Juggalo(ICP fan) you don't know about the soda comapny Faygo. they make a cherry flavored cream soda called Rock N Rye. [/quote] Many of us were wondering about the Rock N Rye drink. I'm always pleased to see another mystery solved. [quote] WTF STEPPED ON!? -They are usually tucked under a couch or the bed. The wi

Reply to Thriller (AKA, Undead Armies) in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote]Undead, werewolves, goblins, etc. They seem to be in every fantasy game nowadays. Because everyone assumes that games will follow Dungeons and Dragons lore. These ideas of what dark fantasy entails are so embedded in some people's minds that they cannot consider a game without them. Tolkein's worlds did not have all of these things. No zombies, goblins (goblins and orcs were the same race), vampires, werewolves etc. The D&D model has almost every fantasy race

Reply to On AI; Transparant goals/means, on MMI (man(player) mashine interaction)[AI UI], and On smart surrender in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote] Goodmorning all. Firstly, Yes, your right, it is possible that the game could be coded in such a way as to have multiple channlers be inpossible. Most/all of the proprties i can think to include in a channler are extendable to a multi channler modle, But that doesn't mean that the code as written is changeable. However only frogboy knows the code, so this we'll have to let drop. [/quote] Yes, just one variable which may make the merger sugge

Reply to On AI; Transparant goals/means, on MMI (man(player) mashine interaction)[AI UI], and On smart surrender in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote] Where to put the capital: really this isn't a stopping block, AOW, Civ, all 4x games allow you to move the capital. if the Chanler(s) can move(and they can), the capital can move. Problem solved. Really, not a problem. [/quote] Actually the capital cannot be moved for all 4x games... for example the popular Dominions series and SpaceEmpires series does not allow the moving of the capital. I'm sure other 4x games also exist where the capit

Reply to On AI; Transparant goals/means, on MMI (man(player) mashine interaction)[AI UI], and On smart surrender in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote] NTJedi: A merger between two or more nations comes with problems which include: Actually i was hopenig that some of those 'problems' would infact be features. [/quote] Well as I mentioned a merger is much more complex and would take time from the developers working on other parts of the game. [quote] For A, niether, for B, The capital of the stronger empire. (with the option of declairing a new capital town, in the m

Reply to On AI; Transparant goals/means, on MMI (man(player) mashine interaction)[AI UI], and On smart surrender in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I believe an alliance between the AI's is the better solution and requires less work for the developers. A merger between two or more nations comes with problems which include: 1) This merger means one nation will have two channellers... I highly doubt this would be supported in the game. I also doubt Stardock would include extra programming to decide which of the two channellers gets downgraded to a hero status and then which city remains as the capital and then what ha

Reply to C&C4 to require internet connection for singleplayer in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Such a decision for C&C 4 only closes the door for some customers purchasing the game. Here's more examples of ways they could decrease the customer base for C&C 4 : 1) You're going to need to have Windows Vista or Windows 7 if you want to play C&C 4. 2) You're going to need to have a Nvidia's 1GB graphic card... only Nvidia will work. 3) You're going to need dual monitors to play C&C 4</em

Reply to C&C4 to require internet connection for singleplayer in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Such a decision for C&C 4 only closes the door for some customers purchasing the game. Here's more examples of ways they could decrease the customer base for C&C 4 : 1) You're going to need to have Windows Vista or Windows 7 if you want to play C&C 4. 2) You're going to need to have a Nvidia's 1GB graphic card... only Nvidia will work. 3) You're going to need dual monitors to play C&C 4</em