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I really wish research was more like random discoveries instead of research a specific thing. How many leaders go into a lab and say ok I want you to research lasers with X components and Y disfusions and Z hyper active expulsions? Research should just be a population value, education of that population value and costs of resources and of course random intelligence of those educated population values and then let the scientists or in this case the research wizards just have

Reply to Help Stardock on succession of vassal children (poll inside) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

In Crusader Kings there is what they call a Fosterling ability. You can send YOUR children and the childre of YOUR court to another realm to be raised and vicey versa. This gives the "choice" of who raises the child and everyone can be happy. Myself I want to raise my own children, others would or might want to use the Fosterling feature. It also has diplomatic effects and can cause "rivals and friendships" as the children of one realm grow up with children of another realm. Then when th

Reply to What was the Magic of MoM? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Well it would be different if this were going to be a major multiplayer game, but, it isn't. It's just going to have multiplayer ability and those that MP it are just going to have to accept it the way it comes as far as balance goes. They can make up their usual house rules to gimp someone or make someone more powerful. Main thing is the main game must not be balanced to a 100% margin for all factions. I want to be able to overcome the all powerful from the beginning of the game not

Reply to Sovereign's family....New tidbit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Scorpiana" reply="37" id="2351123"] Quoting psychoravin, reply 21 Keep the main game simple though so even a 10 year old will love it. Just be carefull... If you make the game simple enough that even a 10 year old will love it, you might make the game so simple that ONLY a 10 year old will love it... [/quote] Was MOM so simple that ONLY a 10 year old loved it? ;) All they have to do for the most pa

Reply to Pre-Ordering and Payment in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Yeah I agree I think that's false advertisement. They make it sound like a BETA which has always been FREE and a Pre-Order which has always been able to be canceled before the release date. I thought they just wanted a rough estimate of how many people were interested in buying the game upon release date not actually CHARGING TO PLAY A BETA!! lol They are some fools.

Reply to Help Stardock on succession of vassal children (poll inside) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

In the good ole days (unlike our present day socalled civilized fiasco of mother 99% getting the child) the father figure was ALWAYS the authority and as well it should be. I think there should be some "influence" factors from the father as to what the male child becomes, but, the child if it is a male at the age of adulthood should finally get to pick his trade based on those influences. Females on the other hand should not get any choices but to be play things for their spouses an

Reply to Sovereign's family....New tidbit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="34" id="2350801"] Thus, this is probably one that has changed with the advent of children and aging. Thus if the channeler dies his offspring can take over for him and the game continues on an on an on until you take out the whole race, all it's cities and castles and everything. No, that didn't change. The article clearly states that while the soveriegn is immortal, his children aren't. Soveriegn death = game over. [/

Reply to Sovereign's family....New tidbit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="KellenDunk" reply="31" id="2350497"] Quoting psychoravin, reply 29 Quoting Sarudak, reply 27It was specifically mentioned the the sovereign does NOT die of old age. Remember things CHANGE throughout the process of developing a game. Thus, this is probably one that has changed with the advent of children and aging. Thus if the channeler dies his offspring can take over for him and the game continues on an on an on until you take out the

Reply to Pre-Ordering and Payment in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="21" id="2350684"] Quoting AbUs1v3_SoLjA, reply 20 yeah, i understand what your saying, but no where in the preorder info or anywhere else does it mention that ill be charged for beta, it just says that ill be charged for the game when its released. i understand that by participating in the beta ,ill be allowed access to it, but preordering a game means you dont have to pay till its relaeased. idk, i just think it should have been me

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You obviously know nothing about BETA then. lmao. Betas have always been free to play. I've played them since the mid 80's and never paid to play one yet.

Reply to Sovereign's family....New tidbit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="CapnWinky" reply="28" id="2350066"]So, if family members die of old age...and family members can be turned into hereos..is it safe to assume that all heroes die of old age? What about units? Do they die of old age as well? [/quote] Not likely. If you've played the Total War or Crusader Kings series you would know that aging doesn't effect the troups like the leaders and sovereigns and their families. Except for maybe RTW in which there might have been a modi

Reply to Sovereign's family....New tidbit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Sarudak" reply="27" id="2350022"]It was specifically mentioned the the sovereign does NOT die of old age. [/quote] Remember things CHANGE throughout the process of developing a game. Thus, this is probably one that has changed with the advent of children and aging. ;) Thus if the channeler dies his offspring can take over for him and the game continues on an on an on until you take out the whole race, all it's cities and castles and everything. ;) Or from what has bee

Reply to Pre-Ordering and Payment in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Well even I have to admit being "CHARGED" to participate in a BETA is a bit far fetched and rediculous. I mean seriously it's very easy to put $40 in a new checking account. Wait for all this bs to pass and then just draw the dam $40 out and close the account. They aren't going to know the funds have been removed until they try to process the pre-order a 2nd time around. Thus they should just let everybody participate in the beta for nothing, BUT, nobody gets a free game out of it for doing s

Reply to Sovereign's family....New tidbit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

You can mod all that in yourself yes. ;) Keep the main game simple though so even a 10 year old will love it.

Reply to Sovereign's family....New tidbit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="16" id="2349437"]Which should mean that if your channeler dies it's not end game (maybe unless your family is already dead too)? [/quote] EXACTLY!!! (dances around computer desk chair with gelfling glee) If daddy dies either you get to pick your heir or they are picked based on that thingamajig you set your heirdom down with in CK. Constant Sanquanudity, Primal Rage heh something like that. :) Are FEMALES going to be allowed to be heir

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[quote who="endofdayz" reply="13" id="2349157"] Quoting Scoutdog, reply 5 Fascenating. Only one word... yet you managed to misspell it. On topic: The family idea seems awesome, it adds an element of personality to the game. Even if hes not as valuable, losing your favored heir will probably piss you off on a personal level more than losing a major city. [/quote] He didn't misspell IT, it wasn't even in his post. ;)

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haha I was right I guessed it here first. ;) from another thread where I guessed it: [quote] On Monday, we will be revealing a major new component that we think people will find extremely compelling. OHHHH I KNOW having FAMILIES and DYNASTIES with marriages and deaths and heirs??? Like Crusader Kings. [e digicons];)[/e] That would be so kewl it'd be like Lord of the Rings when the son of man gets it on with the el

Reply to What was the Magic of MoM? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="zigzag" reply="80" id="2348483"] I'll go a step further and say throw out balancing all together. Have some factions that are so gimp it is ahrd to win single player on Easy setting. If it becomes a big deal in MP and they all want to be perfectly balanced, let them all play the same faction or their own customer faction. Why, when challenge can be determined by the difficulty setting? Balancing opens up a range of viable options -- this is true in both

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[quote who="Denryu" reply="79" id="2348375"]I'll go a step further and say throw out balancing all together. Have some factions that are so gimp it is ahrd to win single player on Easy setting. If it becomes a big deal in MP and they all want to be perfectly balanced, let them all play the same faction or their own customer faction. Do not try to balance all the factions, neither unit by unit nor even over all. [/quote] Oh I love this idea. I'd love to see gimped facti

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[quote]and multiplayer is what sells most games[/quote] Bawhaw haw haw hawhaw. Darn if that is so. There's been plenty of polls over the years proving that MYTH wrong. More than 80% of the voters clearly voted for SOLO play over multiplay. They even had one poll at Age of Wonders Heaven website. More or less the official website for AOW! lol Multiplayer sells RTS and FPS games it does not sell TBS games by a long shot. Main reason is 99% of TBS games just take too long to play

Reply to Suggestions to make Emental THE game we all want in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]In 1996 I spent tons of endless nights playing Master of Magic, which I think is the best game ever invented.[/quote] While I do think it's the best fantasy wargamer ever invented. The best game ever invented still goes to Ultima IV. ;) No wait X-Com Terror from the Deep, no wait Sacrifice, no wait Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri, yeah that's the one, no wait Sid Meiers Civilization II, no wait Railroad Tycoon I, no wait Galactic Civilization II, no wait Medieval Total War

Reply to What was the Magic of MoM? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Well here's my idea about it: 1) It should be simple enough to play a 10 year old could start playing immediately with just a little coaching. My 10 year old son loved MOM and still plays it even today. It was really his first pc wargame he ever played. Now he plays it on easy or normal all the time because he likes all the easy goodies he gets out of the crypts and dungeons and caves and the easy leaders that want to join him. I can still see that cheshire catlike grin on his fa

Reply to What was the Magic of MoM? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

DoTA? Never heard of it. Other great things about MOM is it's a simple game with a lot of meat and potatoes. Each building and unit brought new things to be able to do. The spell book was filled with wonderful little early spells to play with until you got to the the really monster ones. The Shadow Lord man that thing was awesome. Giant basilisks and of course the dreaded Sky Drakes. I think those things were the most powerful units in the game. I played 100's of games of MOM and

Reply to Boring Linear Tech/Spell Trees in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Shurdus" reply="88" id="2347395"] Quoting Scoutdog, reply 87 Hmmm.... we'll just have to wait and see.... if this is done well it could be a lot of fun, but if the balance is off or the RNG is too overpowered, we could have a lot of save-reloading on our hands..... Which is why there should be no new RNG seed on reloading so reloading accomplishes nothing as far as the RNG is concerned. [/quote] Agreed don't let reloaders cheat m

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[quote]a. smarter AI, especially looking for patterns. If you take 3 towns with Ultra Elite slingers, the other mages should start putting Guardian Wind on everything. I know this is hard--that's why multiplayer would be so cool[/quote] Did any of you guys really play Master of Magic? And if you did did you play it on anything higher than EASY or ULTRA EASY? lol The AI DID learn patterns and did put Guardian Wind on stacks coming at me when I was using Ultra Slingers and/or Ar