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Reply to We don’t like the research mechanism in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I agree that linear tech trees need to go. I'd rather go with something branching that lets you focus on some things and neglect others and still be successful.

Goodies/Resources on Difficult Terrain in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

So, I was thinking while wandering through vast stretches of forest and big seemingly empty mountain ranges...how come all of the resources and goodies are on plains? Likely for ease of exploration, but honestly I would like to see resources in forests, on the ocean so ships could pick them up, in mountains so you must send a special unit type to get them or build a special improvement next to it to get it...etc. Honestly, having things like special honey only found in

Reply to So much to do for next week in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

As an addendum to my previous post: it'd be nice if not every empire needed the same resources in order to be successful, and that trade was necessary to use your own resources to the best of your ability. Being someone like the mongols shouldn't get you boned, just because you're on the plains and raise cattle and horses and don't have much iron. After-all, they did manage to conquer a large portion of the world and build a brief but massive empire with mostly horses and bows.

Reply to So much to do for next week in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Perhaps here should be minor and major (Greater and Lesser?) Resources, or some resources that are region specific/hard to export. You could for example make a certain type of unit that has certain types of armor and certain weapons. Maybe you want their armor to be an especially strong form of steel (That requires special coal/craftsmanship) or a special kind of wood. Rather than letting an entire empire fill itself with soldiers armed and armored with rare resources, perhaps

Reply to Designing units in Elemental discussion in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Perhaps here should be minor and major (Greater and Lesser?) Resources, or some resources that are region specific/hard to export. You could for example make a certain type of unit that has certain types of armor and certain weapons. Maybe you want their armor to be an especially strong form of steel (That requires special coal/craftsmanship) or a special kind of wood. Rather than letting an entire empire fill itself with soldiers armed and armored with rare resources, perhaps

[0.24] Save Button Greyed Out in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Not sure if this is a bug or not, but so far in Beta 1A of elemental it won't let me save my game, the button to actually 'save' is greyed out, while the load button and delete button aren't.

Reply to [Bug/possible futur problem] destroying buildings can allow you to make a city in two parts in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

It would be awesome if it was a feature, not a bug. There are plenty of cities divided in between, or have been historically. Constantinople, for example. Also, for cities built on water, Venice comes to mind.

Reply to [BUG] Camera slowly shifting to the side in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I have the same bug but am on a desktop using a laser mouse...it mostly seems to happen during building placement for me, though.

Reply to Gameplay Suggestions: Round Two in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I personally think that the sovereign, being just some guy wandering around, shouldn't necessarily be the impetus for a declaration of war. Scout: Hey, sire, there's some old man wandering around a few miles from our town. King: Oh really? Declare war on the closest nation!

Reply to [SUGGESTION] - Unit Movement in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Bump, I agree with all of this.

Reply to [BUG] Cannot return from Alt-tab in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I think everyone seems to have this problem. I'm going to hold off on my giant dxdiag for now, though. And yes, I have it too.

Reply to [Suggestion] Unit Design layout in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

It'd be nice to also have an icon in front of an item's name to show when it's equipped. As it is the 'equipped' text scrolls of my screen with some long names. Maybe each 'slot' item could have an icon to represent what is mutually exclusive with it?

Reply to [Suggestion] {refinement} in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Honestly I'd love a colored arrow showing where my units, as well as enemy units are planning to move. Galciv had it, after-all. Not colored, mind, but still pathing so you could intercept if needed.

Reply to [BUG] Seeing future ennemies movements in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

It'd be nice to have some arrows or lines showing what the planned route to the X is, rather than just the x. It's a bitch to chase down giant spiders and smite them.

Reply to [SUGGESTION] Don't let me end my turn without researching something in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I agree, the game should at least warn me that I'm not researching and ask if I want to change that.

Reply to [Suggestion] Animation or progress bar during world creation. in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

This is something I'd like to see too.

Reply to Disappearing Spies in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I had the same problem. I had 4 spies on the Yor, and then they were wiped out by the Thalans, and I lost my spies, no refun, no passing go. :(

Reply to Will America always be a superpower? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

The development of the world economy will in the distant future make the current State System lose a large amount of power as technological innovation and economic development instead shift into the hands of massive corporations that are able to compete with national governments and for a time will (and are) necessary for these national governments to function efficiently. In time, these corporations will dominate as independent units, and the proliferation of information technology and interna

Reply to The Trojan horse stratgy in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Technically, this is not a "Trojan Horse" Strategy. A Trojan Horse would be if the disk you gave them with the tech on it was filled with tiny men.

Reply to What do you call your ships? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

When playing as the Terran's, which I often am, I tend to name ships I mass produce nothing. I leave them with factory default names. Now, flagships, unique ships, huge ships that cost a ton to make, and ships with enough exp to put them ahead of the pack, as well as lucky rangers, all get names. Me, I choose mythological names. Mostly biblical and Greek. Morpheus, Poseidon, Goliath, etc. It's alot cooler to see 'Goliath has defeated Torian Fleet' than 'Lucky Ranger 2009 has de

Reply to MORE Mega Events! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Black hole event. A black hole appears somewhere in the galaxy, and it has a radius of 5x5 parsecs. Anything within this parsec is destroyed. Yeah even planets are erased from this cosmos, but stars are not. Each turn it moves off in a random direction until it either dissipates or moves off the map edge. This could really shake up the game, as ethics come into play. Do you spend alot of money trying to rescue your people in ivacuation ships, or just leav

Reply to A more diplomatic AI in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Peace treaties. All the time you'll be slaughtering an AI player and the AI on the trade screen will be begging for peace; but when you offer Peace Treaty for Peace Treaty, he won't take it. At least, not until you throw in half your Trade Goods--and that's when you're WINNING THE WAR. I've run into the same thing more than once, and it's somewhat frustrating. They offer you something of theirs that you d

Reply to Modified Tech Tree *Beta* in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I'd really love if Standard Gal-Civ had techs with multiple pre-reqs, and several either/or techs, incldusing several that decide the basics of your society/civ at the beginning of the game. This is maybe a rather grand analogy, but what if your tech for starbases, starships, and building tech had three branches. Mechanical (Earth), Biological (Dread Lords) or Energy (other). Mechanical would be able to buy and have much higher production as well as being able to sell ships and

Reply to Jagged Knife and Canadian flag in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

You're just paranoid. Firstly, you must have added the Canadian flag with an addon pack, as I don't think it's in the files originally. Secondly, the Jagged Edge are a bit buggy, as they seem to use a random flag every time they show up in my game. It even goes so far as that the flag they use is their diplomacy screen in my games. Short answer: It's random.

Reply to Minor races espionage and general espionage in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

It's pretty damn lame that you can't spy on minors. They can send and receive trade routes and trade tech. Hell, I've even seen one become a military superpower somehow and be very threatening to me, and still I can't manage to spy on them. Pretty sucky for an espionage based race.