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Reply to [.91] [Bug] Armor requirements are missing (need help figuring out why) in LH Support Elemental Forums

I found out something interesting about this one today. When I got the chain boots initially, I couldn't equip them because of the chainmail proficiency requirement. Later, when I checked the boots it showed the "Must have chainmail proficiency" requirement. I'm guessing it didn't display the requirement until after I unlocked chainmail as a technology. Can anyone confirm/deny this?

Reply to [0.85 Bugs] Upgrade Screen, Caravans, Quest XP Screen, Rain of Arrows in LH Support Elemental Forums

[quote]Rain of Arrows has a strange delay. When casting this ability, there's a 5-6 delay/stall and then damage is inflicted without animation. It worked fine the first time, but not since. I was using an Ignys Shortbow.[/quote] I had this happen to me, too. I was using the Ignys shortbow, too. Strange, though, in that it doesn't happen consistently. The time that happened for me I was attacking 4 units. Do you remember how many you damaged?

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 0.85 changelog in LH Support Elemental Forums

I've only played .85 for about an hour, but very good improvements.

Reply to Happy and Sad in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Cari- your contributions to Stardock's gaming and community have been profound. Undoubtedly you'll have a similar impact focusing on motherhood. Thank you for all the dedication you've shown through your role at Stardock. Stay in touch! The real question now is, who will take care of Brad's demands? (I'm looking at you, Derek!). ;)

Reply to [.80 Bug] Veteran and Experienced Traits Do Not Work in LH Support Elemental Forums

What is the general benefit of leveling up? Off-hand, I know it increases: *HP *Accuracy What about other traits, like resistance, dodge, attack, etc.?

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 0.85 changelog in LH Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Derek Paxton" reply="183" id="3350093"]It's released. We actually had a steampipe issue that kept it from going out last night, but with a little help from the wonderful folks at Valve its been taking care of.[/quote] Valve has a product called Steampipe? That's awesome! Looking forward to playing .85 this weekend. Thanks, Derek & Co.

Reply to [.80] Help me understand Defense and Defending in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Thanks, Gaunathor for the formula. I assume LH uses a similar one (or the same), but if anyone could confirm/deny this, that would be helpful. Another question about the formula- Minimum damage doesn't take armor into account? You listed Max Attack. Did you mean that the formula should be: Min Damage = Max Damage / 2 ? So, as an example: My unit has an Attack of 7. I'm attacking a unit with a Defense of 1. The rounded Max Damage is 7*7/(7+1) = 6

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 0.85 changelog in LH Support Elemental Forums

Any changes coming to attacking removes all movement for units? This is so highly annoying. Not that I expect 1 unit to run wild by itself, but there were some good suggestions thrown out about how to fix this.

[.80] Help me understand Defense and Defending in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Does someone have the calculation that's use to determine damage? Usually, it's Attack - Defense. However, it doesn't seem to be that way in LH. Then, on top of that you place in the variable if a unit is defending or not. What does defending actually do? It certainly affects archers! Attack and Defense both seem more like a power rating than an actual value, but as someone who's played Elemental for a long time, I've yet to figure out how the system works.

Reply to [MAJOR ISSUE] Dragon experience in LH Support Elemental Forums

Whether it's the old system or the new one, I'm hoping that farming monsters for XP isn't an intentional design. What I mean is that SD intentionally wants players to leave monster huts around just to keep them around for leveling purposes. It seems like once you clear out monsters but don't capture their lair, they shouldn't regenerate more. I'm also unsure why monsters keep growing past 1 size of group. I'm sure it's more threatening, but it also encourages f

Reply to [.80] Incorrect damage calculations when using special traits (like Shield Bash) in LH Support Elemental Forums

I did some testing last night- it's definitely a problem with more than just Shield Bash. Guarded Strike, Crushing Blow, and Cleave all had similar calculation problems.

Reply to Legendary Heroes too Legendary XP and Gildar leech. in LH Support Elemental Forums

I'll reserve judgement after the next patch with the XP and Fame changes. My main issue with the the current state of affairs is that heroes gained through fame are too difficult to use because they're either too weak, too late in the game, or I have too few units to viably fight with it. If I gain a new hero, it shouldn't have to cost me money, it should be powerful and it should be useful. Thankfully I don't see any of these issues as being too difficult to overcome except t

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 0.85 changelog in LH Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="140" id="3349514"]I saw that too tonight. I asked Derek to see if someone could check that out. I have no idea what change caused that. My changes were in the strategic area.[/quote] Thanks, Brad. Glad it wasn't just my game. You can give whoever is working on the tactical AI some kudos. Overall, it is quite good, which is saying something given the challenge of all of the new features. It seems like some of the actions and movements still need a

Reply to Fallen Enchantress–Legendary Heroes release date set in Elemental News Elemental Forums

LH is really a great game already and it still has almost one month to be refined (plus some patches after release). The past is over and the current product continues to get better all the time.

Reply to [MAJOR ISSUE] Dragon experience in LH Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Naidrev" reply="15" id="3349449"] Would it be possible to not have level effect XP gains? [/quote] I agree with the sentiment behind this, but without the scaling, I could see this encouraging farming of lower level units just to level.

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 0.85 changelog in LH Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Draginol" reply="130" id="3349462"].[/quote] Awesome! Any chance those AI updates include improvements to the tactical battle AI? I've had several battles where the AI would defend or retreat its units instead of attack, which cost it the battle. That's about the only real tactical error I've seen so far (which is quite excellent).

Reply to Dear Devs a word on automatic roads in LH Support Elemental Forums

I had a game tonight that did the same thing- ran right through a monster lair. A banshee, no less, so I couldn't really clear it out until much later. Even if these other changes can't happen soon, could the algorithm be modified to go around monster lairs?

Reply to Dear Devs a word on automatic roads in LH Support Elemental Forums

Another idea that may make implementation a bit easier on this- What if instead of carrying a maintenance cost, the road tiles cost gildar, which increased over time. It wouldn't be as simple as the first manual road = 1 gildar, the 2nd two, etc., but something like that. Then we wouldn't have to worry about on-going expenses (how would you get rid of a road over time to save money?), but it would discourage road spam because it would become cost prohibitive. A few, we

Reply to Next turn handling and popups in LH Support Elemental Forums

The pop-ups that cause me problems are the city level up ones (the current dialog sometimes doesn't get me enough info) and the research one. It never fails that pop-ups will happen while the camera centers on something else, or because it's a modal dialog, I can't go check other info to make my strategic decisions. I really like the way Endless Space handles this. It uses the right side for notifications, which it allows you to either dismiss or minimize. Would love to se

Reply to [Bug] Monsters 'not attacking' AI in LH Support Elemental Forums

Did you build the roads in that ZoC? They're very strange. I wonder if the fact that they're on a road tile and traveling somewhere may be an issue?

Reply to [.80] Incorrect damage calculations when using special traits (like Shield Bash) in LH Support Elemental Forums

Saw the note about this in the changelogs. You may want to check a few other traits than just Shield Bash (unless the fix fixes all calculation issues). I want to say Crushing Blow and Guarded Attack (whatever the Gildar trait is called) wasn't right, either.

Reply to [Bug] Graphics error in LH Support Elemental Forums

I have a Radeon card and haven't noticed it. Mine is an HD 7770. What's your version? Do you have the update from January installed? Sounds like it's not shadows. Suppose you could try turning off anti-aliasing. That seemed to cause some issues.

Reply to Dear Devs a word on automatic roads in LH Support Elemental Forums

If we do go down the Engineers path (which I approve), it might also be good allow them to upgrade outposts, too. Engineers could also double as spies/scouts, too, which would only add to their usefulness.

Reply to [.80] Incorrect damage calculations when using special traits (like Shield Bash) in LH Support Elemental Forums

Huzzah! I didn't even need to get a screenshot. Derek- you're a bug smashing maniac today. This next release will just rock. You're #1 in my book. Well, actually Ongr is #1, but who can compete with him?

Reply to Casting spells on stacks in LH Support Elemental Forums

It would be cool to see this (and other types of selections) to bring up the unit selection dialog where you would click on each unit you wanted the spell to affect, with the total cost given below. Clicking again on a unit would unselect it.