Elurian

Reply to Sunday Morning has come and Gone, "Midday" is just about over? Update Please? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

Reply to Brad’s Beta 3-B Walkthru Part 2 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'm not crazy about arcane/divine/psionic etc. in the core game, but it would make a lot of sense to have the "key stat" that determines a spell's power be a flag that can be easily altered for purposes of modding.

Reply to It is time to talk about QUESTS! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Quest: "The Channeler in the Iron Mask" aka "Dopple, dopple, who's got the ganger?" You've been gone for some time and have returned to your capital to find that your place has been taken by a lookalike sent by another channeler as a puppet on YOUR throne. You can: 1) Try to convince a loved one (member of your dynasty) that you are who you say you are by escorting them to the fishing hole you visited as a child. 2) Demonstrate your prowess

Reply to Elemental Player Input: Champions! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Elurian Teldarien was an elven paladin/sorceror who specialized in augmentation magic to strengthen both himself and his party. In the final battle against the undead hordes of Aeloryk, Thrall of Acheron, Elurian fell to the Dagger of the Damned. With his last breath, he was able to lend strength to his oath-brother, Induriel Bladebane, who managed to drive Aeloryk off...though not before the vampire flung Elurian's body in front of the saddle of his skelet

Reply to Time Time Time. See what has become of me. in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Simultaneous + Time Bank would be good. I don't think "hotseat TBS" is as viable today as it was 10 years ago, simply because a far greater percentage of people are likely to be online or LANed than playing multiplayer on the same PC, which was really what hotseat was for. Simultaneous play removes a lot of deadtime from the game.

Reply to Let's talk about Master of Magic in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The manual was very cool, and the MoM strategy guide is probably the best one ever made - full details on spells and units. I firmly believe most die-hard strategy folks want visibility to the mechanics, rather than vague swags at the mechanics where patches can have sweeping impacts without any visibility to what was really changed. Don't tell me "Armageddon deals a devastating blow to all in the area" and then change it from X gajillion points of damage to everything on the map to Y p

Reply to Let's talk about Master of Magic in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Wizard creation tops the list. Interaction of race selection with wizard creation. Huge # of research options that played off of race/wizard combinations and dramatically changed game play. Some customization of units - I think Elemental will be even better here. Turn-duration buff spells were cool, as were some of the permanent effects you could achieve. Chaos channels! Item creation. Good globals. Lots of flavor from heroes and ite

Reply to Stardock and Random House Announce Partnership on Elemental: Destiny’s Embers in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Very cool. Hope you've got some serious ghost-writing going on that novel, Brad - we want to make sure the game gets plenty of Wardeliciousness.

Reply to Elemental Beta 1-G plans in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="34" id="2528011"]The Frog always trumps anything that Boogiebac guy says (who I heard I actually just the office janitor). You'll be getting several features not listed as goals for 1G (Custom Facitons Editor AND Custom Sovereign Editor, to name two) plus much more content for the implemented features. For example, right now there are TWO quests in the game...[/quote] Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!! I can finally build my forces

Reply to Elemental: The MUST HAVE 2010 TBS requirements in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Great priorities. I love the fact that ya'll have thought through #9 already. So many really good TBS games end up rarely being played to completion beyond the first time because it's a foregone conclusion and mop-up just gets old. Dominions 3 is a great example - as much fun as the game is, I never finish anymore, because I can own 60% of a huge map, 80% of the dominion and 90% of the income/gem income, and still waste 50 turns just trying to finish because t

Reply to Elemental: Quest Discussion Part 2 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I would very much like to see: A) Branching quest chains (long chains with different sub-quests depending on a decision point). This doesn't have to be extremely sophisticated - Castles 2 and the recent King Arthur both do a decent job of accomplishing this with text (i.e. do you support the pope or help the followers of the old faith, with different rewards/consequences for each. B ) Ability to select from a list of rewards for very difficult quests, whe

Reply to Elemental: Beta 1D Change Log. in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Outstanding timing - we who took some time off for the holidays salute you!

Reply to Some quick battle notes in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I like that you can modify physical attacks to other types - without that, there'd be a real problem with traditional troops having a single damage type (mundane). There's a similar issue with PnP D&D - you can pump armor class pretty easily, which means in a caster/fighter showdown, a caster can boost defensive capabilities and shrug off any physical attack easily, but a fighter has to boost multiple types of saving throws; that's one of the more subtle but swee

Reply to Channeler Customization: Part 3 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Looking good, though I still really like the idea of simultaneously positive/negative traits for more definition (to accompany the other strengths/weaknesses). History in particular adds a little flavor, which is the one place I feel Stardock's otherwise brilliant games have sometimes struggled. MoM indicated ranks with books, and it was a nice touch. Can you get away with that as a nice homage without any fear of "those who sat their lazy&

Reply to Channeler Customization: Continued in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

IMHO this is what made MoM so addictive, and the degree of customization is probably the biggest reason I prefered MoM to Civilization. Race customization in and MOO and GalCiv is one of the biggest things separating those from other strategy games. I'm really excited about the combo of sovereign and race customization and would love to see some helpful but not overpowering synergies available for sharp sovereign designers. I also like the point a

Reply to Some thoughts on succession in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Love it - way to fix a problem and enhance the strategy at the same time. More depth would be awesome, but I'm just happy having a replacement in the event of assassination.

Reply to What is the best RPG.....? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

BG2, Daggerfall (after bugs were out), Star Control 2 (yes, it counts as an RPG :)), Planescape Torment, MM6. Special mentions to NWN, SSI's Goldbox games and a little known RPG/action/puzzle/strategy/trading game called Spellcraft.

Reply to Keeping your sovereign alive: The Sequel! in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Like the idea of an heir. I also like the idea that a sovereign can die permanently. I hate the idea that it ends the game. One of the biggest keys between companies (and presumably kingdoms, though I can't speak from experience there) that last and flash-in-the-pans is that the enduring companies invest long-term in a diverse and talented group that can operate without the top dog. Losing a sovereign should constitute enough of a power hit to represen

Reply to Keeping your sovereign alive in War of Magic Stardock Forums

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Reply to How much control do you want over unit design? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="4" id="2397755"] Quoting Mazuo, reply 3 Option 4 for sure here. One thing I wouldn't mind explored however is some more stats for units. STR/DEX or AGI/STA or CON/INT or MAG This. [/quote] Ditto.

Bug - Alt-tabbing causes music to continue playing on desktop; cannot re-enter game in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Alt-tabbing causes music to continue playing on desktop; cannot re-enter game. Vista 64 system.

Reply to Elemental Beta Not Showing Up in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

I had the same issue (in fact, I think I may have ordered 3 copies since February, since I never received an e-mail from Stardock...). There's an icon titled "Show Freeware and Demos" and another referencing "prereleases." Make sure prereleases is clicked, and you may already have access. Hope that helps!

Reply to Elemental BETA 1 Arrives in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Preordered twice, at the very beginning of the year. E-mailed [email protected] to try to confirm over 2 weeks ago. No response to my inquiry; no key in the mail. Anybody have any ideas???

Reply to Elemental BETA: Before summer ends in Elemental Dev Journals JoeUser Forums

Is there some way to verify that very early preorders have gone through? I preordered in January or February, never received a verification, and preordered again, with no verification. I want to make sure I'm in, but I'd rather not have 3 copies. :)

Reply to [Discussion] Tactical battles vs. Auto-resolve in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Agree with Tridus re: having the option to disable in multi. That said, there's still room for some options as far as how the auto-resolve works. Personally, I like the script capability (though I don't particularly want to WATCH the battles if they're autoresolved, the way you do in Dominions.