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Reply to Who's your sovereign? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Zilor" reply="11" id="2720905"]My first soverign will be Zilor Zilhaust, the Multiverse Traveler. He is the character I use in all games, and in my head the constant theme is that he is one character traveling through dimensions and worlds righting the wrongs and fighting the evils that exist in the Multiverse and beyond. He will be a just ruler of a Kingdom faction, of which I am undecided, and he shall seek to control as much magic as possible to crush the Empire beneath him and

Reply to Sovereign balance in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

This post gave me an Awesome idea for a game to set up. Five players in the map. Myself and 3 AI in a team. Then one other AI, an XML-customised sovereign. This AI sovereign will have an insane set of abilities. He shall be Fallen and Empire. Myself and my AI team-mate shall be human and Kingdom. Fighting against the insane powers of "Dread Lord Norbert" or whatever he shall be called. Anybody else think this sounds like a cool idea for a sandbox? :-)

Reply to How will pre-download work (detailed steps)? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

You do realise that until it's released myself and 5 of the 6 billion people on Earth are going to be hitting refresh on impulse every 3/4 seconds? Just think of the drain this is causing on the world's energy sources and how it is clogging up thee interwebs! If SD have any sort of social conscience they'll release the game now :-) :P. Well, it was worth a shot....

Reply to Brad Wardell wants to use Steamworks.. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Main problem i have with steam/impulse etc. If, say, the US is destroyed by nukes tomorrow, i'll no longer be able to install my steam games.... Obviously i'd rather this didn't happen but much as I'd rather the US wasn't obliterated, if it was i'd still want to play the video-games i'd payed my hard-earned money for. I once considered joining Amazon's Audible service. I e-mailed and asked, if your offices are all obliterated by nuclear war, will i still be able to access all of my purchased

Reply to Spellbooks in War of Magic Elemental Forums

In the beta at least several spell-books could be researched. I believe the spell-books etc have been worked on quite heavily since the beta though. My guess is you'll be able to research it eventually but don't quote me on that.

Reply to Who's your sovereign? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Don't worry i know this, was just light jocularity :-) :P. It's just that I don't really see the point in creating and selecting your Sovereign when everybody will choose Procipinee.

Reply to Who's your sovereign? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'm assuming the 'create Sovereign' will be disabled now we've gone from beta to retail. I mean Procipinee is already in the game right?.... right?!

Reply to What are you most looking forward to? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="jimehau" reply="12" id="2720713"]I'm looking most forward to beating a random map without building a city. I'll travel east; always to the east...[/quote] *Starts first game* *spawns in East-most tile on the map* Hmmm.... *hits end turn*. *hits end turn*. *hits end turn*. You have won a wonderous victory by research! Hmmm.... Maybe i'll try it on the second difficulty next. *turns off computer*. <p

Reply to Elemental: Game Play Example – Part 5 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

So.... I'm going to be unable to play from 24th Aug to 12th Sep, or so (much personal stuff to be done, really no time for gaming :-( ). It's afternoon for me atm. I'll be busy this evening. Hopefully have time to play tomorrow morning.... Moral of the story: Hurry up with the download! :-) :P. Spent a lot of time playing the beta and i'm too excited about the release to wait three whole weeks to play the retail after release! :P Not that I want it to be rushed or anything but... *loads impul

Reply to AI: You can’t see it in a screenshot. But it matters in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="ddd888" reply="8" id="2712842"] Quoting Nktalloth, reply 4It's just too bad it's so hard to get AI to do things that are "technically legal" like players do. An AI that could start legitimately out-maneuvering me would be a wonderful thing to behold. thats impossible that would be a real I not an AI the problem is humans LEARN there is no way a static ai can be competive in the long run cause ppl

Reply to Imminent Gold in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Superb, looks like a much neater UI. Seems a great many awesome changes have been made since Beta 4. Sadly I'm going to have to wait a while to play the release version, too much on atm :-(. Looking good though! Also... suggestion. Day-0 version is called Platinum. Then after a few months, Diamond. Sorry but it had to be said. Zerg ftw! *escapes through a Nydus Worm* :-) :P

Reply to Last day in CA in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Love the idea for expanding the Diplomacy tree! Very neat :-). Most excited to see the changes. Any chances of some sshots of the new UI? :) :P. Also... to repeat everybody else... any chance of us seeing Beta 5? Pretty please? After all the good work the community has done? :-) :P :P

Reply to Elemental Modding: Part 2 – New Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord_Agamemnon" reply="61" id="2704936"] Quoting Tomgi, reply 50I've missed the faction/kingdom/empire/whatever creator in the beta ever since it was removed. I'm also not happy with the sovereign editor as it is now because I can't my sovereign as powerful as the premade ones. At least I can't duplicate Lord Markinn, not enough points. But I guess that will fixed/balanced by release so I'm not really worried about it. Everyone's favorite sorceress (Procipinee) is also

Reply to Elemental Modding: Part 2 – New Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Raven X" reply="13" id="2703635"]Guys, Frogboy isn't saying there Won't Be a Visual Editor. He's saying it will be a XML Editor AS WELL. Meaning there Will Be a Visual Editor AND it will allow us to edit XML variables as well. This means that for those people who don't like messing with XML you will have an easier way to do it!!! Be thankful, Not disappointed [/quote] Sure he doesn't mean a 'standard' XML editor? Eclipse for example :-).

Reply to Elemental: We’re so excited! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Remember physical release in Europe would cost a lot in money. It might be unfortunate but i think we can all accept this isn't exactly going to be SC2 in terms of mainstream popularity. Sadly the budget for marketing just isn't there. Also though it looks pretty the budget just isn't there to make it Quite like, say, Civ5. In general i definitely prefer physical release but, hey, these guys/gals are working pretty hard, i figure they deserve to earn some money from making a good game. I also

Reply to What are shards for? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Personally i think a percentage boost to the power of that element of your magic is the way to go (e.g. you get a 'modified int value') Or a percentage mana reduction.

Reply to Farewell Goodie Huts in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

My thoughts: Spells still need some work (I like the idea of one per tactical turn, maybe need some rebalancing then too of course.). No more Goodie huts. No more Goodie... huts. Now. I spy a Major, major game-breaking problem with this. Say I am playing "Emperor Magnus Jeremiah Scott V, Earl of Cheese". I start out near No gold resource. I therefore get a piffling 0.6 gold per turn or something. I find a gold resource. I want to fund a city. But

Reply to Beta 4 impressions after some quick games. in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="3" id="2699567"]Great feedback! Re Technology Trees and what to expect as we move towards release: Civilization Tech Trees will continue to focus on things that improve your city. We're slowly migrating towards a system where certain buildings will require food to maintain (to feed the people working in them). In addition, we are looking to incorporate more maintainence related costs into this area. Warfare. For those who like

Reply to Sigh... you had me in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="23" id="2699169"] Are you saying that there are people that -pays- for Windows? [/quote] I really can't understand why people don't. I mean as software goes, you'll probably get a heck of a lot of hours use out of it the money it costs for the standard edition :-). Then again, you can always use Linux. Or dual-boot. Or Mac OS X (though then you Would have to get a Mac. eww.) :-)

[Beta4 Bug - Was in 3C!] City names being overriden in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I've had a recurrence of a difficult to isolate bug. You see, it somehow doesn't persist with saved-games, so i'm afraid i can't upload you my save... i'm guessing this is why the bug hasn't been fixed yet :-(. I have noticed occasionally the 'label' for once city will get replaced for that of another. So for example Pariden has a city called X, Altar has a city called Y. Sometimes i notice that there will be two cities with the 'display' for X (the little name and quic

Reply to Starcraft info for those of us too lame to have played yet in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Very important point sir! You need to do a one-time online-activation on install! This is unlikely to be an issue but I figure best to warn you incase it is :P.

Reply to Elemental: BETA 4 Preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="xecran" reply="1" id="2695484"]Speaking of netbooks, will the game support the rather awkward resolution of 1024×600. It seems that a lot of games can't, or perhaps it is just the older games I try installing. The next beta looks, fun, I'm looking forward to the mod tools. I'm assuming the mod tools are bug free, it's the content integration we are to be looking for? [/quote] "Bug free"... I doubt you'll see them

Reply to Starcraft 2 is out in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Hopefully my copy shall arrive in the mail today :-). Then we shall have a constant battle as I strive not to finish work early for the day :P.

Reply to Can't reply on the forums with an iPad (thinks no text is entered) in Forum Issues Elemental Forums

Bara makes a good point. Can play Elemental => Have a PC => Can view the forum. Maybe not as conveniently as with an IPad but oh well.

Reply to Elemental - Commander Rush a reality? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Remember there was little to no attempt to bother with balancing for 3C. Be assured this shall not be the case by retail :-) :P.