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Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Cruxador" reply="103" id="3058122"] They just play to win using their own valid strategies, rather than all going for the same strategy. If some of the AI strategies aren't optimal ways to win, then that just means the game's balance is imperfect. If there are strategies which no AI takes, those strategies should be incorporated into the AI strategies if they make sense. If they don't make sense, game mechanics should be altered (in most cases this will mean

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Reply to Are you a human? Are you SURE? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gandhialf" reply="138" id="3057876"]So many old but excellent ideas are waiting to be implemented in FE![/quote]So many unreasonable ideas which would be beyond Stardock's budget or skills (not saying they're unskilled by far, but I'm not sure this is their specialty). Being a bit more conservative at first is a good idea; it ensures a game people want to play, instead of a game people dream about until they realize it sucks.

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Reply to No Multiplayer in Fallen Enchantress. in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote]Can we agree that quoting numbers from two of your own titles and one other 'that a friend told me' is a million miles from an exhaustive canvassing of the TBS playing demographic?[/quote] That said, you fail to address the statistics given for Civilization IV and Sins (well, aside from the "a friend told me" comment which doesn't contribute to the debate :/), 2 multiplayer-oriented games that have very good multiplayer, sold well, and were well recei

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]it keeps the AI within their character[/quote] I'd rather have a good AI that actually uses the tools at its disposal than an "in-character" weak AI that needs to cheat to keep up with the player. At some point, you need to chose between flavor and gameplay, and I prefer the second. In other words, I'd rather the AIs played to win.

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Reply to No Multiplayer in Fallen Enchantress. in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Hmmm, Frogboy, if I understand correctly, those who pre-ordered will get another expansion for free (or is that no longer the case?); so there is still a possibility that the people who preordered War of Magic for the multiplayer aspects will get multiplayer - and without spending another dollar - am I correct?

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Reply to EMAIL IS OUT! in FE Beta Elemental Forums

I pre-ordered Elemental in 2009 but didn't get anything yet, so I hope they haven't finished sending emails?

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

What I meant is that there seems to be tools for some interesting faction, and that for instance Magnar's made me think of the typical "Tomb King" gameplay... except he has slaves instead of undeads XD. [quote] To be really honest, it feels like a lot of pointless extra work to me if I have to design new units with pre-designed stats that you have already made for faction X just because I am playing faction Y.[/quote] Not pointless. Mechanically, it's of limite

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[quote who="Derek Paxton" reply="15" id="3056011"] If you want to talk about modding XML then lots of things can be done. But currently the only example of this in game is that Umber has Poison Vials as a designable item that is only available to them. So their Najaborn units are unique, you cant create a Mancer unit that poisons (without changing some xml).[/quote] That's interesting! I was thinking of modding opportunities here, and I am glad we&#

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Actually, is it possible to create a faction with a unit that nobody else *can* have, as a unique faction trait? Hmmm, maybe by disguising it as a unit trait that only that faction can have from a unique tech? Are there unique techs?

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I like the concept of unique pre-designed units, but is there an incentive to build them instead of custom designed one? Is there a thing making them the "faction's favorite", aside from the fact that they're already there? Or are they just identical to custom-built units with the same build choices?

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Reply to The Solar Powered Thread in Science & Tech Elemental Forums

[quote]Those doubting the pay off for this tech (and it's a big investment for an individual, but less so for states) the largest solar energy deal is the one California just signed: http://www.israel21c.org/environment/israel-and-california-cut-worlds-largest-solar-energy-deal which will power 1 million California homes.[/quote] This doesn't prove anything

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Reply to The Solar Powered Thread in Science & Tech Elemental Forums

I'm not trying to troll or to criticize the gesture, but I am wondering: what is the ecological footprint of the chemical processes involved in the creation of these panels? Do the ecological benefits of this array clearly outweigh the -ecological- cost?

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Where we stand at Christmas in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Frogboy, I have a question about the interaction between AI and modding. Suppose I want to create an ability that, for instance, gives a small armor debuff for a round to the enemy with every weapon strike. Will the AI be able to use it semi-properly? Is there a way for the modders to give the AI rough guidelines concerning the production of units with this ability, and their use in battle? I am interested in expanding on the abilities that Fall Enchantress will feature

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