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Reply to Thank you Brad, Derek and FE:LH Team!!!! in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Pardon the double-post.

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Reply to Help Dev Choice - DRM or DRM Free? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

No point in DRM. If people want to pirate, they will. DRM will waste your time and money, and the most if might do is inconvenience paying customers. [quote who="ZombiesRus5" reply="15" id="3360922"] You may as well post a link to download your game with a Donate button based on most of these comments.[/quote]Nah, there's people who don't know how to pirate, or who just take the most convenient option, or who otherwise would be okay with paying but won't unless promp

Reply to Let's talk about crafting... in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I wouldn't consider crafting to be a short list item. (My pet goal is still sieges, buildings, and elevation change in tactical battles). But if Crafting were added... Like in Age of Wonders (Shadow Magic especially) but not broken. Good luck with that.

Reply to The Hobbit movie thread in Movies & TV & Books Elemental Forums

To me, it felt like it was sort of missing the point in a lot of places. Of course there was little things the added action and the increased emphasis on the homeland compared to the gold, but the cut songs hurt it (although the songs they kept were great) and I felt that the changed scenes were pretty much all for the worse. The entrance into Rivendell in particular made no real sense to me. Why have the dwarves showing such great animosity to the elves? Why did the elves show animosity

Reply to Why are the discussions here so good? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Maybe I just have higher standards, but I don't think it's particularly great. There's certainly a lot of horrible game sites out there that make this look great by comparison, but really, all that happens here is reasonable discussion. I don't think that should be considered some lofty achievement to be proud of so much as a matter of course. Most forms of discourse achieve this after all. I think a better question would be "why are so many other gaming sites so horrid?".

Reply to Fallen Enchantress’s Map Pack DLC FAQ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I still think this is too much money for any DLC that isn't a huge overhaul or adds a lot of new features. I also don't really want pre-made maps to start with. I'm curious, therefore, about the other thing included - the stamps. How do boats work, are they a new stamp I could encounter on a random map?

Reply to Misogyny in gaming in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

It's really just because of the stereotypical "Grrl Gamer" figure, who doesn't know much about games but plays them for attention from guys, or the woman who uses her sexuality rather than actual competence to get a job or to market a game. The fact of the matter is there are women like that - and there have been high profile cases of game developers using attractive women to try to sell their game. Note Jessica Chobot's inclusion in Mass Effect 3, for example. Or the case of Jade

Reply to Why Kindle will fail as a device, succeed as a format. in Books Elemental Forums

Yeah, with falling prices and some software improvement, kindles have got their little market pretty well cornered at this point. It's interesting to be able to read for years of opinions in one short thread, though. Personally I read Kindle books on my phone, and only when a physical copy of the book isn't available, but I know there's a fair few people who like to be able to slide their dataslate out and read a book, even in non-travel situations. Lots of folks don't

Reply to This week on the BAD BAD CEO MAN in Business Elemental Forums

We had something similar here in California, before Proposition 30 (a tax to fund schools) was passed, some colleges emailed out information saying that if it wasn't passed and the planned budget cuts went into affect, tuition would rise and teachers would have to be let go, or if it was passed then tuition could be lowered back to what it was last year. It's a straightforward heads up on what could happen, but some people got all up in arms about that being a violation of the educati

Reply to no user created stamps and quests? in FE Modding Elemental Forums

I wonder if some of the Stormworld stuff (and potentiall other people's stuff as well) could be vanilla in addition to its main purpose? I know there's usually demand in games for small enhancement mods that don't substantially change the flavor of a game the way Stormworld does.

Reply to Kokugamer Gives Fallen Enchantress an 9/10! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Is this a professional game reviewer? That article could really use an editor. But congrats on the good review.

Reply to The Map Pack is coming in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Kalin" reply="134" id="3275220"]my 2c... Elemental: Lion's Heart Oh, and free expansion? Jeez, now I really have to pick up all your DLCs. Way to use guilt as a motivator.[/quote]There aren't any lions in Elemental.

Reply to The Map Pack is coming in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="126" id="3275116"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 123 Quoting Heavenfall, reply 106 Quoting Frogboy, reply 91People who bought WOM before the end of October 2010 get the upcoming expansion pack to FE for free as well. I'm confused. When E:wom was deemed a failure, you said early adopters would be getting two expansions for free. Fallen enchantress and the next expansion. Are you saying we get the expansion to FE as wel

Reply to Life with Microsoft Surface: Day 6 in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="kona0197" reply="12" id="3275011"] Quoting Island Dog, reply 6Why would you want to ruin it? Running Linux on it would not ruin it. It would enhance it. Using an OS that is immune to spyware, malware, and viruses has some advantages.[/quote]You've got a funny definition of "immune". Is Linux also immune to decent Nvidia drivers?

Reply to The Map Pack is coming in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

When you say this map is gigantic, how big are we talking? Also, are larger sizes for randomly generated maps a thing that can happen?

Reply to FE Status Report at 2 weeks in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] The Map Pack We will be releasing our first-ever DLC for a Stardock game. It’ll be an interesting experiment to see what the demand is. Paul Boyer and I have designed a series of hand crafted maps that will be going up for sale in a week or two for $4.99. If sales of this are strong, we’ll look at doing additional DLC packs. A game like Fallen Enchantress lends itself to content centric DLC and so we’re anxious to se

Reply to My son...is a Brony in Everything Else Elemental Forums

He'll probably get over it by himself. But it might mean he's lacking in social interaction, a lot of bronies are. If that's the case, try getting him into some organized group that he'll enjoy - a sport would be the traditional example of this but any activity in a group setting is fine. Whatever you do though, don't make a big deal about it.

Reply to IS Microsoft Surface the Zune of tablets? in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

So the bottom line: If for some strange reason you still have stock in Microsoft, sell. It's not going back up any time in the foreseeable future.

Reply to [eMOD] LargeUI mod 0.7 for FE 1.32 in FE Modding Elemental Forums

I'd like Stardock to expand this stuff themselves in an update. I installed all of this besides the circles around city spells, which I like better the default way, and the spellbook looks to silly for me, but it really should be able to hold more. Especially since most of the UI space in the current system is wasted on "magical" text which means nothing. A better solution for the spellbook, although this may not be possible for modders, would be to decrease the width of the spell

Reply to [>>Stardock FE Modding Library now up<<] in FE Modding Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="12" id="3268044"]Can I get the special access too please?[/quote]It would make sense for everyone who's on the "Top Elemental: Fallen Enchantress" list could automatically get that ability.

Reply to The Escapist Gives Fallen Enchantress a 4/5! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="2" id="3265610"]It's looking like Stardock can legitimately add "critically acclaimed" to Fallen Enchantress' resume. Scores in the 80% range are generally considered excellent for a niche game like this. That said, I do hope that Stardock is taking the rather unanimous "lack of focus" criticism seriously.[/quote]I don't. I haven't even seen a "lack of focus" comment in other reviews, and I think that a strategy game, with entire wo

Reply to Meanwhile, Halloween strikes Stardock in Stardockians Elemental Forums

Heh. If I'd been doing the flasher getup I think I'd have worn less under. Not nothing but... less. Maybe the Stardock work environment isn't quite that casual though.

Reply to Eternal September and the devolution of human discourse in Internet Elemental Forums

I pretty much agree with Brad here, regarding the social effects of internet, but I notice a lot of people (who also agree) seem to be taking this as "People are rude on the internet and that's horrible!" I don't really agree with that. Some people, because of the culture on the forum or their real life culture or whatever, can espouse perfectly coherent views with language or an apparent attitude that might seem rude to you, and indeed might not be very polite. And people can

Reply to Game Informer Reviews Fallen Enchantress–8.25 Score! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

That quote is basically how I feel about FE too. Also unfortunately true: "With little room for tactical creativity, the battles are more of a chance to see the units you’ve designed and heroes you’ve customized in action than a whole second side of the game." It's sad, but Derek focused on merely reorganizing the basic systems and ignored opportunities to add real tactical depth. It's better than WoM, but it could be fa