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Reply to BP oil spill aftermath - fish with tumors, deformities in The Environment Elemental Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="12" id="3131870"] Depends how one defines "quality". Poisoned food doesn't rank highly on mine. [/quote] I think I was pretty clear in how I define quality in my original post. Things like electricity, electronics, cars, and home heating. My point is that the overall quality of life, and the hopes for a better quality of life for those who haven't reached it yet, depend largely upon these industries. Without them, many of

Reply to And Stardock raises the white flag (to Valve) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="431" id="3131814"]Reduced 42%Original 1350 x 824 Anyone get where I'm going here?[/quote] How much does it cost to ride this merry-go-round?

Reply to BP oil spill aftermath - fish with tumors, deformities in The Environment Elemental Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="5" id="3131780"]- [/quote] I certainly wasn't making the point that reckless companies should skate on responsibility. BP should be, and will be, paying for this for years. And they didn't just change CEOs. They also created a $20 Billion spill response fund (which they are adding $1.25B per quarter to until it reaches the $20B). They posted their US assets as against the $20B as collateral.

Reply to BP oil spill aftermath - fish with tumors, deformities in The Environment Elemental Forums

You realize that this argument isn't nearly as one sided as you make it out? Without all those industrial and mining corporations that you demonize we're not having this conversation on the internet. You're not playing any Elemental game. You'd be lucky to have electricity and a car (and likely neither of those). You certainly don't have a cell phone. Hell, you don't have phone lines. There are certainly example of companies that h

Reply to Beta 3 Status Update in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

This looks great. Looking forward to next week.

Reply to My Views on Steam haven't changed in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="8" id="3115288"] Quoting Kantok, reply 7 Don't bring wisdom into this. Everyone knows you either love something completely and stand by every aspect, or you hate everything about it and nothing about it is good. They are only two options with everything. And so clearly because Brad made minor criticisms of Steam, therefore he hates it, but he also said some positive things, therefore he loves it. So, in conclusion,

Reply to My Views on Steam haven't changed in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="niz032" reply="18" id="3121274"] That's what they tell you, but the real issue is that they don't want to spend the resources. It's not that they don't have the money to spend, it's that it would eat into their profits. [/quote] That's a monster of an assumption on your part. Regardless of how much money they have to spend on the game, that amount IS finite. What planned features should they cut to satisfy the&n

Reply to Go big, or go home in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Looking forward to April 12th even more.

Reply to My Views on Steam haven't changed in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Guest83" reply="5" id="3115151"]Mr. Wardell, it's not as black and white you are trying to make it look like. Of course you said you love Valve, but you also said some other things you didn't quote in your posting above. A few examples: Does this all count as badmouthing? Propably not, but it sounds a bit different from what you provided in your posting above.[/quote] Is there no service that you are a fan of generally, but

Reply to Stardock Customer Report: 2011 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="lambdaman" reply="20" id="3112528"] Too bad, I'd love to play FE on my tablet .[/quote] Good tablet + good remote desktop app = FE on my tablet. Works pretty well.

Reply to I need a good hiding place… in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="WhiteElk" reply="110" id="3112442"] Not even bringing up WoM would help. A focus on FE as being its own game. Entirely new. Standalone. [/quote] If you think that's even remotely an option you're living in a dream world. If SD doesn't bring it up, the reviewers certainly will. The combination of SD's reputation & openness, WOM's major expectations, and WOM's awful, awful launch guarantee it. Not to men

Reply to I need a good hiding place… in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="98" id="3112070"] I remember how Elemental was rushed to make the marketing 'shelving' deadline, and hope history isn't repeating itself. [/quote] I'm pretty sure there is no shelving date. Isn't FE digital distribution only? [quote who="Lonemessiah" reply="100" id="3112103"] Do people really think that paying for advertising helps ratings? Someone should have told Duke nuke em Forever.

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[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="82" id="3111885"]My rating for the FE current beta release, using Civ4 BtS as the standard '10.0', is 2.0. To those that will say Civ4 BtS is an unfair comparison -- that's ok, opinions are just that, and feel free to substitute your own standard. Civ4 BtS is the product of ~20 years of work and several expansions. FE had Elemental so it's not a new product, plus the 'wheel' doesn't have to be entirely re-inven

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[quote who="Tasunke" reply="26" id="3111459"] I somewhat agree that the build is not ready for reviews ... but I guess its more a marketing/business decision. But it sounds a lot like when the 'Elemental Army' started based off of promises ...[/quote] None of us have any idea if the build they're showing off is ready for public viewing. We've never seen that build. Also, it's not being shown for review, but preview.

Reply to [Thoughts and Impressions] Disappointment, Part 2 in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="DarkGaldred" reply="27" id="3108339"] How can the lore justify losing the knowledge of spear-making and still make sense, though? It is something that existed a few hundred thousands years even before the middle age. Even some Chimpanzees have been reported to craft wooden spears and use them to hunt. You can convey the feel of rediscovering lost technologies without getting overboard with it. Leather working too, is something that can hardly have been totally lost as it date

Reply to Fallen Enchantress–March Status in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Beric01" reply="75" id="3097364"] This post is pretty amazing, and unfortunately right on. I would love to see how exactly we're going to distinguish these races such that a casual player, just starting up the game, will instantly recognize that other races are significantly different. It's no easy task, because as was mentioned prior, we don't even have real-world civs to relate to. Just a bunch of humans. We can't even say that one race consists of blondes,

Reply to [FE][Suggest] I think Army Speed should = Champion Speed. Here's Why. in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Bingjack" reply="33" id="3093929"] [Edit] @ Kantok I'm sorry man, I just dont think we're seeing eye to eye on things. I thought I addressed your points, but we keep just saying the same things over and over to each other. Ive never felt gimped in the game by not using more than the 1-2 champs I pick up in the early game without much recruiting tech. Champions arent mandatory. Does it give added value to using them? Sure, in some ways.&nbs

Reply to [0.86] [UI suggestion] Control of multiple Army stacks on the strategic map. Currently too chaotic. in FE Beta Elemental Forums

I don't know how anyone could play with auto-select next unit on. It's infuriating. Tab does the trick, though there should likely be a UI button as well for those that don't know the hot keys.

Reply to [FE][Suggest] I think Army Speed should = Champion Speed. Here's Why. in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Bingjack" reply="31" id="3093900"] Again, nothing changes for them. Autonomous armies work as they do now. In the game at present, You can even construct them to be *faster* than early game Champions if you wish. But I'm sure you'll agree that the focus of the game is Champion led armies, and there should be strong reasons for giving your army to a Champion's control. Also, I dont know about anyone else, but I regularly sweep a large map with 3 Champ

Reply to [FE][Suggest] I think Army Speed should = Champion Speed. Here's Why. in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Bingjack" reply="28" id="3093865"] Quoting KnownElephant, reply 27My problem with your idea is that it makes champions sort of mandatory components of any army. Champions aren't always super common and sometimes you want to field a lot of armies (especially if you are an AI player). But more importantly if someone gets more champions than you they are going to be able to field more armies, with more powerful units in them (since they didn't have to get the

Reply to [FE][Suggest] I think Army Speed should = Champion Speed. Here's Why. in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Bingjack" reply="13" id="3093699"] Exactly. And my champions finished the last large map game with a max speed of 4. If you still think thats too fast, you can throttle the speed at the champion level. Meanwhile units can be deigned with both mount and Scout bonuses, when your Champ only has a mount available. I fear the dev response to this will be to simply remove most of the +speed perks from the units as well, making the game speed ever more g

Reply to [FE][Suggest] I think Army Speed should = Champion Speed. Here's Why. in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Bingjack" reply="9" id="3093660"] Nothing Changes. Armies are still moving at the same speeds they are now. But they get to bring different types of troops with them. Unless you want to claim you deliberately slow down your army by taking slow troops. In which case, why would you do this? [/quote] No, they're not. My champions almost always have faster base speed. My sovereign can routinely move at a speed of 4 or 5 late ga

Reply to [FE][Suggest] I think Army Speed should = Champion Speed. Here's Why. in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Maybe as a high level, rare trait this would be viable, though I'm suspicious it would be game breaking even then. As an always on champion ability it's game crushing. What's the point of roads? What's the point of defending the direct route into a territory if your 5 movement champion can grab a bunch of plate wearing knights and take the long route in 2 or 3 turns? The ability to move freely and quickly around the map is one of the m

Reply to Brad, do you still support the Gamer's Bill of Rights? If so, morally you can't require any of your software not bought from Steam to require Steamworks. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Neilo" reply="5" id="3093403"]Sure... [/quote] But if I use that my hands will get all covered in dead horse goop. That's less fun.

Reply to [FE][Suggestion] Counter attack needs to be back. Units engaged in melee should be "locked in melee". in FE Beta Elemental Forums

In your scenario what's the tactical advantage to first strike? If you and I are standing on a field with swords and I run up to you and get the first strike, assuming we're both trained in what we're doing, I'm now in the advantageous position because I am dictating the flow of action. You are reacting to me. As long as I keep you reacting to me and not initiating your own action, I win unless I screw up. It's called an <a href="http: