Kantok

Kantok

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

[quote who="seanw3" reply="72" id="3056551"]So we should wait until the beta release to start a debate on the unique units system. Naysayers seem to miss the point that A faction's traits are what make their unique units desirable. Sure Umber could make a few Magebane soldiers. But it wouldn't really be helpful without the Pariden's traits to allow them to reach their full potential. I am sure there are a few units that will cross over nicely to other factions. I, howev

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Reply to WHAT is Fallen Enchantress? You tell us in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="wbino" reply="112" id="3053597"]I also think dropping any attachment to Elemental might be a good idea. Frogboy you seem like a great guy...but you should not even be doing the AI. You'll have the same problem as Elemental..who going to tell the boss the AI needs improvement?[/quote] If I recall correctly, Derek has the final say on all things FE. Frogboy has made more than one reference to lobbying Derek for this or that feature to help him

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Reply to Reddit will enact 'nuclear option' to protest SOPA, PIPA in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="9" id="3053639"] And keep it non-personal, please. While you're replying from Elemental, the OP is on WinCustomize and personal stuff isn't well received here. [/quote] So their is a class system in place based on the forum you post from or...? I don't get the point about WinCustomize vis-a-vis Elemental. Besides, there was nothing personal in my post. Saying that someone's point is wrong

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Reply to Reddit will enact 'nuclear option' to protest SOPA, PIPA in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="4" id="3053397"] Only this time, since the idiots can't comprehend the Internet maybe doing their usual nothing is preferable to doing something really damaging. [/quote] I largely agree with the points here, however I have to point out that the sentiment expressed in the quoted line is not only wrong, it's counterproductive. It trivializes the complexity of the issues involved. Of course many of the legislators involve

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Pre-Beta Ad-hoc video in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Under the City Details screen I noticed you scrolling your improvements list up and down, but there's no scroll bar or other indicator that the list extends beyond the field of view. How are new players going to know to try to scroll down to see what else is listed? Other than the new UI looks fantastic. Hell, the whole thing looks fantastic. Can't wait for beta.

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Reply to Best game of the last 10 years? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Kodiak888" reply="11" id="3049701"]I'd vote for Total Annihilation if it was in the past 10 years. I'll go with Morrowind instead. If you didn't play it when it was new, then you'll never understand. 8) If anyone (including me) ever found out how many hours I've accumulated (and am still accumulating) in that game it would be shocking.[/quote] This.

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Reply to WHAT is Fallen Enchantress? You tell us in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I disagree with the majority here. I think you should keep the Elemental name and make sure people know that it is a successor (or re-envisioning, whatever) to WOM. People who are on this forum likely already have the game due to early purchase of WOM or already have a strong enough interest that they're going to buy it. New players are those that were probably somewhat interested in WOM but stayed away after seeing how badly it was ripped apart by the

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Reply to I think I made a wrong turn in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Sir_Linque" reply="27" id="3037774"]Kantok, the unit becomes smaller the more you zoom in in the strategic map. In the screenshot below you see what size the chasm hexagon rocks actually are in game. Compare them to the size of the hexagons in the shot in the OP, and you understand that the shot is zoomed in. A lot. [/quote] Obviously that shot is zoomed in a lot. I've played many hours of WOM and understand how it scales units as you zoom.

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Reply to I think I made a wrong turn in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Sir_Linque" reply="24" id="3037576"]Well it's just a really zoomed in strategic view with grids turned off. If you played WoM you know how the unit scaling works when you zoom in. I don't get what all the fuzz is about. You probably never zoom that much in when actually playing.[/quote] Look at the size of his unit. It's clearly not zoomed in very far. The creature in the chasm is just huge. Plus the landscape is pretty much the antithesis of

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Reply to I think I made a wrong turn in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="20" id="3037372"] Quoting Kantok, reply 18 Quoting Frogboy, reply 17That's a strategic map shot btw. How much effort, if any, is going into making sure that tactical maps accurately represent the strategic point at which the battle is happening? None, the tactical battle with that creature is even sicker looking.[/quote] Sounds great. Thanks for the answer.

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Reply to I think I made a wrong turn in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="17" id="3037302"]That's a strategic map shot btw. [/quote] How much effort, if any, is going into making sure that tactical maps accurately represent the strategic point at which the battle is happening?

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Reply to FE Video: Every tile matters in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="9" id="3037262"] Quoting Kantok, reply 5Are we ever going to see you win a battle? You may not be happy with the AI yet, but it always seems to be knocking you around. Maybe you should stick to BF3 That wasn't related to the AI, that was just a bigger monster army. The AI still sucking has to do with how it uses its resources, moves around its units, makes use of magic and how it performs in tactical battles.<

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Reply to Twas the night before in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="OldMsgt" reply="10" id="3036118"]I did not write it, I modified it as the one I found referenced Soldiers, Since I was a Marine before my final career in the Air Force I thought it appropriate. I posted it on one board and was called the bastard son of Tom Clancy by a liberal from Canada who really is a wannabee American.[/quote] Bravo to you sir. There are far worse things to be called than the bastard son of Tom Clancy. Do you happen

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Reply to The Official "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" MEGAThread in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="203" id="3035363"]@Xia yes, the races do look better. My avatar ran into an npc named masq yada yada. I think its the same name as the quirky npc in oblivion. In any case, he said that all the kajids (the cat people from elswehr) 'look so much better since he moved to skyrim.' I think that was tongue in cheek humor... they do look better than they do in Cyrodiil.... lol.[/quote] M'aiq the Liar is one of the

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Reply to The Witcher had a piracy ratio of 5:1, yet they still won't use DRM in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Cruxador" reply="6" id="3035318"]Skyrim on the PC is possible though, and better than elsewhere. Skyward Sword could happen easily on the PC. You wouldn't need to work around hardware limitations, but if you think nothing creative happens on the PC you clearly haven't paid much attention to PC gaming. The only advantage of consoles for a consumer is price, and in a world where everyone needs a PC anyway, even that advantage is gone. Publishers like consoles becau

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Reply to The Witcher had a piracy ratio of 5:1, yet they still won't use DRM in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="GeneralEtrius" reply="2" id="3035227"]Give or take 20 years and it will happen.[/quote] I hope it never happens. You want to see video games stagnate? Put everything on the same device. Different platforms breed variety which breeds innovation. If we were all on the same system right now we'd either have to sacrifice The Legend of Zelda - Skyward Sword or Skyrim (as one example of many). Sure, you could code the new

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Reply to Vvardenfell in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="4" id="3035255"]is this the one with the giant bugs that are used like stagecoaches? Stint riders, or something like that? Loved it.[/quote] Silt Striders! Ahhh.. I loved Morrowind. Great game.

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Reply to Elemental Forum in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="29" id="3035218"]Okay, if the story is good I am in, but how do I know until I purchase it? Youtube I guess. And I exaggerated some of my points, KOTOR in my mind is a great balance between what we saw in the movies and what is good gameplay in a video game. Sure chain lightning is a game breaking win button, but other than that. The lightsabers were well balanced without making everything else useless. The thermal detonators were rare enough to need to b

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Reply to Elemental Forum in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="24" id="3035023"]Looking forward to Old Republic, even if I do wish it had been Kotor3, 4, & 5 instead. I'm not a real big fan of MMOs. But I did really like the story and voice acting during the Beta. Also, a lot of Sean's rants are problems with everything in video games. Those are arguments against video games in general not just old Republic or MMOs. Have to balance realism, or source material, with fun. &nbs

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