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Reply to The Stardock Game Roadmap 2011 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="78" id="2880566"]Easier <> Easy but I can concede that, in theory (due to "plane" maps and no magic), Galc Civ 3 should be easier than Elemental (especially due to Elemental experience). But that doesn't mean that Starcock cannot "screw it", right? People will start reminding them of how Tactical Battles were considered for GC 3, how even Frogboy once said he would like to have some kind of Hero unit (yep) or the usual "Multiplayah!!!". Stardock

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[quote who="Paradoxical" reply="55" id="2880388"] Just because Frogboy has admitted that Elemental's release was rough and they're trying to fix it does not in any way make the whole situation anything other than an embarrassment, a bad example of the development process, and a bad sign for the future. Objectively speaking.[/quote] You can say "objectively speaking" all you want. That doesn't mean you're speaking objectively. You don't sou

Reply to The Stardock Game Roadmap 2011 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="NelsMonsterX" reply="47" id="2880337"]How terribly disappointing. Stardock is beginning to look like the crash and burn game studio of the decade. I've been patiently awaiting a "finished" product to show up after an expansion or two, but now, instead of making incremental inmprovements to a mediocre game, we now have a very good chance at receiving three, separate, mediocre games. Where is the logic in this? The world of Elemental isn't even very exciting.

1.19 Direct X Invalid Call Crash in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Caused by an alt+tab back into the game. Error box pops up, black screen hangs for a few seconds, then Win7 asks me if I want to kill Elemental or wait for it to respond. debug.err crash dump

Reply to 1.19 Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Victor5" reply="216" id="2877080"]Because I already get an obscene amount of OOM crashes. If somebody is getting even more than before, I wouldn't even be able to PLAY LONG ENOUGH to test anything. That's why.[/quote] That's my point. If you're not willing to crash and post reports (which you don't seem to in spite of an "obscene amount of OOM crashes") then why would you even consider downloading the beta? What's the point? I don't get why

Reply to 1.19 Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Victor5" reply="213" id="2877073"] Now I'm DEFINITELY waiting on this one.... dammit.[/quote] If you don't want to help BETA test the BETA build for possible crashes why would you download it at all?

Reply to Sony to use product keys for PS3 games in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="1" id="2876335"]That sucks, they are just trying to cut out the used game industry. [/quote] This is the real reason behind it. They'll never admit it, but it is. They get no revenue at all from the very active used game industry.

Reply to 1.19 Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="171" id="2875960"] I named a number of suggestions in my previous post and in the post where I talked about using Blink to take down hammer-wielders. You can give a cooldown to blink. Just make it an enchant that bestows the special teleport ability that demons have. You'd then have a cooldown ability that could be used in addition to attacking. (Blink, then attack.) Surely the AI is smart enough to do that...Right? RIGHT? E

Reply to Making interesting worlds in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Ephafn" reply="35" id="2875949"] Why not take a page from MoM and gives bonuses to cities depending on their surrounding? For example, for every tile of the given terrain in a 5x5 square around the city, you could get the following bonuses: Grassland: +2% population limit from housing Desert: -2% population limit from housing Swamp: -0.1 prestige Forest: -5% build time Water: +2% income Hill: -5% training time etc...<b

Reply to Making interesting worlds in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="TheProgress" reply="16" id="2875690"]I'm sorry, but roads and rivers are the last thing Elemental needs in order to be interesting. Wide ranges of unique monsters, distinct races, clashing magics and terrain types, secret relics locked away in forgotten tombs. This is the stuff that will make Elemental interesting. Not infrastructure or water.[/quote] I think they're two sides of the same issue. The world needs more evidence that things live

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="251" id="2873518"] What else do I want? Well how about getting rid of selective memory loss. Let's not forget the f-off response fans got initially when people said the game wasn't finished. How about the arguments about what defines LAN, and claims servers just needed to be switched on in a day and still were not on weeks later. I am not going to say Stardock came out of the pearly gates from the get go claiming all would be fixed because that is not wha

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="scratchthepitch" reply="250" id="2873487"] That post is rude and uncalled for.[/quote] I disagree. I think he's wrong, but it wasn't rude at all.

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="248" id="2873402"] Quoting Kantok, reply 247 You have no idea what they are going to release in these expansion packs just as most people had no idea how bad the game was going to be at release. If you want to throw your blind loyalty around, go ahead. I think you should thank them for the expansion packs they are giving people AFTER you actually see what you wind up getting. You also don't get to choose what is relevant to other people by the way. Y

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="246" id="2872803"] Quoting Kantok, reply 238 Quoting Nesrie, reply 236 It's interesting that you are assigning value to products that aren't even released yet. I don't agree with your conclusions, but I see where you are coming from. If you're replying to me, the values I used were just the middle values between expansion pack and new game, which seems to be where the expansions are going to fall. A

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="236" id="2872191"]It's interesting that you are assigning value to products that aren't even released yet. I don't agree with your conclusions, but I see where you are coming from.[/quote] If you're replying to me, the values I used were just the middle values between expansion pack and new game, which seems to be where the expansions are going to fall. And to my larger point, the values are irrelevant. They could sell for $10 or $15 api

Reply to One thing Frogboy is better then Kael in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jon Shafer" reply="7" id="2872099"]Well, think of it this way - the time Derek saves by not posting is time he can instead spend making the game better. It's not like he's sipping martinis on the beach or anything. That's my job. Jon[/quote] You can just admit that there's a tiki bar inside the building where you all sit in the sand with umbrella drinks while watching internal beta testers play the flawless version of EWOM that you're withholding just to be crue

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="enoeraew37" reply="234" id="2872137"]RE: Kantok #232 who am i(we) ? I'm a customer who is supposedly covered by the Gamers bill of rights - at least in regard to STardock products. I'm not say Shafer has to do anything. He's obviously already made his choice to remain silent. Stardock has made their choice too by hiring him with zero transparency on the matter so the next time Frogboy posts a rant about how "for the people" Stardock at least will all know its

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="enoeraew37" reply="215" id="2869797"]When did the gaming industry start following Kindergarten rules ? We should embrace him because he "tried" hard ? Did the "best" he could ? You dont know that. Jon has been silent and sheltered by Frogboy and Stardock. The story is a bit misty atm. Wheres the transparency Brad ? Regardless of what you thought of CiV Shafer stayed on while decisions were made that violate the GBoA. He didnt quit, he didnt speak out and he did what was

Reply to So I finished my first Elemental game... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Oh, what is the world comming to...? Where are the games like Master of Magic, or Master of Orion II, or even Alpha Centauri? I do not know if anyone rememebrs my review of Civilization V... I was bitching so much that some people accused me of being a Stardock employee... [/quote] Not that I disagree with the rest of your (unquoted) comments, because I think they're generally on target, but I absolutely love every time I see some s

Reply to Fallen Enchantress, a new game in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="175" id="2871233"]What's Game 2? Is that Jon's game? What is it? What? Huh? So, what is it? Tell me now, please? Please? Now? PLEASE? NOW? PLEASE! NOW! NOW! At least tell me what kind of game it is? 4x turn based? Fantasy, Sci-Fi? Come on![/quote] Haven't they already hinted/mentioned that the next planned game was an RPG of some sort b

Reply to Fallen Enchantress, a new game in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="GhostMatter" reply="133" id="2867391"]I'm still sure not sure what to think of this. I won't judge until I see the details. I thought Elemental was going to become the game it was supposed to be at released WITHOUT an expansion...[/quote] So if they took the name of the new game away and just released the exact same changes and content as a series of patches, you'd have no problem?

Reply to My impression of the game: from someone who wasn't hyped up by Elemental initially... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Mystikmind" reply="2" id="2866759"]The big problem for me having played the game over a number of updates is described most suitably by the saying 'whack a mole'. The mole represents things that i like and dislike about the game and Stardock tromp around whacking some things i dislike but also whack some things that i do like, then new things that i like and dislike pop up and so on and so fourth. If only they could whack j

Reply to There's too little cursing on this forum.... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

What we need is the posting version of the bartender from Boondock Saints.

Reply to Fallen Enchantress, a new game in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Victor5" reply="84" id="2866465"] Quoting Wizaerd, reply 74I still dont quite get why it has to be a new game... I dont want to have to choose to play either EWoM or FE, I want to play EWoM with FE content, as an actual expansion. I dont care if it's free or not, that isn't the point. Quoting Coby90, reply 75Yep, I feel the same way. Same here.[/quote] How do you know you won't be able to? FE i

Reply to Fallen Enchantress, a new game in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="73" id="2866397"]So...when do I get my pony? Brad? Pony? PONY![/quote] Call the Maryland State Attorney General's office.