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Reply to Anyone want more spells? in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

[quote who="Dsraider" reply="4" id="2920739"]I'm sure that the people doing Murteas Grimoire would appreciate any new spells you can add.[/quote] Well, there are about three times as many new spell effects and particle effects as there are in MG, as well as newly hooked-up code. Although I do appreciate what they are trying to do, why would I want to merge a relatively large spell mod into their relatively small (but apparently good) mod? Harpo! Multi-elemental system

Reply to Anyone want more spells? in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

Yeah, I do too, KCZ. Unfortunately, there's only so much that can be done with the code that's hooked up, though. I don't know, look at it as a Band-Aid? I'll take that as a "no" for interest?

Anyone want more spells? in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

Hey all, I've noticed that we've had a lot of new faces on the boards, and I've (understandably) seen some grumbling about the spell system in the game as it stands now. I have a large-ish repository of new spells in a personal mod and was thinking of (re)releasing them. I have a couple questions, though. Since they haven't been reworked with the new modifiers added in the beta releases, it would be a little bit of work on my part to update them all, so I'm not goi

Reply to War of Magic: v1.3 running log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]Tactical battles: AI re-design Magic tech: Clairvoyance (allows remote channeler to cast spells into a battle) Tactical battles: Casting time on spells. [/quote] Nice! It's looking good so far (though I'm a little dissapointed to see the essence thing removed). I wonder if the same Imbue mechanic will still be in place... Also, has anyone heard anything about what "exotic things" are, exactly? Appreciate the continued work, can't wait to see it!&nb

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Weapons in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="EternalRequiem" reply="123" id="2920115"]Makes me wonder if there will be caster type specific weapons that give bonuses to spells (dmg amount, amount of squares it affects, healing increases by a certain percentage), spell resistance. Special type of rods/staffs/wands that require crystals and a certain elemental shard to make, ect, ect. Basically something that makes your spell casters more dangerous or helpful.[/quote] Check the StrategyInformer interview to make sure,

Reply to 1.19k Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I think that they meant the 7th according to their local time zone. It's not their fault your 7th is over a lot earlier than theirs is.

Reply to War of Magic: v1.3 running log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

You know, I'd pay good money for some DLC that implemented a dynasty system like Crusader King's. I don't think it's completely incompatible with the "You are your Sovereign" idea. Maybe he's just too busy to run the day to day business of your towns. Maybe the sovereigns are all worshipped as God-Kings and their religions spread through the cities of the world like Civ IV. Maybe you even define your religion upon character creation, and it would give you benefits in all t

Reply to Heart of Iron III sale on impulse in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

"Good generals study tactics. Great generals study logistics."

Reply to Happy Birthday to me! in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

Happy Birthday, man. I even got you something. He should be there any day now. [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaoLU6zKaws[/video]

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Weapons in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

You know what I'd love to see? I'd love to see a Dev Journal that outlines how you get from Point A to Point B from here, where Point A is: having the code for a large handful of combat-related variables implemented, and Point B is: having a fun, deep combat system implemented. Not that I actually expect you all to do one just because I asked. Just curious, is all.

Reply to Elemental “Design a Trait” Contest Voting Begins! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="Dsraider" reply="3" id="2918118"]Not really. Sovereigns will not only usually be a player's toughest hero but will have tons of nasty magic to fall back on. If you can get a champion with the trait to such a high level that he can actually kill a sovereign then you deserve to win. Would probably only work well against players who shelve their sovereign. [/quote] True. But say you have a full stack of well equipped troops led by your sovereign. You're fighting me, w

Reply to Elemental “Design a Trait” Contest Voting Begins! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Admitting that I didn't read any of the full list, I have to disagree. I would like to see all five of these in the game. I went with Hidden Assassin. The fact that that it even made the final five seems to indicate that it's possible to code in, in theory... and this makes me pretty excited. Of course, I forsee some major balancing problems with this one when used against sovereigns. But, since Stardock doesn't pay me anything, I'll let the developers deal with that o

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Weapons in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Stmorpheus" reply="91" id="2917551"]i don't like RPS either, and it looks to me that elemental won't follow that path. it does seem to me that there are to many modifiers for it to be that simple. i am very excited at seeing the end result. [/quote] My thoughts exactly. With as many variables as are involved with combat now, I think that the results are going to be hard to predict until we actually get to play the game. And Kael's comments abou

Reply to GDC 11: First Steps Interview Video in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="28" id="2916141"]Thank you for making it clear that you're only capable of communicating through strawman arguments. And people wonder why developers rarely bother to talk to the player base of games. Sheesh.[/quote] You seem stressed out, dude. Have you considered taking up drinking?

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Weapons in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Nice job, fellas! I like this alot. Especially the Armor Piercing stat. Thanks to Kael and everyone else behind the scenes for developing the game mechanics a bit further.

Reply to Crusader Kings: Why I love it. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

A few things: Yep, you can issue orders during the pause. I've never played any other Paradox games, but from what I've heard, louist has it right. He's also right about there being no easy way to trace inheritances. Say you want to marry off one of your brothers to potentially have a claim on some territory down the line. This involves looking up the distribution of inheritance laws by province, and browsing through lots of stats screens to get a look at t

Reply to Crusader Kings: Why I love it. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Well, IA, not knowing your financial situation or tastes in games, I'd only be speculating... But having said that, I'd speculate that if you enjoy dynasty building, this is probably a good bet for you. I do have to say that it's not a game that makes want to drive home from work at 100 mph to play, but when I do get into a game (which is fairly often), a few hours will fly by like nothing. If you're still unsure, keep an eye on GamersGate, as it goes on sale there eve

Crusader Kings: Why I love it. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Why I love this game: Alright, I really have to rave about this game for a minute. I'm normally pretty blah on most PC games these days, but this game has really reminded me why loved in the first place. For anyone else who feels that most games these days are little more than interactive movies, I strenuously recommend picking it up. I bought the game (and the expansion) on Impulse a few days back (only 20 some dollars) and it's quickly becoming

Reply to GDC 11: First Steps Interview Video in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Entitlement? I demand to know what that means!

Reply to GDC 11: First Steps Interview Video in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="Alstein" reply="6" id="2914801"]I'm about as liberal as you can be these days, and I have no problem with Brad- he's one of the good guys. I just wish business owners like Brad were more common, this country would be better off that way.[/quote] Yeah, no kidding. You sure as hell can't question his business ethics (whatever that means).

Reply to from Ars Technica "Weird Science" column in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Nice find. Interestingly enough, one of the most reliable short-term "cures" for depression is sleep deprivation. I would imagine that what was reported in that article is capturing some of the mechanism behind that. The brain is a pretty odd machine, huh?

Reply to Here Ya Go - Make a Super Computer out of Multiple PS3's in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Linked PS3s are also used to model protien folding... which is apparently extremely computation-intensive. Have been for about a year or so.

Reply to The Middle Market is not dying in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Case in point: I bought Crusader Kings Complete earlier today on Impulse, like 8 years after it was released. And I don't know what the hell is going on in that game quite yet, but I think that I like it. Now if I could only bind the pause function to the space bar...

Reply to Command limit vs stack of doom in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Umm... it's been a while since I've played, but isn't there a limit of 12 unit/unit formations already in the game? You really want to make the battles even smaller?