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Reply to Elemental: No Copy Protection, Activation, LAN and more in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="Jvstin" reply="412" id="2718864"] Quoting OsirisDawn, reply 410 I already made that suggestion, but they choose to ignore and keep ranting. Makes me wonder if it is really such a huge issue with them. I think it comes down to, having read this insanely long thread too much, is the idea that some people want to be able to spawn a sheaf of copies of Elemental on their LAN and have everyone play in MP, using th

Reply to Elemental & Multiplayer - an essay in WOM Multiplayer Elemental Forums

[quote who="Aractain" reply="80" id="2718725"]He said "I don't find Elemental's multiplayer in 1.0 to be fun in general." I don't see him mention tactical battles as the cause, just a cause for whiners, lol. Other than special items and the like the TBs would be the same as SP no? Maybe someone else on their team actualy likes multiplayer with turns? [/quote] You add absolutely nothing to the discussions by throwing around insults. As for tactical battles, they

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[quote who="Aractain" reply="75" id="2718651"]I think a game like this without tactical battles is not really a full game, its like playing X-Com without the tactical battles. Its like reading a book or watching a film and skipping all the action scenes. It removes a significant context from the game. If multiplayer isn't fun WITH tactical battles, I don't see how removing them makes it MORE fun. When its an 'hosting' option I don't see the problem. Yeah for random people but I alw

Reply to Elemental & Multiplayer - an essay in WOM Multiplayer Elemental Forums

[quote who="maxlongstreet" reply="17" id="2717883"]Frogboy, Without meaning to seem rude or entitled, I do think that we multiplayer fans are far more interested in options like tactical battles and full tech trees than we are in stuff like wizard duels. Multiplayer fans LIKE our games big, messy and klugy - even if you don't. [/quote] Yeah I don't know what a wizard duel would entail, but I am not interested in some sort of short combat&nb

Reply to Please reconsider this aspect of MP in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Xtropy" reply="48" id="2717836"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 47 Well that pretty much confirms my fear of what Stardock wound up doing with MP. At least some information was given, and there might be potential in the future, who knows. I keep hearing about demand for MP, except when you ship a game with less than barebones MP, it seems unlikely to drive up demand. We'll see. I'm still holding out some hope that this will moddable, at le

Reply to Elemental: No Copy Protection, Activation, LAN and more in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="400" id="2717815"] "I was not in Beta. There are several TBS games that have strong multiplayer components. Stardock has made several statements about MP that do not seem to be in the game. At no point did they say they were going to add a half-finished MP component to the game, but if they have, please do point me in the right direction." Here is one. From the Horses mouth so to speak. https://forums.elementalgame.com/391013<br

Reply to Please reconsider this aspect of MP in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Xtropy" reply="46" id="2717785"]Well there is your answer: https://forums.elementalgame.com/391013 Looks like no options. [/quote] Well that pretty much confirms my fear of what Stardock wound up doing with MP. At least some information was given, and there might be potential in the future, who knows. I keep hearing about demand for MP, except when you ship a game with less than barebones MP, it seems unlikely to drive up demand. We'll see.

Reply to Elemental & Multiplayer - an essay in WOM Multiplayer Elemental Forums

Thank you for taking the time to address some of the issues that have been brought up and giving us your honest opinion. I fear MP may never have much to it as I don't know how much demand there will be when MP players primarily seek games elsewhere, but we'll see. Regardless, thank you.

Reply to Elemental: No Copy Protection, Activation, LAN and more in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="396" id="2717703"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 393 Quoting John_Hughes, reply 391 "forced to connect to internet" This is when it gets weird. So now you feel it is wrong for the game to offer MP play via the Internet? Perhaps you misread what I wrote. I am listing what I have heard about MP. This is not a list of things I take issue with but the only information I have. If I play MP, personally,

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[quote who="goodgimp" reply="41" id="2717636"]Absolutely, it's what it all comes down to. Options allows everyone to win. Have the default option be a nice, streamlined experience designed for "balanced" matchups online, and an "Epic" option for the full deal. I think everyone walks away happy from that. [/quote] [quote who="maxlongstreet" reply="43" id="2717641"]I think having the option to play a full or streamlined version of multiplayer is som

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[quote who="ddd888" reply="38" id="2717590"]i dont get how can stardock force ppl to play like they think the WORLD is based on casual gamers there is no one who can change that like i said b4 a casual game is easier for everyone and thats why it is whats is gonna happen more often you will play ofc with your friends but the HIGH NUMBERS wont be your games but the casual random

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[quote who="ddd888" reply="36" id="2717576"]ppl buy elemental cause they like strategy and turn based games(and fantasy maybe) some of them like to play against other human beings when they can surely they will organize events with each other most of the time they will come home from work with 1 hour to spare or something like that and they will join a random game on the internet [/quote] And so

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[quote who="Annatar11" reply="392" id="2717558"] and I don't if there is an AI available or coop or not. Frog already said he expects most people to play co-op, so of course it's in. And earlier in this thread even he mentioned the AI coming from SD's server, so obviously that's in, too. [/quote] I'm not going to split hairs with you, but there is AI in Majesty 2, as in the units actually function and some independently. What there is not in Majest 2 is an A

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[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="391" id="2717547"] "forced to connect to internet" This is when it gets weird. So now you feel it is wrong for the game to offer MP play via the Internet? [/quote] Perhaps you misread what I wrote. I am listing what I have heard about MP. This is not a list of things I take issue with but the only information I have. If I play MP, personally, it will be over the internet. It is,

Reply to Elemental: No Copy Protection, Activation, LAN and more in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="kryo" reply="378" id="2717316"] I agree and also work as a Technical Consultant supporting some of the largest blue stock companies across the globe. Those Stardock boys need some basic computer classes. Being bridged or gated to a WAN does not make a LAN any less of one. This is why many of these arguments don't make sense. The overwhelming majority of residential LANs have internet access, but you'd argue that they then are no longer LANs. Which is silly a

Reply to Please reconsider this aspect of MP in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="ddd888" reply="31" id="2717474"]well you are partially right about it but dont forget that the numbers in multiplayers are made by random casuals vs other randoms so yes, TIME MATTERS if the game is too long a small community of friends could still enjoy the game, but the random game i play vs another random players on the internet wont the risk of disconnecting will

Reply to Crusader Kings 2 Announced! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

A very unqiue and fun game, hopefully CK2 will be cleaner though.

Reply to Elemental: No Copy Protection, Activation, LAN and more in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="Peace Phoenix" reply="373" id="2717116"]This article on GameShark http://www.gameshark.com/features/741/p_20/Elemental-War-of-Magic-Q&A-with-Brad-Wardell.htm has some insights how multiplayer is supposed to work: This notably explains why some data must be downloaded from the server, as the technology trees in MP and SP aren't the same. [/quote] There are several games out there that separate MP from SP and very few force cloud comput

Reply to Brad Wardell wants to use Steamworks.. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Gwakamoli" reply="35" id="2717057"] For all those concerned about if a company goes bust...even alot of disk based copies with their online drm (read ubisoft)...if they went bust..you have about the same chance of getting a offline running copy as you do of steam and impulse, the only difference being valve have made a promise in the eventuality of that happening, and i don't see stardock going under because nothing they make will break them in terms of a financial loss

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[quote who="AndyRoo" reply="5" id="2716937"]This worried me a bit also. Hopefully it is just an option for those wanting quicker MP games with strangers, instead of arranged coop/competitive long term games with friends or whatever. If not, well, i'll have to come back and ask for it. [/quote] If it's an option for shorter games, I am okay with it. For long games and coop, games you play with friends for weeks at a time, i'd love to see everything that SP game has.

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Who is anti Steam? I use Steam. Its rabid fan base is hardly doing the service any favors though.

Reply to Playing as the Taliban in Next MoH Game in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who=" MagicwillNZ " reply="100" id="2716883"] Quoting Scoutdog, reply 97 My intent was to make a point about how difficult it is to grow anything of legitimate value in the environment there (my friend Manting also told me that the US built a dam in Afghanistan during the late Cold War that messed up the water table and caused that situation, but I have not been able to confirm the accuracy of this fact). Look

Reply to Elemental: No Copy Protection, Activation, LAN and more in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="361" id="2716897"]Italic text is quotes by Frogboy Copyprotection: Measures to prevent a disc to be COPIED! This got nothing to do with activation, internet, unique accounts or anything like that! Actication, accounts and unique serials fall under D-R-M! [/quote] Digital Rights Management is not the same as "copy protection". Activations, install limits, constant online, multiplay

Reply to Heroes of Might & Magic VI. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Martok" reply="49" id="2716887"]Ah, I see. What exactly was said/shown in the video? Just the teaser trailer again? [/quote] His link works now so you can see it. Yeah it's just the teaser trailer. I have no idea why they pulled it for copyright issues and then put it up again.

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[quote who="Martok" reply="47" id="2716830"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 34 Well they killed that pretty quick. From the combination of it being a PC-exclusive title plus Ubisoft's DRM? (I just want to make sure we're on the same and that I'm not assuming anything.) [/quote] I was referring to the link. YouTube took it down. Well they did last night. Hah, guess the Ubisoft police are not