The more that I think about it, I really like Kantok's idea about choosing an area to research, and getting a random tech in that area. Kantok, want to start a thread on it, and we can start working on some ideas for refinements?
Combat does seem overly simplistic. I was hoping for something at least on Age of Empire 3's level, with ranged/melee damage, different types of armor, etc. While it IS a strategy game, and too much complexity in this area would take the focus off the overall strategic elements of the game, a little more complexity would seem only logical.
Isn't one turn 1-3 months or something right now? Useful piece of info to work with.
[quote who="Kantok" reply="31" id="2649592"]For example, under Civilization you may have the subcategories of farming, production, economics, and housing. You, as the Sovereign, decide that your people need to strengthen their ability to feed themselves. You tell your minions to go focus their research efforts on "Civilization-> Farming". They come back with one of the green, yellow, or red techs that would have been available for you to choose, but you never see the opti
My main complaint is that the game is too linear. There are few choices. I know exactly what my first town's first 6 buildings will be. And while you can specialize towns somewhat, it seems like it takes an hour or to just to have the economy to make a small army. Maybe something's up with the pacing? Because right now this game makes Sins of a Solar Empire look short. Food is very hard to obtain, because I feel like gardens are a waste of space. Farms are too rare. Mat
I fully agree with this. I absolutely loved the menu music in Beta 1Z. Even though 1Z was no fun to play, I opened up the game just to listen to the menu music. Please bring it back! [e digicons]:'([/e]
Same here. This quest was bugged in beta 1Z, and we reported it. Why is it still not fixed?
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Been occurring for me, as well, particularly on bigger towns. I had 5 towns, and some of them were large. Could have need related to the memory leak?
Got one of the memory leaks Brad was talking about. The Elemental app was using 1.7GB of RAM at the time of the crash (I have 6GB), so clearly it's constrained by the app. Could not get a save game, but I had 5 level 3+ towns, so lots of objects on the map.
LOL at the devspeak. Great vid though. Keep up the good work, Stardock!
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You would be correct. Good observation (haven't played as a female character yet).
Yeah, I had all of the trees turn white with 8x AA yesterday. Quickly figured out it wasn't supposed to be snow.
Agreed with this. I should be able to see all strategic parts of the map when zoomed out.
Could we get possibly a hotfix for this? [e digicons]:)[/e] Would help facilitate other testing of the beta better.
This happens to me every single time as well. Annoying, as I often switch between the internet and playing games via alt-tab.
Yeah, the new intro is classic. Hope we get an epic intro for the real game though.
[quote who="Jajusha" reply="1" id="2648161"]Small "X" on the top right corner of the book. Took me a second to find it too.[/quote] Yeah, took me almost a minute to find.
[quote who="NorsemanViking" reply="19" id="2647956"]It can be downloaded now. I'm on 7 %.[/quote] Liar! (Booting my PC to make sure) [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]
None of the devs seem to be on right now. They must be scrambling in the last 3 hours. [e digicons];P[/e]
Please release it now! [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
I got kicked off a noob server as a noob, because I was a noob. I'm not bad with Oak (can beat 1 vs. 2 nightmare) but it really doesn't matter, I guess. Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever play an online game.
Brad has to release it right now, since I had thought it was out when I saw the title. Now that I'm utterly crushed, the only way to get me out of my despair is to release Beta 2! [e digicons]x_x[/e]
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="58" id="2638221"] Quoting Beric01, reply 57Frogboy, I understand you really care abut the AI, and I respect that. However, it really seems the AI is becoming the long tentpole in Elemental right now. I understand you want to work on it yourself, but if you really want the game to be both complete and have good AI, perhaps you should have another member of the team help you? I just really want this AI to be a top-notch TBS AI, if you understand what I mean.&nbs
Frogboy, I understand you really care abut the AI, and I respect that. However, it really seems the AI is becoming the long tentpole in Elemental right now. I understand you want to work on it yourself, but if you really want the game to be both complete and have good AI, perhaps you should have another member of the team help you? I just really want this AI to be a top-notch TBS AI, if you understand what I mean. [e digicons]:)[/e]
LOL at screenshot. Bummed about no release though. Was looking forward to it this weekend.
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