charon2112

charon2112

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Reply to FE- Dynasties are cut in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The more I think about dynasties being cut, the less I like the decision. Dynasties were one of the more original and interesting things about EWoM...the system just needed to be fixed a bit. Like having an heir take over as sovereign after the previous sovereign dies.

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Fallen Enchantress Manual? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Will there be an awesome, all inclusive, hopefully 300 page, super cool manual for Fallen Enchantress (which was lacking in EWoM)? And for those getting a digital download of it for free, can they get a paper version that would be in the retail FE? Thank you.

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Reply to Elemental 1.2 still equals bland in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="19" id="2940168"] Quoting charon2112, reply 17 I don't agree with that. Nothing is etched in stone, especially in a Stardock game. It can definitely be improved, and I'm sure SD isn't afraid of work. Welcome to business reality, then. They also need to make some money on this stuff to continue developing it, and that's not going to happen with WoM now. It is what it is. FE means a chance to start fresh, and a new set

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Reply to FE- Dynasties are cut in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Cruxador" reply="34" id="2940024"]Also the "less city micromanagement" in this interview sounded suspiciously close to "dumbed down" or "deemphasized", but it's Stardock so I'm at least far less worried than I otherwise might be.[/quote] I was worried about this too.

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Reply to Actual conversation that really happened in our developer chat in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

That's why it's called a double standard, duh. It's a numbers thing, male gamers on this site outnumber girls, maybe, 5000 to 1. and even worse is when guys pretend they don't care, because they think it gets them on her 'good side'... Every straight guy on here is wondering the same thing...at least I'm honest about it. [quote who="StevenAus" reply="9" id="2940007"]Exactly.&n

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Reply to Elemental 1.2 still equals bland in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="16" id="2939707"]It's also a very large amount of work, and not worth doing for what is now an old game. At some point people need to accept that WoM is what it is, and trying to freeze time to avoid the new game while also saying "dump a ton of resources into this one" is just not realistic.[/quote] I don't agree with that. Nothing is etched in stone, especially in a Stardock game. It can definitely be improved,

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Reply to Civilization:V vs Elemental:WOM in War of Magic Elemental Forums

That's amazing. :) And so lazy on 2K's part... [quote who="Thormodr" reply="31" id="2936817"]Civilization 5 is still a mediocre game (or worse) in my opinion because it was released far, far, far too early. That bun should have spent at least another year in the oven if not two. 2K Games wanted to appease their shareholders and make their year end reports look better. Civilization 5's AI is not good at all. The gameplay is

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Reply to Elemental 1.2 still equals bland in War of Magic Elemental Forums

But FE is really a whole new game, so improving a problem in FE doesn't fix the problem in WoM. I'd still like to see WoM fixed, not just forgotten for FE. [quote who="Heavenfall" reply="4" id="2939006"]I seem to recall Frogboy saying this blandness was "by design", and that it was a mistake, and that they would have a different approach in FE which is more content-driven.[/quote]

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Reply to Congrats to the Design a Trait Contest Winner! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

This is cool. I wish I had thought of it. [quote quoting="post"] A big congrats goes out to xmorg who has won the Fallen Enchantress “Design a Trait” contest! His trait, Outlaw Connections, took the top spot! “The Hero has spent some time with the lawless and knows a little about how to communicate with bandits. The Hero may recruit bandits he encounters in the wilds, at a small cost of gold and prestige. Bandits ca

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Reply to Civilization:V vs Elemental:WOM in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="2" id="2927041"]I'd be interested in seeing a comparison of Civ V to Civ IV on the latest patch. I haven't heard enough good things to justify not sticking with Civ IV.[/quote] They're two very different games. I play both.

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Reply to Weeks? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I actually like the weeks measurement in GC2 better than other 4X games. It makes sense to me that it might take a civilization five weeks or so to build a ship. I just assume they have a large, advanced factory. In Elemental they changed it to "seasons", basically 4 turns is a year, and I feel like it cranks too fast through the years.

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Reply to WAR of MAGIC & FALLEN ENCHANTRESS in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Are the maps and terrain randomly generated? It sounds like FE is getting even farther away from being a empire building, 4X game; instead focusing more on the RPG aspects. IMO this is a mistake. I have yet to hear grand design decisions that put Elemental on par (strategy game wise) with Galciv2. [quote quoting="post"] One of the most common series of questions I’ve been getting over the past month is what the difference bet

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Reply to Elemental just isn't a fun game in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="mentalinstra" reply="8" id="2914435"] Quoting charon2112, reply 7My question is: Once FE comes out, what reason is there to ever play WoM again? There wont be one.[/quote] So it's more than a stand alone expansion, it's a replacement...

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Reply to Will the next update improve the performance of this game? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I didn't bad-mouth your system...in fact I specifically said mine was much worse. When I said something's wrong, I meant with the game. [quote who="Arnuphis" reply="10" id="2912401"] Quoting charon2112, reply 9Something's wrong here for sure. My PC pales in comparison to yours and runs EWoM flawlessly. quoting post Because frankly, it runs pretty poorly. The game slows down so quickly as to becom

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