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Reply to What's up with Reviews today? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Reviews have two ranges - the range of possible scores and the used/effective range. So while 100 point scales have a lot of room to move, they tend to only use the 60-90 range, with a few outliers. Scott (from Board Games With Scott) talks about this a lot, and he proposed a similar system - green, yellow, and red light. The problem here is that if you have four games that are all green lights, which is greener? I use metacritic for almost all of my game purc

Reply to Cosmetic / Non-Cosmetic Equipment for Sovereigns in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

While for regular units I would hate to see a plate mail knight who has the stats of a mage, for the sovereigns, and single player, I am okay with a decorative only checkbox. After all, many rulers wore decorative suits of armor that had no practical value out in the field.

Reply to Elemental Player Input: Unit names and quotes in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

It would be cool if we could insert variables from the game - I think it would help in the immersion aspect: %S = Sovereign - "My life for %S." %K = Kingdom - "I was not born in %K, and I do not plan on dieing here either." %O = Random Other Unit - "I was going to be a %O, they get all the ladies." Other Quotes: Peasant At Arms: "I tilled your land, I built your manor, and this is how you pay me back for all

Reply to Elemental Player Input: Unit names and quotes in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Archer - "Those who fight and run away live to fight another day. Unless they have bows and arrows.."

Reply to Elemental Player Input: Champions! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Lance Siccure was once a fine priest, taken in and tutored at a young age. After coming of age, however, his desire to have more of an impact on the world around him led him away from the quiet life and into a series of intense, individual studies into the realms of magic - specifically of the frozen variety. Known for waltzing into a room with his staff beit to meet with a king, dragon, or old friend, his calm, relaxed demeanor gave him immediate charisma

Reply to Leaking essence in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I see the Sovereign as a radiation factory, making units near him permanently morphed over time. In game terms, this means that units in the same tile get a small fractional modification - a small boost - each turn. This boost would increase as the Sovereign levels, and would cap at max level at around .05%. This means every twenty turns a unit is in close proximity to the Sovereign, they get a 1% boost to all of their stats. Meaningful, but in no ways

Reply to Want a Signed Copy of Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Alright Raven, lets keep it clean. :P Its always better when she keeps it clean... Very, very sleek. Any chance of doing another one for a digital copy with virtual signatures? :)

Reply to Marrying Up for folks at the Top in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I like this idea. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] As long as it comes with enough risks so that marrying normally is still considered a legitimate option, I'm in.

Reply to Lose to win? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

It does not look like Going Gandalf will be hard to impliment, but it most likely will be hard to balance. Either way I expect we could mod it in. :) BACK ON TOPIC, we've discussed the magic vs. might option for keeping end games interesting. What other ideas and options do we have? What wars, historically, have had a suprising ending, where the "winner" was not who you might have thought?

Reply to Lose to win? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

My mom always says that you only really need to play the last two minutes of a basketball game. :) I agree with you - we don't want to have a meaningless early-mid game, all because the end of the game is so chaotic that it doesn't matter who was in the lead up until that point. We also don't want to make it so that you mop up early on, and the mid-end game is just pulling those last stragglers out into the open. You suggest adding a random element so that anyone can come

Reply to The.."What the hell is this?!?" thread. in Everything Else Elemental Forums

The rain drop is sweat, and the smile means that the stress is over. Cykur got it right, it is relief.

Reply to Introducing The Gentlemen in Demigod Demigod Forums

You could always switch over to using the Gentlemen's Club ventrilo server, where you can have admin rights.

Reply to Jason is in the House in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Welcome! Have some Karma, I expect those TPS reports on my desk by tomorrow.

Reply to Command and Conquer 4 open beta is up! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Interesting, thanks for the heads up. After my disappointment in Red Alert 3, and EA's recent underhanded tactics, I'm not sure if I'll jump on this. As I get older, Beta means less "fun" and more "frustrating."

Reply to iPad compatibility in War of Magic Elemental Forums

It wouldn't be hard for, say, Blizzard to add an App so people could buy and sell items via their iPhone. Not sure what else you could use it for, though.

Reply to iPad compatibility in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The iPad is going to use a version of the iPhone's OS, so it won't be able to run Elemental natively. If bootcamp works with the iPad, you might be able to get it to run, assuming the hardware is strong enough. I wouldn't hold my breath.

Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Lots of comments that are right on, and lots of comments that wander ridiculous amounts from the topic. :P Two things that I can see: 1. The Cold War/WW2 made Socialism/Communism curse words. The average American is not against socialism in concept, only in name. 2. Unrestricted trade, conceptually, has some amazing benefits, such as being able to produce beyond the possibilities curve for BOTH nations trading with each other, even if one country is b

Reply to "It will run on a netbook..." and other stuff in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The game will definitely be more free flowing. It is hard to say how long the battles will take (I'd imagine an "it varies" is a good saying). Pause anytime, issue orders, but otherwise more RTS-like battles (outside of the turn-based parts). Those screen shots with the grid sent me for a loop at first too. :) I'm not sure on the modding front. They have some builder applications that will release with the game for modding purposes. It uses a scripting

Reply to The true face of DRM in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Just because DRM has not been an effective method to stopping piracy does not mean that its purpose is to screw customers over. Some forms of copy-protection have been very effective (look at consoles for a strong example). Looking at big businesses as evil money grubbing organizations is a good way to alienate yourself from the real picture. They may be near sighted, but every decision they make keeps their target consumer base in mind. That all being said, I'm a hu

Reply to Any interest in LEGO Universe? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Has potential. Hopefully it has enough meat to be worth sinking my teeth into - I loved legos as a kid.

Reply to If they brought Joss Whedon's Firefly back and started making new episodes, would you watch? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

They can always place the timeline somewhere earlier/later/in between to make it work. It would be nice for them to revisit the universe, perhaps with a different ship/crew/etc, with cameos from the original cast here and there. I very much doubt we will get a new season, but you never know.

Reply to Great monitor for gaming - looking at HP lp2475w in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

The Dell ST2310 is what I have, and it was on sale for about $160 when I purchased it. After tweaking the brightness down a bit, I find its a very comfortable size and viewing area. I often have three plus hour gaming sessions on it without headache/eye strain issues. I recommend watching slickdeals.net regardless, as monitors go on sale a lot.

Current Best of Genre Nominations in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I'm constantly looking for games to scratch specific itches, and am in need of some new ideas. I'm going to throw out some genres and games that I consider to be the best current option for time spent. Feel free to nominate any games you wish and add new categories. The idea isn't to nitpick over what the best option is, but to throw out some ideas as to what people should really be spending their time on. Competitive RTS <span style="font-weight: normal

Reply to Great monitor for gaming - looking at HP lp2475w in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

What are you upgrading from? You can find 22-24" Dell and Samsung monitors on sale regularly for 150-200. Both brands look very impressive and have a clean feel, and work fine for both my photoshop work and gaming. I'd consider going with two of those long before I dropped $500 on such a high end model, unless you're doing very precise professional-end work.

Reply to Hard forever? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

While I am nervous that the economy aspect of the game is going to get crazy complicated, I think enough of us here appreciate a streamlined approach that while it may have a learning curve, it will be approachable. As for the sizing issue - I think the idea is more to shift the focus when you have a gigantic kingdom from micromanaging every single city to managing your relationships with the nobles that serve you, which is a terrific idea.