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Reply to Blizzard did it again in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Flogging a dead celestial horse, you might say.

Reply to IncGamers Elemental Interview with Brad Wardell in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Actually, genuinely, truly finally: Are there any giant spiders? I hate giant spiders. Indeed. There are a lot of giant spiders. [Grins] Just what I wanted to know.

Reply to Sorry guys, there will be a beta 1z3 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

As one of those shunned freaks that aren't really too keen on Civ, Elemental cannot arrive swiftly enough.

Reply to Creatures we would like to see in Elemental in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I want spiders. In this- https://www.elementalgame.com/images/artwork/Ele_CreatureConcept_Sheet2.jpg There are seemingly three types, which I hope will be the case and there isn't just one generic 'giant spider' type. I'd like a forest spider that can ambush on the cloth map, a black widow type to have potent venom and maybe a mountain cave spider that...er... scrutinises your t

Reply to [0.3][1Z2][Graphics] shield doesn't work well with some poses in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="Publius of NV" reply="2" id="2596574"]Actually, I guess the facial anomaly doesn't have anything to do with the shield, here she is without it: Reduced 68% Original 392 x 641 [/quote] Bit of Darkspawn in the family history, possibly.

Reply to Why animation is more important than graphics in War of Magic Elemental Forums

That video should be taken down, it might give Al Qaeda some ideas on their next terrorist attack.

Reply to Elemental: State of the Beta in War of Magic Elemental Forums

So is it like a HoMMIV thing where you buy potions/weps/armour etc via a shop?

Reply to Great game intros of all time in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Old school eh? Supremacy- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rln4K1NdJdo&feature=related Not much of an intro but the score was great. Gunship- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HadNMYvCWqE&feature=related The Last Ninja 3- http://ww

Reply to Looking for an Idea of what Tactical Combat will look like. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Maybe he means you can't throw tiles as weapons. Frogboy what would a good comparison game-wise be?

Reply to Documentary on Internet Piracy on Fancast. in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

I've debated the morality of software piracy many times with people on another forum and they never give me a satifactory answer when I say 'Surely the best way to protest against high prices is to not buy the product'. They don't do this because they simply want it for free.

Reply to [1Z1][Suggestion] Food, Housing, and Prestige Overhaul in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

If prestige is a measure of how well your cities are progressing perhaps it could/will be used as a bonus in diplomatic activities. I imagine Lord Urban of the Golden Cities has more statecraft clout than Mayor Hovelstone of Swampington-on-mire.

Reply to [1Z1][Suggestion] Food, Housing, and Prestige Overhaul in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

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Reply to Equipping the Beast! in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Top of the tech tree (Empires only)- [IMG]http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5906/donkeyfaust.jpg[/IMG]

Reply to Elemental: Advisors in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

For some reason I just thought of the charactors in The Princess Bride as advisors. Prince Humperdinck (Dynasty advisor) [IMG]http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2725/humperdynastyadvisor.jpg[/IMG] Vizini (Diplomacy advisor) [IMG]http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8563/vizinidiplomacy.jpg[/IMG] Count Rugen (Building advisor) [IMG]http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2060/countbuilding.jpg[/IMG] Inigo (military advisor) [IMG]htt

Reply to New X-Com Announced in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Bioshock with an X-Com theme. NOT what I have been waiting for at all.

Reply to Unit Design - Abilities in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="klaxton499" reply="10" id="2592647"]@ leeboy26 Not at the moment but everything is subject to change. I'm sure most of this will get addressed in the combat beta. The main point behind the original post is the thought that Abilities are Fun and more Intuitive for the player. [/quote] I see thanks for clarifying. Certainly adding skills to a unit design (if it's been researched in warfare first) would add some interesting tactical optio

Reply to Unit Design - Abilities in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I'm not in the Beta do weapons have attributes other than + to attack?

Reply to What was the last game that got you this way? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Heroes of Might and Magic IV. I missed it out after III as I heard bad things about it and skipped to V. Saw it cheap and bought it and I have to say the people who criticised it need a good talking to. It has far more RPG and strategic options than any of the others but the fanboy purists drowned out the more objective of us with their tremulous, whiney voices.

Reply to A walkthru of Beta 1Z in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="84" id="2586436"]stager: yes. There will be a pacing option but it'll be different than what we've done in the past. You'll be able to change it mid game back and forth to suit yourself (kind of like in Sins where you can hit + or -). [/quote] I'd be interested to hear what options there are for scaling, as I pretty much always choose the longest options available. In the remake of Colonisation the options to scale went up to 'Marathon' settin

Reply to A walkthru of Beta 1Z in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I see what was meant by the soldier cost/upkeep problem. If cost were reduced though would an early troop rush not be almost unstoppable against a player that is building infrastructure etc? Perhaps a preferable solution would be to allow the first few troops at greatly reduced price/free perhaps as personal guards for the channeller. Then at least you'd have something if the opponent troop-spams even mediocre units in the early phase. Or perhaps an Empire:Total War<

Reply to Avoiding Late Game Tedium (LGT) in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

The games that best avoid LGT are the ones that present a challenge to be surmounted as the endgame. Some examples are Rome:Total War and Sid Meier's Colonisation . In Rome you gained popular support and went against your previously neutral Roman brother factions. In Colonisation you declared independence and had to defeat the Royal expeditionary force (quite hard in the remake but challenging nonetheless). Master of Magic had the spell of Mastery that made

Reply to Elemental: How game mechanics evolve (long) in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Cauldyth" reply="96" id="2579536"]Hmm, are horses perishable? And can we eat them? [/quote] Only if someone mods in a French faction.

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

KINGDOMS Miltia- 'Hearth and Home gives a man a burning devotion that money cannot compare to' Archer- 'A thousand arrows may blot out the sun, but one can snuff out a man's life just as easily' Man-at-arms- 'Men war on each other because every man is at war

Reply to The currency of Elemental in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Gold Marks? A Mark could denote a quantity of a crop as the first coins with wheat ear marks did. I don't have the beta but I assume money is held abstractly in a cloud-bank as in most RTS's. Personally, I'd like money to be a resource that has to be moved to be spent so if you wanted to build an inn in town B you had to wait for the money to arrive from the Royal Mint/treasury in your Capital. You could then have enemies seize your money if they take the town.

Reply to Poll: Heroes or Champions? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Champion, however I'd say it should be a lesser, more fundamental term for an eventual hero. Simply 'to champion' a cause strikes me as a beginning for a potential hero. sorry to OP just had to explain my thinking!