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[quote who="scratchthepitch" reply="156" id="2864317"] Quoting Thormodr, reply 155Anyway, my two favourite games of all time aren't Civilization anyway and they both had bad AI and aren't exactly challenging. I still absolutely adore Age of Wonders I and II and Master of Magic to this day. So don't you dare criticize them or them's fighting words. Hee hee... I wouldn't dare* * Never had a chance to play them. [/quote]

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[quote who="ne_zavarj" reply="71" id="2864613"] Quoting Thormodr, reply 70 2K Games deserves to go bankrupt. Agree . Look what happened with X-COM http://www.xcom.com/xcom.html[/quote] That's horrible! X-COM has been reduced to a crappy FPS. [e digicons]:'([/e] Well, that's a game I'll never buy.

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Kestral2040" reply="171" id="2864608"] Quoting Lord Xia, reply 169Poor Toby is always "others". I KNOW RIGHT?!?! Quoting Thormodr, reply 170 Quoting Lord Xia, reply 169Poor Toby is always "others". Well to be honest, I don't know who he is really. My first Stardock game was GalCiv II Ultimate Edition. I really haven't been around that long. However, judging by the positive reaction by people around here, he's another positive

Reply to Is Elemental enjoyable now? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="DariasDruss" reply="84" id="2864563"]If you like Galactic Civilizations than you may like Elemental. Much the same game really just in a different setting but without the alien races. Not really like MOM at all except it is based in a fantasy world. Lots and lots of work needs to be done to make it better but this game is in no way like MOM nor will it be but it does resemble GalCiv and lots of people enjoyed that game and still do. [/

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[quote who="Diardiamond" reply="63" id="2864375"] I still think that Shale Gas Fanboys are the worst. Water is precious, it makes beer. Quoting Thormodr, reply 47 Quoting cfnz, reply 46 What's with the character assassination? Was someone mean to you on the internet? Dale has been a dick to me on many occasions on the internet. That in itself is not a big deal and frankly I don't care how he treats me.

Reply to Lord Xia's Treatise on Elemental improvement, ver 1.1 in War of Magic Elemental Forums

An excellent thread indeed and thanks to Lord Xia. I'd like to see many of his and other people's ideas get implimented. I especially wish there was an easier way to protect your caravans. Maybe pay to have escorts for it or something or guard towers as someone already mentioned. I'd like to see champions that have various limited magical abilities. Some might be able to summon basic illusions or others might be simple clerics with a healing spell or two or maybe turn undead.

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[quote who="scratchthepitch" reply="153" id="2864300"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 151Well I am taking issue with your use of the word competent. I think it unnecessarily divides the gaming community, and it has nothing to do with anything. People play the difficulty level that provides them the most entertainment value. That's not always based on skill. As for Civ IV, it's the only game that I can say I played for 5 years straight and thoroughly enjoyed. I certainly don't require other people

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I am going to guess "J". Oh and to keep it Elemental related, Sand Golems rule. [e digicons]:inlove:[/e] Elemental needs more golems. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] That or golem boxing matches between friendly factions.

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[quote who="scratchthepitch" reply="150" id="2864282"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 149 Quoting scratchthepitch, reply 148 No good at all. Neither inadequate AI or cheesey dumbed down game mechanics are any good. And neither is better as far as I am concerned. The Problem with Civ is it's always had crap AI, Civ5 isn't the first to have it. It was crap in Civ4, and also wasn't able to handle combat very well, even though there was a whole lot less for the AI to do, i

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="169" id="2863942"]Poor Toby is always "others".[/quote] Well to be honest, I don't know who he is really. My first Stardock game was GalCiv II Ultimate Edition. I really haven't been around that long. However, judging by the positive reaction by people around here, he's another positive hire (or re-hire) by Stardock. Congrats Toby and I look forward to you and "others" contributing to making Elemental great as well. [e digicons]^_^[/e]

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[quote who="tetleytea" reply="167" id="2863905"] Personally, I like the Seattle Seahawks. Nice to see them sneak into the playoffs with the worst record in league history for a division winner. The Seattle Seahawks, ladies and gentlemen!! For the record, Thormodr said it first. Before their big win. Go Seattle![/quote] Indeed. One of the biggest upsets in NFL playoff history and I believe the only time a team with a los

Reply to Too hard a game! in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I find the best way to level up my characters is to research "Summon Familiar" ASAP. Then I can send my sovereign, Janusk and any other heroes out and beat up weaker monsters using the Familiar as fodder. I research heal and arcane blast or some other damaging spell after that. That helps get my characters to a decent level quickly.

Reply to Who is worse, Fallout fanboys, TF2 fanboys, or Civilization fanboys? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="WhiteElk" reply="53" id="2863689"]Way back when... I tried to follow the official 2k forums for Civ news. But the experience was so unpleasent and fruitless that I've never thought of the 2k forums as anything more than a kindergarden when even CFC compares as collegiate. Then, prior to Civ5's release, 2k lizzy comes on CFC and says "yeah dudes, we are gamers just like you. We're all one, and I'ma gonna give you all the latest scoop cuz we're hoomies li

Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that could do great things for elemental??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="124" id="2863323"] Quoting PaxTerminus, reply 117Everybody makes bad professional decisions from time to time. Some - like the banking industry with those mortgage-backed securities - make disasterous decisions that destroy lifes of millions... Most of us don't do anything important enough for the world to know things we did wrong. That does not mean somebody is a bad professional. They made a bad judgement call, or had a boss that made a b

Reply to Big Download's interview: Stardock's CEO talks about Elemental and other topics in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Nice article. Makes me excited about the future of Elemental. [e digicons]^_^[/e] I'll definitely be buying a copy for my brother and one or two friends in the future.

Reply to Is Elemental enjoyable now? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="nrich61" reply="69" id="2863180"]i still crash as much in 1.11 as 1.1 , its hacking me off -.-[/quote] That sucks. [e digicons]:'([/e] Luckily for me, the game is much more stable. It still needs work in that area though...

Reply to Elemental for dummies in War of Magic Elemental Forums

That was an enjoyable read. Very well done. [e digicons]:bebi:[/e]

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[quote who="cfnz" reply="46" id="2863005"]What's with the character assassination? Was someone mean to you on the internet?[/quote] Dale has been a dick to me on many occasions on the internet. That in itself is not a big deal and frankly I don't care how he treats me. I do see him insulting everyone under the sun however. He has repeatedly trashed Brad, Stardock and Elemental. He has trashed Kael, Rhye, Sullla and other people I quite respect. After

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[quote who="InternetNerd" reply="43" id="2862961"]Gyrate & Thormodr: Wow, quite the bi-polar there you've found. [/quote] Could be. I've got 2 cousins that are bi-polar. It's pretty rough...

Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that could do great things for elemental??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="scratchthepitch" reply="104" id="2862967"] Quoting Domicron, reply 102 Quoting Lord Xia, reply 101Not worth trying to teach you idiots the difference between subjective and objective, or opinions and facts. Have your little hate party and have fun. So by your thought process, the initial release of Elemental was also fine and anyone who claimed otherwise (including the CEO of stardock) must be some kind of moron? I appreciate the fact that you've go

Reply to Let's play: Elemental: War of Magic! (Image heavy thread.) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Good stuff! An Elemental AAR. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Encore! Encore!

Reply to Who is worse, Fallout fanboys, TF2 fanboys, or Civilization fanboys? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

http://forums.civfanatics.com/search.php?searchid=1499690 Here are Dale's posts on Civ Fanatics. Anyone can feel free to wade through them if they like. He's rather passive/aggressive. Some days he's quite civil and other days he's downright nasty. He is obviously angling for a job with Firaxis. I guess he figures by trashing other people it wil

Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that could do great things for elemental??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="93" id="2862762"] Quoting Domicron, reply 88Civ5 is a poorly designed game. End of story. There's no argument to be had. Hopefully Shafer learned something from the experience. He's a young guy and I'm hoping he did and attributing his silence here to an NDA he probably had to sign on his way out of Firaxis. anyways peace out stardock I'll be on my merry way GOOD LUCK JONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="43" id="2862735"]Yea, I don't think there is much disagreement (or any for that matter) on where our developer resources should be going. If you ask an AI guy what they think needs the most work they're going to say AI. If you has a UI guy what they think needs the most work, they'll say UI. I think people are going to be surprised at how radically the expansion is going to change the game. [/quote] That sou

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[quote who="RexDaddy" reply="38" id="2862659"]Every move that takes the game closer to the original MoM seems to make it better imho. I have to say that one of the most interesting tactical AND strategic portions of the original game was control of the Mana sources. You had to clear off whatever beasty that was inhabiting the mana source and THEN you had to use a spirit or a ghost to actually link the mana to your global mana pool. An opposing wizard could send a countl