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Reply to Why I chose Elemental over Civ 5 in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="108" id="2762133"] Quoting greggbert, reply 107Firaxis can craft excellent games with a high degree of quality. That's not always true. Civilization 4 had some serious problems at launch that took several patches and expansions to completely sort out (and even then there are still some outstanding quirks that Civ fanatics grumble about to this day). Sid Meier's Railroads needed a patch to address performance issues that made it virtually unpla

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Reply to The Big Picture -- What Was Supposed To Make Elemental Special? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="b0rsuk" reply="25" id="2761656"] Quoting divvu80, reply 18 Errr... No! You're right on everything really. But AAR are hardly unique to Dominion, you'll find them on every major 4x/Strategic game with High replayability... Have a look at Dwarven Fortress! Correct me if i'm wrong, but Dwarf Fortress has permanent death ? The game deffinitely has roguelike roots, but I didn't want to mention these games as to not scare people away. I really enjoy roguelikes.

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Reply to Temple of Elemental Evil in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="searro" reply="2" id="2761617"] Plus i played the DnD campaign and loved it .[/quote] Hehe, same here! Wow I did that when I was 9 (!), my first AD&D adventure, with my cousin and his friends, back in the '89 I think!

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Reply to "Monster Economy" ruins economy balance - multiple balanced ways to earn money preferable? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="alborrelli" reply="36" id="2761442"] Quoting searro, reply 4Monsters need to give less gildars but some interesting loots. This. 'nuff said.[/quote] Yes! OH GOD YES! And then add in alchemical processes, and the ability to turn said loot into more interesting thing! Imagine, to hunt spiders in order to have enough poison glands for all your archers, that would be epic! Medallion of teleport, Shrill-h

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Reply to resource revealing techs in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="UmbralAngel" reply="12" id="2761459"]I think they should change the system so that extra resources are placed on the map, but they start invisible. Once you research the appropriate level of tech, it reveals all of the hidden resources on the map. For gold mines there would be 2 levels of invisibility, one for the first upgrade and one for the empire-only second upgrade. [/quote] So like in Civ IV? I actually like that, but I also like

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Reply to Is it, or will it, ever be possible to create "dungeons" in elemental? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="6" id="2761417"] Quoting Phazon88, reply 5I would be surprised if this did not happen in Elemental eventually. It would fit in so naturally with the Adventure side of the game. It would require a fair bit of work creating dungeons for specific quests so it sounds like it'd be an expansion feature rather than something in a free update. As Frogboy mentioned it, free update material.[/quote] [e digicons]:beer:[/e] I must ha

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Reply to Poll: What do you play when you need a break from elemental? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Bought Borderlands yesterday, I must admit it is a lot more cheap fun than I first thought! If you like Diablo like loot and mindless roaming/killing you should give it a shot! The balistic system is quite good, for a game that tries to link weapon performance to character level (initally bullets are quite slow). 7/10, add +2 if you're blessed with some likely minded friends, because Multiplayer is VERY fun!

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Reply to The Big Picture -- What Was Supposed To Make Elemental Special? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="b0rsuk" reply="17" id="2761432"] Do you know what AAR stands for ? After Action Report. It's fairly unique to Dominions serries. People write stories of their empires, and it often reads like fanfiction. Because the game is so epic in scale and so varied, and lack of reload means a story can have a bad ending, they are interesting to the end. They have a whole subforum just for AARs. [/quote] Errr... No! You're right on e

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Reply to Why should the magic system be like X? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Well, I'm positive many of the peoples around think that Elemental HAS a lot of potential. But potential is not enough. The armoire standing behind me has the POTENTIAL energy to kill me, but a reasonable, directed force is needed to start a reaction... For example, as you say many of the effects we're describing could be doable by a skilled modder, but then would the AI be able to use them? Probably not. I repeat what I feel most, it's not the si

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Reply to Map Suggestions in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="pdcohen" reply="1" id="2759448"]7) Bring your sovereign into a city, and click on Actions. [/quote] You just need to be inside your influence, no need to bring him into a city.

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Reply to Drama Cleansing Thread in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="docbates7" reply="69" id="2759304"] random map generator: a sandbox style game without one is kinda like going to see Empire Strikes Back and being stuck with the Jar-Jar Binks hour; [/quote] Well, in the meantime [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] https://forums.elementalgame.com/395529

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Reply to lvl 1 Bandits shouldnt raze cities. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Sethai" reply="2" id="2758202"]so far i am finding the monsters and ruffians are actually a lot more threatening than the enemy factions.[/quote] My toughts exactly. Elemental is a PvE 4X at the moment :p

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Reply to lvl 1 Bandits shouldnt raze cities. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Well... I can see your point... But It's sorta of a tradition. Never leave your early bases undefended in a 4X, what you ask is like an Rpg with no rat-fighting and NPC errands in the beginning [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

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Reply to Why should the magic system be like X? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Fightingweasles" reply="5" id="2758142"] No need to appologise Divvu80, you raise some points, and I'd like to know what you think is the reason MoM and AoW were robust and interfacted to the strategy of gaming. [/quote] Simply put, magic should do a lot of "other" things. We just have very "plain" effects. Give us some realm-wide buff/debuff, alter the flow of time, hell let me take my chances with dangerous experiments! <p

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