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Reply to AI: Closing the deal in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="42" id="3086301"] Hordes of spearmen would probably be the Civilization choice.[/quote] I'm thinking more of an espionage via diplomacy choice.

Reply to AI: Closing the deal in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

Strategic catapults like Civ IV - they damage x number of enemy units defending a tile, up to 75% of hp. they can also bombard to reduce city defenses. In tactical battle they should be nearly worthless - extremely slow (moves and initiative), low defenses, weak to fire, etc.

Reply to Tactical games: Kiting in FE Beta Elemental Forums

I say give bows -3 initiative base, and have some good traits that help counter this (Rapid Fire -20% acc this turn and next turn, +5 initiative next turn.) Also give move-and-fire tactics a beefy -x% acc modifier.

Reply to Tactical games: Kiting in FE Beta Elemental Forums

I don't know, I kinda like my incredible shrinking battlefield idea. Think of it like Tron, where the combatants could destroy segments of the battlefield with their little magical frisbees as a tactical option. Y'all aren't thinking outside the box. [e digicons]:borg:[/e]

Reply to [eLIB] UnitStat Background Mod v.ZG for FE in FE Modding Elemental Forums

I think a hired champion should have both the faction it is born as tagged and should also be tagged for the faction that hired it. [quote who="Heavenfall" reply="24" id="3084667"]Philosophically speaking, the champion could probably "hate" the catapult as it was something they produced. But is it the gut-wrenching, foaming-at-the-mouth hate he would feel for the people? I don't think so.[/quote] I don't know, I think you may be over-rationalizing a tad. I

Reply to Tactical games: Kiting in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="16" id="3085386"]Another thing would be to prevent movement from shooting units. You shoot OR you move (unless you have the good trait) and shooting should get a penalty to accuracy if you moved (harder to target when you move)[/quote] This is nice. An archer unit could move up to (tacmove - 1) and still fire, but if they move they get -50% acc on the shot. If they move their full tacmove, they cannot shoot, or maybe get -90% acc on the shot.<

Reply to Tactical games: Kiting in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Well, you have code that increases the size of the tactical map on initiation based on the size of the armies involved, right? How about as units get killed off in a battle, the number of usable tiles decreases, until it's so small that if it became a 1 on 1, it would necessarily turn into a melee (if there were melee units involved.)

Reply to 2 annoying movement issues in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote]When loading a game bonuses to movement are not given for the first turn. For example if I have a character equiped with a compass instead of having 3 movement points they only have 2 for the first turn after a reload.[/quote] This also happens when moving a unit out of a city on a new turn.

Reply to About combat calculations in FE Beta Elemental Forums

...and all the weapon type vs armor type stuff, as well as elemental damage vs elemental resistance...

Reply to FE 0.80 random notes in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

I remember it on the Apple IIe with a chromatic green-screen monitor. It was the first graphical RPG I had ever played.

Reply to The relative importance of City Tile Placement in FE Beta Elemental Forums

I get the feeling that cities in general will be changed overall in Beta 2, even though little has been mentioned about it. Pretty much everything about them was just such a huge issue with people in the first beta.

Reply to [Balance/Suggestion] 0.77 Faction Soldier Base Stats in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Or just balance the evoker trait :-/

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: BETA 2 Preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Great read! Looking forward to getting back into FE. One bit of pre-feedback based only on the screenshots (I know, it's annoying) is that with the new "path-to" system, it would be nice to show where the end-of-turn locations will be, maybe with a small circle with a number in it to show where the unit is planned to end each turn.

Reply to FE 0.80 random notes in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

Don't forget Pool of Radiance...

Reply to More Beta testing of 0.80 in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="31" id="3084519"]Sorry, but that isn't "Terrain" bonus but "Territory" bonus (and it's already in) You get it when you fight a battle in your territory (within the borders of your realm).[/quote] Frogboy alludes to the possible inclusion of terrain boni. the screenshot does not confirm.

Reply to [eLIB] UnitStat Background Mod v.ZG for FE in FE Modding Elemental Forums

I'd love to fry the poor knight who's wearing full plate with a lightning bolt.

Reply to [Feedback][.77] Level Abilities in FE Beta Elemental Forums

It's a boolean tag. 1 = on, 0 = off.

Reply to Tactical battles, MOM was good, FE not so much... here is why... in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I would rather be able to place units on the map at the beginning of tactical combat.

Reply to [Feedback][.77] Level Abilities in FE Beta Elemental Forums

No, I'm pretty sure it can't currently be done. The devs would have to implement it.

Reply to [eINFO] Community Requests thread in FE Modding Elemental Forums

I would like to see the addition of a GameModifier flag of vsFlanked, which would allow the gamemodifier to be applied only if the target unit were being flanked, as if it were engaged in melee combat.

Reply to [suggestion]Combating the stack of death in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

If a player (AI or human) decides to create a single powerful army with all of their units, this is a strategic decision the player has made and does not need any counters except the fact that a good player will be able to hold off the army then counter-attack appropriately. It does not need any special attention, because any other player can decide to use the same strategy. I'm not sure why you consider it cheese.

Reply to [Feedback][.77] Level Abilities in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="21" id="3083620"]Discipline: +1 Strength per level. You can guess what I think of this one. Too much Strength in the late game. Lower it to +1 per 2 levels and make it part of a Path trait for Warriors. You should want to avoid making traits that are so good it is not a choice, but an imperative. You could make each spell free and I would still rather have Discipline. It's so much better than everything else. It is also important to make sure this ki

Reply to [Feedback][.77] Level Abilities in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="18" id="3083437"]I agree in concept, but 1 per level is a dangerous slope. 1 per 2 or 3 levels would be a better balance. It is hard to say because regular troops have such low stats. [/quote] Regulars will never be, and should not ever be, as good as heroes. The numbers I present are intended purely for demonstration, and are not meant to be taken literally, but I don't see what the problem with each class gaining +1 whatever per level is when we

Reply to [Feedback][.77] Level Abilities in FE Beta Elemental Forums

After a bit of thought I have two main issues with the current level-up/trait system. Accuracy gained per level by every hero and traits granting bonuses to base attributes. Starting with the latter, I feel that it would serve the game best to not allow heroes to gain or lose base attributes through level-up bonuses, traits, or injuries. This would help mitigate effects like always choosing a certain attribute increase because it will positively effect X number of

Reply to Spell requests: Summon Hero & Alter Shard in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Manii Names" reply="21" id="3083047"]With the way spells ramp up based on shard type, I am against changing the shards in any way.[/quote] Why? If the AI can be taught how to use it properly, what would be the problem?