As to the enchanting of equipment, it's an interesting idea, though I doubt it'll have to be done in a conclave city. All the trading and shop purchasing only requires you to be in your zone of control. A little lame, imo, but I suppose if everyone has that same advantage, then nothing is lost. It's just that when you're attacking an opponent in their turf and you end turn, they could totally buff up right in front of you.
[quote who="TorinReborn" reply="31" id="3212285"]I played two games of Beta 4. Both got destroyed before turn 100 by way overpowered monsters. Both before turn 50 explored area around and had nowhere to go, was boxed in either by other faction outpost spam or dragons. In 2nd game build a outpost to grab a fire shard and Ashwake Dragon was nearby. And he decided to ignore my outpost and hear straight for my only city 2 screens away and ended the game right there. I didn't do a single point
So, I'll toss this thought in this thread cause it is an impression: SO, this game takes place directly after some massive cataclysm that's wiped out all civilizations with the exception of some magical remnants. Why is there not any graphical ruins of cities that are approximately the same size as the cities you get to build? Just seems like there should be more devastation...less 'new earth' feel.
See my "First FE Games" thread for my suggestions on revamping the concept of roads. (It's in green highlight). https://forums.elementalgame.com/429562
A few more notes: The spider rider, Araine, takes a long time for her to cast her spells… It actually seems like all the opponent spell casters take a long time to cast. Also, it really feels like essence is too sparce in this game. It's a game about magic; why restrict the magic? I understand that some sovreigns should be better at magic than others....strengths and weaknesses things....but here's what I propose: <p style="padding-
[quote who="Gorde" reply="10" id="3211380"]A level 5 spell is now (appropriately) hard to come by with the higher xp/level curve, so the level 5 earth spell, even if it -did- perform this task, would not remove the poor mechanics of the lost fertility. A current workaround: It seems fertility is recalculated when a new structure is placed nearby. I've had several outpost placements reveal town sites that were not there before the outpost, so often when I
[quote who="j_wl_b" reply="24" id="3211340"]This may be just a little over the top but perhaps a solution to sovs leveling to slow might be for sovs to pick two traits at level up instead of one. Note this would only be for sovs not other heros. [/quote] This is an interesting idea....makes your sovreign intergral to all the important parts of the game as he/she is the obvious strongest character in the game...
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Agreed. Often times when you initiate an action, whether that me movement, or quest, or loot, the game tries moving you prematurely to the next commandable unit in the list, causing complications and often making you search for your unit again.
I agree. Having a razed city is definately crippling, not only when you don't like the AI's location of choosing, but especially if it's your own. I like how there are spells available to you...eventually...to restore the land so that you can build again. I don't like how those spells are hard to come by, such that by the time you finally get them, you're put too far behind in the game to still be competitive. I recommend adding a
[quote who="Murteas" reply="7" id="3210582"]blame the memory limits of 32 bit OSes [/quote] Wow. That's unfair. I run 32-bit and don't have any problems with the game, even on maximum settings. As to the topic on hand: I agree, FE fills up fast. You need to pioneer spam quickly in order to claim your turf. Increasing the monster difficulty on the low end, and decreasing the monster difficulty on the high end will balance that out I think... Ideally
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Personally, I don't think a 'burned down' forest should limit your movement....
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I agree that the 3 turn min for building has detrimental impact on city queue times, especially when it comes to resource and outpost upgrades. I initials should be dropped down to 2 turns min....but if you upgrade a shard to a shrine, it takes 3 turns, and if you upgrade a shrine to a (whatever is next) it costs you 4 turns....etc. Same can be said for resources. Also outpost upgrades, each additional upgrade to an outpost should cost more time than the one previous. I imagine
[quote who="BlackRainZ" reply="19" id="3211275"]just so you know, if you get the bug where you can't end your turn because you can't see the button, you don't have to hit auto play. Just hit spacebar and it will end the units turn. [/quote] Awesome! Didn't know that. Thanks!
I've taken a moment here and condensed all recommendations I've made on other threads, and merged them into this thread as I came across the situations. Feel free to re-read (if not already done so) the green highlights . Future considerations made in other threads will also be merged into this thread aswell, maintaining the green highlight approach so they can easily be picked out. Thanks</
Perhaps. I enjoy the RPG element to be throughout the whole game. 'Switching gears' isn't the best way to go about it either...cause then there might as well be two games.... I'm really hoping this game fills the 'hero defending his realm' aspect. Example: Just finished watching "Naussica, Valley of the Wind". Hero (Naussica) protects her small realm from all sort of chaos and devastation around, including monsters, foreign armies, and even t
Not so much specifc leader comment...more so about factions themselves: Still seems like it takes quite a bit to get underway, techologically speaking as well as civilizational speaking. I recommend that each faction start off with 1 (and perhaps the two weakest factions start of with 2) technologies; each faction having a tech that meets their overall personality. This would GREATLY help get the game underway. I also recommend, and I've said this in other threads,
I would have though that any quest that is rpg directed, aka, pushes the plot and storyline of the game, would only be avaialble to the player. Shocking to think that the AI is able to take the EPIC quests away from you...
I did write up an idea about roaming monsters, but I forget in which thread, so I'll write it again. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] : Basically, design monsters such that they can be liked to a 'zone of control' iconed by their 'lair'. Differnt lairs can have different zones of control. Dragons may have a 9x9 area where they attack anything that enters. The obsidian golem may only have a 3x3 where it only attacks if you try to
[quote who="gumbostu" reply="75" id="3210671"] It's good to see this conversation is being revived since (at least according to the latest game I've played of Beta 4) pioneer spam is still problematic. In the game I just played I had to effectively outpost and found cities over my area that I wouldn't have normally done to block off other computer players that were sending in pioneers and refusing to talk to me when I went to demand that they remove them. As the OP
This. Very interesting idea and would definately add 'rpg' element to the game. I like it.
[quote] I hate the pioneer spam. There is no longer the 'feel' of fighting your way into the wasteland and carving out a place to live. my most recent game i got out pioneered with amazing speed. If you do not scout with pioneers.... the AI WILL Hose you on cities.... example. 5 grain 3 material 2 essence GREAT my first expansion city.. oh look that amazing tile has a death dragon right next to it... i THOUGHT it would be safe until i can cle
@ Glazunov1 To clarify; [quote] There is an option for manual building placement, but it's turned off at game start. I agree, it should be on. I think there are currently problems with the placement of some buildings, however. [/quote] Double-clicking on the city however
Game 4 : Let’s try Oracle Ceresa K, I’m not Emperor Palpatine here. What’s with all the thunder? It’s too much. City queue doesn’t work properly. Often times when I order the queue and then come back to it, it’s not in the same order that I first ordered it in. The infection spell did not work. There is a massive dragon right by my se
But if the bonuses to the city aren't 'comparable' to going out and fighting, then no hero will be an administrator...unless there is nothing to fight. There should be strategic decision involved in keeping him back or loosing him upon the ravaging world. I do agree that an administrator should level slower than an adventurer. Just saying that the city bonus should somehow comparably close the gap between the two... EDIT: Just found out that building