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Reply to [balance] might vs magic and champs vs armies in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Agree completely with: *Experience should be shared between the sov, champs and troops involved in the battle. The current system is a bit mad, and tends to support the idea of taking people along for the ride, because they get FREE XP, just by watching. *One hit one kill A significant change to the combat system, but would give even better value to larger units and trained troops. There could still be a damage type that allows area damage, by exception ('s

Reply to Excessive Unit Upgrade Costs [0.77] in FE Beta Elemental Forums

I noticed this too. Upgrade costs are completely over the top.

Reply to [Suggestion/Discssion] Outposts 20% Cooler in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Agree with OP and most of sentiments here

Reply to State of the Beta - what needs fixing? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

1. City building is not fun (can build everything, everywhere) 2. Tactical battles are not fun (no terrain, morale, forts, weapon differentiation, ranges, etc) 3. Leaders and Heroes OP and tech falls far behind, meaning no need to build troops, etc

[Suggestion] More interesting tactical battles in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Right now, tactical battles are not terribly interesting. They suffer in comparison to older games such as AOW or even HOMM. The following things would greatly improve them: 1. Terrain. There should be some meaningful terrain tiles, which affect movement and combat. Streams, swamps, forests, hills, etc. What is a tactical war-game without terrain? Not to mention the whole 'no forts' issue in sieges. A game that did this quite well was/is Battles of Wesn

Reply to [Discussion] City Building in FE Beta Elemental Forums

My 2c on city building: I agree with much of the OP and first posters said. City building is incredibly boring right now, and it need not be. I think the key to fixing this are the following ideas: 1. Relating the city to the terrain At the moment, cities are too generic, and the initial placement seems to matter very little. The key factor is closeness to the 'special' resources, iron, horses, shards, etc, but it seems to matter quite little whether yo

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Where we stand at Christmas in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Looks like a terrific standard for the Beta. Looking forward to it. Blunt vs Cutting weapons - noted from the screenshot. Fantastic! I have considerable hopes for the Tactical battle system to be fun.

Reply to My update on the game after leaving it for a year in Elemental Game Series Elemental Forums

My feelings are the same. Couldn't bear to try previous patches, but 1.4 seems quite interesting. Was up until 4am having some cool fun. Looking forward to FE, which should rock (I hope). Will try the mod as people have suggested. Cheers

Anyone playing Elvan Legacy? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

It has been released in the last week out of 1C in Russia. Graphics are excellent, engine is solid (though with a few crashes). The problem with the game I find is that it might have been a nice wargame, but somewhere got turned into a TB Puzzle Game. The game is hard, even on 'Normal', and you have to get everything just right, or there is no point in continuing. To me it epitomizes the problem of Load/Save carried to the extreme (as opposed to Save&Quit). T

Reply to Elemental: EARLY test of the engine in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Already looks good to me [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Still hard to see exactly how it all works, but we will see eventually.

Reply to Concept: Understanding unit production in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Wintersong, My thoughts exactly about the graphics [e digicons]^_^[/e] The concept seems reasonable enough, except that one hopes for a slightly more interesting combat model than just ATT / DEF / HP. What about the effect of ranged missiles? Shields are MUCH more effective against ranged missiles (from the front) than armor. Experience is important in combat, but not as a target of ranged missiles. The good and the great get hit just as easily by arrows as the

Reply to New Elemental Medallions! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Rocks

Reply to Anyone else worried about combat? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Thanks for posting that screenshot. I had not seen it before, and it helps a lot to understand where they are going with it.

Reply to Pre-Ordered and in it for the Long Haul: Sound Off in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'm in and definitely in it for the long haul. Elemental is the next best hope, since recent strategy games have been a big disappointment.

Reply to How do you want trade to work? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I have thought about the issue of trade in strategy games over many years. I am sure Brad has already got a bunch of good ideas together. Some ideas: - I hope the fantasy is rooted in reality. Without the 'fantastic elements' such as Mana and so on, there are already a bunch of key and different natural resources that any society must harness. Wood, Stone, Food, Tools, Luxuries, Salt and Spice, Cloth and Textiles, Metals, Mounts, Slaves, Precious Metals / Money and the availab

Reply to Elemental's persistent world in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

The strength of the AI in single player is still the key then, to both single player, and this "either mulitple AI or people" form of multiplayer. Schedule lots of your time for working on improved AI routines [e digicons]:)[/e]

Reply to Disciples fans, you must see this! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

The graphics are indeed wonderful, thanks for the link. The gameplay is of course the key. How it plays and is balanced we will see. I am still a lot more excited about Elemental, as Brad is the guy who can re-think gameplay to improve the genre. Cheers

Civ4 Colonization : Due next week in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Anyone looking forward to this? I played the original extensively and it was an absolute favourite for years. Looking forward to the revamp. Classic turn based game play.

Reply to A proposed combat system for GC3 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The greater the fraction acceleration is of max speed, the more 'linear' and 'like a warship in the ocean' becomes the simulation. When the fraction is low, it shows off the newtonian notions more clearly, and fleets 'fly by' each other, pop off a few shots, and then turn around for another run. When I increased acceleration, the ships look a lot more controlled. I did some work on scale, and figuring out how big planets and stars would be using your scale. Earth would

Reply to A proposed combat system for GC3 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Also interesting how the quality of the game changes with the ratio of acceleration to top speed. If you lower max speed by 5 or 10, the approach looks very different.

Reply to A proposed combat system for GC3 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] At any rate, a newer version of the simulator can be found at http://www.mediafire.com/file/jcosfko0ajo/BattleSystemPrototype.zip, which includes more scenarios, a couple bug fixes, and better chase AI for the ships and missiles (linear algebra finally came in handy!)[/quote] I like the new one. [quote]My own inclination is to keep most of the low level tactical considerations (fleet formation, target selection, etc) decided by the ingame AI... possibly with per-c

Reply to A proposed combat system for GC3 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Marvin Kosh" reply="18" id="1850961"]The problem with a complex simulation with more input from players is that both human and computer players must have a clear understanding of what their input will do to change the battle. [/quote] Actually, I think the player and AI should only have a vague notion of how their parameters will affect the battle. It can only be a 'guess' at some level. If you set missiles to be fired at range 10 instead of range 5, will that mean more ef

Reply to A proposed combat system for GC3 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Also had a ball creating my own weapons and ship types, and trying them all out. Maybe we could make Galciv III now and save Brad the trouble [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Reply to A proposed combat system for GC3 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Starstriker, Well done on your simulator. Remarkably, a friend and I developed a very similar thing about 10 years ago! Not that it was as nice as yours of course :-) My dream for the battle system is very similar to yours. Deterministic, but chaotic, and depending on the subtle choices made by the player in entering the battle. To me, the key to gameplay will be aligning the R&D in the game to subtle changes in armor, weaponry, speed, deceleration, etc, whic