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Reply to Color me impressed in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Deorcnysse! Yes, that's it. Thank you. I remember it was a bug in FE back when I was still playing FE, but I had hoped it had been fixed...

Reply to Outposts: Do people actually use the upgrades? in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

I recall now that it was an option in FE, but I never used it and had completely forgotten about it.

Reply to Outposts: Do people actually use the upgrades? in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

I didn't realize outposts could be upgraded in Legendary Heroes, but I will certainly look at the options now.

Color me impressed in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

This is a mini-review of the beta. First, the context. I pre-ordered War of Magic back in the day and participated in the beta for Fallen Enchantress. While I played and enjoyed the final product, it never quite gelled into the game I had hoped it would be. I'd give it a solid three stars out of five. So I get this e-mail asking me to download Legendary Heroes. Why not? It's free, and I'm curious about what they're tinkering

Reply to How do you clear Wildlands? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Yes, it's the swamp. Thank you! I'll look closely.

How do you clear Wildlands? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

So I've been working diligently to "clear the corrupted tiles" in a nearby wildland. I finally killed every last monster in the wildland, including the big baddy itself. And then nothing happens! How do you complete this quest?

How does food work? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

There's nothing in the manual or the Hiergamenon on how food works now. I assume it impacts maximum population, I suspect it impacts growth rate, but I don't know for sure either way. I am also unsure of whether or to what degree it is city specific. Various improvements imply that it is largely city specific, but that there are some spillover effects. Can anyone enlighten me on the precise mechanics? Also, with respect to growth, how do the city / fa

minor UI issue in FE Beta Elemental Forums

On the sovereign selection screen, the characteristic numbers (i.e., STR 10), are appearing in the scroll bar.

Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that ruined the 20-year old Civilization franchise??? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

I hate myself for dignifying this thread with a response but I'm going to do it anyway for Frogboy's sake. Adding two well respected managers is a very good thing. It will help development in many ways. Getting these particular two people on board at Stardock is a coup that will significantly improve the company. It has been a long time since a lone programmer working in a garage could deliver a AAA product. As much as I love Spiderweb Software and

[BUG REPORT] auto explore and feature improvement in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Two bugs to report. First, auto explore sometimes issues error messages rather than moving the unit. These error messages seem to appear when there are a lot of locations that the unit is trying to avoid (even though I, the player, can move around them) such as goodie huts that are too high level and monsters. Once an error message has been generated, the unit appears to be unable to use auto explore again, as the same error message will appear even when the unit has been

Reply to A List of ‘Positives’ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I like the basic feature list, although the implementation needs work. To be more specific, I like: Sovereign design Dynasties Differentiated spellbooks allowing for different approaches to the game Incentives for fewer, larger cities Quests Alternative approaches to victory - magic, tech, diplomacy (diplomatic capital was a stroke of genius), etc. Tactical combat City design / growth Goodie huts Again,

Reply to Elemental: Back in the Thick of It in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I've got two kids of my own, and I couldn't agree more that they help keep one grounded. Nothing puts work into perspective like having a small person grab your finger and smile. No matter how tough the day, you can always go home to your family. It has been a rough patch here with the release. I still think of Elemental as a diamond in the rough, and I like the direction it seems to be going in. Hang in there. It's a marathon at this point, not a sprint.

Reply to Day 0 Patch, When? Dev ETA? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

No, the 1.01 version is not the day 0 patch. The day 0 patch is not yet live, but should be soon.

Is the Day 0 version up yet? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

At work. Would love to have it waiting for me when I get home. 'Nuff said. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Initial Thoughts in War of Magic Elemental Forums

First thought - I like it a lot. Second thought - kudos to Brad and the team for coming in on Sunday to get a pre-day 0 version out early in response to the street date being broken. Colossal pain in the neck for the dev team - very much appreciated. I went through some of the forums and blogs this morning. I agree with many of the polishing comments. There are still a fair number of small glitches to be fixed and polish points that would be helpful to

For those not on the IRC channel, all beta testers should now have access in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Pre-orders (other than beta testers) are being processed.

[Suggestion] Kingdom screen needs gold total in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I've suggested making it easier to figure out how much gold you have before. The very useful tracking bar at the top of the screen has since been added, allowing you to see your total gold at any time except when you have your Kingdom Report screen open, which grays out the gold total at the top of the screen. The Kingdom Report screen itself tells you all about your income and your other stored inputs but does not give you your gol

Reply to [Beta 2][Bug/Interface] End Turn unclickable - Showstopper in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Also happened to me.

[gameplay question] recruiting NPCs in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

How does one recruit an NPC? I see messages that other kingdoms have recruited them, but all I never seem to see when I put the mouse over an NPC is an option to attack.

[suggestions] User Interface tweaks in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

1. When building, add a pop-up screen for each improvement so that you can see what it does. The pop-up currently appears only after you've added the improvement to the building queue, forcing the user to add it to the queue, look at it there, then delete it if they don't want it. 2. The camera angles seem a bit odd. Best option would be to allow manual adjustment of the camera angle. Failing that, taking camera angle #3 and making it more of a top-down l

How to Upgrade Order in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I pre-ordered a loooong time ago, but would like to get the limited edition. Is there a way to upgrade the order?

Reply to Please don’t get mad when beta 2 comes out in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

It doesn't bother me one whit that we were playing a severely trimmed back beta, and I doubt it will bother other people. I'm just excited at the idea of the beta taking a quantum leap forward and starting to become fun!

city growth idea - make population growth for the kingdom as a whole in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

We've discussed many methods for trying to persuade players to make only a few cities. Here is yet another. A lot of population growth in Elemental comes from people wandering in from the wastes, not from having babies. People wandering in from the wastes should be driven by prestige only, and they should be split among existing cities. That means that if you have two cities, the growth rate for each city will be cut in half. This could be balanced in several

[1z4] CTD on conclusion of combat in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4643457/Elemental0_32-2010-05-09T10-02-21-591.zip http://pastebin.com/pWaike5c

Reply to [1z4] CTD from spamming end of turn buttom in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Don't have the debug.err, but the dump file is one of these two. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4643457/Elemental0_32-2010-05-08T00-26-17-176.zip http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4643457/Elemental0_32-2010-05-08T10-24-55-619.zip <div id="_mcePaste" class="mcePaste" style="position: absolute; width: 1px; heigh