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And I feel that with the Beta 2 +3 combo, we will have Pictures, things will open up substantially. I mean, think about it? What is the one thing SD needed to totally control, the final "LOOK" of Elemental. Allowing, how ever many Alpha testers there actually is, access to the Graphics, would be an untenable situation, to say the least. Brad will release us soon. And Raven X. Your arsmy will be mine LOL :) twitch twitch [e digicons];P[/e] [e digicons]:S[/e] [e dig

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Despite the above opinion of the XBL community as a group. (not going into that rather dark cave) A true Community does not require 10 Million people. It only requires a very solid base of very dedicated players. Not that 10 Million unit Sold would not be good here mind you. LOL

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Big Smile For Winter first. :) [quote]"Instead of apologies, you could have saved us from your venting."[/quote] You did it as well. :) Raven X has a point. He has expressed it with zeal. Kudos for that. We all face the same uncertainly at this point. What don't we know, what haven't we seen. How can we help, if we are being treated like Mushrooms, minus what they feed us part. lol I too have come to Elemental for reasons of my own, but the main one is th

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Combat Speed - A systems that allows the player to convert total Combat Speed, a combination of Moves & Attacks, into one or the other, depending on the situation, would be perfect. Example: Squad A has a 20 point Combat Speed (Move + Attack) If they are attacked, the saved Moves (that turn) can be converted to Attack use. Otherwise, if Squad A wishes to advan

Reply to [Gameplay] Splitting Armies and Units Mid Battle (for TBS type system) in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

You could still have any Single, Company or Platoon selection available. Simply pick any one Company member, you get the company etc. If you were to have 10-20 combined Companies or Platoon strewn across the battlefield and need to move ALL of them quickly, simply select your pre generated Ctrl Group #3, and they ALL highlight and off you go. I do like the split idea

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[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="147" id="2628786"] Quoting John_Hughes, reply 146 Tasunke ... it would be late growth which would require to COMPLETELY ignore the lair for 100 plus turns....And if you expect any game of Elemental, to be in the late growth stage after 100+ turns, then we are expecting very differing gameplay.I interpret Tasunke's remarks to mean tha

Reply to [Gameplay] Splitting Armies and Units Mid Battle (for TBS type system) in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Would Control groups work? Click and Drag any # of troops, either within a large group, or around 2-3 smaller ones, once selected, hit Ctrl + #1-0 and it is now a group selectable with the #1 key at anytime. An RTS standard...

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[quote who="Tasunke" reply="128" id="2627406"]It wouldn't be uncontrollable ... it would be late growth which would require to COMPLETELY ignore the lair for 100 plus turns. That's why LIVING is better than RANDOM. read my posts correctly, please sir, before you leave inane remarks. [/quote] Perhaps I misinterperted this bit then. [quote]" Or a giant pack of bug-bears splitting from the Lair and migrating south, <span s

Reply to Elemental: Beta 1 retrospective in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

If at all possible, I would love to see a TBS Tile (without Grid ON) (Hexs are out due to the Engine afaik) based battles that allow me to select squads or singles and designate multiple turns of moves by simply selecting a spot somewhere on the Map. The visual would tell me by a path on the ground that I click via nodes, each showing the Turn # that spot represents

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[quote who="Tormy-" reply="13" id="2627001"] Quoting Saije, reply 9 I think anyone with even a lick of sense in today's world knows that making anything and I mean ANYTHING truly original is close to impossible. Go ahead try to come up with an original fantasy world... Yep, t

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[quote who="Tasunke" reply="124" id="2627356"]@Aractain ... by that I mean only the most Macro of creatures. AKA, several small independent nations forming a "Pack" (A Confederate Alliance) Or a giant pack of bug-bears splitting from the Lair and migrating south, burning villages and eating people as they move. [/quote]

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[quote]"etc..."[/quote] There you go. That is the stuff were really after.

Reply to being king, making decisions and earning experience. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote]'You get xp for the wisdom to send someone there."[/quote] And if that quests fails miserably? Is there a downside, XP wise, or do you just lose those, and the Gold it cost you to send them out?

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[quote who="VicenteC" reply="76" id="2625260"] Quoting John_Hughes, reply 72Quoting VicenteC, reply 70 Despite that being the IDEAL solution. Writing what amounts to individual AI's for each creature, or even just the "big impact" units would be most likely impractical. The reason being, would all Dragons behave the same? Wha

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[quote]"now beta 2 must accomplish what beta 1 had originally set out to do, which was to 'find the fun'."[/quote] Nope. Beta 2 was to be the MP portion, still on the Cloth. Thankfully, being somewhat selfish myself, applaud the Hardware guys that have made it such, that we will get Beta 3 as well, with the Picture Show on. Then, based on this rather fluid schedule</s

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Well then I feel for those without permanent connections at home, or those who cannot offered to buy their own Satellite. ;)

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[quote who="VicenteC" reply="70" id="2625218"] Quoting Aractain, reply 66 Well a 'living' world is also scripted, just scripted around a template of actions rather than a specific set of waypoints etc. No, a "simulation" of a living world is not scripted at all. Edit: a

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[quote]"There's a futility here that bothers me."[/quote] Even though I might agree in principle with this sentiment, it is not often "players" get to use, or even see a RAW game engine. The term Beta here has been a major misnomer. I assumed it was used because many would shy away from the term "Alpha Build", or have no idea what it even meant. Most gamers know what a Beta might entail. <span style=

Reply to Living lairs? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]"Unless of course some player stops it from growing."[/quote] And this is the one thing that has to be guarded against. If it becomes, Turn 1, go find and terminate all Troll and Spider caves and nests, or else, then what is the point. I can imagine, with Balance in place of course, that a Troll cave could spawn and grow into a menace, in your region, that may c

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This is not a jab cephalo, but what do you suggest? Hunting for the Herbs and seek out the lost recipes has also been done. Experimenting on peasants, perhaps. But that has dark connotations, and a Light side would have to available to the non-dark side crowd. Something new, interesting and unique is always the goal

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I heard Satellites were quite expensive. :)

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[quote who="Peace Phoenix" reply="62" id="2625148"] Because I do not have internet at home (I’m posting via my work computer—it’s also how I patch my games) I really wish Stardock would offer a Per-Order with a DVD option. I fear you won't be able to patch Elemental since it will require Impulse to install patches and you can't install Impulse on an always

Reply to Diplomacy enforced by the game in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Perhaps asking AI-C, after you have had some dealings with him, if he has dealt with AI-A and how it went? BUT, remember, perhaps AI-C is simply untrustworthy as well.. LOL Ah the intrigue grows...

Reply to beta2? in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Beta 2 and Beta 3 are being merged togethor, and as such, they are turning on the Picture Show. So yes. It should be way more playable that it has been, not that that was the point of Alpha Beta 1 though... ;)

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To further the "Living World" thought it seems prudent to mention that unlike a DM's D&D session, a PC game has many constraints that have to be applied, before, the adventurers, SoV and gang, actually show up. I too have DM'd in my day, and have always felt a bit sad when playing games that could/would be so much better "if" the program had some random inherent logistics algorithm running to provide the creatu