Stuck on large island

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Got a game going yesterday, on a large world made up of big islands. Things were going well for a while until I noticed that there was not a single beach on my island, and no Earth Shards (which seem to be a prerequisite for the Raise Land spell). I was therefore completely stuck there. I kept playing anyway, just to practice town development and spell research, and ended up scoring a (rather cheap) victory by researching every spell.

I assume that this is some kind of bug, right ? Or are there other ways to get off islands (other than ships) that I don't know about ? Also, I had managed to research every spell available in under 250 turns. Isn't that rather short ?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

It's official: We need airships. :D

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

You cant create airships with the summon boat spell then add flight to it like you did in master of magic...? Fear my army of flying triremes/warships.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Hmm, well I think there is a "summon boat" spell ...

 

but might that also require beach to work?

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

hmm either they need to remove the earth shard requirement (as it was in 3)  or make sure that when we play maps with  islands/multiple continents we always have a beach, earth shard  or both.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Perhaps shouldn't need an Earth shard if the land is within your influence??

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Twohawks, reply 4
hmm either they need to remove the earth shard requirement (as it was in 3)  or make sure that when we play maps with  islands/multiple continents we always have a beach, earth shard  or both.
End of Twohawks's quote
As I see it, we simply need more ways to get off the island. I'd dislike a rule of "An island always has a beach" - but having Raise/Lower land requiring an Earth Shard also makes total sense to me.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Blimps :)

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

yea, you'd need to summon a boat and then cast an e3nchantment on it that allows it to ignore blocked tiles and then it could fly.

WE, however, won't be doing that. What you guys do on your machines though is none of our business. :)

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 8
yea, you'd need to summon a boat and then cast an e3nchantment on it that allows it to ignore blocked tiles and then it could fly.

WE, however, won't be doing that. What you guys do on your machines though is none of our business.
End of Frogboy's quote

 

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Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 8
yea, you'd need to summon a boat and then cast an e3nchantment on it that allows it to ignore blocked tiles and then it could fly.

WE, however, won't be doing that. What you guys do on your machines though is none of our business.
End of Frogboy's quote

 

Won't be doing what??

Won't enchant summoned ships with flying?

Won't enable Blimp technology?

Won't make utterly trapped and isolated starting areas?

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 8
yea, you'd need to summon a boat and then cast an e3nchantment on it that allows it to ignore blocked tiles and then it could fly.

WE, however, won't be doing that. What you guys do on your machines though is none of our business.
End of Frogboy's quote

 

I forsee, that one day, when the community develops, you'll see the value of these different ideas on other people's machines. And when a mod becomes super famous almost so much so that it's practically it's own game (Fall from Heaven 2). That we'll "Make" you interested in what we do on our machines.

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top

mmm, tactical battles involving zepplins vs dragons, in the clouds.... CLOUDS!!!

 

you know you want to :grin:

Reply #13 from Elemental Forums Top

There isn't a Floating Island spell like in MOM?

I remember I used to take like 1 earth, 2 sorcery and the rest death just so I could get the floating island from earth and counter magic from sorcery and then all the neat goodies from death magic the bestest and most funnest class to play. :)

Reply #14 from Elemental Forums Top

Zeppleins would be awesome.

 

Or spells for flying creatures that transport.

 

Or finally making it so that every island either has a beach. an earth shard. or somehow have a technology like zepleins airboats or some form of transportation for at least one unit or else that kinda sucks.

 

 

 

Although granted i had an awesome game on my own isolated island building an empire untill another empire came along wanting to take me but couldn't reach me *laughs*

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

No flying Pink Elephants??