I'm a fan of the AoW series too, but I think the spells in MoM are even more interesting, so they are a better source of inspiration for the Elemental dev team.

I don't understand, can you translate it to English? 

Your nickname represents your inaccuracy. AoW:SM wasnt a fail in any way, it was by far the best 4x fantasy game ever created.
And yes, Elemental would have been a bigger hit if they just remade AoW:SM (or MoM) with better graphics.

The thing is, they wanted to make something of "their own". Granted, it didnt work out so well because even the core gameplay elements werent even figured out or remotely balanced or well thought out, as the game got released (and still to this patch, it feels like the game is struggling against itself trying to figure out wtf its supposed to be or do).

This weekend I am playing through the old 2003 title, Knights of the Old Republic.  In it, you really struggle in fights until you become a Jedi (at least with the non-soldier classes).  The relevance to Elemental:War of Magic, is that getting things done without using Magic should be possible (if futile) but when you really get rolling with Magic, it should really get the party started!  Magic in Elemental is anything but Magic.

Playing AoW would be a solution for a flaccid magic system? I doubt it

There's various tiles on the battlefield that grant bonuses, although the AI seems completely unaware of this fact. Fixing that would be a start, fortifications would be nice, but I think the main issue there is a lack of distinction between units.  More special abilities, more inherent differences between weapons and armour and similar would go a long way there.

What the game needs is equipment that grants special abilities:

Spears grant first - strike. (Sword-damage style but two-handed, counterattack BEFORE the attacker gets to attack. Heavily armored infantry will beat them since they survive the counterattack and attack spearmen with weaker defence (no shield), ditto archers, but an effective counter to two hander users.

Spiked Armor - armor that damages any unit that attacks it in melee.
Armor of repelling - after the first attack, the attacker is pushed back one square. (Good for archers)

Triphammer - targets are stuck in place. They can still fight, they're just rooted to the ground. (A triphammer is a huge piledriver hammer.).

Ammunition types as an off-hand weapon for archers. Burning arrows, magic arrows, exploding seeking arrows of nuclear destruction, punching arrows... STUFF.

Ring of Defensive Teleportation. (If the unit would be killed by the attack, it teleports away to a random square. Saves it, but only once per battle, or eats mana.

Things like that. Don't make it too commonplace - preferrably, make equipping special gear for squads easier, but also make it possible to find special stuff that would be very useful for certain situations.

A good first theoretical step would be to create a few procedures for forced movement (push back the target to a free square, if none is available, the blocking unit is pushed back first, then the original unit, if the second unit is also blocked, the forced movement is blcoked instead... that sort of thing.). This effect could easily be added to spells as well.

You've got some pretty cool ideas, fella.

There's reason people mention magic from Dominion3, AoW, and MoM, because they are interesting and fun to play. Elemental doesn't need to be exactly likely those games but it is a game, and it needs to be fun and interesting. And since it's a Magic 4x game, then it needs to have Magic that's fun and interesting. I think that's all people are asking for. If SD can make Elemental's magic system exciting to play in its own way, then that'll be great. But until Elemental is fixed to a point where it has its own magical charm, or until people can see a unique (and fun) aspect of magic system in this game, the inevitable comparison with older titles will continue.

Also see my MARRIAGE and LINEAGE post, I think it would be great if you could continue playing even if your Sov dies in enemy territory, as long as you have an Heir to the Throne.

Hate to break it to you, but you missed my point.  If they just remade MOM it wouldn't be "the game" getting 8's and 9's, it would be a different game called MoM 2.

actually i disagree. what the game need more is a good stat system that includes most of these scenarios anyway. looking up the meaning of every special rule individually is really annoying. i should be able to tell what every unit can do at a glance once i know what the stats mean.

doing this would be a start

https://forums.elementalgame.com/395308

ie, rename combat speed Action Points then give every weapon a different attack cost. this would cover a lot of weapon variation

then introduce some sort of Magic Resistance stat (based on charisma perhaps?) that will allow us to have good offensive spells that aren't just direct damage.

then add some damage resistance stats (ie, subtract the first 5 points of fire damage from received by fire elementals). don't do percentages: they suck because at low levels a low percentage is worthless.

after that we need a charge bonus that gives a bonus to attack for cavalry in the turn that they charge (a property of the mounts, and also potentially for some weapons) so that we can actually represent the shock of a cavalry charge.

prevent units from counter-attacking units that come at them from the flank or rear, so that maneuvering matters. then give us maps that are big enough to do this.

then we will be approaching a decent combat system and can't start thinking about special abilities.

And yet I'm beset by self-important pricks like you who can't just read a comment and take it for what it is without resorting to insults. The fact is, AoW is a great game, it was on release and still is now, my original points hold true and if all you can muster is some adolescent insults you ain't gonna go far buddy, but seeing as you've opened the door, I don't mind getting a little verbal here.

Ever actually refuted a point with a debate instead of a scathing remark?

Also, learn to read before you type a load of bollocks. I clearly mention other games as well as the "tactical combat and unit diversity". Or are you blind as well as stupid?

Lol. Dickhead.