Can't wait for beta 4!

Wow 2 years already?  Thats awesome!  I still have great memories of waiting for WoM to come out...getting the book and the CE.  And I still played it for many, many hours.  Im also psyched about FE as it has been fun too, even with all the bugs, im enjoying the betas and cant wait til 4 comes out.  I work in the oil fields and my job gives me quite a bit of time to use up.  Games take a big chunk of that...Civ 5, Warlock, SWToR, Sins, World of Tanks, and FE 4 when it comes out.  The new remake of Xcom will also(Enemy Unknown) will also occupy lots of time come October.  Though the biggest thing that will be hitting my life in October, will be the birth of my first child...a girl!!  So as I look back on these last 2 years, I cant believe how fast they flew by!!  Im a Stardock fan, so I cant wait to see what else you come up and how uber FE will be.  Im also kinda hoping a return to GC comes out, because thats the game that really made me fall in love with Stardock.  That and making comics up using GC along with Star Trek ships...fun stuff!  Keep up the great work and cant wait to see where we are 2 years from now...if the world doesnt end in Dec that is...but if it does, im sure in heaven Ill still be gaming!!

Although FE will need to be judged on its own, for the "legacy" players of Elemental what Frogboy is suggesting is actually a great idea. I recently went back and played E:wom. EVERYTHING has been improved in FE. It gives some good perspective on how bad E:wom was, and how good FE is starting to become.

I am obviously excited for beta 4.

*Looks at Screenshots* City, City, Cloth map.

Nice work!!
You should have included combat screen-shots too though! and meaby a close up of a monster!
(didn't play war of magic)

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

Another Good Thread!  Thanks for the history lesson, Frogboy ... and, no, I am  NOT  being facetious.  I find it interesting to get this snapshot of what your original plans were; and to get a better insight into how things have reached the stage they are approaching now.  It is informative ... and it is fascinating ...

Also, I commend you for your candor once again!  Seriously, this is one of the principle reasons why I enjoy watching (and to some extent participating in) the development of Elemental: Fallen Enchantress.  Your candor, and this ever-improving evolution of the Elemenatal World, is one of the most encouraging aspects of the whole experience.  These are the reasons why I continue to believe that Stardock, and the E:FE development team, is headed down the path to greatness.  You guys just keep plugging away!

         E:FE is a good game now; it keeps getting better; and I believe in time it will be a Classic!    

          " Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. "   --   Steve Wozniak

I remember how terrible WoM was, it's kind of funny to think about now.  The AI controlled sovs would walk themselves in a corner of the map and just stay there for the rest of the game.  in battles, they would just chase one guy mindlessly. So many bugs and bad design choices, I just kept thinking, "what the fuck? did people play this game before it was released" over and over again  I still had fun with it though, although I can't even touch it now.   I hope they figure it out by the time of FE's release.  I would hate to see such a good company falter twice in a row.  

This is so true, I wish I had thought of that.  That's exactly what it felt like as new patches rolled out.

Amen

Possibly the reason 'whack a mole' happened can be described with another saying "too many cooks spoil the broth" Stemming from the devs listening to too many different people on the forums.

It's already been two years? Wow, time does fly. Elemental has changed a lot since then, well, War of Magic itself changed a lot in a few months, but still, I appreciate that you didn't give up. 

Now let's see Beta 4 in action and beta test the hell out of it! 

What your talking about probably has far more to do with resources/time rather than stupidity. I think it still falls under 'too many cooks spoil the broth' .... too many cooks with too many ideas and not enough resources/time forcing some horrible compromises.

Not that there weren't some people on the forums with horrible ideas that did get implemented! At any given time, there are always enough people with enough differing opinions to destroy any game in history!! Especially 'Elite' players, those guys know how to really f--k up a game for everyone else! i have seen that happen many times.

Sounds reasonable,

You can make a brilliant movie with either a brilliant budget or a brilliant director, but you can never make a brilliant movie with both an average director and an average budget (how many brilliant script's/stories have we seen ruined this way???). Same could be said for games?