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An excellent post. Well thought out and clear. One small question for you though... Can't you remove city enchants (your own at least) in the city details window by just clicking on the tiny X at the top of the essence circles each city enchantment icon is contained inside though? I don't mean to detract from your list in any way, however. And I honestly don't know how a player would know if any particular city has been cursed, because the AI doesn't seem far enough al

Is this a partial cut and paste of your spell or the whole thing? As an example, let's look at the "Aid" spell (first spell) in CoreSpells.xml Aid Heals target unit by 4 (+2 per life shard). Heals target unit by %d. <Image&gt

I agree with you on all counts Xan. FE still has lots of room to grow. I have been trying to quantify "What can I change myself via the xml?" vs "What stuff isn't easily accessible to mod and requires Stardock to improve?" lately. Diplomacy, AI (execution of war among other things), Relevancy of wild lands before the game is already won are all excellent feedback that falls mostly into the "Stardock" category.

[quote who="BernieTime" reply="10" id="3313388"]Tireless March seems fine at +1. In the unit design traits having some perks available that cannot be used with Mounts is where I was thinking. Give Footsoldiers with Spear weapons a one time counterstrike to Mounted units that does double damage (for instance). Design a Pike so that it has a range of 2 for Footsoldiers, cannot be used by mounted units. Create a spell that only affects mounted units that causes the mount

Excellent. This sort of conversation is exactly what I was hoping to get started! @ Coyote303... What if Tireless March only gave +2 Strategic movement? Would you be onboard then? @Coyote303 and Bernietime... The Governor choice could be so much more, I absolutely agree. I wish it was. I like roads, and conquered city unrest quelling. I REALLY like your idea about a governor gaining experience for a building's completion in a city they are stationed in. I wi

Thank you Heavenfall! I guess that's one mystery to take off the list, even if it's not the answer I was hoping to get. Now you have me concerned that the default faction customization picks are inaccessible! Which would be a crime, since everything else needed to do a complete overhaul of faction customization is accessible elsewhere! As a fellow modder, I have to say that I am truly impressed with the depth of the changes in the Stormwor

Excellent suggestions running the range of no work at all for the devs (edit a text description for clarity, and/or increase number of tiles affected) to a small bit of work (spell can't be cast within X tiles determined by mapsize variable of a city) to lots of work (a precast red/green indicator cursor highlight to show underlying fertile land available). Crowdsourcing at its best! I think for my personal modded version I'm going to go w

Part of my interest in the single unit stealthy variable is in being able to change the value of it. The global monster aggression variable (faction customization trait of stealthy) is set to -100 when that trait is chosen in CoreAbilities.xml, and can be modded down to a lesser value, providing some insulation from monster attacks, but not allowing the player to ignore the mechanic completely. I would like to be able to change the scout trained unit trait in a similar manner

The purpose of this post is to consolidate my questions, bugs, typos, and balance observations concerning the 1.2 version of Fallen Enchantress. I have played about 20 hours on large maps with 7 opponents on challenging world/challenging AI in version 1.2. I am REALLY hoping to get someone at Stardock to acknowledge my bug observations, typos, and in particular answer a few questions: <span style="font-family: verdan

I played X-com to the end both "iron man" (no reloading possible) and normally (reloading available), and they were very different experiences. Without reloading available I found I was cautious to the point of tedium. It really dampened the sense of heroic glee I had experienced in my first game from breaking down the doors and sometimes yelling OH CRAP about what I found inside. I would NEVER storm a room unseen on iron man mode, because that would be a stupid unnecessary risk. The

Short answer: The trait choices are random. Long answer: Each trait is more or less likely to pop up in the list of 5 choices based on it's rarity (common, uncommon, rare) and also your specialization pick (Assassin, Governor, etc). There is a general pool of traits everyone MIGHT see, and a secondary pool of traits added to that once you specialize. You're likely to see the "strength" trait eventually, unless you're a dedicated spell caster (the spell level

On the off chance that Derek or Brad are following this thread, I'd like to point out two very simple bugs and their fixes, and a bonus typo: Firstly, the spell Soulburning doesn't calculate resist damage properly. The text says half damage on resist, but the math says 12 + (3*Shardstotal) for full damage, and 6 + (3*Shardstotal) for resisted damage. This is, obviously, only half BASE damage. The correct math should be (12 + (3*Shardstotal))/2. Secondly, the unit "trai

Jojobe71, I thought I'd try to help you address your issue, but I'm afraid that much of what I have to tell you won't exactly be welcome news... So, the good news first! It IS possible to make a map as you describe it. I have made custom maps (and edited premade maps) with fixed starting points. The bad news, as you have already surmised is... the Cartographer's Table tool is extraordinarily buggy. So, onward to the actual trying to help! Having played

In a completely unrelated topic, I have not yet located the "number of picks you get" variable. If someone (Stardock folks, throw me a bone here?) could give me the name of that variable and the file in which it is located, I would be happy to email Brad/Derek my suggested balance feedback and the xml files containing it, along with a detailed changelog from FE 1.1. Without a complete list of game variable definitions though, creating completely new traits would remain difficult. IS t

@Rhaegor, if MasterScout was split into 5 different traits and picking the entire thing bankrupted your entire trait pool then it might be alright. You would have incredible early game mobility, but at the opportunity cost of heavy armor, high hp, and dodge/accuracy late game. The problem with MasterScout really is relative cost to benefit ratio. It's just plainly too good for a single pick. I modded it to 3 picks in my personal mod. As for Stealth... I agree in it's current f

This is intended to be a discussion of faction customization costs and how to improve on the current system. Before I begin, I would like to point out that the 0 point "picks" are something I really enjoy. Things that change the game flavor, but not in an imbalanced way (except for Heroic which is an oversight, I'm sure). Also, the upgraded Archers, Axes, etc lines are also thematically interesting to me, although I haven't gotten very far into a balance analysis of combat weaponry (a

I was digging through the CoreAbilities.xml and by extension the CoreSpells.xml and I came across two relatively minor errors/bugs which could be fixed fairly quickly and easily for the next patch. Firstly, the spell Soulburning doesn't calc resist damage properly. The text says half damage on resist, but the math says 12 + (3*Shardstotal) for full damage, and 6 + (3*shardstotal) for resisted damage. This is, obviously, only half BASE damage. The correct math should be (12 + (3*Sh

Any timeline on 1.1?

Exactly what Rhaegor said. The information the city summary provides on level up is not the RIGHT information, for me. For my play style, the decision about what type of designation a city will get is based upon a city's eventual potential yields, not its current yields with buildings and enchantments. This is even MORE true without any reference to what buildings and enchantments are in effect on that particular city at that particular moment in time.

Having played with the Cartographer's Table yesterday to look at the Map Pack, I can tell you the most important thing I learned: you must exit the game completely, restart the game, then you can reload your work to be able to see any changes you have made. Yes, it's buggy. Also, for map size changing on you... I'm going to guess you trusted that "overwrite file" button. Don't do that. Save as a new file name. Later you can go into C:\Users\Username\My document

A long standing issue. I name my cities "FireIron 432", etc where 432 is the food/materials/essence. This is (for me) the key factor in what a city will be designated (3+ essence = conclave, first 4+ materials, and chokepoints = fort, all else = town) and lets me see city (potential) quality at a glance on the world map. I have also experimented with tagging a letter at the end "Riverside T", "Tarthchoke F", "Crystalgrain C" etc. Even if there was simply a button which toggled between

I play on Large, but Medium would be a sensible place for optimization.

[quote quoting="post"] Q: What is the Map Pack? A: It is a collection of pre-made maps and random map stamps. Q: Does it help with randomly generated maps? A: Yes, it includes a host of new stamps that make the random maps richer as well. [/quote] I just wanted to clarify about "map stamps" for any others that are considering the map pack. I made the assumption that these would take the form of a larger selection of "settings"

Great job on E:FE, btw. However, I find myself with several questions that are not apparent using the Hiergamenon and manual. Influence i.e. diplomatic currency is not covered in the Hier, and not explained anywhere in the game until you see it up for trading. (Is this intentional?) An excellent game concept candidate for a Heir entry. Please explain the methods of acquiring diplomatic currency, and if it has any use outside of buffering trades in your favor. In

Some easy fixes: Refined Arcana has no description in the tech tree. In premade map selection, FE_Template and War of Magic maps did not have a listed map size or number of players tag like all the other maps. Great job to the team for leaping on so many things so fast!