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[quote quoting="post"] One piece of good news on MP. Originally we had planned to eliminate tactical battles from MP entirely because of balance. Some people correctly guessed the misguided (in hindsight) reason for this: We were approaching MP from a purely competitive point of view. Based on the persuasive arguments made by our players, we have decided that tactical battles will be made available in MP – as an option – at a later date as a free update. [/quote]<

[quote who="Mivo" reply="44" id="2726160"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 40 Yeah..probably. Either way, these sorry ass pirates won't be able to update their pirated copied at least. In a way, this is bad for the game's reputation. I'm still downloading my copy from Impulse, but from what I've read here, it seems that the game will not shine before it's gotten updates. Considering the state that many PC games are released in these days, I wouldn't doubt t

[quote who="Raven X" reply="11" id="2724838"] Quoting SpaghettiMon, reply 10 Actually it was probably leaked by someone who works at a retail store. Hmm, yeah, I didn't think about them. Forgot completely about the store option actually. Good pointing that out. [/quote] Yeah..probably. Either way, these sorry ass pirates won't be able to update their pirated copies at least. [e digicons]|-)[/e]

[quote quoting="post"]So I just tried and fight a battle by hand. I could never get the map to zoom or pan, so I hit auto-resolve. Now I'm stuck trying to level up a unit because the game is waiting for me to finish my move, which I can't do (my mouse pointer is stuck on the battle movement cursor?) I also seem to be getting periodic crashes for no reason. (Elemental: War of Magic has stopped working. Windows is looking for a solution...)&n

[quote who="Dadou" reply="89" id="2720902"]Hmm, does anyone know if it will be possible to implement hexes with the modding tool? [/quote] I think that is impossible to do.

[quote who="Raven X" reply="30" id="2722978"]All New Releases today have minor flaws and bugs. It happens. Anyone...I Repeat ANYONE...who buys PC games in this day and age should know what to expect. They expected to have a few more days to squash some of the minor crap people are complaining about. Hell there are still a few people out there who can't even get the game to Run at all. Those few people, as long as they meet the minimum system specs, are the only ones who should be bitching eve

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="67" id="2721065"]It'll still be a couple of hours. Bear in mind we're between gold and day 0 so we're having to put this stuff together. We weren't even planning on being here today. [/quote] Hell yeah!!!! :) ... and I must go to sleep...work tomorrow. [e digicons]

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[quote who="Raven X" reply="183" id="2718779"] Quoting Fuzzy Logic, reply 181 If there are aliens out there capable of travelling here, why would they want to visit this hell hole? See, that's the thing with us being humans and trying to understand the reasoning of an "Alien Intelligence". If there are aliens capable of coming here they "could" be coming here for reasons we couldn't possibly fathom. Perhaps they need part of the genetic code from s

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="13" id="2717854"]My general view is that just as single player shouldn't get shafted for MP, I don't like the idea of MP getting shafted for single player. I think that MP should get special attention over time. I think there's a lot of potential for this over time that we should (and will) visit. I like the idea of wizard duels more and more . [/quote] Yeah, "wizard duel" would be an awesome MP mode. :) [quote quotin

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[quote who="Spitz" reply="387" id="2717501"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 384 Seriously...I don't understand you lads....I am absolutely fine with the 1 copy = 1 license rule. Perhaps I am used to it?...because each and every game which I bought "worked" like this in MP. [All of the Call of Duty games, WoW etc.] Just out of curiousity, Tormy, do you have kids? In any case, this isn't something I'm really upset about.

[quote who="Spitz" reply="381" id="2717365"] Quoting kryo, reply 378 Issue #4 is a separate discussion. We allowed two seats per license with Sins and IIRC Demigod also, but MP was also a somewhat bigger factor in Sins due to the lack of campaign and was the primary factor in Demigod. With Elemental, as Brad has said it's a single-player game with MP added. Whether or not the custom server changes this depends on the implementation, and there may

[quote quoting="post"]I just saw this on the shelf at the store. They ended up refusing to sell it to me so is this just a case of them putting it out early? [/quote] Huh? [e digicons]o_O[/e]

Nice! CK was one of the best Paradox releases.

[quote who="niteshade6" reply="27" id="2716458"] Quoting psychoravin, reply 26 The MoM AI just cheated a lot more on harder levels. And you think the ai in AOW seires on higher difficulties didn't cheat as well? The ai performance was never really improved only the amount of resorces it started with an gained during the game were. I too found the ai in AOW:SM and II very lacking. I actually liked the first one but it was stupid as

[quote who="igoraki" reply="40" id="2716269"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 39 Yep, let's hope that it will be much better than part 4. or 5. If it will be as good as part 3...I will be a happy gamer. Well,Heroes 5 was more or less copy of the Heroes 3 + 3d graphics,but still you dont like it ? Heroes 4 was much more innovative and i really liked that. Not the most interesting game to play vs AI,but its reall

[quote who="Paradoxical" reply="102" id="2716337"]With regards to changing battles from TB to RT , remember that Frogboy has repeatedly mentioned considerable costs were associated with overhauling the system. High costs means high man(or woman)-hours, which means it's not just going to be a simple matter of changing a few things around in python, it would require a considerable amount of rewriting and new writing, as well as defining new things such as unit abilities, spells,

[quote who="AccountNumber1492" reply="336" id="2715740"]I've been following this thread since the beginning, and I just have to comment. I made this account to do so, since I've never posted here before, or purchased a Stardock game. Elemental will be my first, and nothing said in this thread has changed my mind on that. The reason I've been keeping up with this thread so closely is that the complaints that appeared in the beginning are all close to my heart, and many g

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="31" id="2716012"] Quoting niteshade6, reply 30 Quoting Wintersong, reply 26 Quoting AngeloBraz, reply 25 Although I still think that HoM&M works better in 2D.HoMM V didn't look bad. In general I think that it was a good upgrade. About the 2D, never played IV, hated to death III's style, nothing special about I's and II's... wow, best art ever! I wouldn't mind new games using a

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="8" id="2715863"]Very entertaining and interesting. [/quote] Indeed! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

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So it's HoMM VI. afterall...:) First screenshots: http://www.gamershell.com/pc/heroes_of_might_and_magic_vi/screenshots.html

Hm...it looks like that the size of the tactical maps is still the same [..way too small imo]. Oh well...:P

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="23" id="2715191"] Quoting SilentScream, reply 15 Just tell me you've fixed all the random crashes and I'll be happy. We added tons of new random crashes. Rather than thinking of them as bugs, they're now documented as "random events". [/quote] [e digicons]\o/[/e]