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[quote who="Gorstagg" reply="23" id="2670412"] Quoting Vladesch, reply 22 I just started a third game, and it put me a couple of squares away from a fertile ground. Also about 5 squares away were a fruit grove, a metal deposit and a clay pit. Then about 12 squares away there was another clump of resources, namely an old growth forest, a beehive, an oasis and an ogre village, and Ive just founded a second city there. Im using the fer

[quote who="ddd888" reply="13" id="2669752"] Quoting Annatar11, reply 10 That's true, but it's still too much of a variable. May not be a big issue in single player, but in multiplayer it would probably suck a lot more when your opponent gets a sweet spot random start and you get jipped. "Preset" starting areas don't have to be big, just a 3x3 or 4x4 stamp that has a fertile land somewhere in it and keeps things nice and balanced.

[quote who="Raven X" reply="285" id="2669767"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 272 Raven, have you played with Dominions 3? If yes, what is your opinion about SCs [super combatants] in the game? Basically SCs are super-powered champs. I had no problems with SCs in Doms 3. It was a valid tactic to create & use them. They were capable of destroying whole armies alone, but they were not unbeatable, IE. the game itself was not imbalanced because of the SCs. <b

[quote who="Raven X" reply="72" id="2669818"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 58 Since I barely have any freetime nowadays ['til September], I only played for like ~1h so far with a new Empire faction, but the BETA3 build looks very stable to me. No CTDs or lock-ups so far. However lot of stuff must be polished. I've spotted some Gfx related glitches already + the balance is weird. Example: I was able to recruit bone ogres quite fast as an Empire faction, and

Since I barely have any freetime nowadays ['til September], I only played for like ~1h so far with a new Empire faction, but the BETA3 build looks very stable to me. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] No CTDs or lock-ups so far. However lot of stuff must be polished. I've spotted some Gfx related glitches already + the balance is weird. Example: I was able to recruit bone ogres quite fast as an Empire faction, and these beasts are really powerful. Also, what is the point of the low lv

[quote who="Raven X" reply="14" id="2669365"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 3 We have to do a lot with a little. The mod tools really make it apparent and help show why the game is basically done even right in beta 3 even though that'll only be obvious with the hindsight of the mod tools. On a side note, the Modding Tools are my Second Motivation for having bought Elemental , because I know Stardock LOVES to let it's players Mod the

Nice!!! I downloaded the update already, gonna try it later today! [e digicons]:dur:[/e]

[quote who="Raven X" reply="266" id="2669156"] Quoting Tridus, reply 262 We must not play games with the same people. People do not fun things in games ALL THE TIME, because they're effective. The broken hero is so imbalanced that on a level where you're drastically outgunned army and production wise, on hard it might be the only way to win. So people will do it. When you're playing to win, you don't sit back and go "well I could do this and win, o

Ohh....thanks for the help Raven! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [e digicons]k1[/e]

[quote who="Mandelik" reply="53" id="2668374"] Even though I'm just a casual Dom3 player, I am amazed at the quantity of everything they put inside: all kinds of creatures, spells, items, lore. In fact, if these 2 Swedes would make an Elemental mod with their Dom3 content and mechanisms, and sell it for 50$, I would buy it right now! [/quote] Indeed. Gameplay & Diversity >>>>>>> Gfx. :) The only problem with Doms3 is the AI, but it's

[quote who="Raven X" reply="228" id="2668340"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 227 Yeah, I think that this is what Froggie meant. If this is correct, I am disappointed as well. 200v200 max? That is far from being an "epic battle". Oh well, if we can change the cap from 20 -> 100 for example via modding...well, I am not really worried in that case. Agreed. 400 vs 400 doesn't sound like it would feel that "Epic" to me. As long as we can Mod that

[quote who="marlowwe" reply="46" id="2668311"] Quoting Saije, reply 17 Your magic could definitely use some magic... A little creativity would be nice with the spells, I'd rather have spells that allow subtle control over the flow of battle then 15 different ways to do direct damage. The strategic spells arn't bad, but your tactical spells need serious inspiration. Spells shouldn't just be "Hey, I'm gonna blast that guy with Ice... Nah Fire... Wait Darkn

[quote who="Slainangel52" reply="222" id="2668195"] Quoting Raven X, reply 217 Quoting Frogboy, reply 213 We have made some adjustments to unit sizes based on our internal betas. The largest sized group (for now) is going to be around 20 units. There was too much difficulty scaling/balancing a scenario where a single unit can range from 1 person to 1000 people. It just wasn't fun. This has me curious now. So, are you say

[quote who="_PawelS_" reply="3" id="2662320"]Yes, we need something like Barbarians in Civ games. [/quote] Yep, I liked the concept of "barbarians" in the Civ games. Perhaps not all of the monsters should attack the cities, only some specific creatures. Ex.: humanoids.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="3" id="2668069"] The book of the Necromancer is one of the spell books but we're not (though the modders will certainly find it) going to go into too many details on it. [/quote] Sounds s cary good! [e digicons]*_*[/e]

How can I link a youtube video in a proper way? The [youtube][/youtube] tags are not working...[e digicons]:S[/e] ..Either way -> [e digicons]:w00t:[/e]

[quote who="Darkdoom2" reply="29" id="2668116"] Quoting Pantasd, reply 28 can we have 100+ spells its a bigger and better number then 90 1000+ Maybe? [/quote] I can already see that which mod will be one of the most popular mods: The Libram of Thousand Spells [e digicons]*_*[/e]

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="216" id="2668085"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 215 Only 20? I can understand that it's hard to balance stuff like this, but 20 as max looks way too low. It should be 100 or 50 at least.... If it will be 20, can we change this number via modding, or is it hardcoded? 20 units x 1,000 soldiers/unit = 20,000 soldiers 20 legions are quite cool to me. [/quote] Hm...it will work like t

[quote who="Hawawaa" reply="3" id="2667907"]Time to bust open the spell book! Me want! [/quote] Yep! [e digicons]*_*[/e]

[quote]So here’s my Sovereign raising land. I can create a land bridge (or make an instant beach). Getting the AI to do this intelligently? Very hard .[/quote] Yep, this won't be easy. Hopefully you will be able to create a smart AI, which will use spells like these very intelligently, because.... AI Sovs running around raising land bridges and "nuking" mountains all over the map / clueless about how to use the raise & lower land spells

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="213" id="2668073"] Quoting Tasunke, reply 209 so, what, a Legion now takes up the same amount of space on the battlefield as a single man? //also, I think stat caps on creation should once again be 20, in order to encourage specialization. We have made some adjustments to unit sizes based on our internal betas. The largest sized group (for now) is going to be around 20

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="195" id="2667792"]Too much reading in and misinterpretation. I said a typical battle would last 3 minutes. We're not hard coding battles to a time limit (it's turn based, you could go to bed and come back the next morning). That doesn't mean late game battles won't be more epic but what % of your game is spent in late game climatic battles versus the typical skirmish of a dozen vs. a dozen? [/quote] Hehe. :) Late

Scale as they zoom of course.

[quote who="Raven X" reply="115" id="2667417"] Quoting Zawath, reply 103 The battles in Master of Magic were also pretty short. And MoM was made HOW LONG Ago? This isn't the early 90's or late 80's...and this Isn't MoM. MoM was a Masterpiece, but it was quite limited for it's day. Honestly, Elemental blows MoM out of the water in Every Way-Shape-and form. If they would have had the technology we have today when they made MoM I'm sure MoM woul