Tormy-

Yep, a War of the Ring scenario would be nice to have, however...just a question: What are your plans for Mordor or Isengard in a scenario like that?..basically Mordor has 2 cities..as for Isengard, it's an even worse situation. Maybe it can be balanced: a.) Give ""fictional" starting cities for Mordor and Isengard b.) Orcs and Uruks must be "free". Zero recruiting & upkeep cost. The number of orcs/recruited by turn/city must be capped. -> However

[e digicons]:\[/e] Damn, double post..the forum is slow again.

[quote who="MagicwillNZ" reply="2" id="2599939"]That's because it's the woman who did the Gal Civ introduction. I believe they released that trailer a while ago. I remember seeing it before, that's for sure. [/quote] Really? Wow, I haven't seen it so far, and it's the only one on youtube as well. Weird stuff. [e digicons]o_O[/e] *edit* [quote who="Wintersong" reply="7" id="2600148"]Isn't that the video that has been in the media section for a while now? <br /

I haven't seen any news with regard to the intro of the game, so this is pretty weird...take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5RxA-wijB8 It looks like that some chinese guy uploaded it, according to his profile. Either way I really loved this intro movie. *edit* Actually the movie appeared on some website

[quote who="Denryu" reply="35" id="2599428"] At this point, the only thing that would disappoint me is if we were still playing on the 2D map only in September. [/quote] Den, stop joking around. :D That is absolutely impossible. Imo, we gonna reach beta 3 in 1 month [..if beta2 will last for 2 weeks], because it's possible, that we will need to have a 1z4 as well, who knows.

[quote who="thebest300" reply="84" id="2599182"]minus the quests/tactical battles/unit design/ect. [/quote] Heh, which is why even the vanilla version of Elemental will be much better & diverse compared to those games. ;)

[quote who="thebest300" reply="36" id="2599173"]I have a lot of modding exp with triggers and mapping, not so much with code and most everything else. Is there a place for me in Python? [/quote] Well, like Froggie has said, if you are going to mod Elemental, you won't have to touch Python at all. Everything can be done via editing .xml files [example: adding new races, creatures, equipments etc.], which should be easy, even if you don't have any coding experience. If you would li

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="9" id="2598978"]Hehe, I'd rather late October. Or even early November. Thanksgiving Break anyone? hehehe [/quote] Elemental won't be released in 2010 Q4. It's either September or 2011 Q1 or later.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="2" id="2598649"]If you're just modding Elemental, you don't need to know Python. But if you want to make a new game using Elemental, you would need to know Python. [/quote] Awesome, thanks for the clarification!

I am still kinda confused. Example: Do I have to know Python if I would like to add a new race[faction]/new creatures, or it can be done via editing .xml files?    n  <span id="_mce_start" style="line-height: 0pt; display: no

Either way, this is interesting. Usually people buy DLCs/expansion packs for $25...yet in WoW they buy a mount, which will be "obselete" in a couple of months. This is what I found very weird. Also...I don't think that anyone was bashing Blizzard here, but I didn't read all of the replies. Personally I respect them, because like I've said: everything they touch turns into gold.

[quote who="joasoze" reply="75" id="2598415"] I count CIV IV as the best strategy game ever made.[/quote] I have a totally different opinion about Civ 4. ;) It's an "ok" game in my book, but that is all. It's way too simplistic and primitive in many aspects. Actually the combat system is what I hate the most in Civ4. It's just pathetic.

Rishkith - I am a "local resources fan" as well, but I am not complaining, because the decision has been made. You should just move on as well....we gonna have a local resources eco mod anyways.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="29" id="2598090"]BTW, one of the reasons I'm anxious for beta 3 is that that is when I get to start seriously programming the AI. The longer it takes to beta 3, the less time I have for the AI. The game's schedule itself may be fungible but mine isn't unfortunately. [/quote] Well, let's see 1z3 first. Hopefully it will be stable enough, so that we can move to phase 2. If we will have a vote about moving to beta2 or not [as it w

Wow, what a weird bug! [e digicons]o_O[/e] Perhaps you should upload the saved game as well.

I see, so this was an intended change. Hopefully it will be changed back eventually [if it won't cause crashes], since it makes no sense that it's not possible to equip armlets and a shield as well.

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="19" id="2597768"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 16 Well personally, I would like to see us get to beta 3. I'm anxious to start the actual game stuff. Well I believe you have 25+ confirmed Beta MP testers who would certainly assist the Dev Team vigorously Test the Beta 2 MP functionality, even while Beta 3 is on going... hint hint... Of course that would only be possible after 1Z3 corrects those niggly litt

Good suggestion, I like it! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="69" id="2597554"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 68 Quoting Shurdus, reply 66 Good that there will be a beta 1z3 since I have yet to play one single turn in beta 1z because of the ctd when the world generates... Weird stuff. I used to have lot of CTDs in 1z1 and 1z2, but I had no CTDs in 1z3, "only" lock-ups + reloading saved game problems. Developing a game must be really annoying in these stages.... <br

[quote who="Teseer" reply="1" id="2597551"]Blizzard could not of done a better job at mind-fucking people out of their money. [/quote] Heh..indeed. It's all started with a little game called Warcraft, and look at Blizzard now. Whatever they touch turns to gold. Amazing.

WoW: Blizzard's Celestial Cash Cow http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/83423 *Update* Wowhead article -> "So I was speaking with Draknorr, who has been doing some math about the release of the Celestial Steed mount pictured to the right. His friend entered the queue for a mount, and at the time the queue was at almost exactly 100k, and the stock ticked from 91% to 90% as he watched. When i

[quote who="joasoze" reply="5" id="2597406"]Kings Bounty Armoured Princess [/quote] Where is Hortz?! [e digicons]:(O[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="7" id="2597431"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 3 Modding material. I get the feeling that anything that goes beyond: human, elf, dwarf and maybe other few generic enough creatures, everything else is modding material. [/quote] Yep. I think that the biggest challenge in modding will be the creation of "proper" 3D models. I can just only hope that talented/experienced 3D modellers will play Elemental, and they will

[quote who="Shurdus" reply="66" id="2597421"] Good that there will be a beta 1z3 since I have yet to play one single turn in beta 1z because of the ctd when the world generates... [/quote] Weird stuff. I used to have lot of CTDs in 1z1 and 1z2, but I had no CTDs in 1z3, "only" lock-ups + reloading saved game problems. Developing a game must be really annoying in these stages....[e digicons]:S[/e]

You should focus on the third age. ;) A mod like that can be balanced if it's done right. :)