[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="17" id="2404924"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 13 Quoting onomastikon, reply 12Oh no. Ideally, which sadly will not happen in Elemental, additional research should unlock new "cool things", as Brad said. Too bad! I agree....but wait, it should be possible to mod that in, correct? Example: Mining = Unlocks stone deposits on the map Advanced Mining = Unlocks iron deposits on the map & +10% mi
Oh.....thanks for the explanation Kryo...:)
[quote who="onomastikon" reply="12" id="2404718"]Oh no. Ideally, which sadly will not happen in Elemental, additional research should unlock new "cool things", as Brad said. Too bad! [/quote] I agree....but wait, it should be possible to mod that in, correct? Example: Mining = Unlocks stone deposits on the map Advanced Mining = Unlocks iron deposits on the map & +10% mining efficiency Adv. Mining II. = Unlocks mithril deposits on the map &
Not so important but...I think that it is bugged...how come that I have 14 karma for example? [e digicons]:omg:[/e]
[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="2" id="2404700"]Definatly...something like this is already in the plans Thanks for re-enforcing the preceived usefulness of such a screen. [/quote] Boogie hopefully you will visit this topic again, because I have a question. :) So...can we expect to have a well detailed statistic system also? [Unit, Player etc.] Something what we have in Civ4 for example...-> <img src="http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads/civ4screenshot
[quote who="Quellist" reply="195" id="2404501"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 192 So what? This means that the Sovereign itself must be resistant to the various fear based spells for example? Isn't this against the core concept somewhat? If an ordinary soldier can kill the Sovereign [theoretically], how come that he has no morale at all? Losing control of the game ending element is bad design for a strategy game. [/quote]</
[quote who="Denryu" reply="193" id="2403709"]What fear based spells? The ones that you have made up in your head? Even if there are fear based spells, I think it would be consistent for the sovereign to be immune to them. I can see why you want rez spells etc for the sovereign you are seeing the sovereign TOO MUCH as "just another (albeit powerful) unit. Could you imagine Sauron or Gandalf piddling themselves and running away under the influence of a fear spell? If they ever did retreat it wo
[quote who="Jorune2112" reply="115" id="2403498"]I really like the idea that your Soveriegn can be captured in battle and depending on his level, your side has to pay a ransom to get him back. Its what was done in the medieval ages. Take a huge hit if you lose, but have the chance of coming back. [/quote] This system worked very well in the various KOEI strategy games. :)
This looks very simple so far...awesome! :D It's too bad, that we won't have a built in 3D unit creator however. [Like the Spore creature creator for example...] Why? Because that is very easy to use. "Ordinary people" won't be able to create 3D models at all...hopefully lot of experienced 3D modellers will play with the game, else....it won't be possible to create quality mods [Just think about a total conversion mod: I would like to mod in Orcs, Elves, Dwarves et
[quote who="rakenan" reply="189" id="2403147"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 188 It makes no sense, even if it's a fantasy game. Avatar or not, the Sovereign is a living being, since he can die in an "ordinary" battle even. Living being without morale? Whatever, this isn't very important anyways. It makes perfect sense. The entire UI is the Sovereign. Most of it is the Sovereign as ruler of a large (or otherwise) empire, direct
[quote who="NoSBoH" reply="8" id="2403039"]I've seen pics of someone editing buildings similar to gal civs ship editor [/quote] That's the tile editor.
[quote who="Denryu" reply="186" id="2403030"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 181 Quoting Denryu, reply 178 My point is it should be a player decision of whether to flee or not. Routing as it is implemented in games means the unit loses morale and splits. Since I am the sovereign, I think it would be lame for him to rout without me giving the order. Do we have something like "morale" in the game at all? [I hope so of course
Check out this new gameplay movie. http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-dragon-age-origins/17-1477/ I'm gonna buy this game for sure. :)
Hm.....we will have a unit editor? I thought that we will have to edit data files, or something like that.
[quote who="Denryu" reply="178" id="2402481"]My point is it should be a player decision of whether to flee or not. Routing as it is implemented in games means the unit loses morale and splits. Since I am the sovereign, I think it would be lame for him to rout without me giving the order. [/quote] Do we have something like "morale" in the game at all? [I hope so of course...] Either way, if we have a morale system, the Sovereign shouldn't have morale? Because this is what you are&
[quote who="kryo" reply="8" id="2401798"]What version of windows are you running? If you're on 7, you might need to actually right-click the fonts and opt to install them explicitly, rather than just copying them. [/quote] Windows Vista Ultimate x64 [SP2 is installed also]. Thanks for the help Kryo, this worked. It looks like that simply copying the fonts wasn't enough. :)
[quote who="apollodensin" reply="3" id="2402077"]It could even be a tabard that changes color i think if you dont want to do armor coloring [/quote] Hm you know.....it would be cool to have [customizable/moddable] tabards in the game. It would definitely boost/enhance the looks of the soldiers. :)
I have no problems with the original "Elementopedia" to be honest. :P
[quote who="Wintersong" reply="26" id="2401780"]Pausable continous turns. A la Baldur's Gate or some other game I don't remember right now but mentioned every time someone asks about it. (too lazy and too in a hurry to search for the thread(s)) [/quote] Weird...originally it was turn based. Why the change?...in these games, the turn based system is the best imo. Ah well...[e digicons]:X[/e]
[quote who="VicenteC" reply="24" id="2401733"]Weren't battles going to be real time? (able to pause them, just like Total War?) [/quote] Huh?? Hopefully not....I thought it's turn based. [e digicons]:omg:[/e]
[quote who="Denryu" reply="22" id="2401717"]I wouldn't base too much off that screen shot - that has been around for at least a year. [/quote] True, and I would like to see more tactical combat related screenies. We've only seen 1 old screenshot so far, and frankly I don't like it. My biggest problem with it: the size of the battleground looks extremely small to me, hopefully they've changed that.
[quote who="Wintersong" reply="23" id="2401610"]If Dragons can only be in your army if you convince them to join you (aka you cannot produce them and can only recruit them by some kind of quest that won't be easy), then whenever you make one join you, you get a true feeling of achievement, it really feels special and... fits what Frogboy has been describing. [/quote] This is what I was thinking about. ;)
[quote who="Gunshy" reply="7" id="2401055"]My feelings are pretty simple in this regard: the more MoM-like, the better! [/quote] This. MoM's hero system -for example- was decent. [Including the leveling..] I think that Elemental's system will be even better, because of the "additional" quest system. I always liked that in the Warlords games. :)
[quote who="Wintersong" reply="21" id="2401535"] Quoting Tasunke, reply 18 ...dragons... Dragons are a big thing in this game: https://www.elementalgame.com/beasts.asp I doubt you will be able to pet dragons in the game (be it because of eggs or similar) because it would devaluate them as "solitary creatures and powerful beyond imagination". [/quote] I am not sure about that, but we shall see. :)
whoa @ majesty 2....[e digicons]8C[/e]