NTJedi

I have mixed feelings about DA:O ... I do like how it's more tactical like BouldersGate, but sad there's no multiplayer such as what was available in BouldersGate or Neverwinter Nights. The majority of content creation comes from the multiplayer community... so while there's a better a game editor it will never come near providing as much user made content, areas, and modules as what we see with Neverwinter Nights. I'll probabl

[quote who="SavageBananaMan34" reply="6" id="2325944"]Is the NDA going to last the entire alpha? You mean we won't have a single screen or play-through story for the entire month?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! [/quote] I'm sure the developers will still provide an occasional screenshot and progress updates. Obviously any forum members on the Alpha testing will be silent.

[quote who="Hortz" reply="2" id="2325801"] It's not that it is just cartoonish, but that it's extremely minimalistic. [/quote] The graphics haven't even reached alpha testing and you're claiming their bad? That's like telling an artist the painting is terrible when he's only slapped a few foundation colors.

[quote who="kryo" reply="3" id="2318398"]Stardock is privately owned (mostly by Brad). [/quote] If Stardock is interested in extra money then it could easily allow only 10% of the total shares to be traded. At least that's what I heard UPS has done.

[quote who="Sarudak" reply="17" id="2324941"]I just turned 23, still living at home (I pay rent I'm not a bum), recently out of college, got my debts all paid off and never carry a balance on my credit card (although I use it for most things safer than cash or debit IMO) , no car payment, and 10k isn't all I have saved just all I have saved that I'm willing to invest. That's still leaving a few months worth of liquid assets. [/quote] Back in 2001 I used my 10K for a down payment

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Very little sleep will do that to a person. Corrected.

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="23" id="2294538"]Goodie Huts will actually allow for a lot of interaction...some will be 'lost crates' that may have treaure (traditional one-time goodie huts), some may be Troll Encamplemts, etc. [/quote] "Goodie" always sounded very elementary school... so my friends and family would refer to them as "pizza huts". Just like pizza hut or any random pizza delivery place... it was usually good and sometimes bad. Bad

yngmon you've been preaching for over a month and only at Level_2 !! Your teachers would be very disappointed!

[quote who="kryo" reply="11" id="2324525"] (I already had global mod power). [/quote] You must have picked this up from a quest, because I don't see this as being available for research. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="2" id="2323774"] And yes the size of the chessboard affects strategic options, I can't disagree with that. But I'd also argue that a 10,000x10,000 chessboard wouldn't really make chase more strategic than a 1000x1000 chessboard, for the same reason that increasing the size of a map in a game like Elemental wouldn't make it more strategic. The human mind is not capable of dealing with such vast quantities of information. With a small board an e

ZZZ TOPIC SHIFTING ZZZ The debate over global warming will probably continue for the next 20 years or more... some might even argue the global warming will help prevent the next ice age! In any case the real problem is global problems don't have global recognition and global teamwork. So even if the USA drasti

The majority of information I've heard on Windows 7 has been good news, unlike the Windows Vista. I will most likely setup one or more of my systems to triple boot to include Windows 7 sometime this year.

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="22" id="2321896"]I just want to throw out there that the swamp lord pictured above makes me pee my pants with excitement. THAT is exactly the kind of monster I hoped to see in this. I particulary enjoy the twisted mammoth roots used for it's forward limbs, with earthy body covered in moss, grass, and even a willow tree. [/quote] It would be fantastic if the Sovereign(Senior Channeller) could actually evolve / morph into these larg

[quote who="heretic613" reply="25" id="2323717"]Well, I can surely see that different players prefer different mapsizes and number of players in-game, but im sure we can all agree on that Elemental will be the event of the year for us TBS gamers! [/quote] Definitely... the extra long beta testing and development time will also improve the game immensely.

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="23" id="2323228"] Comparing a game like Elemental to Chess is a bad analogy. [/quote] Of course Chess provides significantly less options than Elemental, but for you I always have to use the most basic comparisons available. These are both TBS games and the main differences is one has only two players, fixed amount of units, no diplomacy, no magic, no structures, etc., etc., which are all extra variables which reduc

[quote who="Aesir Rising" reply="23" id="2320359"] Because the package was being sold to parents as a way to recover missing children. Sounds great. Until I started trying to remember when the last time I ever heard of a kidnapped kid being found by tracing the child's fingerprints. I still haven't found that story. [/quote] Well it's unlikely the fingerprint will recover the missing child, unless it's a runaway who was caught stealing f

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="20" id="2321747"] I'm not convinced that bigger maps are inherently more strategic, ...[/quote] The very fact that the exact opposite is also true validates bigger maps are more strategic. Take a super super tiny map and the strategic options are clearly very limited. I've played with many chessmasters and any of them will clearly tell you the number of strategic choices would greatly increase if an additional 6

I completely agree with kryo... the current community is the foundation of the games fanbase. Our satisfaction or dis_satisfaction will be voiced not only here, but with family, friends and on other forums. If the game provides great fun and stability I'll be expressing my thoughts not only here, but other game forums. All very important to the sales of the game itself.

[quote] But imagine this kind of beta instead: Beta 1 in August Beta 2 in January Beta 3 in May Gamma (private) in July Release in August. So what would be the point of this? The point would be to make it a lot more fun to develop the game with the beta testers. Rather than have v1.0 come out in February and then have v1.1 in say April and so on, we simply keep working on the game with the beta testers.

[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="15" id="2316032"] NTJedi Writes: Hopefully what we see is a river of lava... or if it's blood that's okay as well because than it means we'll most likely have lava as well. I actually would rather not see lava as default terrein for Death factions: volcanic wastes are not suitable for much habitation (although the soil further away is good for farming), and the sort of creatures that live there are not what I would think of as belon

He's just really really excited about the home page being updated.

[quote who="the Gorgon" reply="4" id="2320956"] ou are so lucky to just be finding out about it just a few weeks from beta starting - some of us have been anticipating and dying for this game for MONTHS! YEARS, actually ... (or so it feels anyway)! But soon ... [/quote] When I first discovered Elemental was under development I emailed my suggestions to Stardock during the middle of August in 2007... so it has been years for me.&nbs

[quote who="Servius" reply="24" id="2321190"]So, have the emails giving said 100 people access already gone out or will that happen on the day the alpha version is ready? [/quote] Very good question... and what happens if 5 people of the selected 100 people don't participate in the Alpha... will another 5 be selected?

[quote who="ckessel" reply="15" id="2320422"] Just because I have 5 ways of moving a knight from point A to B doesn't mean I have 5 strategic options if all of those boil down to the same end effect. The tactical execution of a strategy may get more complicated with a bigger board, but I'm not convinced there are signifcantly more actual strategic options. Anyway, neither here or there. Regardless, pretty much everyone would agree that we'd like the ability to