NTJedi

[quote who="Darkodinplus" reply="20" id="2137470"] The fact that all traits, abilities, and attributes of which you speak could easily be recreated in humanity alone in a fantasy game utilizing a variety of explanations is my only point in this discussion. Your arguments to me seem largely explanation based in that you like one explanation better than another which there is nothing wrong with but one dimensional. [/quote] You could say a specif

Yes, Brad has already mentioned within one of his interviews non-military victories will exist.

[quote who="Darkodinplus" reply="18" id="2137312"] lol, are you really trying to say that using magic as an explanation for all your above example and my original one is less valid than totally made up classic explanations that typically are explained with magic? [/quote] Classic explanations for fantasy races are sometimes explained with magic, but I wouldn't say typically... race(s) of dwarves, race(s) of giants, goblins, etc., . While some

I agree and think it's a great idea... I haven't suggested this since it's probably a big project to provide such a realistic fantasy world, probably larger than any current suggestions. I would love to see many different levels for the Elemental realm as you've suggested. A section of caves could exist inside a mountain range allowing one player to choose sending his attacking army thru the caves, hiking across the mountains or using magic and/or flyi

The best way to identify micro_management problems is from testing a very large map with several human players. By mid_game if players are spending significantly more time managing one feature which has no fun value then some type of adjustment for the feature would be best.

[quote who=" Daikaze "]Civilizations was/is a great series, but eventually games became so tedious that you'd automate most of your stuff, go through boring repetition, or simply quit. It wasn't all that enjoyable to sit there and have to manually control every little thing in the game. So, how wi

[quote who="Vicente" reply="8" id="2136858"] I reinstalled AoW:SM with the 1.4 patch to test this, and that mechanic is not to allow the underdog have a better chance of fighting. One of your examples was the underdog sending air units to attack the approaching armies to cast spells on them and that doesn't work because the defender gets to act first, so your flier is going to get barbacued before it can act. And even if it survives and you can cast a spell, for example the best of

[quote who="BrotherAlpha" reply="4" id="2136783"] Options! I want options! (On a side note, this is why I'm really looking forward to the Beta Tests.) [/quote] I completely agree... and even created a topic awhile back suggesting several types of options: https://forums.elementalgame.com/330526 <a h

[quote who="Vicente" reply="15" id="2136785"] You haven't read "A Song of Ice and Fire" books, right? They are fantasy, they are terribly successful and they have only humans (well, there's some minor magic and strange things here and there, but the leaders and main characters are all human). [/quote] As I wrote earlier: Of course the 12 human factions may still provide a terrific game with great diversity, but so might Civilization_5 or some other historic war ga

[quote who="Darkodinplus" reply="13" id="2136467"] I personally don’t understand the logic behind the whole “if all the factions are human they aren’t as diverse as classic fantasy races.” I do understand the frequently used example of a wraith or ghost passing through a wall which is impossible for a “normal” human but this is really just a context argument it lacks true weight especially in a world with magic. [/quote] Since

The weather suggestion has been on the forums for awhile. Ideally types of weather should be something which can be seen approaching such as storm clouds, tornadoes, etc., . Overall dragons are extremely powerful and if Stardock is referencing Dungeon&Dragons than they might be magical and intelligent as well. Although possible dragon attacks should be very rare in my opinion.

[quote who="Vicente" reply="6" id="2135629"] Elemental plays on a bigger scale and that is something that makes the games different: while Dominions graphics are acceptable for Dominions, they wouldn't be for Elemental. And same happens in every other part of the game: design, tools, support,... [/quote] We're not talking about graphics, tools, support, etc., ... the topic was specific in regards to player defenses and more specifically on unde

[quote who="Climber" reply="12" id="2135199"] "use the same images and adjust the sizes by a percentage" The experience from AOW:SM definitely transfer here. hehe. If EWOM is really trying allows player customize their units, why not their heroes or Sovereign? [/quote] Yes I hope we have the option to customize most pieces of the game... events, terrain, units, magic, skills, etc., . [quote who="Climber" reply="12" id="2135199"] If the devs' c

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="2" id="2134816"] Knights of Honor eh? is that a strategy game. What about it did you think worked so well exactly? (I mean, can you give specific examples as to what the caravans and traders did to make it feel like a living world?) [/quote] I would also like to know... I played the game a few times, but don't remember anything about the caravans and traders. [quote who="landisaurus" reply="2" id="213

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="7" id="2134822"] So what if they all look the same, as long as play differently it shouldn't matter what they are. [/quote] Although 12 human races may play differently they will have many many many more similiarities than fantasy races of goblins, dwarves, humans, insects, undead, and giants. [quote who="landisaurus" reply="7" id="2134822"] again, I can't be worried about any

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="10" id="2134809"] I know I wanted the sovereign in the next master of magic be able to be any race (original master of magic had only humans with 1 maybe two exception, the dragon and the cloaked guy) but this game doesn't really have that. Since fantastic creatures are so rare, I expect that you won't be able to change your shape any more than you could in a game of the Sims. It would be neat to be able to play as a beast like Aslan, but I

[quote who="Vicente" reply="1" id="2134965"] I think you are overstimating the size of the Dominions community and understimating the size of the community a game like Elemental should have. [/quote] First Dominions is successful based on the game quality verses publishing ratio. This was not some game you could pickup in a store as would be Elemental... the overall point being that the game was a huge success in fact the biggest success

Correct, I did not add tundra, desert, beaches and a few other common ones since they are pretty standard. I believe canyons and valleys will also be seen or at least possible to create within the map editor. Thanks landisaurus I have added two new ones from the ideas you listed. I

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="19" id="2134455"] Whatever happens in multiplayer, I seriously hope that the core singleplayer game will not suffer any of the 'multiplayer-friendly' limitations that you are suggestion. And I *want* to have the possibility of seeing and comparing other factions' maps to my own, most especially if it can help create a game analog to things like the Malvinas/Falklands-Falklands/Malvinas argument. The real trick there will be seeing if the AI

I feel the weather idea would really help the Elemental realm to feel more real and would add new strategic options. To see a rain storm moving over a battlefield thus any archers with regular bows or fire mages suffer.

I just wanted to add... the ability for us gamers to modify or delete existing events and even add our own events will strongly increase replay value for the game.

[quote who="Tridus" reply="17" id="2134151"] There seems to be an assumption that everybody will name everything. [/quote] It's very possible that everybody will name everything since one of the developers seems to like this idea. I see this causing communication pains for email, phone and IM discussions especially when players are not in front of the game and don't have access to view other players maps. [quote who="Tridus" reply="17" id="2134151"]But i

[quote who="BrotherAlpha" reply="14" id="2133104"] Player A named the forest Verdant Swarms. Player B named the forest Dark Thickets. Since Player B has many more cities nearby, travelling merchants tend to use his name more, and the people of Player A start using that name as well. [/quote] This is better than the multiple terrain names and multiple maps being shared. I've suggested related re

[quote who="Darkodinplus" reply="8" id="2133552"] Caravans hold a unique opportunity for elemental depending on the level of interaction they can have on the game world. I would suspect that like GalCiv2 you will have a number of statistics for cities/villages. So the urgency of a particular caravan would largely be dependent on a city's past and the current situation. Caravans also open up the possibility of devious actions if you can interact with them directly. [/quote]</p

[quote who="Climber" reply="8" id="2133262"](hi hi nice to see you again here, NTJedi) ... ... But somehow I'll expect the Sovereign will be related to the victory condition 'every game'. Although it will be a very interesting feature, if the player is allowed 'choose his shape' as NTJedi mentioned, I kind of doubt if this is one of the features have in mind. [/quote] Hello Climber, great seeing you again too. There's several different