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[quote who="RhetoricalSun" reply="3" id="2768244"]I agree. I usually play as Kingdom, but decided to play Empire instead. I have never had horses as kingdom, then when I switch to empire, I get three horses within 10 squares of my capital. It'd be nice to be able to utilize these resources, even if as a food bonus for the opposing faction [/quote][quote who="agio" reply="4" id="2768276"]I agree that factions should be able to *something* with the Horse

[quote] --- Conclusion --- In general, I consider that there is no game in elemental. Yes the game is playable and it can be finished, but what you play is actually a prototype to test if the engine of the game works and to make sure the engine support all the features needed. But if you take out all the engine and try to play the game on pen and paper, it would simply not work. They made a container without content ... well there is content for the story,

Currently the game has shortbows, longbows and catapults. This thread is for discussing the different types of ranged weapons and how each should have multiple methods for decreasing damage or preventing damage allowing for great strategic gameplay. If I knew Stardock did not have such a design plan originally I would have posted this type of thread back during early 2009. Elemental would have greater strategic depth while still being easy for a beginner using this desi

No single player should be allowed to research all magic spells, all weapon types, all armor types and all building types otherwise the strong players will never have any weaknesses. Every three completed research paths/spells should close one research path/spell thus a player may have a weakness with fire magic or cutting weapons or enchantments and so on. If the strong players dominate the researching without weakness

[quote who="Simplicity123" reply="30" id="2767120"] [quote] Quoting Frogboy, reply 20 It also represents an example of where I was wrong in thinking that balancing isn't that big of a deal. It's been so long since I've had to make a new game totally from scratch that I'd forgotten how long in man years it really took to balance GalCiv. [/quote] You can't play paper, rock, scissors without defining what scissors IS. What are your balancin

[quote quoting="post"]I was planning to unveil EWoM at my LAN party this Friday. (I've bought three copies of the game for MP purposes.) If I don't choose a new game to unveil, it goes to a vote. And I've been getting out voted quite a bit lately in favor of SC2 and Emperor Battle for Dune. (which rocks by the way) ANy updates please.... [/quote] I suggest unveiling a different multiplayer fantasy TBS.... called AgeofWonders:ShadowMagic.&n

[quote who="Kilsonx" reply="9" id="2765578"]Still they really dont feel like dragons.... They have wings but cant fly... I want flying Dragons... .. [/quote] The balance of creatures are hopefully under redesign for strategic gameplay... flying units should have some type of sky terrain barrier. I recommended a "high winds" which would stop the traveling of flying creatures. <a href="https://forums.elementalgame.com/345423

[quote who="Corbeaubm" reply="5" id="2765477"]Does anyone know if this is still in the game code? If not, why not? [/quote] It's in the game code... most are dormant and not doing anything. The reason is currently there's no resistances or methods of defense against them. Once Stardock develops a formula where gamers can choose specific methods of attack and defense for these variables they will probably be enabled and working.

[quote who="Edwin99" reply="7" id="2764547"]Agreed, an initiative system where the units would move in order of initiative - one that takes into account; Random Factor (d20) + Armor - Lighter armored units are more likely to react quicker + Experience - Experienced units are likely to react quicker (+1,+2,+3) + Army Commander Battle Experience (if any) - A more experienced army commander is more likely to have unit

[quote]I sat down last night and today and installed AoW 1 + AoW2: Wizards Throne, and had a look through their interface, there are several nice features there.[/quote] I believe there were many suggestions from the community for Stardock to review the successful fantasy TBS games. Based on the fantasy content I wonder how much time each Stardock developer spent reviewing the qualities, interface and features of the successful fantasy TBS games. For example if my com

[quote who="Eisenhund" reply="2" id="2763368"]The tactical maps aren't really even big enough to have city walls. The combat area is tiny. [/quote] Yes I've noticed this as well... no real epic battles when maximum has only 12 unit types stand on each side. What's worse are the fixed battle maps of different tiny sizes. Sometimes the enemy is 2 squares away(1_movement_turn) and sometimes 6 squares away(3_movement_turns).

[quote who="Carewolf" reply="9" id="2759700"]It would also be cool if some of the quests had multiple possible outcomes. For instance I though it would be a nice twist if I married the noble daughter I escorted (it was such a romantic trip acros the wasteland) [/quote] Exactly... anybody wonder why the noble daughter has charisma of zero.

[quote who="Blaze of Glory" reply="26" id="2753984"] Long gone are the days of 100+ pages of detailed units, techs, core mechanics. Personally, I have always hated a game with less than 50 pages because it must be so simple a caveman could play it. [/quote] Check out Dominions_3 for a fantasy TBS... the developers provided a patch update even earlier this year which has new features and fixes. Oh when the game arrives it has a 290+ pages manual.&

[quote] Tbh I wouldn't mind seeing caravans removed. They're just so boring and feel out of place somehow. Also the roads they make tend to look messy like a spider web made by a retarded spider. Of course if they could be made more interesting/meaningful I'm all for it. [/quote] I don't think the caravans will be removed... I estimate too much work has been placed inside them. The question Stardock faces would be how to make them valuable without turning them in

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="7" id="2761126"]No need to call it a post mortem. The project's still on and Elemental ain't dead. [/quote] I called it post mortem since one of the developer journals mentioned Stardock would have its own post mortem review of Elemental. This gave me the idea to create a topic of my own. Any other suggestions for what can be added to the list above? What other features have people enjoyed which I mis

[quote quoting="post"] Please implement monster lairs, please do not randomly spawn/respawn larger monsters way beck in my civ [/quote] This was originally requested long ago... permanent map structures where monsters would exist and live. Somewhere along the way it was decided to have quests, treasures, monsters and dungeons all appear with a *poof* and then disappear with a *poof*. You find a midnight stone and *poof* the ancient battlefield is now

There's quite a few suggestions inside this thread so perhaps it should be moved to the IDEAS FORUM ??

There's plenty of room to at least list the items being worn... no reason to display the full picture image.

[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="4" id="2759224"] Elemental lost a lot of the specialness it started out promising. [/quote] Yes, I created another topic asking the very question... with Stardock having more developers than any previous games where was developer time lost: https://forums.elementalgame.com/395477

[quote who="Darkelf2000" reply="5" id="2759418"] I want to see Boogie post about the 1.08 change-log; not that he feels sorry that he let everyone down. [/quote] Any post of responsiblity needs only be a one sentence statement... not some big thread. Standing in the pouring rain is rough, but it's worse standing in the pouring rain alone. It's possible one or more developers did post accepting responsibility and I've missed it. [q

[quote who="Carewolf" reply="6" id="2758510"] Hehe I like the quote. While LAN is much harder, it is two different things. Hotseat is really easy to add and would be extremely usefull for balancing multiplayer while they bugfix concurrent multiplayer. What I am saying is: Implementing hotseat does not make implementing online multiplayer any easier and the only thing the two parts share is multiplayer balance, but it is so simple to do, is standard in all turn-

[quote who="Windexglow" reply="2" id="2759400"]Q: Brad Wardell – you have a martyr complex! You always take personal blame for everyone! Get off your cross! [yes, got this too] A: That is my job. If you’re going to spend years railing about CEOs not taking responsibility when something goes wrong, it would be the height of hypocrisy for me not to take responsibility when things go badly on a launch. In addition, some of the issues are directly related to my s

[quote who="Rune_74" reply="1" id="2759390"]He is doing what any leader does, take the blame so his guys can do the work. It's smart, its what leaders do in the military(mostly). His staff cannot work if they are dealing with the crap. He is doing the right thing. [/quote] There's nothing wrong or time consuming with spending 45 seconds for a post so you can stand at the side of your boss... a good boss and then return to working.

[quote]I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm getting pretty tired of the Civilization series. It's starting to remind me of Madden: Release the same game, add a few features, and call it the best thing since sliced bread. I've played every one of them, and every spin off since Civ 1 and the whole tour through history bit is getting a bit long in the tooth for me.[/quote] What makes Civilization great is the researching of technologies, the diplomacy, the unique AI personalities,

For the most part you and I get along Brad with only a few debates regarding multiplayer. I've created numerous topics with creative and useful ideas which the community has enjoyed. Hopefully none of my multiplayer discussions have upset you because I'm only expressing the hard truth about the value of multiplayer. Anyways, Brad... I keep reading posts where you are accepting the blame which is very brave and shows strong character.