Official release date was August 24, 2010. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but you have to pre-order by August 23, 2010 (since on the 24th it wouldn't be pre-ordering). I thought I pre-ordered but found out I ordered it on the 25th :-( If you ordered it after release BUT within the year 2010, you will be eligible to download the beta this coming Thursday, I assume at 3:00 p.m. eastern standard time.
Although I have to wait until next Thursday for my copy of the game (Stardock--you will likely forever be cursed for not allowing me to have the beta this weekend... this is the first time in two years I have the wife and kids away ALL WEEKEND!!!! Bad, bad Karma..... [e digicons];P[/e] ) , I do want to address something that I feel has needed to be changed for a long time. ALL shards should be beneficial to you other than increasing the mana that you generate.
I didn't read through all of the posts, so I don't know if this was addressed, but the only advantage of "sprawl" that I figured out was enclosing your resources within the city walls. For instance, if there was a mine and a fruit grove close to one-another, I would build in-between them and build my structures towards both of them. Once a structure is touching a resource, it then becomes encloed within the walls. Thus, to destroy your resource, somethi
ABSOLUTELY AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely abhorred the caravan setup in WoM. The ONLY reason I would build the caravans in the beginning was to create roads, becuase in no time at all wandering monsters would destroy them all. When a caravan is killed, it just says "Caravan from xxxx was destroyed". Really? And where did this caravan go to? Choose the wrong city tro send another one and it might sit there because that town had reached its
I created a Fallen Enchantress directory and unzipped this into it. Didn't work at all... I'm pretty sure because I don't have the beta. If you'll send me the beta I'll get right on it! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]
Didn't get the beta this week (UGH!), but I watched a game last night where upper-level heroes were getting whacked by any number of things. Everyone in the chat was agreeing that it really is a much more dangerous world. As far as WoM goes, I only make units to defend my cities. I tpically take *one* champion, buff him up with intelligence and spells, and annhilate every other faction and their cities (playing on hard--150%). All you would have to do is le
Good deal--thanks!
Is there any way to give Zozz KArma??? Trying to figure that out. He earned it!
Zozz--I wanted to says "thank you" to you and all of the others who streamed a game live last night. I watched Zozz's game for a couple of hours and was VERY impressed. Long live "Lucky"!!!
Well, I thought I had pre-ordered the game but found out by looking at my purchase history that I bought it on the 25th. What a BUMMER!!!!! I even paid $60 total to get the DVD--that should count for something!!!!! (other than me being a wanker!) To be fair, I think Stardock needs to create a simple algorithm for those who purchased it after the release date but still in 2010. Why should a guy who bought the game on December 31st, 2010 be allowe
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I just went to the store and it says I ordered it on AUGUST 25, 2010!!!! That is soooooooooooooo wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHERE IS MY E-MAIL!???!?!!?!?!!?!
Oh wow... so the wait is only a week if you didn't pre-order?? I was thinking that if you didn't pre-order you just had to wait until the full release. Heck--I really wouldn't mind if they just let *everyone* eligible for the beta just get it on the 19th. Well, as long as they have the server bandwidth so I can get my copy ASAP! ;-)
I posted this in another forum but I'll post it here, too. I'm dying to play the game as much as anyone, so I e-mailed Stardock this morning and got a reply via e-mail shortly thereafter. Here's a copy: <span style="font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-langua
How in the world could a post containing any reference to Star Wars go political????? Back to the topic, I've got to show my age here. No one--and I mean NO ONE--who wasn't born circa 1968-1970 simply cannot have the fanatical attachment to Star Wars as someone from that time. EVER. I was born dead center--1969--the same year we put a man on the moon. When I hit 10, Star Wars was a phenomenon... it finally justified the geeky star-gazing comp
BTW--as to he first post, I was trying to figure out where the distribution was to occur, too. Thus, I send Stardock a message and got a reply in like 5 mins. Here is the reply I received: <span style="font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso
Man... this beta is AWESOME!!!! Been playing it for a few days now and just can't stop. Wait--9 days? Have you guys not gotten it yet?? Same here--dying for the beta to make its release. I just browsed the actual FE "marketing" page, and boy... it looks to be so awesome and the spells are FINALLY getting to where they should be. Lots of logic in the execution (a spellcaster that wears plate armor? Gimme a break). T
Absolutely!
I'm absolutely chomping at the bit to play this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been playing EWOM 1.4 for a couple of months now--wow--what an improvement. While not completely bug-free (especially late in the game), it is *fun*. As for FE, I noticed that it is supposed to be "activated" on user accounts on the 20th. Is this still the schedule? I pre-purchased EWOM, so I assume I'll be able to play it then....? To be sure I know what to do and h
Frogboy--Did I read correctly in one of your earlier posts that anyone who bought the original Elemental WOM pre-release will get to take part in the Beta?
Hmmmm... any idea how to do it?
I have tried to find a MOD that will let you choose the # of opponents (or even choose "random" for number of opponents), and then the MOD will randomly choose which opponents you will be facing in the game. All I've seen thus-far is the MOD for creating random factions. Is there a MOD out there that will choose a random # of factions to play against you? I can't believe this wasn't included with the release... knowing the # of opponents (and especially who those
Thanks so much! I installed the game last night as well as all three mods. I simply unzipped each mod into the root directory of the game, made sure the "use mods" box was checked in the "options" tab, but how do I know they are being used? I played for several hours last night... very enjoyable, but I'm still trying to wrap my head around the game economics and especially the building portions of each city. I never took the time to try to figure this out bef
I've been away from Elemental for quite some time now. I pre-purchased the original game and waited oh-so-impatiently for it to be released. It seemed to be everything I ever wanted in a game of this genre, and it was being made by STARDOCK--creators of the Galactic Civ and Sins series... some of the best PC games *ever* IMHO. Of course, like most, I was completely dumbfounded when I began playing the game. It just seemed completely disjointed... nothing flow
In short... get rid of the late game crashes and this is one #$%#$%#$@% of a game!!!!! Talk about "one more turn" addiction... I couldn't stop playing last night and am paying for it today! However, today is full of frustration. Let me rewind... I bought the game on the day it was released, and it was just unforgivable. I tried it for a fews days, was completely disappointed by it's lack of polish. I've seen much better "