[quote who="BlackSmokeDMax" reply="62" id="3817831"] Quoting WIllythemailboy, reply 61 Another undocumented change: Researching the Economics tech grants roads to existing outposts as well as newly placed ones. Really? I remember it always working like that.
Another undocumented change: Researching the Economics tech grants roads to existing outposts as well as newly placed ones. I've also noted that the new pathfinding AI does not properly take roads into account, opting for straight line paths when much faster indirect routes are available.
The mana cost of enchantments on champion units is now being deducted from your mana pool at the end of the turn rather than being taken from your mana income at the beginning of the turn. The result is that if you spend all of your mana you go mana-deficient and the enchantments start dropping off, rather than the previous behavior of your enchantments being maintained and your available mana pool being smaller the next turn. It's not documented so I'm not sure if this
[quote who="Publius of NV" reply="40" id="3817138"] Again, on the 3.0 beta, Vetrar wandered out of his wasteland and I defeated him inside my territory. The quest to defeat him did not complete, and I am now not able to build anything inside his wasteland. [/quote] Damn, that is one of the bugs that's been in the game since day one that I was hoping would get fixed. Maybe, someday. [quote who="Publius of NV" reply="39" id="3817091"]<br /
[quote]I wouldn't call the highest tier 'pavement' though, that doesn't seem very fantasy-ish[/quote] I don't know about fantasy-ish, but even the Romans had paved roads. Think more cobblestone or flagstone than asphalt.
Depends on how you define major city. The Dragon Lance world has at least a dozen good sized cities, and more if you consider smaller but important race-specific areas like Kendermore or Mt. Nevermind. There are also many smaller towns and villages scattered all over.
[quote]There will be no chainmail binikis in Elemental because of the gross historical inaccuracy. (Do you know how much that would chafe?!) Unless you guys mod them in.[/quote] Indeed I *do* have a pretty good idea of how bad it would chafe, although breeziness, pinching and hair pulling is a bigger issue, not to mention waffle-looking bruises when something hits you. I'm probably one of the few people in this topic who has ever worn chain mail, and almost certainly the only one to h
I sent a PM to Frogboy about it even before I got the game installed last night. I assumed it wasn't worth a full topic (and the dangers inherent to any EULA topic) to point out. But since it's out there, may I suggest a company trip to the parking lot and assaulting the legal department with day old bagels? It does't have to be linked to this issue either, make it a monthy event.[e digicons]:D[/e]
[quote who="Nesrie" reply="64" id="2361323"] Quoting WIllythemailboy, reply 63 Testing a feature like this live on something like Demigod or Sins is beyond stupid. Elemental shouldn't be a petri dish for RTS features. This sort of thing would be useless for a 4x turn based game and if they want to test it, test it on a game in beta that would actually use it. [/quote] Great in theory, but Stardock doesn't currently ha
[quote who="Nesrie" reply="62" id="2361226"] Quoting Tridus, reply 61 Okay, if we can host our own games and set our own bandwidth rules, thats not so bad. It's completely unnecessary for a game like Elemental. It's a turn based game. Turn based games are the only games I've played frequently where someone can loose their connection and return to the game without so much as a beat missed and no one was the wiser except your
If I'm understanding their mechanics correctly, the balance is that while the channeler is the source of essence, the empire he manages will be the source of the mana he needs to use that essense. A channeler that goes Gandalf and starts wading into his enemies risks having his empire taken behind him, and running out of gas before he gets to the enemy capital.
We will be, eventually. From what I understand of their plan, it's going to be set up much the way the TA beta was. Each week or two a new beta version will introduce a new feature, race, etc so that the testers are pretty much forced to investigate a wide range of content and mechanics, rather than focusing totally on their favorite part of the game. To paraphrase the "welcome to hell" topic, don't expect the beta to be fun at any given point. You're supposed to be wringing the hell
This isn't unique to this aspect of the game, but in topics covering many areas of the game, people are setting themselves up for some serious disappointment. Everyone seems to want their own particular interest area to be an incredibly deep and involved game in it's own right, and it's just not going to happen.
[quote who="landisaurus" reply="68" id="2354185"]I would never compare the spell of mastery to 'nukes' as I always imagined it to opperate in a very different way. Total control of magic. At that point resistance would serve no purpose. It wouldn't be like dropping a nuke. It would be like snapping your fingers and armies would suddenly no longer exist. [/quote] ...isn't that pretty much what happens when you nuke them?
That would be the pilum .
[quote who="NTJedi" reply="5" id="2353027"] Quoting Thrawn2787, reply 4 This guy is cool, I hope you can control them as the Fallen For being a troll... I find it simply amazing that this troll not only has all his teeth, but they are perfectly aligned!! Even the color of his teeth are quite nice being an off-white with slight yellow. The trolls in Elemental must have some type of awes
More likely each turn will represent one year of game time. At the very least a month, but who wants to wait 200 turns before their heir becomes a usable entity?
Another issue that needs addressing: assuming that the player has a choice of male and female channelers, how do we balance out the production of heirs? What prevents a male channeler from zerg rushing, while the female channeler has heir production limited by biology? Even if she's suffering from swollen ankle syndrome every moment of her life, she can't keep up reproductively.
You missed my preferred option for #1. This should be subject to negotiation between players.
[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="3" id="2351312"]One thing I would like to see is a percent cost for some spells, as opposed to jsut numbers. Also variable costs where you can choose the limitations on the spell and affect its other stats. [/quote] That would be quite the feature. Instead of casting one huge spell (a wall of fire, maybe) you can cast a lesser version of it several times for roughly the same cost. Lesser versions should be weaker, do less damage, be easier to dispell,
[quote]They're already back. They've got hosting elsewhere and are sending the people who shut them down congratulatory T-shirts. [/quote] Which is why I support calling them "economic terrorists" or something and congratulating them with a 500 pound smart bomb through the office window. Because any country hosting them would be state sponsors of the aforementioned "economic terrorism". Yeah, that suggestion is bullshit. But they've effectively forfeited any legal rights they
[quote]I don't agree with this either... Saudia Arabia is harder on crime than we are and they still have a fraction of our incarceration rate, as do other countries whose values are more aligned with ours. You say we're more vigorous about enforcing laws, but I think that's just a euphamism for we're waging a batshit insane war on drugs, which is a whole other can of worms (new thread time!).[/quote] Yeah, because they sentence people to dismemberment, stoning, or beheading instead o
Don't forget the instant Grand Canyon defense I have planned for the backstabbing ally over there... I mean, no, I trust my allies completely [e digicons]O:)[/e]
[quote who="KellenDunk" reply="15" id="2347565"] Quoting Kitkun, reply 13 at the Stardock boot at PAX.Stardock's demoing it in a boot? Tell me it's been cleaned first! Damn I was hoping to be the first to talk about the stardock boot! Where can I buy these? Do they come as a pair or do I have to buy them individually? [/quote] Damn it, MORE new har
It could work, especially in big games where getting many techs in a particular order or speed doesn't matter that much. Unlike tiny maps, where if you don't have some specific techs very early you're screwed. The first few dozen turns you keep research wide open to build a decent base of beginning tech. It will be random, but we have to assume you won't get 30 consecutive agriculture techs and no weapons, or vice versa. then once you start meeting the neighbors, seeing the land aroun