Istari

[quote who="Gene1966" reply="24" id="2824428"]Brad, you wanted CHEESE, here is my cheese. The current AI is flawed in that it does not react to the following situation. AI 'X' decides I'm a good target and attacks my newest outpost, while I may be weaker ATM I used summoned creatures and magic to break the AI's assault and then immediately follow up with a counter assault of my own which steamrolls the AI all the way back to its Capital. My ana

[quote who="Heph_" reply="22" id="2824420"] The pawlowian-reflex is an aquired thus learned behaviour which is entwined with a preset behaviour (a "baseprogram" in this case) that made the dog water its mouth upon seeing food.[/quote] Speaking of all things culinary and Pavlovian Mmmmmmm .

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="7" id="2824398"] only I got in while they were still offering first 2 expansions for free wha? I wasn't aware this was ever going to expire. That is so they can get in the polish you mentioned to be lacking. Its a matter of principle to them to ensure their customers have a certain amount of quality. P.S. currently (pre-1.1) 'free play' is actually a lot more polished and playable

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="15" id="2824387"]Actually I was talking to Heph_[/quote] But you were looking at me when you said, 'Why is a Raven like a writing desk....'

You must play Master of Magic. It is a game where you are a Master of Magic. This entails that there is Magic there for the Mastering. Go now, and Master some Magic. I should be in marketing. I could sell ice to Inuits in California who need to cool their drinks on a hot day.

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="13" id="2824365"]I think you're extrapolating the learning measure too far. For an AI in Elemental, learning would simply mean that it adapted at what combat ratings it attacks, and at what combat ratings it does not attack. This would be similar to if the AI should declare war or not, after power rating. The AI "learns" in the sense that it comes closer to making accurate assessments ("I need X to defeat an enemy of Y. if X is not enough, next time I will try X

I don't know about recent, but Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2 have some good stories to play through with a friend. With the diversity of character creation, you can really fill your role in the adventuring party. If you really like the 'crawling' part of dungeoneering, the Storm of Zehir expansion of Neverwinter Nights 2 in particular will give you just the fix you've been looking for. It allows you to play to the strengths of each of your party members, even when it comes to who shoul

This is tedious. Why not have the AI design the AI? In terms of general decisions, you can have repetitive play-testing yield improved AI strategies. By creating a tally system for the development of the AI, you could have it do most of the work for you. For example, during the game, the tally system can keep records of how much was put into research of different kinds, how many resources of particular types were harvested, how many units with particular abilities were trained

[quote who="Goldmos" reply="145" id="2823996"]-New spell: Double rainbow: Allow Neil Pattrick Harris to appear mounted on a unicorn to give you skittle and raise your moral.[/quote] HAHA. That is EPIC. It's funny as well. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] [e digicons]k1[/e]

At the moment, I'm liking Riches from the Deep by Wayward G. It sounds good and has a good effect with risks that actually make sense.

[quote who="RavenX" reply="57" id="2824014"] Quoting Heavenfall, reply 56@RavenX I went through about 150 of the spells, and I didn't find a single one that was possible with the current limitations to spells in the game. Whoever wins, it is likely they'll need to create a custom function just for that spell. I wouldn't doubt that one bit my friend.[/quote] In the end they have to choose something . From now until then, this is pretty fun. [e digicons]:)[

[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="203" id="2824131"]It is always interesting to read vacuous ramblings from an amoral minority. It really puts me in my place...[/quote] Do you mean to equate laws with morals, or the following of laws (however immoral) with morality? Or do you mean to say that anyone who does not agree with following all laws all of the time has no moral standards? What arguments do you have that show that the points put forward here that you don't agree with are

[quote who="Gazz_" reply="147" id="2824220"]What's the purpose of this maneuver? I'll admit that I'm no football fan but it doesn't look familiar.[/quote] It's the only way to legitimately handle the ball with your hands rather than your feet if you are not the goal keeper. As you are upside down, your hands become your feet and your feet become your hands. The referees must accept this, as otherwise it would be discrimination against the swivel axis challenged. The downside t

[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="177" id="2822762"]You break the law, you have committed a crime. Whether you believe that law is just is irrelevant. Your disagreement does not give you a right to break the law. Piracy is breaking the law. You are therefore guilty of a crime and rightly should be punished. Again your disagreement is irrelevant - you are a criminal. Part of our responsibility as humans, is to realise all our actions have consequences. There is no opt out.

[quote who="RikazeMA" reply="37" id="2821996"] Quoting Istari, reply 36 You tend to have some really good ideas/thoughts on things. Submit a spell if only for the sake of having a cool spell implemented into the game. Do we know the same me? As in the... I mean the... Hmmm, how to articulate this.... You think I have good ideas!? I haven't had a good idea since Beta... I know how to produce results... O

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="141" id="2823187"]Why is "bear cavalry" not listed in the OP for a top ridiculous request!? I remember seeing a request for "gators" around here somewhere too. (I assume they mean the reptile rather than a slang term for somebody who goes to gate parties)[/quote] Done & done. My personal preference would have been Gummi Bear Cavalry. Either that or Humphrey B. Bear.

[quote who="Kestral2040" reply="39" id="2822252"]The spell wishlist/feedback forum is different in that it is a place where you can share cool ideas for spells and mechanics, however, we aren't looking to simply pull spells from there directly into the game.[/quote] Here's the crappy thing about language. The above quote could mean a number of things. It could mean that Brad created that thread just to tease us into believing that our input is actually being considered,

[quote who="RikazeMA" reply="34" id="2821954"]See, I don't care about a graphics card... I've got a pretty damn good one. Not the best, not even top of the line or brand new, by any means... But by any means, it's still pretty damn good. That's why I'm not going to submit a spell... Unless... Dear Derek, If I win... Can I get a copy of the Heirgamenon and a copy of Destiny's Ember's for free instead?[/quote] <p

[quote who="Phylast57" reply="50" id="2821935"] not to admire how nice the fungii looks on the cave-rocks while I search for treasure that I can use to build up my armies. If you were a tree hugging liberal oompa loompa, you'd fight for the right of fungii & cave rocks!! Ewwww...Shard drilling is detrimental to the environment It is not the most intelligent or strongest of the species that survives but the one most adaptable to change.... We're int

I still don't think any additional systems are needed. Tying city advantages to population, and then rewarding players who have fewer cities by giving them higher population growth rates will make both strategies (i.e. city-spamming and city-expanding) viable.

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[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="17" id="2821686"] The spells are hard to read in that contest UI (narrow column instead of following page or smart-sizing popup). And the input is just one 1,000 character text field when I'd hoped to see at least basic form parameters like the stuff Istari manually typed into the Dark Storm entry. (We can't even copy a URL to reference an entry for discussion here on the forums.) I'll keep an eye on things and possibly make an entry, but the pr

[quote who="Mandelik" reply="3" id="2821611"]Dear derek I am sure that you will find here (see link: an official thread!) everything you are looking for. No need for contests when you've got at your disposal such a mine of ideas/suggestions/lists/mechanisms as this forum. It's becoming tiring to see Stardock wanting to look cool by asking time and again the same things. STOP ASKING! You've got all the cards in your hands; now create the game or throw the towel, the

Sanitation, hospitals, fire brigades, police, secret service, schools, donut shops, it's all good. However, Elemental is not purely a civ city building game. The main focus is, or at least should be, magic and the war of magic. Otherwise, the main focus should be city building. I don't think you can have both as a primary focus in the game without losing out on the magic side. To put this in perspective, I want to prepare my empire in such a way that allows me to storm my enemies with

[quote who="Polistes" reply="2" id="2821177"] Quoting Istari, reply 1I don't remember this aspect of civilization ever being a concern in any other 4x I've seen. I could be wrong though. Regardless, I don't think it would add anything interesting to the game. Probably just more tedium, especially when infrastructure expands. Its in Civ 4 LOL"City health" And you got to research things like medicine and pharmaceuticals and other health related things.[/quote]</p