[quote quoting="post"] -Milk should be listed as a sub-resource to Food, and needs to be watched constantly on a per-city, per-turn basis to check if it has gone bad. The Sovereign has to be in the city to personally inspect the Milk stores. [/quote] It just struck me that this would be a very effective way to prevent city spamming. Just add tedium as a disincentive.
[quote who="SwerydAss" reply="3" id="2784225"] Bastion should say my name.\ could we also get falcor as a mount???[/quote] Why not have Falcor mount you ?
Long day at work, groggy and loopy, disclaimer finished. [EDIT] -Bear Cavalry -Add a game feature or quest that changes the box art to reflect the game. -Players should get to use two Sovereigns if they received a double shipment of the game by mistake. -Put in a 'Ye Olde Mech
[e digicons]:typo:[/e] I call for a vote of no confidence in metalfacekevin's thread topic. [e digicons]-_-[/e] [e digicons]:P[/e]
[quote who="Malsqueek" reply="138" id="2783233"] I could be wholly off base with my assumptions of the system, but I've yet to see another implementation of anything referred to as a "Global Mana Pool" which deviated too much from what I have outlined above.[/quote] If I remember correctly, MoM had what I might refer to as a GMP, but only you (your wizard) had access to it. Your heroes and magic-able units did not draw from your GMP at all, but had their own
[quote who="Robert Hentschke" reply="36" id="2782801"] quoting postNew Tactical Battle System (removal of action points, combat speed determines initiative and how many times a unit gets to perform an action in a given tactical turn) Tutorial There is a painfully simple fix for the issue of "Instant AOE spell annihilation in the first combat round". Casting time. Chain lightning or comparable large scale spells would require more than 1 turn to
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="51" id="2779009"] With a global mana system, we gain the ability to have strategic spells be caster independent.... ...Anyone who has magical essence can thus draw magic from the global pool.[/quote] I think some clarification is needed on what 'Global Mana Pool' is defined as for this game. Given that in the recent 'Update Schedule' post by Frogboy, he states that it will be a 'Shared Mana Pool', I have a technical questio
I think something even more intrinsic to the magic-fantasy-adventure theme is in order. Less buttony and windowy, more parchmenty and crystal bally. The UI textures should be richer and more detailed, and should use concepts from within the theme to enhance immersion.
[quote quoting="post"] Here's our schedule for updates to Elemental for the remainder of 2010. This schedule is subject to change and will be refreshed as we near the end of the year to detail updates for 1Q2011. v1.1 New Magic System based on a shared mana pool.[/quote] Thank you for the update! Would it be possible to adjust that to a non-shared Global Mana Pool, with Non-Channeler casters having their own individual mana pools? I just fear that t
I add my vote to this. I also have another suggestions which I think may have been mentioned already. The equipping screens. I can't put my finger on it, but something just doesn't feel right about it. The items highlight in green to tell you they are in use. I think you definitely need set slots, as there is always a solid sense of satisfaction in placing the round peg in the round hole, and the square peg in the square hole, and hearing that reassuring 'equipped' sound effect.
[quote who="psychoak" reply="132" id="2782475"] How would this be any different from an individual pool, in the end? It would basically be the same thing in many ways. If it's just a global pool, anywhere you have a caster you're at full strength. Your pool can't be very large, or your one caster will be a godlike entity, unleashing massive devastation all by itself. If they have individual limitations, the pool can be large, leading to
[quote who="Satrhan" reply="130" id="2782450"] Quoting Istari, reply 129 What about specialist magic schools ala D&D where selecting one school prohibits another? What you could do there is allow an Imbued Champion or Offspring to reach high level spells in their school of choice (over time), and only medium level spells in other schools (over time), and no spells in the prohibited school. This would differentiate the other magic users, and add a bit more strategy.It would also
[quote who="Goontrooper" reply="128" id="2782171"] Some people are saying that in a GMP, each magic user should have a mana limit per turn. So...how do people picture the mana per turn limit working? How would this be any different from an individual pool, in the end? It would basically be the same thing in many ways. What I want to avoid is individual mages becoming unimportant and even mor
[quote who="Sethai" reply="122" id="2781481"] i'm going to go against the grain here and say i really approve of the global mana pool, especially if it regenerates non linearly. i don't think there's any need for individual mana pools. with magic as powerful as it is (and there's nothing wrong with the power levels) making channellers autonomous units in any sense just makes balancing far too difficult. in my last game i got 7 channelers with only one imbue (my s
[quote who="Goontrooper" reply="120" id="2781342"] Quoting Istari, reply 118 I don't think Brad meant that mana would be shared between Channelers, Imbued Champions, and Offspring, because it doesn't make sense. --Snip-- I don't know...I think most people aren't reading the GMP the way you are. What does everyone else think? I agree that it would be nice to have individual mana that is determined by stats / items / whatever. I d
I don't think Brad meant that mana would be shared between Channelers, Imbued Champions, and Offspring, because it doesn't make sense. The mana in the GMP is not the total sum of mana available in the world, but rather the 'power' that the Channeler has accumulated over time. This power is not literally sitting in some physical and separate pool waiting to be used as though it were gold brought in from the mines or food shipped in from the farms, rather, it is within the Channelers th
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="6" id="2779017"] Our company's business model isn't somewhat atypical. We don't generate our revenue on the game's initial release but instead it's continual revenue over a long period of time. For us, servicing the community over the long haul with free updates works because it continually brings in new people. [/quote] See now that is a business model that is very suitable for game design. As opposed to the type-writer style of most other
THANK YOU FROGBOY! [e digicons]:')[/e] I am very excited about the new magic system. I do concur with some others though that the GMP should be just for the Channelers to draw from as they please, and perhaps they should be limited to how much they can draw from the GMP per turn, based on their stats, abilities, and equipment. Whereas imbued champions and offspring need to have a mana limit per turn that is based on their stats, abilities and equipment as well,
[quote who="mentalinstra" reply="2" id="2776856"]Rome wasn't built in a day.[/quote] Was it built on a day? Or in a night? Or on a night? Or in a clearing? Or in a forest that was made into a clearing? Or on a Mickelmas Tuesday? Or on a ... [e digicons]:P[/e] No seriously though, this community is better than most. The ratio of productive members to trolls and whiners is pretty good considering, and I think that is in large part due to the way the company
[quote who="arstal" reply="21" id="2778694"]Because MoM did it does not automatically make it a good idea. Increasing mana regen should be either essence or int based I think. Books should give you the option of more powerful spells, more diverse spells, and more efficient spells. I'd love to see later on down the road, cross-elemental spells such as acid blast (water/earth hybrid), magma stream (fire/earth hybrid), great ha
Is this Bug (I assume you meant to say) repeatable? Meaning, if you start a new game again, do you still start at Turn 13 and then get sent back to Turn 13 when you reach Turn 32 every time? And is it always the case that you lose your Sovereigns' spouse? Also, do you always lose your equipment (do your clothes sag off?) as well when you get looped back to Turn 13? You might want to post this in the support section.
[e digicons]k1[/e] I think this gives a very clear example of some interesting combat mechanics for the game. If all or most of the unit abilities from MoM were included, I think most people would have more fun in tactical battles. Does your model include resistances?
Just take every spell and every unit ability from MoM and implement it all (where applicable). Add the To-Hit stat, magical attacks and various resistances. Also, remove the researching for some of the more simple techs to make them a given (heroes, dungeons, etc.), and start the sovereign off with some spells. In this way, you will bottle that priceless element - nostalgia. It fogs up the glass so that people can't see clear enough to really complain about anything.
[quote who="AbsynthMinded" reply="104" id="2775015"] Quoting Istari, reply 100So you would prefer that you be forbidden from recruiting certain NPCs until you have sufficient adventuring tech versus paying more for NPCs that you don't have the tech? Instead of a denial for recruiting champions you do not have the right level of tech for, have a massive increase in payment that was modified by the difference between level required and level possessed currently. I wo
Will this affect those people who have ordered a box of either Standard or LE and have not yet received it? I imagine it would create some shortage of copies, or it could be that a box that was meant for Customer A was instead shipped to Customer B superfluously, and if not reported properly, may be considered to have been successfully delivered to Customer A. Any official word on this?