Luckmann

Anything not actually based on games.

Tough. I'll go with.. "Champions". "Hero" has a nice ring to it, but it has a bit of an alignment component to it and having a multitude of them just sounds odd. "Champion" is a bit more universal.

It'd be like playing Tony Hawk: Pro Skater without skateboards. Just.. no.

[quote who="Tridus"]You mean as opposed to the lists that are full of random shooter #9284904393, right? Nothing bland about that at all.[/quote]Wait, what? No, of course not. Shooter #9284904393 is exactly what I'm talking about. Shooters are about as bland as bland can get, since it appeals to the widest possible market by debasing a concept to something that we can all relate to; Adrenaline and pretty colours. And that just sucks. [quote who="Original Post - Froggie"]

[quote who="klaxton499" reply="18" id="2560478"]What are the goals for Beta 2? Connectivity? Balance? This all seems premature but then again I'm not the expert. However, I would like to know how I can help. What should we focus on in Beta 2? [/quote] https://forums.elementalgame.com/363844 General be

Fetch me.. a shrubbery! Also, at least one of quest absolutely must contain a Gazebo.

I hate to disagree with someone with such a sweet avatar, but I actually prefer the "current" system, in which talents and weaknesses are one-shot seperate things. I cannot explain why, but it just feels more RP-ish than Min-Max-ish. I realize that applying your system would possibly allow for much more customization, but it also feels like that customization would matter far less.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="20" id="2559084"]In Elemental, stacks are "armies" but another way to think of them is as "baskets". Do you put all your eggs in one basket in a game where wizards can cast volcanoes and wipe out the entire army at once?[/quote]....I may. [e digicons]8|[/e]

I always run my games as bare-bone as possible. The fact that Steam has to be on is a huge turnoff for me (along with many other issues). I don't think Impulse actually do anything once you've started a game. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[quote who="KillzEmAllGod" reply="18" id="2558866"] Quoting Unicorn McGriddle, reply 11 KillzEmAllGod, why would we WANT to keep large stacks out of Elemental? Should every tactical battle be a small engagement? Should a war be decided by a long string of tiny battles, or a handful of major ones? Not saying they should keep large stacks out just saying who has the most of x powerful units would most likly win but we will see h

Baldur's Gate. Of Baldur's Gate.

Between the first and third, I can definately see difference, especially on your jaw/neck.

I want to chime in and just say that I do prefer squares and I am sad to see Civ5 moving in this direction. [quote who="Cauldyth" reply="36" id="2552221"]The only simple polygons capable of tessellating (filling a 2D plane with no overlaps and no gaps) are triangles, squares and hexagons.[/quote]Why have we never used triangles? We've never used triangles.. right?

[quote who="seanw3" reply="96" id="2557782"]There was an excelent episode of stargate atlantis, the only really good one, that presents the profession question quite elegantly. A scientist and a military leader find a room in atlantis that has two computer terminals. They each are connected to two actual races on a far away planet, unbeknownst to the two expeditonaries. They proceed to use the room as an Elemental type game for several months before realizing the game is not a game at al

As long as silly is serious, I'm all for it. Silly shouldn't be "lolrandum" stupid-silly, it should be in the context of what is serious. I.e, silly shouldn't downplay the seriousness.

I am sorry. I have to say this. Every time I see the second concept art image, all I'm seeing is a dead man-horse with blue jeans and blonde hair.

It really depends. I prefer singleplayer overall, but it greatly depends on the level of complexity. I enjoyed games of Civilization 3 in multiplayer immensly (I have never played Civ4 in MP) but I would never ever even have attempted playing Galactic Civilizations 2 in MP, even if it had had it. I'd pour just about every possible resource into singleplayer, because that's primarily what I play, myself. But if I were a developer that had decided to make a game with multiplayer, it wou

picked up the

[quote who="astrath" reply="3" id="2556332"]I suspect he was simply being told exactly what to say by someone in the tower. Don't really see the problem, you can tell from the pilots' responses that they knew roughly what was going on.[/quote]This. It is absolutely ridiculous to get worked up over something like this and it really underlines the modern sense of hysteria over.. well.. everything. [quote who="Digsby" reply="7" id="2557020"] [...] Ov

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="87" id="2557082"]Those professions can come not just with the game effect they have (+10% to food production for example) but also with a story like the ones I used (but serious and with monitored language ). Frogboy already said they can change interfaces quite easily. Surely many of us enjoy some good flavor on our professions, traits...[/quote]Oh, yes. I cannot possibly imagine each profession not coming with a little box telling you what it mean

[quote who="Ellestar" reply="77" id="2556588"]False Prophet It is time to use your preaching skills once again, but this time you're your own prophet. Prestige or morale bonus.[/quote]Hey, hey, hey. Just because I'm preaching about my own divinity, doesn't make it false! [e digicons]^_^[/e] Prophet The Sovereign was a prophet of a major faith before his ascension, but has since the Cataclysm become disillu

Just to clarify this (I don't have Impulse or just about anything installed at the moment); Can I (as a beta tester, even if I don't have as much time to actually do anything constructive these days) load Impulse up right now, and there'll be an upgrade option somewhere? Because I could totally pre-order one of those, right bloody now.

Inquisitor The Sovereign was an Inquisitor within the state church before the Cataclysm and his rise to power. Bonus to Fire and Life magic. Starts with a minor unique fire spell. Bureaucrat The Sovereign was a bureaucrat before the Cataclysm and that h

[quote who="Istari" reply="5" id="2551103"]This makes me wonder, will there be something along the lines of a "Spell of Return" as in MoM?[/quote]No. You die, you're dead.

Still not a fan of multiple planes. Not a fan at all.