Luckmann

No lucky bears. [e digicons]>_>[/e]

[quote who="psychoak" reply="24" id="2257332"]Incorrect. ≠ is for math, != is for code monkey. I'm sure someone out there uses it, but most sane people like to avoid three and four digit alt codes when typing.[/quote]Wrong. != isn't a symbol. It's technically two symbols, used by code monkeys because ≠ isn't a standard symbol (strangely enough). ≠ is still the correct symbol for not equal. != is just a barely acceptable stand-in. :p Edit:

[quote quoting="post"] [...] My first question is can we custom make a spell? When there is an existing “Doom Bolt” spell, it should easy to mod a “Super Doom Bolt”. But what if I want to mod a spells that does not look like anything shipped with the game? One of the ways to allow us to have that is having the right physics engine, and everything is broken down into its elementals. [...] </

It's more wrong than usual? :p

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="8" id="2256821"]I cringe a little bit when people suggest handling combat in Elemental like in Dominions 3. I have never played the game (though it seems like I game I'd enjoy), but there is a problem with it. It is catered to a small niche, which has a very disproportionate voice on these forums compared to the target customer base of Elemental. Do you imagine many of your more average TBS players wanting to script out all their battles?

Reminds me of the time my brother tried to swallow a lit shot of Sambuca. Ptooiii, and the table was on fire. :D

Possibly. We really don't know, right now.

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="22" id="2255589"]I would want an event (especially for evil channelers) where a robinhood type figure shows up and steals from caravans and evil heroes (which makes it different from a regular bandit, which would only steal from caravans, not being badass enough to steal from a hero)[/quote]I would want there to be no need for such events, but that I'd be able to carry that out against my adversaries myself. My Special Tactics and Reconissance Unit (STR

There's thousands of possibilities. Water + Air + Earth = Earthen Ice Spikes. Fire + Earth = Volcano. Fire + Life = Rage. Earth + Life = Vitalize Land. Earth + Life (Death) = Darkland. Air = Tornado. Air + Water = Hurricane. Fire + Water = Boiling Rain. Air + Earth = Floating Plateu.

Is this thread broken for anyone else? It's like all borders and divides between posts have been broken up and stacked on eachother. Sorry for the OT, but it's horrible to read. :p Edit: Wonkyness has ended.

[quote who="nrkitchen" reply="18" id="2255282"]I read that if you pre order elemental you can get a playable beta version any truth to that?[/quote]Yes. All pre-orders are eligable to participate in the open beta. Note that the first stage of beta ("Alpha 0") is going to be reserved to a rather small audience. But yes, Stardock is known for long public betas with lots of player input.

Darkfall ban't for spelling ban't wrong.

Oh yee latecomers of little faith.

I have some hopes for this aswell. Have the devs actually talked any length on the subject at all? We know that Fallen/Human will be very different, but what of the kingdoms and empires within those races? Can we expect Twilight of the Arnor standard between the different nations, or just between the two races?[quote who="Darkodinplus" reply="2" id="2255187"]I believe it has been mentioned that regular humans are better with technology while the fallen humans are better with magic. I

[quote who="Tkins" reply="3" id="2255052"]why all the hate?[/quote] strikesback5 is our troll-that-is-not-a-troll.

[quote who="BoDyBaG2224" reply="21" id="2254832"]Not really turn based, but a good strategy game is Hearts of Iron II, (III is slated for August release). Along with the Europa Universalis series is good too.[/quote]Wow, I had no idea HoI3 was on the way. They really should do a batter job on viral marketing. :D

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="17" id="2254802"]"Use auto resolve" isn't an argument in defense of tactical combat. It's an option given to those who don't like tactical combat and don't want to deal with it. If you take it away, what option do those who don't like auto-resolve have? None. And it's not like if you use auto-resolve you lose, and if you use tactical you win.[/quote]That's exactly how it is. You may maybe not loose the entire

[quote who="Haree78" reply="1" id="2254634"]Tried DoW 1? Completely different game to DoW 2 really, don't let it put you off, I hated it also. If you haven't then the gold version of the game can be picked up for silly money and is worth a purchase.[/quote]I'm with Haree. I'm still somewhat baffled by the fact that they're calling DoW2 "Dawn of War 2" at all. It really has nothing in common with Dawn of War except the setting. I heartly recommend Dawn of War with all the e

[quote who="Darkodinplus" reply="17" id="2254757"]I've also been thinking for the spell Cosmic Rain it would be cool if the 4 meteors changed the terrain of their impact zones. Where the water / ice meteor makes a arctic tundra landscape the iron / titanium meteor makes a rocky / mountainous landscape, etc, etc. [/quote]Mwahahaha. I want a meteor rain for every element. Mulcarn, God of Winter, here I come! [e digicons]}:)[/e]

[quote who="Ratya48" reply="8" id="2254774"]I've been really curious about tactical battles. Stardock has a great track record with 4x type stuff, but as far as I know they haven't done any RTS. I want to know how big a part of the game they are going to be.[/quote]Well it's battles. They're going to be as big of a part of the game as it is, depending on how many battles you fight. :p

[quote who="Tridus" reply="14" id="2254744"]No its not true for any game. What he said is that in auto-resolve, the superior force will pretty well always win. With tactical, that's not true, because a better tactician will win over a poor tactician even with a reasonably inferior force. The computer doesn't factor that in.[/quote]You didn't read what I wrote, or at least didn't put it into relation as to what Annatar said. It is true for any game. The difference is the way units are put at y

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="13" id="2254716"]This is strictly something that you create for yourself, the game doesn't create it for you by having the option of tactical combat. If you don't like it, you don't have to use it, and you can still win (provided auto-resolve is done well). If you like it, you can use it and you can still win.[/QUOTE]Not true. I may still win. I can potentially still win. [quote

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="7" id="2254429"]You're misinterpreting what I said. Grand strategy most certainly has bearing, or I wouldn't be playing these at all. But at the same time, when you're playing a generated map a big part of that *is* how lucky you get with resources. But no, it is not possible to win militarily against a militarily superior opponent because the lack of tactical combat does not allow it. You will never get a single battle win in your favor if you are consta

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="11" id="2254413"]How'd you get #3 on your list? Did I miss a dev post or did you catch something in IRC?[/quote]I was just going to ask the same thing. I've heard nothing about this. I've seen it discussed, but nothing from the developers.