[quote who="ozu08865" reply="4" id="2243152"]I for one really like the look of the cloth map. Very Lord of Rings![/quote]Definately. I love how it's entirely computer generated, and looks somewhat like a real thematic cloth/parchment fantasy map.
[quote who="landisaurus" reply="7" id="2243171"]Even if some technology is post-gunpowder, I'd want punpowder weapons themselves to be excluded to put more emphisis on the fantasy elements. (for example, I would support skipping straight to hot air balloons and steam engines, but bypassing cannons and firearms even though that does not make sense from a historical point of view)[/quote]Technically, inventing those things before the advent of gunpowder is entirely plausible. You don't ac
[quote who="landisaurus" reply="10" id="2243059"]I would like things like a meteor core falling as part of a random event, then letting you forge a special sword from it. [...] [/quote]Random events adds the potential of an enormous amount of eastern eggs, pulling from the wealth of fantasy. Meteor-forged-into-sword is such a huge cliché, it just has to be done. [e digicons];P[/e]
[quote who="Spartan" reply="8" id="2242795"]A nice update to be sure. Anyway, I think it would be nice to play against friends for this title however such a feature would surely be an x-pack thing in my mind.[/quote]Did we just missunderstand you, or did you somehow completely miss all the ravings about multiplayer? :D
Yay! This helps me, since I can't keep my mouth shut. [e digicons]:D[/e] You didn't happen to ask about bears, I suppose? [e digicons]:rolleyes:[/e]
[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="4" id="2243083"]Well, from my understanding, a lot of the Roman technology (plumbing, for example) was lost during the dark ages, so I'm not entirely sure which you mean.[/quote]I mean that we'll probably (hopefully) have a bit of both. Not entirely medieval, not entirely ancient. :)
Everything. Take in mind that this is Alpha and early beta. Far from all functions will be.. functional. But for all intents and purposes, it's been said that absolutely everything that you can do in the watercolor world will be doable in the cloth-map world. So don't worry about that. They just want to see that everything works as it should in the cloth-world, so that people don't get distracted by all the fancy colors. :p
[quote who="landisaurus" reply="14" id="2243007"]the team looked smaller than I expected.[/quote]Stardock's pro. I expected less. ;)
Dammit. Now he's giving me pity-Karma. :( [quote who="landisaurus" reply="2" id="2243017"]I just want to say thank you to all the support (I feel embarrassed for the semi-praise)[/quote]
I haven't heard anything about this. It's actually somewhat disheartening to hear that technology and magic isn't going to be intricately interwoven. On the flipside, I wouldn't mind Steampunk-level of technology. For those of you unfamiliar with steampunk fantasy, think a blend of magic and industrial revolution machinery. But the most defining steampunk things, such as the Airships or Railways, should be at the definite end of technology. Absolutely no higher. Likewise, magi
[quote who="Wintersong" reply="21" id="2242849"] [...] Hmmm Now thinking about it... Don't we have here the creator of Fall of Heaven II too? Because if he is interested, I don't see why Stardock wouldn't want to have him on boat.[/quote]Yep. Kael is lurking about around here somewhere, too.
I will not make a list. Mostly because I'd have to make individual comments on everyone and there's people I just don't plain like. My mother always told me that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. It didn't help much, but I'm not a fan of drama (actually, that isn't true - I just hate being a part of the drama). [e digicons]:D[/e] Also, I don't like the idea of ranking people. Not a fan of popularity contests. Or democracy. But that's b
[quote who="Paradoxnt" reply="4" id="2242360"] [...] Weeeee, I speed built 20 cities....at which point the unstoppable Player/Channeler who hoarded his Essense walks in and takes them from me.[/quote]I'm not sure if you're sarcastic. I actually read it as sarcastic the first time around, but then Solam steps in all serious. Doesn't it occur to people that if you were to have 20 cities, you'd have 20 cities more than the channeler that has hoarded his esse
[quote who="Solam" reply="22" id="2242017"]SLACKERS!!! BACK to work!!!!!! [e digicons]}:)[/e] It's so cool to get to see this part of the team. Thank you[/quote]"This part"? They haven't even started to eat yet. Let alone get wasted. What the hell, dudes!? Show us the ones with permanent marker art on a sleeping Zubaz! [e digicons]:w00t:[/e]
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="18" id="2242006"]I wouldn't :p Karma doesn't say much since there really isn't any karma moderation or policy for how it should be awarded. I've got karma just for having my avatar, which is pretty pointless :p[/quote]Why can't I get karma for my avatar? It's kickass. :([quote who="Wintersong" reply="16" id="2241993"] The plan of some people since the begining anyways. ;p The way Frogboy said about selecting a dozen of proven individuals plus lottery l
[quote who="NelsMonsterX" reply="20" id="2241921"]What restaurant is that? I only live a couple hours away and am a big microbrew fan. I'd love to go check it out if it's a quality joint.[/quote]Yeah. So you can set up camp there and listen for tidbits on Elemental, like the little hobbit you are. Go, go. Feeds us ours precciouss informations.
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="7" id="2241916"]I am? I haven't been posting anywhere other than journals Most of it is from OT.[/quote]I know. But unfortunately, if you post in OT from Elemental fora, you still get Karma in the Elemental fora. :( Even though it'd enormously benefit you more than me (I have zero karma everywhere but here), I still say that Karma should be merged across the boards. And quoting fixed.[quote who="Denryu" reply="13" id="2241976"]If they go with kar
"Ha ha ha, those people totally bought the toothpicks"
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="5" id="2241901"] I say let's go with karma. Starting from the top. From the Sins boards, yes? [/quote]What does it matter to you? You're #4 or such here. [e digicons]:P[/e]
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="3" id="2241243"]BoogieBac is really trying to stick out ;)[/quote][quote who="Szadowsz" reply="12" id="2241764"]i thought we had gotten past this[/quote] I think he's discreetly trying to lean over to another table, to peddle his toothpicks.
Will billing start before the alpha? Because I wager that only those that have pre-ordered will be invited and I haven't pre-ordered yet, not wanting to have my credit card suddently billed. I'd prefer billing to start, and then pre-order. [quote who="Wintersong" reply="2" id="2241775"]I'd vote for a query selecting the names of all users taking part in the Elemental forum (no Off Topic) and then add to the table lottery values according to the games. After all, preordering the game i
Important Dev Update! Elemental developers have now had lunch. :D [quote who="Kitkun" reply="8" id="2241445"]Damn, though. So many people to bribe. [e digicons]:fox:[/e] [/quote]Bribe me, bribe me! [e digicons]:(O[/e]
I'm going to go ahead and paste the relevant post mentioned by Swicord, since I just made a post in another thread and still have it on Paste. [quote who="BoogieBac" reply="12" id="2212401"] [...] Not all spells cost essence, just the ones where you're 'creating' something or 'imbueing' something (at least from my understanding). You'll have MANY spells to cast that dont sap your essence, but the ones that do will be considerably more potent.<br /
[quote who="landisaurus" reply="2" id="2240851"]But we do know for sure. Look at the dev journal about spells here. https://forums.elementalgame.com/352520 Not all spells take essense. I think it was directly stated in another dev post somewhere, but I'm not sure where that is.[/quote]Thank's for the pickup. The relevant post from the thread: [quote who="BoogieBac" reply="12" id="2212401"] [...] Not all spel
Yes and no. Will all magic require use of Essence?: No. Will some magic be usable without expending Essence?: Yes. I hate to give such adamant answers, since we don't really know for sure, but that's the general gist of what we've been able to assume or piece together. It's highly unlikely that the bulk of 'regular' magic will require essence.