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[quote who="seanw3" reply="32" id="2975178"]I would like to tell you about how great the tech system was supposed to be made. It was based on you searching the past for old knowledge, not knowing what you'll find. Each time a discovery is made you choose from a random list. You can choose the basic area of research but not the outcome. There is supposed to be rare and random technology popping up in every game. [/quote] Even in the idealized version that y

[quote quoting="post"]For all I know I may be completely off the mark and WoM and FE may have completely different teams that work in isolation of each other - but I wouldn't be prepared to money on that horse.[/quote] From what I understand, almost everybody is working on FE; WoM at this point is just a couple of guys plus Brad when he can find the time. So I wouldn't base your concerns for FE on what you feel about the most recent WoM patch.

What worries me is Heavenfall's response. I don't think I've ever seen him go all smackdown - definitely not a good sign [e digicons]:S[/e]

That's odd. I haven't played in a while, but didn't they change it so that your sov starts with a minor spell or 2 for this sort of thing?

Awesome update, which looks suspiciously like part of a manual :-p Definitely many huge steps in the right direction. One thing that worries me (not having played, maybe my worries are misplaced) is this sentence from the beginning: As the sovereign levels, traits can be selected that increase these proficiencies (a sovereign created as an Air Disciple can become an Air Mage). As I've advocated <a href="https://forums.elem

[quote who="Tridus" reply="70" id="2971403"]If the AI is half decent (or in multiplayer) and you're playing at an appropriate difficulty level, the most powerful magic using empire late game will be the one that used magic early game to jump out ahead of you, controls more territory & shards and is producing more mana because of everything they got by being willing to use mana while you didn't. Seriously, if you're refusing to use mana mid game and I'm willing t

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="7" id="2971398"] Quoting tanafres, reply 5Nope. They tried to buy the rights from Atari, but it fell through because of onerous conditions imposed by Atari (who is doing exactly squat-all with the franchise). "Atari" really doesn't exist any more, except as the product of a chain of buyouts by corporate twits who view gamers as a sort of semi-sentient cattle who need to be milked for every possible drop of discretionary spending.[/quote]

[quote who="Emperor_Nero" reply="3" id="2971284"] I had just read an article that said they had bought the code and were seriously considering the MoM 2 game. (The article was from 07') [/quote] Nope. They tried to buy the rights from Atari, but it fell through because of onerous conditions imposed by Atari (who is doing exactly squat-all with the franchise).

[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="3" id="2970490"](though for my money MoO is better than 2, but whatever). [/quote] Yes! Never heard anyone else with that opinion:-) [quote who="shadowtongue" reply="3" id="2970490"]2) MoO3 (because I'm sick in the head, no seriously, with the user mods/patches that game was so close to perfection for my tastes)[/quote] Wow, seriously? All I remember is horror (though not

[quote quoting="post"] 3. Will army units have a chance to not receive orders? and thus not move? Example: 1-2 No Orders 8-10 - Can receive new orders Adjustments Untrained Units = -1 Closest Champion is 4 tiles away = -1 [/quote] I really hope not; while this sort of thing sometimes sounds good in your head, it's not generally a good gameplay mechanic, instead only causing confusion and frustrat

[quote who="Emperor_Nero" reply="21" id="2970180"]I personally think that MoM has no successor yet, because I considered AoW to be a less than superb game. To be honest, the closest thing to a true MoM successor is Fall From Heaven 2 which is a mod for Civ 4 - it is a much better game than E:WoM. I would pay 40 -50 bucks for it, but it is free![/quote] Yeah, I always thought the city management was unacceptably light, the tactical pacing was a little slow / off for me,

[quote who="Emperor_Nero" reply="20" id="2970175"]I would like a physical copy considering that I paid 50 bucks for a physical copy of WOM. I have tried to be patient, but it is hard when you bought a game expecting a game and got something that was comparable to alpha testing. We aren't being greedy here, we are just being reasonable considering we paid to wait for a game that is barely even playable a year later.[/quote] As patient and understanding

Enchanter FTW :-)

[quote who="Wilson" reply="5" id="2968928"] The earlier bit where they say "players definitely have a higher game IQ" is what makes it clear that they aren't talking about the IQ of gamers. I don't know why they made up a term when they could have just worded it differently, and then didn't bother to define that term (unless they did it earlier in the article), but it does seem clear to me they're talking about people's ability to figure out and play more complex game

[quote who="tanafres" reply="8" id="2968930"] Quoting Thormodr, reply 5I'd love to see a little Magic the Gathering influence in E:FE if possible. No problem; just about all of the concepts in MoM's magic system (other then the 3-way income distribution) were lifted directly from M:tG, which had just taken off right about then. Kind of stood out if you were a player at that time (am I dating myself again?)[/quote] By the w

[quote who="Thormodr" reply="5" id="2968900"]I'd love to see a little Magic the Gathering influence in E:FE if possible.[/quote] No problem; just about all of the concepts in MoM's magic system (other then the 3-way income distribution) were lifted directly from M:tG, which had just taken off right about then. Kind of stood out if you were a player at that time (am I dating myself again?)

A good try, but suffers from an embarrassment of riches. What made spell books so awesome in MoM is how rare they were; you had to make real choices at creation. Finding another spell book in-game was an extremely rare event (as in, didn't happen even once in most games) that only happened upon clearing a point of interest of top-tier monsters (Sky Drakes, Demon Lords, etc). Making it rain spell books cheapens them and reduces replay value by making most strategies available every g

The one thing I'd like to point out, is that not one person has chimed in that it's not an awesome game - on this or any other thread that I can remember reading (I can't possibly be right about that?). That should tell you something. Personally I have no problem with the $55 price tag, it has given me far greater returns than many, many much prettier and more recent games that cost as much, and I only play SP (I can't imagine what would happen to

Wow. That's awesome, man:-)

[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="19" id="2963465"]I do not know about playing, but at one point when asked about spells Brad said he has the MoM manual availible to get spell ideas from.[/quote] Derek mentioned that he carries it everywhere.

[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="33" id="2963648"] On the other hand nothing is hurt if the people working on E:WoM are still waiting for other parts of E:FE to be finished before they can work on it (which is the case with AI).[/quote] I don't think that's the case anymore - there was another post somewhere from Froggy, where he said that he'll be working on FE first (this month!) then going back to WOM. Which while cool (going back, that is), may not be th

[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="96" id="2962698"] Quoting tanafres, reply 93As Tridus mentioned, we were talking about AI, not the graphics. My point was that while similar logic has been written before, since the AI is very engine-specific in what it has to deal with, my impression is that you still start more or less from scratch each time with a new engine (or your first game on a licensed engine). So to duplicate the AI of that game, would take about as much time from a stand

[quote who="Toadkiller_Dog" reply="91" id="2962619"] Quoting tanafres, reply 88 Just because it was done before doesn't automatically make it any easier now. I'm pretty sure that Stardock started from square 1. Also, while it may be fun to make fun of Basic, it was... adequate enough. C++ isn't going to magically make it easy or quick to code. That said, they still need to get it done; the tactical AI really needs to be at least decent

Ok, you've got me. I bow before your antiquity experience, sir! [e digicons]:karma:[/e]

Not only do I remember playing EGA games, I remember when 'Enhanced' (the 'E' in EGA) was way cooler than the games I'd played. Heck, I remember pre-C(olor)GA. God, I'm old. Fantasy General was a great game. Just because it was done before doesn't automatically make it any easier now. I'm pretty sure that Stardock started from square 1. Also, while it may be fun to make fun of Basic, it was..