Notice I said "seems" like the same memory leak problem, ie. it occured while/after doing the very same process in E:WoM and that I'd make a seperate bug report about it. Man, and I thought I was the only one being intentionally condescending around here... great community you guys have.
Wow Sean, that amazingly informative post wasn't nescessary. I really appreciate that. (No, I'm not being a smart ass this time [e digicons]:grin:[/e] ). You seem to finally understand how being absent from the forums for roughly two years and seeing you say all those great things about development of FE was a bit disconcerting. It is rather difficult to sift through everything on these forums, as you said. Anyway, I agree that GalCivII:TA had some of the best AI I&
Well, I'm not sure how to say this nicely, but using a bit of empiricism here... I'd rather have a refund. I hope FE turns out great and I regret this. Good luck! Again, the credit card I ordered WoM with expired and my new one has a different card number. Will that cause a problem? Edit: Nevermind, I'll contact customer service about it. Good luck with FE.
Oh snap. Do I need to quote Dirty Harry before you do it? EDIT: By the way, I was asking a serious question above regarding the E:WoM refund and saving money buying FE and whatever else you're offering for free with that $50. Isn't that how it would work out? That truly is marvelous that you guys offer refunds, not many companies do that. Just please don't use it as a crutch to release unfinished products and then point to it when customers are
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="36" id="3192322"]If you want to retain your posting rights on my forum you would do well to try to act a little less entitled. Say the word and your WOM purchase can be refunded. Your purchase of a video game you didn't like doesn't include the option of being able to heap abuse on us in our own forum (that would be more of a dlc thing).[/quote] Finally, a credible source. Wait, are you saying I can keep heaping the abuse wh
By the way, this guy: [quote who="LightofAbraxas" reply="32" id="3192220"]Regardless of the developer, this is always good advice to follow. Unfortunately, Stardock's pretty stellar customer service tends to create some rabid fans around here, and I actually kind of agree that this place turns into an echo chamber pretty frequently. So, caveat emptor, I suppose.[/quote] Winner of the most level headed post on this entire thread award.
[quote who="Kantok" reply="33" id="3192231"]I love people who show up and stomp around yelling "THIS BETA HAS BUGS" as if they're somehow so much more observant than everyone else who posts consistently. It's a beta.[/quote] Gee, thanks for that update. Where have you been all my life? Maybe if you actually read my posts you'll realize I'm not the least bit surprised this particular beta has bugs. [quote who="Kantok" reply="33" id="3192231"]As
[quote who="Kongdej" reply="28" id="3192174"]Quoting Captain Pat, reply 26Seanw3, you still don't get it, but thats okay. Its not your fault.' Me neither Sincerely ~ Kongdej[/quote] Do you want me to draw you a picture? [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
Right, but I'm attempting to explain my reasoning... Sean is just throwing out opinions without evidence... not everyone runs on blind faith. I simply want to know where he is getting all that information about money/time/development process/etc., and "making the best game possible" from. The Dev blogs? We all saw just how much the Dev blogs promised for E:WoM... How can we take anything seriously if its just hearsay from fanboys?
I've had seemingly random hangs in tactical battles as well, and re-loading the save didn't fix the problem (it actually made things worse... the armies/objects/cities etc., on the 2D map disappeared) I had to completely quit to desktop and restart the game. Seems exactly like the same memory leak problem E:WoM had on release... I'll make a seperate bug report about it I guess.
Seanw3, you still don't get it, but thats okay. Its not your fault. [quote who="Captain Pat" reply="23" id="3191835"] I'd like to see Stardock be a bit more thorough in beta testing and better at getting their releases a bit closer to being a legitimately finished product upon release. [/quote] I'm not going to try and change your stance on things, but at least read what people write before saying there is no more to discuss. I've
[quote who="GFireflyE" reply="22" id="3191798"]I've been watching and totally psyic'd for a Master of Magic II ever since...welll....Master of Magic I. EFE is the closest thing I've seen to a MoMII and I heartily look forward to it's release.[/quote] Really? Ever heard of the Age of Wonders series? Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic in particular was the closest I've ever seen to Master of Magic.
[quote who="seanw3" reply="21" id="3191761"]I am starting to get why you have no karma.[/quote] *sigh* Is this some lame attempt to discredit my opinion? I could care less about "karma" on these forums. I haven't frequented them except for the passed three days. And seanw3, I'm assuming you didn't read all of my replies on this thread. As far as "meeting them in the middle" goes, if you read what I said above, you might understand. I'll post 
Jackswift85, you didn't seem certain in your initial post that those of us that pre-ordered E:WoM would be receiving FE and the expansion for free. You kept saying "I believe..." and "I think..." I can't seem to find an official announcement on that anywhere. That seems like compensation enough for me if it isn't another broken heap. I think what bothered me the most and continued my angst, is that in Frogboy's infinite pride, he was simply in denial in
[quote who="Malsqueek" reply="16" id="3191692"]Because we are getting 2 complete games for free[/quote] Somebody please explain this to me. What games? And how can you call them complete? Are you refering to FE and the expansion? Again, how are those "complete?!" Neither of them are complete and you admit to paying $50 for the proof of concept that is E:WoM. What you are saying literally makes customers stakeholders for Stardock. Sta
[quote who="boredpeon" reply="14" id="3190658"]After being burned not once but twice buying games from long standing companies (Ubisoft and Firefly) that had very successful games I do not touch pre-orders anymore. Simply because I do not want to pay in advance for someone unfinished pile of @#$%. However with Stardock standing behind their products and taking responsibility for their products I do it for them. I pre-purchased both FE and Sins this year from them and I am satisifed with both
Boredpeon, you realize Impulse was affiliated with Stardock for years, right? I didn't realize the devs had to patch each particular digital distributor's release... that doesn't really make sense to me. Are you sure that is true? Doesn't that still make Stardock look bad if your Impulse release of Homam 6 was more broken than others? Also, you damn well know the problems with E:WoM were WAY more severe and numerous than "crashing e
Well, I haven't tried FE yet, but I'll take your collective words for it... for now. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Boredpeon, I think the problem is you tried to play the singleplayer campaign in HoMaM VI. The scripted campaigns have always been lackluster in that series when compared to multiplayer. I agree with Mhantra and I'm at over 80 hrs played--primarily multiplayer and some skirmish maps vs ai. To me, those types of tu
I didn't get a refund. I decided to wait it out... out of spite I guess.
Well, if thats true, that is great news. Thanks for finally listening to reason, Frogboy. This almost makes it feel like we're actually customers and not all unofficial stakeholders in a software company. Edited: Typo.
I found another joke. "By Captain Pat on October 5, 2010 5:30:48 PM from Stardock Forums </p
"I don't know of any other company that gave me free stuff and two more games when the release of one of their games went south." Wait... so you got something other than FE and knick-knacks for free? What am I missing here, besides the dripping sarcasm?
Those of us that payed $50 to essentially beta test that massive failure, Elemental: War of Magic, will get Elemental: Fallen Enchantress for free... right?
[quote who="Savyg" reply="58" id="2888620"] Isn't it ironic that only one of the released games you listed uses DX11? Most of them don't even use DX10. How is that using the power of the latest/greatest desktop machines? Oh right, it isn't. Not to mention no 64 bit clients and pretty much everything ported straight from the consoles. Yep, we're sure using the power of our machines to their fullest. [/quote] <p
"A big part of the reason is that nothing is really making use of these latest/greatest desktop machines." Are we talking about playing at the the lowest possible settings here? I would love to see you play: Supreme Commander 1 & 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Mass Effect 2, Metro 2033, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, Arma 2, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on