MagicwillNZ

[quote who="TBSGAMER" reply="42" id="2506036"] @MagicwillNZ First, Joan d'Arc was not known because of her extraordinary physical strenght, was she? Second, I don't have anything against femalde leaders. What I don't get is why it is important to give them the same physical capabilities. And I have yet to hear a single valid counter argument. Men and women are divided in athletics,swimming, combat sports, ... for a reason. If you alienate half of the fanbase by mode

[quote who="Denryu" reply="18" id="2505905"] Similar bonuses in other techs could be based on how many smithies/farmers/other that you have. I realize this is not precisely what the OP had in mind, but it seems like a simple way to gain some of that "flavor" without completely scrapping the current system. Instead of "population" generating research, have the people in each field generate research in their applicable field. Thus it might even be possible to make a military breakthrough e

I can't wait to start trying this out. If I can make a Dark Republic server, I will. [quote]I repeat my question again: Can't we save and reload LAN MP games just like in Civ4 or Dominions 3? [So the host won't have to maintain the server 24/7..] I suppose the answer will be no, so is it possible that we gonna have a save/load MP game feature later on?[/quote] I would also very much like to know the answer to this.

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="63" id="2505572"]I thought that "look like" was different of "is". in the lines of "It reminds me of a lipstick although ovbiously it is not one because it's attached to a tower, the end is not blunted...". [/quote] Yeah... well... [e digicons]:troll:[/e] You know, the more I look at that lipstick tube, the more I think how awesome it would be as a storage device for something horrifically radioactive.

[quote]The only way to a tech to be discovered/developed is to face a problem that needs a solution.[/quote] Now that is interesting... researching answers to questions? Brilliant. You could even have select from different solutions. Hungry? Will you concentrate on hunting, agriculture or fishing?

[quote who="TBSGAMER" reply="38" id="2505547"] Don't take it personal but my take on this is that many men are submissive to women. They would love to be dominated and overpowered in bed. Now since most men cannot live out that dream the subconciousness reflects this idea onto other parts of life, like computer games. [/quote] Huh... wha...? I uh... uh... oh... Erm... [e digicons]8|[/e] [e digicons]:omg:[/e]

I got one thing to say: I [e digicons] warrior ladies... [e digicons]:blush:[/e]

My problem with your idea is that it seems like a game unto itself. Technology is there to support certain strategies. Here it's running off with it like a bandit Elemental is already doing a lot of new things with technology. I think the breakthrough system is quite good.

[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="43" id="2504326"]I love long answers. Another possibility is that the goodies on this planet are more political than tactical: say, the planet was discovered by Joe The Famous Explorer or has been selected as a microcosm "proving ground" by Unity, aliens, or somebody else, and thus has a lot of media attention on the people colonizing it. If they can succeed in taking control, they look really good, but if they fail nobody wants to side with them.[/quote]

It doesn't look like lipstick to me. Lipstick looks like this: The end is sort of blunted on lipstick. That tower looks like a tower, and a fine lookin' one at that.

[quote]Humans = boring.[/quote] We're not boring! Fantasy Strategy games have been making the humans boring for years. I'll admit, I enjoyed Warcraft a lot more when it was *just* orcs and *just* humans. Now, you can't throw a rock in that world without hitting some rediculous race. I feel like over time mythical monsters and races in games have been becoming less and less special. Elves are pretty much vanilla no matter what subrace you slap onto them. Element

I love the Elemental DnD books!

If you love animation so much, why don't you watch a pixar movie? I hear Toy Story is a really fun "game".

[FLAVOR] [quote]You could always do a blue grid, or even *gasp* yellow! ............[/quote] Hehe it actually started out blue, but with all the filters I put on it, it came out white. I made a new one today and it looks better, although still isn't really where I'd like it to be. I love the idea of a radial projection, and kudos just for the idea. [quote]Why such a big deal about this one planet?[/quote] That's an excellent question,

Hehe... well, I experimented with some map modding. Didn't turn out so well... I had no idea that the original png was rendered so huge ingame... those lines did look good when they were much, much smaller. I was going for the "command console" look, but for now, it's back to the drawing board. I didn't want to resort to the "green grid", but that's generally wh

Awesome! I'll be excited to see your work!

[quote]At a later original game (without mods) anyhow disappears PvE element?[/quote] I don't know what you mean by this, but I assume you are asking if the PvE element disappears. It shouldn't, but who knows. I think the environment will continue to a threat from what has been said.

I cant tell if this is a suggestion or a question... Either way, I don't know. As other games have shown us tech stealing and brokering can lead to unbalance.

From what I've heard already, ancient monsters and weapons will already be popping from the ground. The devs hinted at very rare extremely powerful monsters that might break from their earthly prisons. A lot of elements are randomly chosen to make the game more interesting. In some worlds, say, a giant volcano unpredictably explodes, and in another a great demon is chained at the bottom of a dungeon waiting to serve the one that frees it. Things like that.

[quote]I hate spending money on a game that is total shit. and end up giving that development company more money to create more shit games. its and endless cycle if people dont do something about it.[/quote] Well damn RoadRat, you make it sound like global warming.

I think exotic city locations are out for now. I also hope for a way to clear out forest and such, and with the terraformation and such I'm sure we'll see something like that. Also, this should go in the suggestion forum.

DnD as a system for mass combat has been something that has always sort of intrigued me. Chirmaya was going to port DnD to Elemental, but he/she disappeared... scared away by forum trolls, I imagine. So is your objective to unfreeze the world? To restore the sun? You talked about a sandbox game but I don't know what that means in the context of a turn based strategy game. You mean skirmish, right? The one thing I do like about 4ed is the way the default world is post-apocalypt

[GRAPHICS] Hmm... It looks pretty good... though rather inappropriate for a farm. I think this holo deserves a special role... Now THAT is cool.

Holy crackola! I'll import these right now...

[quote]Unfortunately, they're on a white background: I thought these rough sketches were too ugly to ever see the light of game. But I can redo them prettier and transparent if you like.[/quote] I more wanted to modify them or splice them with stuff I've already got. The glassiness of the first is pretty awesome. But I'll work with what I've got for now. [FLAVOR/GRAPHICS] <img src="http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab168/Magicwillnz/Cir