[quote who="kryo" reply="4" id="2399508"]As has been said previously, we do plan to have a variety of fantastical creatures available through some means, but they're going to be "special" and not cannon fodder as a general rule.[/quote] I'd really like to know if we can equip these guys, as we can with humans, if their anatomies allow.
What I like about Elemental is how you can establish vassal kingdoms and such... so actually you can attempt the ICS strategy, but the disadvantage is that you'd have to split your empire to pieces and ultimately all those other cities would be fairly unreliable or even turn against you. To me, more and varied strategies = good.
[quote who="VicenteC" reply="164" id="2399564"] Sorry, but 1000 thousand great story reasons don't justify a bad gameplay reason. This is a game, not a story. Justifying sovereigns not dying in certain conditions because powerful people don't die in books makes no sense because this is not a book. If you want to justify it, justify it around gameplay. And story is not required, I don't remember MoM having story to be crazy enjoyable (and deep, and complex).[/quote] Mas
This is a pretty good explanation behind why Sovereigns wouldn't resurrect, I think. I know I've been a pretty big proponent of Life After Death for a sovereign, especially considering they are special individuals. There are, after all, so many story arcs based on resurrecting gods. What it really comes down to is the metaphysics of Elemental. What happens when characters die? Is it possible to circumvent death? How strict are the laws on death? These are pretty important questions, frankly.<
[quote] So, on to the idea. I say there should be a ritual building that can be built in specific city before hand and ideally only 1 can be easily built. When the sovereign dies, the priests/wizards of this ritual building (call it what you may) spend a certain number of resources corresponding to the strength of the sovereign and they begin a lengthy ritual to recombobulate the sovereign. During the time the sovereign is gone, his empire may s
[quote who="VicenteC" reply="157" id="2399209"] Stardock has come with a solution that is simple (to implement and to understand) and that doesn't use a RNG, I hope it will be good for most people.[/quote] Yes it's a fair solution. Not a cool solution, but a fair one. Obviously there's more reasons to go the way they are going then they are letting on, for some mechanic they haven't revealed yet, and I'm fine with that. [quote who="VicenteC" reply="157" id
A dungeon... or a temple.
Donkeys as early game mounts... that would be hilarious.
[quote quoting="post"] Sovereign Handling People do not want luck to decide the fate of their sovereign in a battle. Many people don’t like the idea of ones sovereign dying meaning the end of the game. The sovereign being a unit in the game is key to the game mechanics that will become more apparent later. But we have been convinced by the feedback that there shouldn’t be an “evade” ability. Instead, we’re now leaning towards if your sover
[quote who="VicenteC" reply="145" id="2398109"] Quoting MagicwillNZ, reply 140 Yep, Sauron persisted for narrative/storytelling reasons, not gameplay ones..[/quote] Can't channelers persist for story reasons? [quote who="VicenteC" reply="145" id="2398109"] Quoting MagicwillNZ, reply 140 The generic version of this argument is "making subsystem X more complex will be more fun and interesting". We already had it with the economic system (and it seem
That is now my desktop background.
[quote who="Peace Phoenix" reply="137" id="2397743"] But if he dies only in a combat against another channeler? [/quote] That would be interesting way to do it. It definitely forces a player to use their sovereign in an interesting way... although if this is a late game thing the channeler who hoarded all their magic has a serious advantage in this department. Allow mundane forces to weaken said channeler before the other channeler comes in for the kill.
[quote who="Denryu" reply="133" id="2397436"] non-negotiable.[/quote] Well, I didn't say that the sovereign shouldn't die. I just think there's a much more creative and fun way to handle it.
I think everyone is concentrating way too much on gritty gameplay and not enough on awesomeness and fantasy. Frankly, if an epicly powerful being dies, of course there is a way to resurrect them. What slain sorcerer or demon or whatnot doesn't threaten the world beyond the grave? A pathetic one. The idea of a sovereign dying = end of game simply goes against a lot of high fantasy I've read. Even Gandalf "died" after his encounter with the Balrog and was given new lif
Fallout 3 is fun. I played Company of Heroes demo and it was fun, if a little too fast-paced for me.
[quote who="Thrawn2787" reply="12" id="2397275"] The idea sounds great by the way. I love Sins' cards, and since Elemental is supposed to have some trading card style to it (ingame) this will fit right in![/quote] "If you have any Stardock employees in your hand you may sacrifice them to play Frogboy"... how barbaric! :)
[quote who="Tormy-" reply="116" id="2396679"] Quoting MagicwillNZ, reply 115How about this: When a sovreign dies, only his physical form is destroyed. His spiritual essense is still floating around. In essence, the very nature of your sovreign changes he is killed to either: Option A: Some kind of ghostly form. Option B: Some kind of ambient spirit. So he is no longer manifested as a unit in the game, but rather as a force. The dead sovreign will be cripp
How about this: When a sovereign dies, only his physical form is destroyed. His spiritual essense is still floating around. In essence, the very nature of your sovereign changes he is killed to either: Option A: Some kind of ghostly form. Option B: Some kind of ambient spirit. So he is no longer manifested as a unit in the game, but rather as a force. The dead sovereign will be crippled and not have nearly the flexibility of a living sovereign, giving players an incent
Yeah, the search utility kinda sucks. Typing in "Shadow" will bring up STALKER, but not "S.T.A.L.K.E.R". I had a hard time bring up search since they've changed Impulse. It'd be nice to have a more accessible and robust search engine, although for me the catalogue works just fine.
"C" seems like the most sensible solution.
I figured it out. I was right clicking on the quickstart icon to set preferences, when I actually needed to go into impulse click on the doohicky in the top left corner. So it was my fault. Thanks anyway!
[quote who="arunodayt" reply="4" id="2394463"]If you didn't pre-order within the deadline, you can't get into Beta 1. You will have Beta 2, though, when it's out. And as Frogboy himself said, it won't have bugs that make your hard-drive crash or install rootkits on your system. he was joking, of course [/quote] I know that. I preordered a long time ago. Thing is, I can run it on my laptop, but my desktop computer no. I also remembered to register it. Is there only lim
I have the same issue, but my alpha/pre-release button is on. I assumed there was some sort of activation limit. Is there some reason why I wouldn't have Elemental?
[quote who="Zakath" reply="29" id="2380416"]if anything it might make people take note of the mountain and maybe even visit or join the order [/quote] "Wow, didja guys know you are a totally evil faction in Elemental: War of Magic! Can I join you?"
[quote]Computer games aren't common, but if they are played I'm sure they are played more based on how fun they are rather than any worry about 'evil' influence.[/quote] I knew at least one Buddhist monk who plays Age of Empires. I don't know quite how that works out.