Cruxador

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="12" id="2866726"] And its not false for practical purposes. Name one game that had a plethora of customization options that is balanced and cannot be min maxed in some way?[/quote]The fact that a goal is not ultimately attainable does not mean that we should act as though the entire concept is an impossibility. Consider, if you will, the latest two iterations of D&D. Both can do just about all of the same things (although 3.5 is bad for more than a few ty

[quote who="Derek Paxton" reply="10" id="2866709"]Caravans are an interesting point. They just got nerfed significantly in 1.1 but we may need to think about adjusting the system so they are worthwile but don't encourage city spam so heavily.[/quote]The solution that seems (to me) to present itself from Corbeaubm's strategy is to make the cash provided by a caravan equal to some portion of the total cash provided by its home city.

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="8" id="2866702"]Balance is thrown out the door when you include customization. ... You can NEVER provide a large amount of customization options while maintaining balance.[/quote]This is false for all practical purposes. The fact that it is difficult does not mean it is impossible. Furthermore, even if you consider it to be ultimately impossible, striving for an unattainable perfection nonetheless can make the game better, so complaining about this is unfounded.</

I'm glad you're enjoying it. It does have a lot going for it. Most of that stuff could use a bit more to it but... Well, with two or three expansions, it could easily be the Holy Grail of fantasy strategy gaming.

[quote who="Thormodr" reply="14" id="2866605"] I like that. I was on a hockey forum that did that. It had an auto censor that filtered out the swear words. For example: cock = jeffery fuck = indoor sporting event shit = folder It was actually quite amusing to see Alfred Hitchcock come out as Alfred Hitchjeffery or fucking shit coming out as indoor sporting eventing folder. You could stil

This is not nearly so clever as I suspect you feel it is. It is rather petty.

[quote who="Ratatosk7" reply="35" id="2866612"] Quoting Wintersong, reply 32 Quoting Fistalis, reply 30 18. Custom sovereign starting appearance is randomized (so you don't start with the same model every time). I don't get this. Whats the point of customizing your appearance if it changes everytime..They mean the Sovereign creator, when you enter it and start browsing the different races. Seems a bit strange still... <br

[quote who="Lothos" reply="103" id="2866597"] THanks for the first part, for the second part I hate Serah Palin and never voted for her. For people making comments about tax payers dollars being wasted etc... it depends on your point of view but yes I really did do it over the copy protection that was placed into Empire At War due to the fact it would not let me run a Microsoft product called Process Explorer. Securom decided that this product was not acceptable to them and I had to remo

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="10" id="2866595"] Ah yes.. we should censor people so that lazy parents don't have to pay attention to what their kids are reading. Not like there are millions of porn sites, vulgar videos on you tube, cursing on television, etc etc etc(seriously one could go on all day with things that parents might not like their kids to see, hear or experience that kids can easily access if parents aren't actually.. you know parenting) that are easily accessed by kids..the

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="3" id="2866563"]Fuck that shit. Don't need a thought police.[/quote]While I agree with this sentiment, there is no need to be so discourteous as to use profanity in a thread about limiting profanity; OP is clearly uncomfortable with it.

[quote quoting="post"]Seriously guys, this forum is one of the best forums I've seen because the developers, especially Frogboy, do listen to us gamers and are sincere. The problem is that I can't look at a thread without eventually hearing someone swearing or yelling profanities just for the fun of it. Other people might be amused, but it gets old really quick.[/quote]You misunderstand the nature of what you discuss. People do not generally use profanity because they are angry or

There ought to be more stuff done here, I think. I don't know about right now, though. In Fallen Enchantress, it is implied champions will get equipment from quests and dungeons much more frequently. Then it will be appropriate to change this. I feel that gold should remain the primary currency for actual purchasing, but the most powerful manufacturable items still should have some other sort of limiter.

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="82" id="2866488"] Quoting Cruxador, reply 79 Quoting Lord Xia, reply 77 I think making FE a new game is a great idea. A lot of the problems of War were so fundamental, that they were already having to make a new game. So, why not make it stand alone, give it to the people who were going to get the expansion, and then continue to patch and polish War? Then I have two games! No, wait...I get three games becaus

I like these images and would probably use that wyrm image as my logon, except... the huge Elemental logo ruins it for me. If it was reduced to a little runner on the bottom, I'd go for it, but it seems horribly tasteless and low-class to have a big old advertisement on my computer like that. Even though I recommend Elemental to people all the time, so I suppose I get into the spirit of the thing anyway.

[quote who="DrAtomic1" reply="81" id="2866457"]You know... Reading this introduction made an idea scream in my head... It's most likely way over the top but man if you guys could pull that one off.... /dream mode on Make exploring a tactical 3D experience adding a whole new layer to the game like X-Com: UFO Defense had (has I guess)... /dream mode off[/quote]That sounds a lot like what they are doing, to me. What elements of that are you thinking they sho

Lots of great changes, and I can't wait to get to use them. One thing: [quote quoting="post"]17. Disabling Janusk advice does not disable his creation in the game.[/quote]This is cool and all, but can we get an additional option that does disable his creation?

[quote who="NorsemanViking" reply="7" id="2866402"] Quoting charon2112, reply 1Is that "unannounced project" going to be GalCiv3? Or perhaps Stardock is going to make it's own non space Civilization game? That would be awesome indeed![/quote]I don't see why they would. You can do more in a fictional setting, because if you want a gameplay element you can generally brainstorm a fluff justification for it. In a historical setting, you'd have to align it to something that ac

This does look pretty awesome. I'll give the demo a spin when I get some time. What is it exactly?

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="77" id="2866425"]I think making FE a new game is a great idea. A lot of the problems of War were so fundamental, that they were already having to make a new game. So, why not make it stand alone, give it to the people who were going to get the expansion, and then continue to patch and polish War? Then I have two games! No, wait...I get three games because there is a third Elemental coming too. I get those second ones for free, and the

[quote who="Alstein" reply="48" id="2865966"]Also , this game isn't going to do everything. I mean, you don't get a pony just for playing Elemental.[/quote]Frogboy has said that he wants Elemental to be the ultimate fantasy TBS game of its age. It may not do literally everything, but it's going to do a lot. And the basic framework for a lot is already present, it just needs more actual substance induced into the system. Hence, expansions.[quote]Some things are going to have to be left o

For people sad about Dynasty: this expansion is about things outside your kingdom. I very much suspect that the next one will be about things inside your kingdom, making city design more compelling (hopefully making it matter where you put buildings relative to each other) making the dynasty system matter, and making champions more unique, with personalities and dialogue. As well as something else big and fancy that we wouldn't think about from our current perspective. That's what I'm

[quote who="RenegadePeon" reply="4" id="2825683"]Stardock has a history of creating amazing games.[/quote]Stardock has a history of creating amazing single player games. It is not the best company around for a multiplayer experience.

[quote who="WhiteElk" reply="41" id="2865888"]^^^ And the cutoff date kept getting pushed back and back and back yet again!! And you can still get a fat discount if you preorder. Nothing lame about how this all went down. Stardocks gone long past the above and beyond point. There is nothing here to disparage them for.[/quote]You can always find something to disparage people for if you try hard enough.

INT is basically useless. CHA is good for a champion that'll be sitting in a city all the time, but if you want your sovereign to move about, its value drops. And you can drop it all the way down to 5 for no penalty; just a forfeiture of gain. That stuff can go into combat stats and useful traits. Also spell books. Personally, I find the Combat book to be pointless, and Enchantment to be pointless once you get a decent cashflow going (thus making Alchemy superfluous). Terraforming is not nece

Sounds like a lot of great stuff to me :) Does "an updated economic system" pertain to the entire resource system, or just to gold? Either way, I can't say I see the current economic system as particularly flawed - trade could be more than it is, sure, but the system as a whole is, at least in my mind, entirely adequate.