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Perhaps a more economic method should be made available. I think I vaguely recall the Alchemists Lab name being taken already, but the old premise of Alchemy was to turn things to gold from lesser invaluable things. Maybe we should make a building that converts x gold to y metal, noting that the ratio should be off a fair amount, reverse the order so to speak since "Gold" is the purest element it can be transformed into Iron. Just some thoughts on the AI M

Oh lord this looks good, you guys are doing a fantastic job. Only 2 more exams then I can indulge in the mystical whims of Elemental [e digicons]:D[/e]

Alright cfehunter, I essentially agree on that. I moreso talk about the epic-level spells in my post later on. I like the ideas you have, in terms of balance and control of magic by the channelers- and your "classical" seperation of the elements into magic. I hope they aren't too focused, each element should have a way to damage troops in some form and buff/alter city output. An earth enchantment would be the typical natures bounty-a wind enchantment could bring increased trade-etc. etc

THIS. I'll come out of my posting slumber to say; THIS. I don't want to have to alt-tab and risk a crash to go find which tech does what! It really REALLY needs to be cleaned up. Please and thanks! *Back to exams*

I have a few problems with this post I suppose, i'm not an expert on game design nor do I know the answer to everything... I understand the dislike of tedium in these games to alot of players, while you may not enjoy giving your people a +1 enchantment to food production to me it makes me feel like an apocalyptic leader. What you call "mechanics" are all part of running your empire-People need to eat and with your magic you can infuse these plants and crops to go faster. <br /

Woot! Good for you guys! so happy to see sales are going up because I don't want to let Elemental not live up to what I know it can be. In terms of Diplomatic features-Personality, and more diplomacy between AI's themselves.

Awesome! I'm excited for the new AI and these monsters grouping together. I think that's a badass trait-As civilizations get more complex-So do thugs, crime rings and all that. They band together-Tame some animals-You know barbarians and all that. I also like the fact of an intelligent creature being able to lead them! Keep improving on this, looking forward to more AI updates soon.

Yah absolutely fantastic! Glad you guys are puttering away at it. Looking forward to better AI, and of course the expansions! Goodwork Frogboy and the rest of stardock :D

I only have two right now, not sure if these are resolved--Havn't had time to try the new build since finals are coming around. 1) Saying-WE SHOULD TRADE-Then not accepting any offer or any possible trade-at all 2) Saying-OUR CHILDREN SHOULD MARRY-Then refusing all marriage proposals. I love the dynasty/diplomacy-A.I...Just needs a bit of work!

[quote who="Tridus" reply="10" id="2821919"] Quoting Derek Paxton, reply 9 Attack and damage absorb is similar but instead of comparing the numbers and the highest wins the amount of damage absorb (ie: defense) is subtracted from the attack. So if I have an attack of 20 then I will do 1-20 points of damage. If you have a Defense of 7 then you will ignore 1-7 points of that damage. Im not looking at the code right now, there may be another adjustmen

Thanks Frogboy for reminding me why I love stardock. A few things I was curious about.. Champions: Can you choose "abilities" when they get upgraded? I.E Does a high level merchant generate more gold then a low level merchant? I would love to see something of this implemented, or maybe their "occupations' are modified by a stat. Merchants generate more gold with a higher charisma, lore masters generate with more wisdom/intelligence... I don't know, that or that they get

Very much so enjoy the cloth map, really enjoy the empire building. The overall feel of the game is lovely, it has everything a good 4X should. Expand, Exterminate, yatta yatta :) Research trees are massive and in depth, and even if you finish a branch you can keep researching for cumulative benefits (MOAR OF THESE!) Dynasties are an absolutely unique feature (So i've found) and I hope they keep getting more support. Also-Magic is lovely. Nothing like having a giant ice golem slammin

Yah thanks alot for taking the time and coming to have a chat with the few of us who are meandering around the forums. :) You guys have a great game here, very excited to see where it goes. I think i'll enjoy the new magic system, it's nice to have modifiers effected by stats but it's hard to balance that way, if you have it so spells are unlocked at x intelligence it's much easier. And yay population is important! Good work Toby and keep it up! Take care.

Hey Toby, wonderful news you have going there. I bought elemental even after reading the reviews because I love Stardock as a game developer and wish for them to continue producing wonderful games! I do have a question though, I was wondering when the faction creator would get some love, customizability is my favourite part of any game... With Elemental I currently feel that you guys skimmed over it, the colors dont display anywhere, have nondescript names, and you can have p

Any news on fixing the faction creator? I'd like to actually see the colors pop up on the civilian model and the building behind him working... My favourite thing in these types of games is creating a custom faction. Keep up the good work!

@Frogboy-Any news on balancing champions in melee combat? It'd be neat if they had a chance to withdraw in combat after taking severe damage. As of now a high level melee hero won't stand up to a squad of people. Too scared too be one hit after all that investment. Keep up the good work :) Very excited for expansions.

Great potential update, after I bought the game, I realized how useless population was and it didn't feel right at all. This is a much better and more intuitive system, great work! Keep the updates coming, and i'll keep buying new products like a good happy consumer. :D

Are we getting any changes to champions? I'd like to be able to use my champions in melee without being one hitted by an enemy of similar strength.

Has anyone heard any news in bettering heroes for actual combat? I hate having a high level hero sit in the back during actual warfare, afraid he'll get one hit. Also, are heroes that level up going to get a selection of new abilities? I say a very high level merchant should generate quite a bit of gold, maybe even that of a gold mine. Like everytime you level you can choose to level up your talent or take another, say a hero that generates 1 point of both tech/gold/arca

:s I'm pretty sure I played it today and it crashed?... Oh well, as long as it's getting fixed soon.

As stated above, this ability is consistantly crashing the game. *Sigh* Shall wait for bug fix.

[quote who="jutetrea" reply="24" id="2778718"]Argh. I'm not really liking the entire idea at all. Shards should be special! Have faction buildings give +1 mana, make shards necessary for something else. I'm still disappointed we went away from requiring shards to cast spells. Lvl 1, no shard needed. Lvl 2 shard needed, lvl...5 say, 2 shards needed. Or make tiered spells - flame spell, if no shard - direct damage, if 1 sha

Can anyone help? Sorry for self bump.

Well thank you for helping me. That is a pissoff, I hope they fix that soon! Because that makes no sense lol. So darklings you have to be fallen as well?