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You're essentially spending a faction point, of which you get at most 4, for a very low level tech and ripping yourself off in the process. It's by no means free. That one crappy low level technology has an opportunity cost based on all the other abilities you forgo to get it. What you're doing when you select Uneducated and Scholars is saying that no research penalty or bonus plus a bottom tier tech is the equivalent of a 10% research penalty and Tough, for e

[quote who="charon2112" reply="110" id="3271214"]Forgive my ignorance, but what's a stamp?[/quote] Stamps are pre-designed chunks of a map. Think of the Wildlands. The random map generator uses stamps to build the random map. So more stamps means you have more possible combinations for your random maps.

Brad said in another thread that the map pack would include new stamps ( link ). For all of you complaining that random maps are the only way to go, stamps add to the variation of random maps. Brad: I'd make sure that's clear when the DLC actually goes on sale. People need to know that the map pack benefits random maps as well.

Yup. As of an hour or two ago. Got it via SD central.

Dragonfly Bracers have no cost on the Sovereign creation screen.

I'm also interested in the map pack (provided the maps look like they're quality is worth $5). If the pack contains other stamps, that's even better.

[quote who="enoeraew37" reply="76" id="3270886"] Quoting Borg999, reply 76I prefer random maps. I'm not really interested in pre-fab ones. I would like to see a DLC with a monster, spell, or building pack. + this ..but fix the games bugs before you move on to xpacs and dlcs please. oh can we call it a new years update..since some people not mark xmas on their caladar[/quote] No, we can't. Christmas is a date on the calendar, whether you ce

[quote who="Valentine82" reply="13" id="3270356"] Quoting scifi1950, reply 12 Please see my response in your other Post to the location of Mods. Stardock does support Mods. Modders knew they were modding in a Beta and didn't complain so your comment about patches breaking Mods is pretty silly IMHO. Don't give me that BETA Excuse, the game was released as a full game, they charged a retail price, Blizzard didn't get away with that sht and Stardock s

[quote who="Phoon" reply="49" id="3269712"] I also "played" with Windows 8 several times and had the same opinions about it as you are expressing. Until I gave it a complete and fair workout though I did not appreciate it and see the benefits that it gives over 7. [/quote] This is the key. Windows 8 isn't just the same old next iteration of Windows where most of the big changes are under the surface. Windows 8 is, among other things, a whole

[quote who="kona0197" reply="27" id="3269606"] Yet it's a PITA to switch back to Metro when you want to start a new app. The traditional start menu is so much easier to use. [/quote] How so? You hit the win key. Bang, you're in Metro. You hit win key again, you go back to your last active program, which is usually desktop for me. You hit win key+D, you always go right to the desktop. Launching programs using Metro is significantly easier an

[quote who="seanw3" reply="10" id="3269384"] Yes. If you want to take my mod apart and find all the stuff you like, you can add it to your game. I would separate everything, but there is so much content it would take as long as it did to put it together. Honestly, my mod is superior in balance, depth, features. It's more challenging, but for the right reasons.[/quote] His mod is also humble. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

[quote who="Phoon" reply="15" id="3269482"]If you want to get in to the finer tweaks it still takes some knowledge. My point (as stated in another thread) and advise if you WANT to learn how to use it is do NOT use Start8. Spend the time with the UI and get to know it. In a short amount of time you will learn to navigate behind the scenes to get it configured like you want it. From there you just might find like I did that you are able to navigate around the OS faster than you could in Win7.

[quote who="enoeraew37" reply="38" id="3269474"]Where are you people finding extra heroes to leave in cities..In the games I've played I've been able to recruit 2-3 champs and I need them all exploring in the field[/quote] This is entirely dependent upon the settings you're playing with. Map size and hero density, specifically.

How much active time with the device is your review here based on? What's your typical use case on a tablet? What is your tablet of choice? Not trying to discredit anything you said. I'm just curious about the above questions as a matter of perspective on your thoughts on the device.

I've been using it since commercial release. For the first day I found Metro to be frustrating as hell. I nearly grabbed Start8 to get it to revert to something closer the Windows 7 layout but instead I decided I'd spend two weeks on vanilla Win8 and give it a chance. I guess I'm a power user. I spend a large amount of time on my dual-monitor desktop, some light coding, heavy use of keyboard shortcuts, etc. In the intervening time I&

[quote who="kona0197" reply="34" id="3267587"]So out of curiosity how do you switch between the before named Metro to the regular desktop on a default new installation?[/quote] Just hit the Windows key to go back to the Metro tiles. Hit WinKey+D to go to the desktop from anywhere. WinKey+W brings up the universal search.

[quote who="Darksomen" reply="81" id="3267205"]Good gosh now we have religious types forcing their disturbing views in games--is no place free from their oppression? I can see it now the fight in court the separation of Church and game. I am sorry OP but i really dislike religious people like you.[/quote] I'm one of those who think the OP's request is silly. But this is a bit of an overrea

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="47" id="3267074"]Just a reminder to everyone: Elemental, the world, is not Earth. There are no pigs, horses, or wolves on Elemental. We use these words to describe particular ecomorphs because they're familiar to us. [/quote] Are ecomorphs Kosher/Halal?

[quote who="GaelicVigil" reply="76" id="3266106"] Just an FYI, this doesn't work. Yeah, you get the little button to "Propose" to a champion, but it's extremely buggy, can't have children much less get a menu for it. So, yeah, all you guys suggesting this and that I should "trust" you were full of it.[/quote] At least one person in this thread has said that you can mod it back in but that it was buggy and incomplete. Stop being such

Sure there are ways of dealing with Juggernauts. Make sure you're in a position of strength vis-a-vis Yithril. That's the beauty of Juggernauts. They're a bitch to fight and you have to plan for how you're going to deal with them the moment you realize Yithril is nearby. If you could deal with them just like they were any other unit they wouldn't be special, now would they? They make you adapt what you're doing. That's w

Xia is right. The point isn't to nerf Juggernauts. It's to make every faction have a significant distinction. Factions are certainly more distinct than they were early in beta, but even now running into most factions doesn't change HOW you play the game. Your strategy doesn't have to adapt based on who you meet. Altar & Yithril, maybe Gilden? What factions actually cause you to rethink what you're doing when you meet them sp

I'll repost my point in the other thread. Nerfing juggernauts is a terrible idea: ----------- No, they're awesome as is. Yithril is one of the only factions that I care about when they're on the map. Yithril & their Juggernauts are an example of faction differentiation done right. You see white borders on the map and you think "Holy shit, that's a problem because they have these big insanely strong monsters that are going to kick my

No, they're awesome as is. Yithril is one of the only factions that I care about when they're on the map. Yithril & their Juggernauts are an example of faction differentiation done right. You see white borders on the map and you think "Holy shit, that's a problem because they have these big insanely strong monsters that are going to kick my ass". Juggernauts are Yithril's identity. People care. When people see Pariden, they don't c

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="37" id="3265895"] Quoting Okimosy, reply 34#2. What is this defence stance? A shield icon over the units in tactical? What it provides and how to activate it? I`m quite new to the game, so i`m unaware of some things. If your units does nothing but move during its turn, it is considered to be defending. This grants it a +5 bonus to defense. You can increase the bonus further by using shields and getting certain traits. [/quote] An easy

There used to be no division. It was one of the driving factors that lead to heroes being absolutely godlike. Hell, not godlike. They were gods. Stack up a few heroes and go to town. Nothing stood in your way. The division of XP is a nice mechanic to spur player thought about party composition. The problem, as StevenAus pointed out is that the mechanic is largely hidden and therefore never enters most players' minds.