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[quote who="Nesrie" reply="236" id="2872191"]It's interesting that you are assigning value to products that aren't even released yet. I don't agree with your conclusions, but I see where you are coming from.[/quote] If you're replying to me, the values I used were just the middle values between expansion pack and new game, which seems to be where the expansions are going to fall. And to my larger point, the values are irrelevant. They could sell for $10 or $15 api

[quote who="Jon Shafer" reply="7" id="2872099"]Well, think of it this way - the time Derek saves by not posting is time he can instead spend making the game better. It's not like he's sipping martinis on the beach or anything. That's my job. Jon[/quote] You can just admit that there's a tiki bar inside the building where you all sit in the sand with umbrella drinks while watching internal beta testers play the flawless version of EWOM that you're withholding just to be crue

[quote who="enoeraew37" reply="234" id="2872137"]RE: Kantok #232 who am i(we) ? I'm a customer who is supposedly covered by the Gamers bill of rights - at least in regard to STardock products. I'm not say Shafer has to do anything. He's obviously already made his choice to remain silent. Stardock has made their choice too by hiring him with zero transparency on the matter so the next time Frogboy posts a rant about how "for the people" Stardock at least will all know its

[quote who="enoeraew37" reply="215" id="2869797"]When did the gaming industry start following Kindergarten rules ? We should embrace him because he "tried" hard ? Did the "best" he could ? You dont know that. Jon has been silent and sheltered by Frogboy and Stardock. The story is a bit misty atm. Wheres the transparency Brad ? Regardless of what you thought of CiV Shafer stayed on while decisions were made that violate the GBoA. He didnt quit, he didnt speak out and he did what was

[quote quoting="post"] Oh, what is the world comming to...? Where are the games like Master of Magic, or Master of Orion II, or even Alpha Centauri? I do not know if anyone rememebrs my review of Civilization V... I was bitching so much that some people accused me of being a Stardock employee... [/quote] Not that I disagree with the rest of your (unquoted) comments, because I think they're generally on target, but I absolutely love every time I see some s

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="175" id="2871233"]What's Game 2? Is that Jon's game? What is it? What? Huh? So, what is it? Tell me now, please? Please? Now? PLEASE? NOW? PLEASE! NOW! NOW! At least tell me what kind of game it is? 4x turn based? Fantasy, Sci-Fi? Come on![/quote] Haven't they already hinted/mentioned that the next planned game was an RPG of some sort b

[quote who="GhostMatter" reply="133" id="2867391"]I'm still sure not sure what to think of this. I won't judge until I see the details. I thought Elemental was going to become the game it was supposed to be at released WITHOUT an expansion...[/quote] So if they took the name of the new game away and just released the exact same changes and content as a series of patches, you'd have no problem?

[quote who="Mystikmind" reply="2" id="2866759"]The big problem for me having played the game over a number of updates is described most suitably by the saying 'whack a mole'. The mole represents things that i like and dislike about the game and Stardock tromp around whacking some things i dislike but also whack some things that i do like, then new things that i like and dislike pop up and so on and so fourth. If only they could whack j

What we need is the posting version of the bartender from Boondock Saints.

[quote who="Victor5" reply="84" id="2866465"] Quoting Wizaerd, reply 74I still dont quite get why it has to be a new game... I dont want to have to choose to play either EWoM or FE, I want to play EWoM with FE content, as an actual expansion. I dont care if it's free or not, that isn't the point. Quoting Coby90, reply 75Yep, I feel the same way. Same here.[/quote] How do you know you won't be able to? FE i

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="73" id="2866397"]So...when do I get my pony? Brad? Pony? PONY![/quote] Call the Maryland State Attorney General's office.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="62" id="2866350"] You get Fallen Enchantress for free. And if you were one of the first purchasers, you get the next one free too.[/quote] Does this mean I have to stop calling the Maryland State Attorney General over and over now? I was having fun...

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="10" id="2863911"]Did you set your opponent's difficulty to novice? Some people set the world to novice thinking this affects the difficulty of the computer players.[/quote] This really is something that needs to be more intuitive and/or obvious.

[quote who="DariasDruss" reply="7" id="2863784"]They could have just made a program that would have automatically sent the crashlog to a certain area. Anyway this game should be getting fixed up by now. Has been released for 5 months.[/quote] A terribly insightful addition to a thread about generating and uploading crash logs.

Welcome and good luck. I hope your skin is as thick as the rest of the Stardock team.

[quote who="Mandelik" reply="12" id="2855147"] quoting postSo, the year is 2012, and the final expansion pack has just been released and reviewed. The following were the points made by the reviewers to illustrate what has made this game an all-time classic. ... You know what is sad? It's that, for the final expansion, all the things that you list should have already been in the release version. We have cut Stardock a lot of slack already during alpha beta

Most of what you posted is pretty common (but very good!) thought about where the game needs to go. I'd like to see more discussion on the depth of tactical battles (aside from the the combat stats discussion, which has also been pretty thoroughly discussed). I know it is scheduled for a complete overhaul, but I am anxious to hear the details. Tactical battle maps should be obviously tied to the strategic map. Sieges and combat within the city should h

Merry Christmas

[quote who="Sythion" reply="59" id="2853295"] To call games like SC2 and Civ5 disappointing is just a pathetic attempt to fight off a perceived enemy. These games are some of the best released this year, and both are winning/nominated for many awards. They might not be as impactful of their predecessors, but they are universally considered great games. And before you say how dumb reviewers are, consider who has a better and more objective perspective. It's not you.[/quote] I'm no

I think some people are confusing "Which game was less finished" with "which game is more disappointing" when comparing Civ V and Elemental. Elemental was obviously less finished. I don't think a single Stardock employee would disagree with that statement. The problem is that Civ V was finished (with bad AI) coupled with the fact that Civ V has the legacy of some of the best computer games ever to live up to. Is it unfair to hold them up to Ci

Not sure if this has been posted or not. Search wasn't working today. Trying to click auto explore on a unit that already has move orders does nothing. No feedback, but auto explore isn't engaged either. Seems like the player should either be given a warning that "this action cancels the unit's current orders" with an option box to continue or cancel or that the game should just assume that clicking auto explore isn't an accident and go ahead and cancel the current o

[quote who="cfehunter" reply="27" id="2850730"] Back on topic: Civ V was a let down but that will hopefully be fixed as time goes on, don't forget that Civ IV without the massive ammount of patches and 2 expansions isn't that great either. [/quote] Civ V may be patched up to the point where it is a classic yet too (though I'm doubtful). But as far as letdowns go, Civ V as released was huge. I've

[quote who="Scritty" reply="17" id="2850626"]What is it about Civ 5 you don't like. I've been playing since Civilization (on the Amiga) and I love 5. Is it the stacking issue? Love to know why people don't like it. I think it's the second best Civ ever (after 2) 4 was the weakest IMO Scritty[/quote] Loved 2. Loved 4. Been playing since the original. Not sure if I gave up more of my life to 2 or 4.

I don't see how Civ V doesn't run away with this award. Patched up Civ IV is arguably the best game of all time. Civ V had massive expectations and it's terrible. My disappointment with Elemental pales compared to my disappointment with Civ V.

[quote who="dawgs4ever" reply="77" id="2849442"] Do you expect to have to test all the games you buy, or do you just give Stardock a pass? Honestly, having bought this game when it first came out, there's no way in heck we should still have to be submitting our debug files to clean up crashes. My crashes were becoming less common before the 1.1 betas started and then it has picked up again. Still getting crashes with 1.1. I have a fairly new computer with up