[quote who="unacomn" reply="5" id="2887889"]Out of curiosity, to what extent can virtual memory be used to compensate for a lack of RAM?[/quote] Virtual memory is your hard drive, so basically it's a performance killer. You'll get optimum performance if everything is stored in system RAM.
[quote who="SilverInfinity" reply="18" id="2887449"]In all the years I have been using Stardock, I was never knew about this link.[/quote] Yeah, they don't exactly go out of their way to advertise it. I only know about because it was mentioned in the forums (sort of like my post above).
Why should you buy it now? Because it's a fun game with a very bright future.
[quote who="UmbralAngel" reply="15" id="2885822"]Any system that uses a serial key is DRM as far as I am concerned... same for any other kind of authentication/activation.[/quote] You do know what DRM is, don't you? Take your Elemental disk and install it on as many computers as you want. You won't have to register or activate a single copy because there is no DRM. Alternatively, go to Anywhere.ImpulseDriven.com and download
[quote quoting="post"]And yes, I’ll be over on Friday to debate the nature of the dark side of the force following the next Clone Wars episode.[/quote] This is awesome.
[quote who="Victor5" reply="10" id="2883983"]Before you 'lol' too hard over this -- you're missing the point. I (among others) want to take part, but not all of us are lucky enough to have constant access to an internet connection.[/quote] In which case your system does not meet the minimum requirements for the beta. It's as simple as that.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="128" id="2881012"]The community here is fantastic. I know it's one of the things people I know from "the industry" comment on regularly. I remember last GDC talking to some guys at another studio and we were trying to theorize why the Stardock community forums are so much better to participate on than the typical one.[/quote] I think it's largely because you and others from Stardock regularly participate in forum discussions instead of leaving it to "
[quote who="NoobFukaire" reply="99" id="2880689"]They did Demigod's networking... guess which part was a massive failure?[/quote] A lot of that is because they weren't planning on the obscene number of pirates trying to dial into the system (early estimates said that only around 12% of online users were legitimate customers).
[quote who="Werewindlefr" reply="68" id="2880461"]I define an RPG as a game with choices which have moderate-to-extensive consequences on the plot and/or setting* (including NPCs) and its (/their) reaction towards the character you play. Character sheet is one of the places where those choices are made, especially if it's more than just choosing combat talents (see: fallout 1/2/NV's special and how it affects some of the quest outcomes and solving possibilities). But it shouldn't be limited t
[quote who="Xanderful" reply="44" id="2880322"]I have to be honest and pirated your first version of Elemental, because i was scared to pay for it (dont like to pay 50 dollars for any game). I played it for an hour and did not play it again. But I kept up with the updates you posted and noticed all of the improvements and decided to pay for it in January with your 20% discount for the survey.[/quote] You should have paid full price seeing how you acquired the game when it was still se
[quote quoting="post"]The effect of this is that we’ll eventually have War of Magic, Fallen Enchantress and . This isn’t really very different than what we did with Galactic Civilizations II with the exception of the intention to have them be stand-alone and thus allowing the separate entities to continue to be potentially developed on their own path based on what players ask for.[/quote] This worries me slightly because I'm concern
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="3" id="2866160"]Please make Janusk a variable gender, to the opposite of the player's sovereign gender! If Janusk always spawns, its a great boon to female sovereigns as they can marry him very quickly. If the player plays a male sovereign, Janusk should be female.[/quote] Either that or make Janusk a confirmed bachelor so that neither gender has the advantage of acquiring a spouse right off the bat. [b]Edit:[/b] Oh, jeez, didn't realize this thr
[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="26" id="2873117"]What's a mock review? You can pay freelance reviewers to do a write up of a build to get a better view of how someone not used to the game will view it...one of the many practices we'll be using this point forward[/quote] Ha ha, so now we can honestly say that Stardock pays off reviewers. [e classic]:D[/e]
[quote who="Freebird1956" reply="4" id="2872646"]Thats all fine and dandy. But, it doesn`t change a thing.[/quote] You're right that it doesn't change the past, but it is interesting to get an inside glimpse into why things can go so horribly wrong for a development studio. It's also instructive from the standpoint that those who don't learn from their mistakes will repeat them, and we can see that Stardock [i]has[/i] learned from their mistakes and [i]will not[/i] be repea
I suppose it would be embarrassing to admit that I actually failed the quicktime event the first time.
[quote quoting="post"]this post is going to sound like a rant[/quote] You got that right.
[quote quoting="post"]there was an even more humorous (relative to the "game" above) comment about it that turned into hilarity here (for some reason i felt inclined to watch it like 4 times in a row): http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/558516[/quote] That was truly epic. I want to see more dramatizations of posts.
[quote who="Sythion" reply="50" id="2868982"]From a gameplay perspective, yes. Every aspect of the game is pretty much an exploit that guarantees a win, so there's no actual gameplay. Hence, it is unplayable from a gameplay perspective.[/quote] Oh, give me a break. Granted, Elemental has its problems, but it's not even close to what you describe, and this kind of gross exaggeration really doesn't give anybody a compelling reason to take your criticisms seriously.
[quote who="Sythion" reply="32" id="2868392"]...we have a game that is still completely unplayable from a gameplay perspective half a year after release.[/quote] Completely unplayable? Seriously?
[quote who="tetleytea" reply="22" id="2867358"]I had a developer take my suggestion once and it worked wonderfully. It was a role playing game, and I suggested that he implement a drunken sword. It's a magical sword whose bonuses get better and better as you get more drunk. So basically you're supposed to chug down lots of beer and then go kill monsters. The developer was like, "Hey! That's a good idea!" and he did it. It worked out great.[/quote] I
It's not that the fans ask for too much but that everybody with a suggestion seems to assume that he's smarter than Stardock's team of seasoned game developers (and it's not just here; [i]every[/i] official game forum seems to suffer from this). The two responses you see most often from the Stardock crew are "Here's why that idea won't work" and "We're already in the process of implementing that or a similar idea." I have [i]never[/i] seen a developer respond with "What a great id
Yeah, that was another rant alright. At least the thread title was accurate.
Exploits against the AI in single player aren't a big deal, really, because there's no rule that says you have to use them. Yes, it would be nice to see the AI be able to defend itself against wildly unconventional tactics, but it's not a priority.
[quote who="IBNobody" reply="4" id="2866186"]So..... Are we not getting our 2 free EWOM expansions any longer, or will these "expansions" be superficial?[/quote] Fallen Enchantress [i]is[/i] the expansion. Now how you could complain about getting that plus one more for free I really don't know.
So here's my question: Will we be able to uninstall War of Magic once we have Fallen Enchantress installed?