I happened to stumble on to this update after a few months of not looking at the site. Here are my thoughts: Like many people, I was extremely excited when Elementals was first announced and, like many people, I was completely aghast at the final product. I had basically given up on Stardock as a company after that disaster, but this post gives me a lot of hope. I'm looking forward to seeing how FE turns out. Also, I'm *very* happy to hear that multiplayer will be in.
Zardus
First thing I did in the game was change the resolution to fit my laptop screen. There wasn't an apply button and there was no feedback on clicking back to the main menu. A restart of the game did pick up the settings, but the lack of feedback was a bit weird... Also, setting the resolution to "Custom" doesn't seem meaningful in fullscreen mode and there's no feedback given on that either. Not sure if this should go under another post...
Haha! I can't believe I missed that. I even double-checked after I started writing my post. I blame the PAX Swine Flu, which I was lucky enough to contract :-) That's amazing news, though. This whole thing here keeps getting better and better!
I heard at the PAX presentation (and on a dev post earlier this year, I think) that Stardock is going to host all multiplayer games for EWOM, partially due to the fiasco with Demigod earlier this year. However, there appears to still be some question about whether this is for all online games or for all multiplayer period (ie, essentially meaning no LAN play). Which is it? Could (or has) anyone from Stardock comment? While few things (not including this) could dissuade me from buying