killer105

Holy crap. I had no idea they could get that high. I've had them average out around 50 with one offspring having 65. Obviously I am marrying into the wrong bloodline!

Interesting read, thanks! This time around, however, some industrious individual(s) could make a MoM mod. Thus, hopefully, eliminating the need to push for a whole-MoM remake.

Wow. This is some nice stuff you've done here. Thanks! [e digicons]:)[/e]

1: AI 2: Performance 3: Diversity in spells or perhaps expanded spells to create more variety be that global or simply within your own kingdom. (I hate to bring up MoM, because that has been done to death, however it did global enchantments really well. From beneficial spells to detrimental ones and the ability to dispel enemy enchantments.)

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="53" id="2744396"] Quoting surlybob, reply 30Hit f5 more often. They only leave the posts of complainers when they are poorly argued. Anyone who makes really good points gets modded. Heck, I might even get modded just for saying this, and I'm a total fanboy. The best thing about a conspiracy theories is that the nutjobs find a complete lack of evidence to be the most convincing evidence.[/quote] Ouch. I'll have to remembe

[quote who="pad152" reply="135" id="2744088"]This forum really needs is an ignore button to cut down on the noise and noise makers! [/quote] I think that could be said about any forum. Some folks have valid points here, but you're always going to run into a few trolls.

[quote who="Xan" reply="22" id="2744188"]Nick, do you ever get tired of being a dick? Seriously? Every post by you screams "sad sack". Shame on you for constantly wasting our time having to read your drivelings. Go away. A lot of us love the game as-is. New features and updates are exciting. Quit shoving your gdamn pretentious crap into every thread, nick. [/quote] Don't feed the trolls. They just want our attention and its o

[e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] This candor on a public forum is what separates Stardock from other publishers who would rather hide their head in the sand when it comes to complaints (both valid and trolls). I've enjoyed Elemental in spite of the bugs and I'm sure I'll like it even more when they are gone.

I loved MoM... still do. I got it on the day it released, but do you remember what a buggy mass of potential it was? Even after it was patched some problems persisted and the AI never really had any teeth. I'll probably still be playing it periodically ten years from now, but despite its vaunted status it still had issues. Although, it never got old building up a mighty champion who could smash whole armies and conquer cities all by himself whil

[quote who="Corbeaubm" reply="21" id="2740507"]Yeah, review sites are generally trash and/or whores to industry. The only sources I can trust anymore are individual gamers with whom I share preferences. Otherwise, I have to just try things out myself. [/quote] This. You're pretty much on your own in finding credible information. There's also that double standard where you can trash the little guys, but if some big company do

This is a good thing. These companies paid for exclusive content, which means Stardock gets more money (right?). More money means more incentive for development on Elemental and beyond. What is the downside?

I figure when its ready you'll see an official post about it and then a hundred more in the general forums.

[quote who="MxM111" reply="30" id="2720862"]In my experience, most of the games uses additive percentages, and most of the game specifically say so. [/quote] This is completely off topic. It isn't a place to express your angst, there are plenty of other threads for that. I rather thought the point was a centralized location for all reviews about the game.

I don't really read reviews. I haven't since the early 90s with any regularity. I found too often that I enjoyed a game with low ratings on reviews or on a few occasions didn't like a game with GotY scores. It doesn't mean the reviewers are wrong, but they were obviously not looking at the same qualities I look for in a game. For instance trying to find a reviewer talking about the AI in SC2 for more than one sentence was near impossible. I'm not

Wow, that is incredibly inconsiderate to break a release date. It is unfortunate you have to put up with crap like that just because you are an indie company. I can only imagine what would happen to the store that broke a street date for something like SC2. Bliz might just devour them whole. [quote who="Twohawks" reply="19" id="2720122"] I'm only surprised that it hasn't been Game Stop. Hey I resent that I work a

What about a time limit on tactical battles like Sword of the Stars? I know SotS was designed with a time limit in mind so it may not be feasible in Elemental, but any battle that ran over the time limit was fought in the next turn. Players who had the technology could watch allied or nearby battles, too. It kept the turns moving quickly and yet never forced anyone to go with the somewhat questionable auto-resolve unless the outcome was clear. I

[quote who="Anubis208-RG" reply="331" id="2715577"]You know, this is like the complete opposite argument that was made against sins....Back then everyone was raging because "oh no! there's no campaign mode! Stardock should focus more on the single player experience!" Well, guess what, now we have a campaign......[/quote] People like to complain for the sake of complaining. It is kind of sad, but hey, it is their loss. I'll be enjoying Elemental enough

Looks awesome! I cannot wait to play.

[quote who="Tridus" reply="278" id="2715095"] Quoting killer105, reply 276 This is why most other companies do not have this level of public participation. They don't want to be heckled by someone pointing out an idea earlier in the development of the game and taking that as commandments written in stone. What is written in a development journal are not promises of what will be and assuming they are is silly. It is unfortunate you are upset, but perhaps in the

[quote who="Tridus" reply="268" id="2715084"] Quoting StormbringerGT, reply 266 I bought it before beta 1, back when MP was going to have custom servers, modding, and various play modes. Thousands of people who want a SP only game are going to be happy I'm sure. I'm not one of them, and at the moment I care about me because those people are getting what they paid for and I don't believe I am. It's hard to call what they're offering in MP support "finished" in any way, an

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="219" id="2714843"] Quoting killer105, reply 210 I guess they still think LAN = IPX. Honestly I'd like to meet the LAN party that sets up in a cave. The acoustics must be awesome, but I wouldn't really return to a meet location that didn't have internet. LAN gaming is about reducing as many problematic variables as possible to provide improved performance, stability and communi

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="216" id="2714833"] Quoting killer105, reply 213 They were pretty upfront about this being single player first. Just look at the time multiplayer got in the beta compared to balancing single player. It isn't that big of a stretch for that to suggest where their focus is. Besides, if you are a mostly multiplayer game you don't really need to focus on the AI as much as have been done. I don'

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="214" id="2714826"] Quoting killer105, reply 203 That is what a demo is for, to allow people on the fence to decide. It is also obviously unreasonable for you to purchase a game once and then hand it out to as many friends as you like. Come on, you're starting to sound like a pirate who is angry he won't be able to play multiplayer with his friends. You won't gain any sympathy for the pirate vote here, unless

[quote who="Thizzbaby" reply="208" id="2714811"]FiringSquad: Can you play multiplayer on LAN? Brad Wardell: Elemental requires you still have internet access; you do have to have an account [and sign in] to play multiplayer. The way it works, almost as an anti-cheat mode – unless you set up your own custom servers, which I guess you could for LAN, but I don’t know if that’ll be available on Day 0 or not. Effectively, all the data comes from the servers, so someon

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="207" id="2714810"] All that said, I would love to be able to play on LAN eventually. I've got a great setup to do so. I guess I don't understand the passion that you guys are showing for a feature that is relatively minor to the game. I understand that it is not minor to you, but in the grand scheme of the game, it is not a critical feature. ::shrug:: Yes, they have. But let's get this straight.