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[quote who="Black-Knight" reply="54" id="2819966"]Strategy games and wargames don't need square tiles anymore nor they need hexes, we could have circles and distances now. All those absurdities are the result of an obsolete way of thinking. But that doesn't mean you aren't doing a good job.[/quote] Hexes are nice because they break the distances up into units that are easy for a player to follow at a glance. If you have an archer that can shoot 11 metres, what does that mea

[quote who="rossanderson48" reply="121" id="2819957"] This is why they MUST NOT BALANCE this game for multiplayer as it will RUIN the single player game. Brad has already stated many times that nothing will be sacrificed in the single player game for the multiplayer game and I just hope he didn't lie about that. I'm all for OVERPOWERED AI by LEVELS of DIFFICULTY like Galactic Civilization II. That is one of the best games with the best AI I've ever played. I like the challenge

[quote who="charon2112" reply="7" id="2819878"]one question: does anyone who isn't a pirate ever ask the OP's two questions?[/quote] Probably, though it's hard to tell which is which sometimes.

If you use an edit button from earlier on the page, then just change the post number in the URL manually to the one in the URL for the "Reply #X" direct link, you can still get to the edit page. :) Like this: https://forums.elementalgame.com/reply/edit/2819697

[quote who="CariElf" reply="14" id="2819615"] Interesting. We've been calling it ZOC at least since GalCiv2, possibly GalCiv1. [/quote] You can get away with it since AFAIK none of those games have a millitary related Zone of Control mechanic. :) But they're right, ZoC commonly refers to units or buildings that exert control on adjacent territory. What that control does depends on the game, but I've seen stuff like being able to take a free attack when other un

The Zone of Influence (which should really be called a Sphere of Influence even though it's not a sphere) is there primarily to determine who gets the benefit of resources. Plus it's cool to see your empire's borders expanding across the map. Zone of Control is a separate thing as others have pointed out, and it's not in the game right now.

[quote who="MrShaw" reply="2" id="2819712"]Does anyone know if they are going to release independent patches that we can download and install without Impulse?[/quote] Download? No. It's Impulse or nothing.

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="227" id="2819420"] In order to make the Caravan feature more exciting and Fun would be to have them carry various refined products that could be pilfered/raided thus negating the need to produce those specific items yourself. Defense of said Caravans then would be even more critical to a winning strategy and if done properly, would/could become a sorta of Game with in the Game. "Caravan Wars" This game would force all players, even the AI, to re

[quote who="BastWorshiper" reply="228" id="2819422"]The main problem, now, is that there isn't any strategic depth to really any economic decisions. I think a lot of this will be alleviated by the addition of a maintenance cost for most buildings. As it stands, with no maintenance costs, you just build every building available in every city, and the only times you have to make a strategic choice is where to build the one-per-faction or one-per-gameworld buildings. [/quote]</p

Wow, I don't even know where to start. Sure has been a while! You see a lot of the old timers still around, just popping in now and then. But not many are left as regulars. Kind of a shame, but I guess it's inevitable all things considered.

[quote who="Sethai" reply="109" id="2818393"] Quoting FishSlayer, reply 106 agree. But I think that until the game is completely balanced/fleshed out this will be a problem. I feel that once they have unit and item balances to where they want them, they will be able to fix "random" number rolls. But this may be wishful thinking. why balance for an existing (bad) system when you're just going to change the system soon anyway? i'd rather they got on with i

[quote who="Alstein" reply="205" id="2818042"] You know, I'd really like to see Stardock to an RTS- I think with your strengths as a game studio you'd do quite well with it. [/quote] I find this quote kind of ironic since Elemental's combat was originally supposed to be real time. :)

[quote who="kenata" reply="209" id="2818418"] As for this point, I actually disagree. The point of allowing for automation v. Manual control is not to confer an advantage to one side or another, but to increase the fun of the players who like one way or another. If you are the type of player who wants to press the big button that say play and it is fun for you to do so, then who am I to say one way or another about it. At the end of the day, automation of game mechanics is merely a way t

[quote who="Timble" reply="79" id="2818254"]Any estimate on when v1.1 will be released? How long has it been now?...about a month or so? I know they had hopes of getting it out by the end of Oct. but realistically Nov. I know it's early November, but what's it going to be? a week? 2 weeks? I'm just getting a little tired of waiting, but clinging on to patience. [/quote] Since the beta version isn't even out yet, I'll go with <a href="http:

[quote who="cpl_rk" reply="104" id="2817799"] .. I don't ask myself "if it makes sense?" rather "is it possible?" if it is possible, what's a reasonable frequency? I have no idea how this particular game models critical hits (or "luck") as far as (in)frequency goes, it's simply not explained in the manual [that's for Admiral Xia] I don't feel like I've been hindered by CHs or "luck" myself, but I also don't mind losing heroes now and then, shit happens. I just take my losses, sh

[quote who="cpl_rk" reply="87" id="2817117"] Well, a head shot is a head shot. If a combat game didn't allow for this (i.e a critical hit), frankly, that would sux. If I wanted to play a game that I was a 100% sure of the results every time, I'd play chess. A range of dice rolls allows some flavor, it also gives you chance a small chance when outnumbered. Luck, in fact, plays a part in battles. Too much luck = bad; just the right amount of luck = good. Anytime y

1.1 is the first step on a journey, not the end product. Ultimately the problem here is with managing expectations. I expect 1.1 to be better then 1.0.9. I suspect that I won't be disappointed in that expectation.

[quote who="kenata" reply="192" id="2817440"] However, on a more serious note, I don't see how looting a weapon will somehow make the training times of units decrease. So if I gave someone a bow, that makes them a combat ready bowman? Or Does giving a man a longsword and some used armor make him a gallant knight? Obviously, the answer is no, as in both of these cases a trained soldier would instantly kill both of these feeble combatants with their superior training. A key, decisiv

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="40" id="2817514"] To be honest, that's EXACTLY what the team needs...1-2 people who focus on NOTHING but design (with the added benifit of Derek being a kick-ass manager). The major problems arose from everyone on the team trying to wear too many 'hats', and since we all wore the 'design' hat, you ended up with a game where the individual peices didn't gel. With Derek and Toby in charge of cutting away the fat and tightening up the core of the design,

[quote who="Marks1381" reply="32" id="2817416"]Hi Kael, I was wondering if you could give us a Bio on yourself because I really have no idea who you are I've researched a little and read the forums but for example Frogboy we all know and like. I'd like to see things like what is your specialty as a game designer? Like frogboys is AI. Also we really got to KNOW frogboy as a person and I know you're new to the team but Id really like to get to know you as well just accelerated &nbsp

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="30" id="2816947"] It depends on the game of course. Let's take the person who bought Elemental: War of Magic on day 1 for $49.95 at Best Buy. that person is going to get another $40+ of expansion packs (and I'd challenge anyone to find a bad Stardock expansion pack, we don't cheap out on them). So unless Elemental gets to less than $9.95 by the time the second expansion pack comes out, our customers come out ahead. Person

Guys, it's a beta of an in development patch. It gets here when it gets here. This kind of constant worrying about dates is why companies like Blizzard rarely give them.

[quote who="Answulf" reply="25" id="2816793"] I'm still playing it, but it needs some serious patching too. Between Elemental and Civ5, I am going to start waiting about 3 months before I buy a new strategy game. I can see myself switching between the two as each one gets patched...[/quote] Yeah seriously. I'm getting to the point where buying games at full price is only for suckers. Give me a sale six months after release and an already patched product. (Or in t

[quote who="cpl_rk" reply="78" id="2816556"] Never in a million years would I have guessed magic resistance was the same as physical defense ... buildings eat food, not people? What?? This is a perfect example of abstraction for the worse and makes no sense. At least they should have compared intelligence to intelligence & given combat units a generic "intelligence" level based upons some base value + current experience, that would make much more sense. So, I'm more magical

[quote who="cpl_rk" reply="66" id="2816397"] There is some kind of magic resistance in this game. I know that higher intelligence effects the magical hit probability, and I've seen my channelers miss some of the firestorm attacks on AI sovereigns. Unfortunataly, there's absolutely no explanation in the manual as to how magic vs magic resistance works, and even if it's possible to "buff" champs against magic, how to do this? Is is just intelligence? or is there something else to it ..&nbs