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This also works in reverse. You can make a female sovereign, send your husband to the capital... then go have some fun in the rest of the world!

[quote who="Austinvn" reply="37" id="2682767"] Well, there's always wisdom. We have to do something with the stat (starting spell points don't count) - and, really, it would be nice if casters had another stat that directly affects spells, so they just don't stack lots of int. Melees can up attack with str or defense with dex or health with con, casters can up effectiveness (of some spells) with int and mana pool with essence and (??) with wisdom. So int and essence are your only real ch

[quote who="ddd888" reply="30" id="2682697"] i think int is not enough some caster may want to use another stat a game is fun when you can decide what to do some mage may want to specialize in something else[/quote] ... and why would you do that? Spells scaling off Strength doesn't make a whole lot of sense. [quote] at that point there is a flaw if a uber lvl 10 spec into something no

If they really want feedback on something like stats, they could create a sticky thread and do it there. Or a dev journal on it. I don't think more forums are needed.

The hostility in this thread to multiplayer is palatable. :P

[quote who="Reianor3" reply="84" id="2682564"]*sigh* IMHO It would have been better not to put so much emphasis on TB in the 1st place. I mean, it's not HMM where every other aspect is there for the sole purpose of being useful in TB, it's a full-fledged Strategy. Oh well... whatever... let the boulder roll... half way off the mountain isn't a good stopping point...[/quote] You don't think being able to control your own army in combat is part of a strategy game?<

[quote who="pad152" reply="17" id="2682610"]Magical System - Start spells How about letting the player (custom sovereign) pick spells based on which magic books they have. Spell Level vs. Character level Therel doesn't seem to be a spell level vs. character level system, a level 1 user can learn and use the same spells as a level 5 character. I'm still not sure this is balanced, will be see a level 1 magic user be able to take down a level 10 magic user?

[quote who="the_Monk" reply="35" id="2682573"] besides clan-friendly games always get ruined by..........wait for it............clans. Clans belong in WoW, Eve and every run-of-the-mill FPS shooter......not games like Elemental. I've seen enough games get destroyed by the ueber-competitive crowd that "clan-friendly" games tend to attract to last a lifetime. Sure, some of you will argue "but making it clan-friendly will attract a multitude of peopl

[quote who="nitey47" reply="6" id="2682533"] Quoting AngeloBraz, reply 2Should we be able to know the enemies' income and other info without spies or any other means to that info? Will the enemies always be an open book for us? I agree here. Spies should be part of the Adventure Research Tree under Thieves Guild. Once you recruit a spy and successfully send him into one of the other kingdom/empires city you should get this info, otherwise we shouldn't see this. JMO.

[quote who="AngeloBraz" reply="9" id="2682403"]So, this means I can build a mine without it having to be adjacent to another city building, as long as it's in my territory? No more placing buildings just to reach a mine, shard or whatever? Great. [/quote] Yeah, snaking improvements is gone again.

[quote who="dsk2293" reply="76" id="2682373"]Can we please have an option to turn off spawning monsters? You talk a lot about FUN and I don't quite get where monsters raping your lands fit into that... [/quote] If you turn the world difficulty down they won't attack you, they'll just sit out there in the wilds.

[quote who="Daelyn75" reply="78" id="2682283"]Unless I've missed something I don't think I've come across anything thats about keeping your populace happy. Because of the larger cities that are being promoted now, I think that citizens being content should be an issue. It would also help slow down any uber cities that are dominating otherwise.[/quote] Considering most of the world is a wasteland and people are coming in from the wasteland where they can barely eek out an existenc

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="45" id="2682194"] Given the sheer amount of $$$ being spent on multiplayer, it's safe to say that we're taking it seriously. However, what I am not in favor of is simply taking the single player stuff and making it MP. I'd rather add more modes later like a dedicated Arena mode and such.[/quote] That's perfectly reasonable, but until you have all those other things leave tactical battles on in MP. :)

[quote who="Sir_Linque" reply="32" id="2682097"]If Tactical Battles slow MP to crawl, there's no point in having them in the initial MP mode. Of course a on/off choice when creating games would be ideal.[/quote] If you spend all game building a giant army to have a final showdown against the other guy's giant army... isn't it awfully anti-climatic to just see a results screen and no battle? I dare say that's not fun. It's one thing to offer people the chance to auto-resolve. B

[quote who="KillzEmAllGod" reply="15" id="2682049"]to much work to make things balanced when playing with magic nothing was balanced in FFH2 yet every race had some kind of imbalance over another that made up for the lack of balance. [/quote] So in other words, the race when taken as a whole was balanced against other races? "Balance" doesn't mean everything is a mirror image of everything else, it means any race can beat any other race using some effective st

[quote quoting="post"] #1 It is NOT engaging enough. The UI, over the months, got so streamlined that there’s just not enough interaction between your Kingdom and you. There’s a lot to do but little game-provided direction to take you there. The pieces are there but the player is left to just “know”. That’s bad. #3 The magic spells aren’t compelling enough yet. [/quote] I made a suggestion a while ago to have da

[quote who="Othello" reply="4" id="2681753"]Very encouraging! Please keep the type of aggression (be it military or magic or a mix) dependent on the resources you start around. It individualizes each game played. In the short term it may seem disappointing if you only want magic gameplay but can't have it each game. But long term, it would keep each game interesting and varied to the next, and overlay strategic choices the player would have to use to their advantage. <br

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="2" id="2681836"]You forget Constitution. Warriors need it. Wizards don't need it the same they don't need Dexterity. Wizards should be using meat shields to protect themselves from close combat and ranged powers/units to hit enemy ranged menaces. How that would work in autobattle, I have no idea.[/quote] I'm going to highly enjoy shooting your super squishy sovereign. :P The other proposed solution for the wisdom problem is to unti

Yeah that's been an ongoing thing for a while. The post *usually* goes through anyway.

[quote who="Jarenko" reply="6" id="2681902"] Quoting psychoravin, reply 3There will be multiplayer but the game is not going to be balanced for it if it takes away an inkling from the single player solo experience. I personally can't wait for all the MPer whines when the game is released and this and that isn't in their favor. lol I love a game company that doesn't cater to the multiplayer crowd who does nothing but scream balance balance balance. I hope the game is lopsided as hell in t

There is multiplayer. Since it's turned off right now... that's the extent of what we know for sure. From what has been said before though, I'd expect fairly basic stuff at release. I'd check back closer to release to see what's going on there. That said, if you're looking for a serious multiplayer game, I don't think this is it. That's not where the developer focus is.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="16" id="2681846"]You're using Essence in the way we use mana. Any unit is going to have some sort of mana cap. We use Essence as that cap. The player is deciding whether to invest their essence into their minions (ala Morgoth) or keep it for themselves (Manos).[/quote] But if you're playing a melee sovereign, you can give half of it away and it doesn't really matter. You don't get weaker for doing it the same way a caster sovereign does (since yo

[quote quoting="post"] Reap the essence apart from maximum mana. Essence is better off playing a role of "wish points". Let maximum mana be based on wisdom.[/quote] Agree on these two, totally. I already explained why here , and will move on now. (Except to say that Essence works pretty well as your imbue/big spell/enchantment slot stat, and something that you can't buy back if you use it. IMO it should go up b

[quote who="Reianor3" reply="16" id="2681400"] Exp equally divided is plain unfair to some sovereigns. Those who focus on self sufficiency in combat will progress MUCH faster than those who focus on parties of champs. And progression of sovereign is very important for country btw... Full exp for everyone WORKS. How do you think it is "exploitable"? By fighting monsters as a group? Yeah, right, that's an exploit...[/quote] By the exact inverse of what you just said. Tho

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="84" id="2681371"] But there are protection spells that a melee sovereign might not have access to. There's also a difference between being useful and being required. Every stat is useful. Even a caster benefits from Strength for when he runs out of mana during a long battle (or starting a battle with low mana), but that doesn't make it a core stat. Con is a core stat for the melee Sovereign because he takes damage from everything. It is not a core stat for t