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[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="20" id="2294298"] As in Civ style goodie huts. Sammual Permanent? Or just for the alpha in place of something else? I didn't imagine something like that fitting into Elemental, but we'll just have to ait & see......[/quote] He doesn't mean they'll literally look like goodie the Civ4 goodie huts. Sammual was just pointing out the gameplay mechanic, since you thought they were dungeons. Basically: a tile in which you walk on

[quote who="Zubaz" reply="4" id="2294092"] How would an optional download for a title (identitcal to a mod) not packaged with the retail box (which is what is reviewed) version change the rating on the retail version?If it were sold as a seperate product would it have it's own rating seperate from the base game?[/quote] Key is you don't sell it and you don't release it officially. Just forward it to me and I'm sure it'll find its way into the wild. Game makers are not responsible

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="9" id="2291710"] The problems we've encountered are that, while his women look great, he's never really done any men/landscapes/dragons/castles/etc. So we're left filling in some prety big holes in the style as we create assets...holes that we'll continue to fill as we make the game look amazing as possible up through gold (and beyond). So no, we're not going for cartoony...and if you see something cartoony, I'm sure it'll be eplaced by something

I actually kind of like the cartoonish feel. I also have a feeling the art direction will allow the game to run much more smoothly, which I value way above realistic graphics.

I have one account where all my purchased games are, but another account where I post on because my member no. is 800,000 =X

[quote who="taltamir" reply="1" id="2161479"]considering sins and demigod both disappointed me with a TOTAL lack of single player and plot, I am gonna wait before preordering any future stardock games. I did have a lot of fun playing those games, heck I spent more time on them than I do on most plot games just minind achivements, but its really not something i WANT to do. It felt empty... meh... I can always buy it when and if i like the demo.[/quote] Huh? They were abundan

See, that's the type of behavior I do NOT want the devs to employ. For all we know, Ba and Bb are exactly the same in terms of power, but Ba looks cooler. You can't tell how overpowered something is simply by looking at how popular it is.

What impulse does with pre-orders is that they post a test transaction to your credit card. It will appear in your pending transactions, and take away from your limit, but will not actually post to your account. However, this pending transaction will clear after a while, depending on the speed your bank works at. If you're using a debit card, I'm not sure how that's handled because I always pre-order with a CC.

Stat collection is always fine; that is, it's never bad to have tons and tons of stats. However, how the devs interpret them and which stats to weigh against other stats is a very tricky subject. Your example of the 90% situation is actually a great one. That stat in of itself doesn't actually say much. Is it necessary to get to another tech down the line that's great? Is it the tech that leads to the most flexible tech path so you can counter your opponent? Is the tech itself overpowered? Fu

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="2" id="2158545"]I agree. I remember talking somewhere about the wonder building and how good it makes people feel. I get the same sort of satisfaction of researching a powerful spell in Master of Magic. I really hope this game is able to deliver. [/quote] I spent entire games with the sole purpose of getting every wonder I could into one city, haha. There is something to be said about seeing every landmark in the world side

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="5" id="2160279"]For the sake of keeping things simple, I would just have 'Plauge Catapults' be a type of unit (catapult that can inflict posion or something) that get's unlocked at a certain point in the 'War Engines' tech. As for the OP, I think we've devised a method of dealing with technologies, milestones, and incremental ability improvements that will be pleasant (no more 'you've researed X, now your diplomatic ability is 3points better').[/q

Though many might consider this a minor point, I think that this is really one of the "wow" factors in strategy games, both real time and turn based. In Empire: Total War, when you finally get the rank fire upgrade, the performance of your line infantry on the field takes a drastic turn for the better. You can actually see and feel the difference on the field of battle. In Civ4, when you built a wonder you could see the wonder in your city. When you rese