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[quote who="Tiavals" reply="7" id="2586824"]Why the decision to drop Wraiths and Magnars? Though I suppose that since the humans aren't too different, it'd be strange if the Fallen were. [/quote] It's true you don't see them on the Tree, but you also don't see a few other "Fallen Races" on the Tree. I hope those Races aren't being taken out. I perticularly liked both the Magnar and the Wraith.

Something Frogboy says in his post " Elemental: How game mechanics evolve (long) " , where he says... "You might play 200 games and suddenly get a quest that gives you the plans to build a diamond golem – provided that you find the star diamond located on some distant island (you get the idea)." ...this m

I honestly don't see why it couldn't make the cut into the final version. Don't dumb down your vision because some people might be too stupid to see the same thing you do. Complexity and Diversity are good things. Also you could just add that picture of the Racial Tree in the manual and everyone would understand ;) Also, Darkodinplus has a good question there.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="28" id="2586381"]Besides, we live on a planet that we named after dirt. [/quote] Well, I guess that's true..lol. I can't fault the logic. The game's going to kick all kinds of ass so I guess I can get over the name of the world. Keep on rockin :) Edit PS: and I know the reason it's "Set in Stone" is because the Book's already being published and it can't be changed. You can't fool me! See, this is why you need my vast knowledge on hand all the

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="31" id="2586717"] Quoting Raven X, reply 30 ...Eventually even the Die Hards like me who want hard copies of games will have to come around if we want to keep gaming. I hear you, man. PC Gaming as we know it today is in its twilight. I guess the neigh sayers were actually right. [/quote] Man, that pic's sooo not funny...lol Oddly enough, every game box shown there (ok, most of them a

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="54" id="2586631"] You completely misunderstood what i was saying. I have heard of cloud saves. I know what they are and how they work. Here is the difference though, you have some publishers mentioning cloud saves a service, as an option, as something that allows you to save to your own box and to their server, aka locally and externally, the benefit being a new box, no problem, no transfers, just grab it from your account. then you have Ubisoft cloud saves onl

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="28" id="2586663"]I'm not sure how Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony will re-act in the long term, however I agree in that they'll want their own services, and we'll see the development of multi-service releases much like the consoles of the current generation. However, I disagree with a flat-monthly fee being the most logical standard adopted - from a cost/profit point of view, it doesn't make sense. What will makes the most sense is a Pay by Usage servic

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="26" id="2586596"] I think it'll happen faster than that - games that don't make enough money will be cut as soon as possible due to the ongoing cost of having them provided on which ever service. EA Games recently closed down multiplayer servers for a slew of games, claiming costs for running them were too high. These are multiplayer servers who do little more than sheppard information. Imagine the cost of processing the game for your cu

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="51" id="2586588"] I rare agreement from me as well. Let's not forget, piracy isn't just external. How do you think movies and albums and games wind up hitting the public before they are even released. There doesn't seem to be a lot of love between employers and employees in the game industry, especially if success means long hours to layoff. There are leaks in the system, and when there is a leak, that copy gets pirated and hacked... this is not goin

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="49" id="2586495"] You're entering dangerous territory here. Using 'Cloud' gaming as a method of DRM, and believe me it's being discussed somewhere, forces players to pay a subscription fee for their games - and if its DRM that means its mandatory - there will be no boxed version, otherwise us filthly pirates would be able to pirate it. This isn't just the removal of the retail market, like Digital Distribution, this is the ability to put a pric

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="64" id="2586408"]Thanks for your work! [/quote] Always glad to lend a hand, my friend :)

Sounds awesome. Two small things though. 1) Maybe it's the "Highlander" fan in me, but I think Curgen should be spelled with a "K". "Kurgen the Dred’nir" just looks cooler to me then "Curgen the Dred’nir". 2) "In the aftermath of the cataclysm, nearly all life on Elemental perished." , calling the Planet/World "Elemental" doesn't sound good. It sounds extremely generic. Calling the Game Elemental makes sense, calling the world the Game takes place on Elemental

[quote who="joasoze" reply="23" id="2586285"] Why would any game company need to discontinue games in the future? The game is in the cloud, hardware is cheap, customers pay (a little). Games would run for a very long time.[/quote] The companies them-selves will have to Host the games, run the games (graphics and all), host your saved games and user profiles, and all this requires space which costs money. If a game has been out for 5, 6, or even 10 years, slowly the player base will De

[quote who="aeortar" reply="21" id="2586252"]Another way to look at it - say your average gamer spends $100 a year on gaming, $50 of that on games and $50 on hardware. If this is a big success then they now need to spend only $10 on hardware, and so can afford to spend much more on games, meaning they might now spend $75 on games.[/quote] It could also go the opposite way. Here's the current payment plan's for OnLive and how it will be at launch. Look at this and tell me what you see.

[quote who="Aractain" reply="13" id="2585996"] And overall there would be less computers needed since not everyone plays games all the time like Raven X. (lol) [/quote] In the other thread going I say "It won't be pretty and the people who are going to loose out in the end are users who use their high end PC's for a lot more then just gaming.". That would be Me. My computer isn't just a Video Game machine. My computer is a whole Home Entertainment experience. I run it

[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="6" id="2585806"] It is a bad news for PC gaming, but Pc sales, and hardaware, aren't only tied to gaming sales. But do you really think cloud gaming will be able to give us the experience we could get with an xbox or a PS ? Bandwith isn't something that can grow without limits. [/quote] Well, as I state in the original post, this thread isn't about whether or not the technolgy works. This thread is about how the industry Will change w

For some reason Vieuxchat's post got in after mine when he posted first...sooo, repost..lol. [quote who="Aractain" reply="1" id="2585794"]So to sumarise, Online Delivered Games will kill PC Gaming. I can't think of anything that would really change in the grand scheme of things. I mean sure businesses would stop but then thats what happens as technology moves on. I've seen people say that the internet is responsible for the destruction of media and that we

[quote who="Aractain" reply="1" id="2585794"]So to sumarise, Online Delivered Games will kill PC Gaming. I can't think of anything that would really change in the grand scheme of things. I mean sure businesses would stop but then thats what happens as technology moves on. I've seen people say that the internet is responsible for the destruction of media and that we should limit the use of the internet to protect it. I say why does the media which has only been aro

[quote who="joasoze" reply="31" id="2585771"]Raven - You shoundt be too pessimistic. Friendlier companies can make "friendlier" cloud systems where you don't get screwed by DRM or other useless demands/functionality and such. The big masses will go like sheep to the biggest developers (as they are today), but there should always be room for others like 1C, Stardock, Paradox and such to make their own systems. [/quote] I don't think it's being "pessimistic" so much as it is being

I know we have one thread going on "Cloud Gaming" already, but, I wanted to have another conversation on the subject without breaking down the integrity of the topic and "generalness" of that thread. Here I'd like to talk about one thing,... What will happen if it works like they say it will? What will happen to PC Gaming in particular? So, let's assume for the sake of this discussion that it Does work like they say. You ge

[quote who="joasoze" reply="5" id="2585733"] Quoting Raven X, reply 4 Put a similar system into Elemental . Personally, I can't wait to DOMINATE once we seriously get into the Multiplayer Beta. Mr Raven (spoken in Matrix voice)! My plan is to make canned dragon food of your sovereign! [/quote] In that case you better pack a lunch and bring some allies :P ;)

I was under the impression that if I conquer a city that is populated by a different race they still become part of my Empire. Then if I draft troops in that city they would come from that cities population. This would make armies made up of various races, right? Excellent post Btw.

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Awesome stuff, it's definitely a impressive map maker. Though, not to knock your map making skills, but the map you made doesn't quite have the shape of the Exodus map you show. The shape of the cove on the left of the map is wrong, as is the shape of the peninsula and islands on the right hand side. It's a nice try though. I'm just being picky :P

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="104" id="2585568"] I plan to mod Civ 5 though I am a bit nervous of them using Lua instead of Python but I'm sure it'll be fine. [/quote] Just so long as you don't let it cut into your "Elemental Modding" time ;)