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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="39" id="2639436"] Stardock won't do that, nor do they need too. As Frogboy has said many times, and been quite right in saying, they aren't pressed financially like other companies are. They don't need to rush anything to meet someone else's time-frame. Their money comes from other sources. Correct. Though, on the other hand, I'm not going to push the release date back for some wizbang new feature that could just as easily be added post-

[quote who="One Fierce Puppy" reply="87" id="2639422"] If you want to make a Dragonlance world, which by necessity will rely fairly heavily on flying, you could do a simple kludge - we know there are islands, therefore there is water. Islands pose no challenge to an AI if the water is trivial to cross, and Frogboy already said that islands are mercilessly slap-boxing his AI at the moment. Do a quick tile convert whereby the water becomes your sky, and design your map and the backstory so

[quote who="One Fierce Puppy" reply="86" id="2639391"] I have less inside info than you do, Raven, but I'll wager that you're being described a difference between overland and combat map flying. A unit that can fly in combat doesn't necessarily get any special flying powers overland, so what it sounded to me like Frogboy was saying was that the armies (the amalgamated forces overland) won't fly (ie have the ridiculous mobility that comes from flying in games like MoM), but individual uni

[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="34" id="2639395"]It's refreshing to see devs being honest about the realities of publishing. Too many have shipped obviously unfinished products then obfuscated as to why they did so, when it was pretty obvious why.[/quote] Completely agreed. Also though, I think the trend of "Digital Distribution + On-line "Patching" has given some developers the Excuse, the Reason, and the Technology, to fix a product "post release" knowing they are shippin

[quote who="SavageBananaMan34" reply="13" id="2639276"] Haha I see where you're coming from but to know that that tension will be released by one little blob of 5 troops jogging over to poke one of the other little blobs instead of all one hundred of those guys charging at each other at once is a bit disappointing. I mean, look at how epic that battle against the dragon looks. [/quote] True. I can't say I disagree. I don't want to pop open the debate of "real time vs t

A very good point you make, Frogboy. Without a smart and challenging AI all the features, pretty graphics, editors, modding....None of it means anything if the game can't play as a "game". Take all the time you need with the AI. Bring in help if need be. Push it back till Feb if need be. We'll be here supporting you and Stardock either way. Besides, if you push it back till Feb, just think of all the other cool stuff you can cram into the game between Aug and Feb!!! That's an extra 6

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="84" id="2639311"] I would think they would technically be a flying army... But then, it doesn't look like there will be very many flying units. The only confirmed ones so far are dragons (well, I assume they will be able to fly) But it sounds like we can't build any of the units that can fly, so there won't be a lot of them. I mean, aren't dragons supposed to be incredibly rare, like you go 20 games without seeing one? Unless there is some really common flyin

[quote who="Tim4fun" reply="82" id="2639068"] Two questions: 1) Do you think eventually we will be able to mod flying armies into the game, so a MoM mod would be viable? 2) Do you think a customization tab would help resolve some of the game balance issues? Things like city spam, what happens to the population of a city when you take over, what happens when the sovereign dies, how much micromanagement of food and population is required, etc. could

[quote who="SavageBananaMan34" reply="11" id="2639256"] Quoting Raven X, reply 9 Check this pic out....HELL YEAH!!! Reduced 29%Original 1920 x 1200 Honestly though, what looks more badass, that sterile chessboard picture or this: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/elementalwarofmagic/images/0/12/ [/quote] That was one of the first pics of a in-engine battle they ever showed. Honestly

I found a few games coming out that I'm oddly enough looking forward to greatly. Why is that "odd" you might ask? Well, I normally don't get into FPS type games anymore. Of course there are the classics I loved like Unreal Tourney and Half-life, but as far as shooters go in my eyes they are mostly "played out". Now days they mix genres like FPS/RPG etc etc. Usually just a gimmick that ends up either limiting the shooting aspect or limiting the RPG aspect or in the worst case, both. So

Quoting Wintersong: Haha Yeah, I had noticed about the random map generator (and the Grid, which I like to activate) but as I didn't know about how random generators work or if Elemental will have a specific one for dungeons (walls, doors...), I decided it was good for me to actually investigate about how they work (and work with some code, and not styles, for a change) and try to do one myself. So if I have to implement one of my own for whatever the reason, to be able to do so. And&nbs

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="2" id="2638479"] quoting post Note: Bolding and Italics used for easy to see questions. Not for "yelling". I consider absurd to catalog bold and italics as yelling. caps? that's fine. But bolds and italics? No way! Anyway: http://gmazzocato.altervista.org/colorwheel/wheel.php try #ff0000 for the foreground colour and #000000 for the background one. Think of those not "lucky" enough! (and bad choice of colours any

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="61" id="2629331"] Quoting Raven X, reply 60 Essence definitely needs a re-tooling. Things should cost less Essence and there should be more ways then just leveling up to gain Essence. Fully agree. ... Given that we barely have ways to use essence at all right now, it seems odd to say "definitely needs a re-tooling." I don't have any sense that essence costs need reduction because I don't even know if the latest build

Note: Bolding and Italics used for easy to see questions. Not for " yelling ". ;) Knowing already that I plan on making a few Mods for Elemental and wanting to get started on my end as soon as I can (and when I'm feeling well enough) , I have a few questions about some values . I have another question regarding the overall process from here on out which is why this isn't in the "Elemental

[quote who="Aractain" reply="29" id="2637510"]Soo this is the one where they go console with a dumbed down version and give the PC users, to their horror, the same version and act surprised and hurt when the PC users throw it back in their faces? [/quote] I'd be sad as hell if they do that. "Shogun: Total War" , the first one of course, was one of the best strategy games ever in my opinion. As far as the new one goes, as long as it has the same features (give or take a few tweaks

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="58" id="2638343"] get ready to pay for any good mods. Fixed that up there for you. [/quote] While I think you're quite right, I also think Activision/Blizzard will try to milk the money flow with a bunch of Crap Mods as well, and still make gamers pay for them.

[quote who="Bill_Door" reply="53" id="2638179"] Quoting Raven X, reply 52 quoting post Q: I’vie heard there are no flying units in the game. A: There are flying units in the game. However, there aren’t flying armies in the game (i.e. there are creatures and animals that fly, but we do not plan to have flying mounted units in – at least at release. We can discuss with players – after they ha

[quote who="LeBlaque" reply="30" id="2637970"]I think reply 26-28 best captured my intent while offering some alternatives that seem well thought out. However, despite my belief such a system would help address the issues identified, for all intents and purposes the true intent of my post boils down to this: for me a more challenging and realistic (there's that word again in a fantasy realm) tactical battle would be more "fun." From what I am reading from the majority of pos

[quote who="Ravenstrike" reply="119" id="2638276"] There is one thing I definitely aren't fond of, however. Cell shaded isn't the right word, someone else described it as "stained glass". That's probably a lot more accurate. I don't really like the big thick outline that seems to appear on many objects, and I hope this is some sort of filter we can turn off ala Champions online. Really looking forward to this game [/quote] If it's not an actual "Graphics Option

I've seen a lot of replies saying " The World looks Barren. Put some tree's or stumps or something in there .". Now, that comment does make sense, But , people need to remember the Lore . The world has been Destroyed ... Laid To Waste .... Totally F'Ked Up !!! I.E The Cataclysm . Think about what our world would look like after a major nuclear event. Picture Hiroshima or Nagasaki minus th

[quote quoting="post"] Q: I’vie heard there are no flying units in the game. A: There are flying units in the game. However, there aren’t flying armies in the game (i.e. there are creatures and animals that fly, but we do not plan to have flying mounted units in – at least at release. We can discuss with players – after they have the game – what practical means they could envision flying around. [/quote] This is probably a stup

Check this pic out....HELL YEAH!!!

I beat you to the announcement there old dog ;) See :) hehe. J/K. Good looking out keepings us updated. I only beat you to it by a few hours though, that and because I have no life...lol.

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="57" id="2635124"]Yeah that's me I'll be smiling like that again when Elemental's finally done [/quote] Rock On, Brother!! :)

[quote who="Saije" reply="16" id="2637092"]@RavenX If they don't have Ninjas... It will be a crime against both Gaming and History. [/quote] lol well said my friend. :)