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I don't have any specific spells that I particularly want to see. But what I want to see are: 1) Spells that draw from multiple schools of magic. Quite frankly I think dividing spells up into mutually exclusive schools is limiting and simple, and there are so many ways of combining them to result in more variation and complexity. 2) Contextual spells whose effects vary based on the context in which they're used. For example, a freezing spell that can be used to freeze a river,

[quote who="FlyGuy" reply="4" id="2056685"]northweast[/quote] That's a very interesting direction! :P Sorry, couldn't resist...

I'm going to shamelessly link a thread I started a while ago: https://forums.elementalgame.com/330280 I'm not sure if I like the idea of 'black market' trading where one or more 'partners' in the trade have no say in it... It seems like something that really bug me. That said it would be interesting if you could still trade during war time. I don't know whether it's realistic at all but it could be fun. If two players are mutually dependent on each other for a ke

[quote who="Tamren" reply="19" id="2053978"]But then you are dividing resources into nodes and only so many nodes can fit on the same map. The resources might not be finite but the scale and setting certainly is.[/quote] I really don't see where you're going with this? First, you argued that infinite resources removes competition over resources, but now you're saying that it's not a problem? I mean, ALL games with infinite resources that I've ever played haven't just thrown them at yo

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="12" id="2053549"]I want two auto-saves. One based on "saves every 10 minutes" and another slot for "save every turn-change". If something happens, you there's always a "latest save".[/quote] I think that's a great way to do it. However, I want the "save every turn-change" autosave to archive several saves (maybe a setting to choose how many).

[quote who="Tamren" reply="17" id="2053540"]*oops forgot to edit this into the first post.* The real problem is balancing such a situation. If resources are not limited then competing for them is pointless.[/quote] That's not true. Even if resource nodes are unlimited, controlling more of them can (and usually does) result in a higher rate of accrual of said resources. Just because they don't run out doesn't mean competing is pointless, because in this case absolute value is less

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="14" id="2053337"]yes, I mean in early beta. Since obviously it will be in before the final forms of the beta. Specifically, I meant just the 2D map beta(s). (3D is a pretty major feature too which will be left out of early forms as to not mislead people to think it should be compared to finished products) I imagine the early beta being more of just an AI stress test (since we will have to be playing online against AI play

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="12" id="2053149"]I'm still waiting to see how it will work. I wonder if we will have essense in the beta?[/quote] I don't see how nor why they would exclude such a major mechanic from the beta... If it's not in from the beginning I'm sure it'll make its way into the beta before release. Being something that's never really be done before, I would imagine SD would want lots of feedback on it in particular.

[quote]5) 6) 7) Etc., Etc.,[/quote] I like that option! ;)

[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="9" id="2052315"] Actually, I disregarded it because it was a dead giant there...[/quote] Actually, in the original reference to the giant it was very dead - in the same way even that it died in the book :P [quote who="Tamren" reply="18" id="2050212"]I want to be able to be able to kill a giant by burrowing into its brain. Then found a town using his skeletal remains as structural supports. This IS a dream world after all [/quote]

Wow, that looks great. Honestly I'd be happy even if that's the end of the graphical evolution of the strategic portion of the game - but happier still if it just gets better :) I actually like the black oultines in almost every case, but I do see a few places where something about them looks off. For example, the outline at the bottom of the big building in the middle makes it look a little strange to me. But all in all I hope you guys stay with the outline. And I agree with other pe

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="8" id="2050879"]Not to encourage digression into quibbles about an analogy, but my current DVD player is much better than my first one because when I press Stop, it remembers the exact time stamp. I can power down, ignore the box for days, and come back to *exactly* where I stopped watching.[/quote] As far as I know almost any DVD player you buy now will do the same. Pressing stop once will stop the movie but remember exactly where you left off; pressing

[quote who="Tamren" reply="25" id="2050938"]That brings up the idea of your elemental map being part of a creature. You know instead of the world being a planet, the universe is really a turtle who carries the world on his back. Or it could take place inside a giant worm or something. Map generation would be... interesting to say the least. Also, none of you got the Enders Game reference? Im shocked [/quote] No worries, I got it! I didn't say anything because I was sure so

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="17" id="2049603"]There's a distinct lack of magic fascists. :( [/quote] That's why we have you.

I'm with Luckmann. I want any essence I spend to be gone forever - if that artifact I created with essence or hero I imbued with essence is destroyed or dies, whatever power I invested in it/him should be gone, never to return. If I invest essence in order to settle a new town, even if that town is sacked or abandoned, that essence should be gone. However, as my channeler himself grows in power and/or resources, his essence should grow with him. And I also think that's how it's planne

[quote who="Tamren" reply="25" id="2050027"]Bask in the power of my insomnia. And yes that is MS Paint. There are people who can do some amazing things with Paint, just search "ms paint" on youtube for dozens of examples. However getting that good at paint is like learning how to play the accordion with your feet. Its possible but.... why? [/quote] Well, it's not necessarily something you specifically set out to do. I have a friend who can do amazing t

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="22" id="2048832"]Man, did I ever mention how awesome your little mock ups are. What do you use to create those?[/quote] I believe he's using MS paint... which just makes them that much better. I think I'd kill myself if I tried to make such a complex technical drawing using paint.

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="14" id="2048443"]I get the impression because it was pretty much directly stated. Frogboy said that the cataclysm wiped out all the dreadlords, it also is clear that the story is related to galciv "The Dread Lords would bide their time and rise again once sentient beings began to take shape and would scatter across the universe. That tale, however, is told elsewhere." - frogboy that is from Inspirations 1. I

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="8" id="2048186"] Now you say 'jade the majority of your customers' yet I still yet to see any huge threads from other games which have provided benefits and/or stuff for playing hardcore/ironman mode. [/quote] That would be because I said I have no problem with 'benefits' like extra magic find, and I can't imagine many other people having a problem with it either; and there aren't really games that give extra features to people who play in hardcore

I don't understand where you guys are getting the idea that the cataclysm occurs after the events of GC2? I get the impression that the cataclysm is the event that effectively removed the arnor and dread lords from play... Also, it appears as if the humans in Elemental are the ancestors of the Altarians in GC2. That would indicate that Elemental's story predates GC2's. Or am I crazy?

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="20" id="2047972"] Of a 4.5 billion year movie, yes - at most. And once again, association alone is not proof of causation.[/quote] Yes, true. Except the vast majority of those 4.5 billions years are hardly analogous to today's environment. Still, you are right that 400,000 years is a relatively short timespan compared to the hundreds of millions of years in which our planet has sustained life that at all resembles modern life. However, it is enough

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="5" id="2047966"] Actually games such as Dominions_3 and Warlords Battlecry_3 were big successes... so it's not the major pain you seem to be crying over. I completely agree with those developers as well and when these games and other games with the IronMan/Hardcore setting are released I don't see any big threads of complaints. Perhaps you can show me a thread where lots of gamers complained over the IronMan/Hardcore setting providing benefits?

[quote who="CaptainYar" reply="12" id="2047438"]OK its time I chimed in, I've had this theory for years (since high school). Now seeing that scientists in general don't all agree on this, I feel that my theory is just as valid as any others.[/quote] That's not true at all. Just because scientists disagree about something doesn't mean that your average joe who has read up on the subject has just as valid an opinion as any of those scientists. Particle physicists disagree about whether

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="3" id="2047637"] In post 3 I asked for a hardcode mode to satisfy both groups and added the suggestion to include some type of bonus for playing hardcode mode as seen within other games such as Warlords Battlecry 3(RTS). Heck the developers of Dominions_3(TBS) did not want people using save/reload cheats and thus purposely left out the save cheating option completely... you can still save an exit, but once you select end turn you must play

[quote who="Emperor_Seth" reply="7" id="2046736"]I could so see Elemental being a part of the GalCiv Universe. If there's a campaign editor I might make a campaign that sets the connection between the Dread Lords and Arnor to the Humans and Fallen (prehaps the Fallen became the Dread Lord nd the Humans became the Arnor).[/quote] But the Arnor and Dread Lords were around before there even were humans (which in turn were around before the Fallen)... So if you want it to make any se