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Honestly, I would say just simplify the combat system to a straight-forward Damage rating Vs Armor rating system, and place a stronger emphasis on Total Action points, as well as the action point cost of attacks. In other words, if your unit has a damage rating of 10, and hits a unit with an armor rating of 2, then the total damage you would deal to your opponent with that hit would be 8. Here's an example of the kind of units you could create with that combat system :<

[quote who="thisisretarded" reply="2" id="2759098"]sort of silly to say that an archer can shoot through a square but not at a target in that same square. shortening the range of bows would be a lot more realistic and just as effective. (the archers would lose the same number of effective squares) giving melee units greater mobility would be equally effective. not that i agree it should be changed, just that it makes more sense. I like archers as they are, s

A turn based strategy game I play, Pox Nora, has a fairly simple way to balance melee vs archery. Put simply, they give ranged units a dead zone (meaning they can't hit anything closer than one or two tiles away), and they also make it so that if a unit is adjacent to another unit, it takes extra action points to move away. This allows melee to serve a viable role in combat against ranged units, and is something I think Elemental could benefit from.

To begin my post, I've been in the beta since the first phase of phase one, and had followed the game for a good deal of time before that. Today, having played the release version, I just simply don't think the game is any good. The combat system is horribly unrefined, the beginning of a new game is extremely dull, with very little room for creativity on the player's part, and the conflict experienced feels woefully insignificant and small-scale. Stardock, if you want to get t

The only thing that concerns me are the short 3 minute battles. To be honest, I would like to see the capability of longer, more "epic" battles, that consist of back and forth tooth and nail fighting on both sides. If you want an idea of a great fantasy turn-based system, take a few pages from Pox Nora's system, at poxnora.com

OP is high.

I prefer gildar.

Lord Tenebrion, The Mercenary Merchant This character, in the games that I have used it, has the outward appearance of a wealthy and well-spoken merchant. While he has a hand in all practical wares of warfare, both big and small, his specialty is in the arcane, and his mastery of enchanting is second to none. But, this character isn't just any ordinary merchant. Aside from his strong sense of prof

Animal Tamer - Mounted Fighters produced faster - starts with a horse resource Aristocrat - Gain additional gold per turn for each family-member in play Bard - Taverns and Theaters operate more efficiently - people are more prone to joining your cities Baron - Gain additional gold per turn per house owned Enchanter - Enchanted Jewelery pr

One of the things I'm eagerly awaiting in the Elemental beta (which is, sadly, extremely far off) is the fully-fleshed out combat system. But, before we get there, I hope that the developers give Pox Nora a quick look - because the turn-based combat for Pox Nora is something that I think would work beautifully in a game like Elemental. Put simply, Pox Nora stresses making intelligent, strategic decisions in combat. And, more than that, every unit is distinct, and serves a very specifi

[quote who="CariElf" reply="19" id="2382019"]Currently, Elemental is only making HTTP requests so it's only using ports 80 and 443. If you are using a proxy to connect to the internet, including a program that makes you anonymous to the Internet, you will not currently be able to download the data files. Thanks to Sebos, I was able to determine that the proxy settings were not being automatically detected, and it will simply be a matter of running a proxy config on install to

Bumping for anyone else with this problem.

[quote who="Karalis" reply="13" id="2379393"]If you have a DSL router, disable any software firewall (including windows one) and try (just for testing, not suggested to leave it always on) to activate the UPNP, if it needs a specific port open by chance that would open. However maybe someone from stardock can suggesting you some port to open for elemental. [/quote] Cable router, opened litterally all ports, opened selected ports, and the other computer o

[quote who="Karalis" reply="11" id="2379182"]PAY ATTTENTION !!! That's not a true bug, as people from stardock said before you CAN'T play Elemental when you're disconected from the internet (because it searches updates etc etc). That "bug" you posted it's the same i had when trying to play without an internet connection. Would be great if Stardock could implement a pop up that say that you've to be connected to the net (for the beta) [/quote] Yes,

Tried just about everything last yesterday to get the client to run ; gonna see if reformatting my computer helps.

To start, this isn't a bug report thread, it's a conversational thread. Basically, I'm looking for some assistance. I'm getting this bug https://forums.elementalgame.com/364184 ; however, I've updated my graphics drivers, and I've disabled the generic window firewall, though I still seem to be unable to properly access the game. And, to complicate matters, my wife, who's on the same home network that I'm on, is able to access

Getting the same problem as those above ; tried updating my drivers and turning off my firewall. Anyone have any idea on where I should start to resolve this? DebugMessage: Version 0.22 last updated on: Thu Sep 17 11:59:54 2009 DebugMessage: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 9/18/2009, 17:40:12 DirectX Version: DirectX 10 Machine Name: TENEBRION-PC Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0,

As long as anyone can get into the beta simply by pre-ordering, I don't see any reason not to have an extended beta.

Should be interesting.

[quote quoting="post"]Tabula Rasa - Should SD consider taking it over? [/quote] The short answer is "No." The longer answer is "Noooooooooooooo!"

[quote]Why announce so early?[/quote] They're doing it to TORTURE ME!

[quote who="Barbaric Penguin" reply="1" id="1948275"]I'm not really into multiplayer games, either, so it sounds like Dominions 3 isn't a game I would play for the several months until Elemental comes out [/quote] Dominions 3 has a fantastic single player mode. Truth be told, 99% of the time I've played Dominions 3 (and I've been playing it regularly for a year now) it's been single player. Honestly, do yourself a favor and get it. You can get a demo at Gam

I like the idea of a game ending if your Channeler dies. It places much more importance on your nation's leader, and makes the player really think hard before sending their Channeler out into the battlefield.

I also have another question - Will factional alliances be forced in these persistant multiplayer matches, or will players be allowed to betray their factional allies? Personally, my favorite part about this type of game is working out the politics. If factions are hardcoded and predetermined before you join a match, it might take a little away from the diplomacy side of things.

Will it be possible to join games that are already in progress?