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[quote who="Wilcos" reply="24" id="2870893"]In the last fight of the quest of mastery you have to fight a guy with 100!!! defense. He is immune to almost anything except for magic. Even my sovereign with his sword of wrath couldnt hit him.[/quote] Just to second this : The only ways to damage the Hermit are: - Use direct damage spells - Dragons using their breath attack - Savage strike heroes - Rock golems area effect attack etc The Herm

Actually, I have GalCiv 2 and Sins of a Solar Empire fully updated and both have UpdateSizes keys in the Registry still.

Thanks for the response IamDean. Now that I know that I won't try verifying the install unless it actually doesn't work. I am still unsure as to why the UpdateSizes key did not get regenerated though.

OK. So I tried starting up Elemental again tonight and it works. Comes up version 1.11 in game. I started a new game, all seems to work fine. Seems that when I updated before that it got stuck on the loading screen, and all it required was a reboot to solve it. (Typical windows). One thing I noticed when the loading screen was stuck was that DataZip.exe was still running in Task Manager. After rebooting tonight it all works well and obviously DataZip.exe

Here is todays error log in case this helps : This log was generated while performing the actions in my post #125 above. I am running Vista 32 bit. Elemental is installed in the default location. I run Impulse as an Administrator. (This forum needs a spoiler tag like Civfantics.com so we don't get huge walls of text) -- [11/01/2011 8:08:57 AM] ----------------------------------------------------<br

After following IamDean post #120 above: 1.10 -> 1.11 The Download amount still says 1.42GB but when I start updating it now says 8.64MB and completes fine. Tried to run game and it won't get past the Dragon loading screen. Tried Verify Install. Says game not installed correctly. Try update. It now starts u

[quote who="Sarudak" reply="7" id="2862947"] No this has been confirmed by the Devs that this is how it works. It is 8 hits of 50 each. That's why I said 400 defense on a single unit is unhittable. I understand why they might display the attack as cumulative (although they need a better way to display this), but the defense being displayed as cumulative is nothing but misleading as it isn't accurate at all. Not all the exact details of the combat formulas have been revealed though. Sadly

I'll chime in as well. Went through the procedure as per the IamDean post above and it says v1.11 available - 1.42 GB Just FYI : UpdateSizes key after doing above: elemental$1.10.052$$1.11.053$$ 1526158912|8959|1728341614|12139

I have come to the conclusion that the combined attack score is wrong. What I think happens is that say an 8 unit squad comprised of say 50 attack units = 400 attack don't actually attack with a 400 strength. Each unit individually attacks at 50 strength = 8 misses. I think that the 400/400 is really just a display amount. It doesn't actually combine the values. I may be wrong, but I seem to notice that when you attack a creature with say 48

Find a hero with savage strike = unblockable triple damage. Equip with sword of wrath. Equip all possible attack bonus items from store. One shot The Hermit. FTW!

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[quote who="Rune_74" reply="110" id="2860516"]I'm beginning to notice it is the same guys that have the most insane reaction in these threads...coincidence??[/quote] What would be even more telling would be to look up their age. I think there would be a trend there. Like younger members of the audience who haven't lived through three decades of game development from the Atari 2600, to the C64, all the way to present consoles. They started at the console end. <

[quote who="charon2112" reply="94" id="2860302"]Guys, that is not Jon Shafer. [/quote] Go look at his profile: - Member since 2007 - Age 25 - United States And then look through all his replies. Make sure you select "Jon Shafer's replies (Full Text)) From: All Sites". Every single one is "in character". So for over 3 years this dude has been impersonating Jon Shafer. And not made a single off character post?

Well said sir.

[quote who="Jon Shafer" reply="90" id="2860243"] Can I make a bet as to who it is? Wait... I'm not supposed to be out of my cage yet... Errr, I'll be back later. Jon [/quote] Congrats Jon [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] And no, rule #1 of forum betting pools clearly stipulates: 1) No employee of Stardock Corporation or Stardock Entertain

Some people in this thread need one of these badly, methinks [e digicons];)[/e]

[quote who="Ratatosk7" reply="86" id="2860162"] I think its fun to watch who he hires next. Its like some sort of industry Guess Who.[/quote] Maybe a forum mini-game? Are there prizes if we guess correct? Lets start up a betting pool. $5 a bet, winner takes the pot. Who wants to bet first?

[quote who="sweatyboatman" reply="11" id="2860175"] THE GAUNTLET HAS BEEN CAREFULLY SITUATED IN THE GRASS [/quote] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] Funniest thing I have read all week ROTFL. [e digicons]k1[/e]

Welcome to the forums, Dave! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [e digicons]*_*[/e] Or should I say, Herr Gamenon [e digicons]:ninja:[/e] Does this mean the game is going to be filled with references to Sauer Kraut? JK Congrats on the new position. [e digicons]k1[/e]

Holy Cow! In my lifetime! I have finally seen it! [e digicons]:O[/e] THE GAUNTLET HAS BEEN THROWN DOWN *Sits back in the audience to watch the show* [e digicons]:beer:[/e]

@ Lord Xia I thought they were hiring you as Kael's Boss : [quote]I'll probably be Kael's boss by the end of the week.[/quote] And now we find you are going to be lead PR as well? Man they must be paying you the BIG BUCKS [e digicons]:dur:[/e]

[e digicons]:yes:[/e] Dave Stern [e digicons]:yes:[/e] Jon Shafer [e digicons]:no:[/e] Third Employee? Anyone, anyone, Bueller? Update: [e digicons]:yes:[/e] Jeff Colvin : former SD employee, programming And now the circle is complete (we need a Darth Vader smilie!)

Just had a great thought! When trying to find where my Sovereign was, I had to search around for him. So I thought, why not make the Sovereign and your Spouse two distinct coloured dots on the left hand display? Instead of red (generic unit colour) why not yellow for Sovereign and green for Spouse? Then you will be able to see at a glance exactly where your two most important units are. Also, how about making Champions purple or some other colour to distingui

Impulse: Preparing Download... Me: Why are you always preparing? Just do it. Impulse: OK, just doing it. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

It all depends on what you wish to achieve with 1.1. Will it be just another patch? John Q Public will download said patch, play for a bit, find out that some obvious bugs have been fixed but ultimately realise that the game is still rather "broken". Reasoning: Too many issues surrounding balance, tactical combat, diplomacy, dynasty system etc. All of these systems and mechanics need far more polish for the general public to finally say "yes this is awesome n