[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="18" id="2022785"] "Sire, we just discovered that Asperdinnus's mairrage proposal to Butterus has been accepted -- he's in an unusually good mood as a result!" [/quote] Awwwwwwwwww, Congratulations Asperdinnus! She's a keeper! [e digicons]\o/[/e]
[quote who="Draginol" reply="4" id="2020773"]There's definitely some detail here: http://draginol.impulsedriven.net/article/171522/Of_the_Altarians https://www.galciv1.com/encyclopedia/history.html Thanks Peace Phoenix. I think it safe to say that the relationship between the various games isn't artificial or manufactured but has always been that way. [/quote] Is there a second part to the encyclopedia history anywhere online? That link
OMG Winty has become a hot Furry! EEK! [e digicons]:omg:[/e]
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If there's some disparity between the elemental schools when it comes to causing/curing disease that might lead to some interesting diplomatic interaction, e.g. requesting that someone cure your dieing populace of plague. This could lead to some fun evil extortion opportunities if you were being asked to help and you were their only option [e digicons]}:)[/e] Although obviously this disadvantage for those that couldn't cure diseases would have to be balanced out in some other area or
[quote who="landisaurus" reply="13" id="2019715"]Don't forget that it needs to be very evident in how the AI acts to you. MoM was plagued by the AI's sounding mean and upset with you, even when you did friendly things like try to offer a spell exchange and you were so far more advanced then they that had nothing to give you.[/quote] Maybe they thought you were making a vile social faux pas by pointing out how backward they were ;)
[quote who="landisaurus" reply="2" id="2018596"] Muggle I am so ammused that that word has been officially added to the english language. I have personally heard at least one non-harry potter source use it in a serious conversation (it was a TV show or movie, I don't remember which) and 4-5 years ago it was officially added to the oxford english dictionary.[/quote] Man I hate it, what a ghastly word.. it's almost as bad as "youngling" from Star Wars [e
All really good ideas guys! Another I'd like to add, which I saw someone mention in another thread (so the credit goes to you whoever you are!), is the need for symmetry between the AI's diplomatic options and the players. A specific example of this is the ability to threaten people who are doing something you don't like. In a lot of games, say if you've got a non-aggression pact with someone and you need one of your units to take a shortcut over their land, the AI will immediately st
I think this bear is in the middle of a prostate exam [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] He is a very health conscious bear!
Cos they made everybody sick [e digicons]:puke:[/e] The new 3d glasses sound totally amazing though :D I read this awesome article on Tom's Hardware at some point about using them with a high quality projector.. so you can have a wall sized image in 3d, playing an FPS like that.. man...that's an idea so cool I litterally can't keep it in my head!!!
Ahhh right, I see what you mean. On a point of pedantry it seems unlikely that outside of custom content you'd actually be creating "Troll" units using the unit creation mechanism given that the only races in the game are Human and Fallen, unless you happened to call some spear carrying men "Trolls" or something similar, but that would be insane! I'm not sure whether there'll be that level of unit variation when it comes to summoning creatures but I suppose it's not inconceivable... T
[quote] segallion Also, could this possibly cause problems with strategy? Again several Troll creatures created out there, but are vastly different, but require the same possible materials. I see my opponent gearing up those materials and I then try to help my side out by compensating for that. To my horror
[quote]The 'minorness' of the minors has often seemed a weakness to me when I think about sci-fi stories like the Organians in Star Trek. For a fantasy game, it seems even more worthwhile to separate expansionist territorialism from whether or not a given entity is a Power To Be Reckoned With.[/quote] I totally agree; neutral kingdoms that aren't sufficiently powerful just end up feeling tokenistic, like they're just an added resource for the regular player and computer controlled fac
Yay! Thanks guys :D I mean these little natural kingdoms (of which one can imagine swamps, forests, deserts all working in a similar way to how I've described) I think would work best in consort with more mundane wild space which is just either economically unproductive or has wild beasts living in it (with them spawning and attacking much as in Geoff's kingdom). That way over time the regular wild space could potentially (although not necessarily)be gradually eroded away as it was settled, t
Mmmmmm Faerie Apples! [e digicons]:drool:[/e]
Hi everyone, this is a post I also put up in the Independent Kingdoms thread, located: https://forums.elementalgame.com/334666 which I thought might also be relevant here, hope it's not too boring :) If I may I'd like to just speculate about how one of these little "natural kingdoms" that have been suggested might work in practice as I think I've got a decent set up that I'd enjoy playing. For my example I'd like to u
[quote]I just wanted to point out that I don't think there is a way to stop the wall-ta-wall carpeting, just delay it.[/quote] I think that all depends on how big a cost versus potential return you give the act of settling in these regions. I think it would be totally possible to still have it being not worth your while to do so even by the end of the game.. it's just a case of whether players would accept not being able to tessellate the entire map with McCities or not (clearly some
[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="11" id="2004909"] Quoting GW Swicord, reply 8Gender's just another hull type Best quote ever. If only Stardock forums had signatures...[/quote] You are soooo right! That's gold :D
[quote]So I say it can be whatever you want really..[/quote] YOU JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE!!! :D Ha ha ha! Nice picture again Landi! Although I think it might necessitate some sort of fire retardant saddle [e digicons]:waaaa:[/e]
[quote]I was quoting myself[/quote] Lol the only person worth quoting :p
[quote]Example #1) infiltrate an enemy city (during siege). When the battle starts, you will have the elite squad inside the enemy city. Requires: [Inflitrate], can only be executed by infantry.[/quote] I really like most of your ideas, this one in particular is great! I would worry that your infiltrating unit would get killed really quickly surrounded by enemy troops right at the beginning of the battle though. I mean they'd be the enemy's number one priority and within range to get
I really liked how SMAC did it, which is pretty much as you described (assuming I'm understanding you correctly) landi as being mostly hardcoded. You could choose a bunch of different civics for different categories (government type, culture type, economy type etc I forget the precise names) altering productivity, environmental impact of production, police power etc but you'd have certain choices ruled out or in depending on your faction choice. For instance the dictatorial hive mind chappies
Oooow that sounds exciting! Are you excited? I'm excited!!! [e digicons]:omg:[/e] I need to look up MOO1! STAT!
[quote]They've already stated that they're planning for each faction to have its own spellbooks, so it's not too wild of a stretch that each faction will have a different tech tree... ~clip~[/quote] See this quote from one of the other dev journals: [quote]While Elemental comes with two races -- Men and Fallen, each of these races are split into 6 factions each (12 total). Each of these factions has its own technology tree and own spell book to make each facti
[quote]And what is this suppose to mean Jonny? Are you discrminating against Pegasi? [/quote] I was more specifically referring to people who collaborate with aliens.. aliens are very fickle! However now you mention it! [e digicons] [quote]Oh, I just had a thought. User generated random events [/quote] I had just assumed this would be on offer, I certainly hope it is :D I mean with SD's promise to vet everything for quality I love the idea of being a