charon2112

one question: does anyone who isn't a pirate ever ask the OP's two questions?

[quote who="hfbrooklyn" reply="7" id="2819473"]I like the bear. [/quote] Me too. He's awesome in the early game.

[quote who="Stuie_acs" reply="4" id="2819340"] Quoting charon2112, reply 2 Is that new? Because in the past, all six books were available in the game setup area, when you make a sovereign. In fact, I still have a saved sovereign from an earlier version of EWoM that has all six books to start. New as of 1.06. [/quote] weird. I've been using my same old sovereign, and he still has the summoning book attac

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="1" id="2819217"]You have to research the summoning book.[/quote] Is that new? Because in the past, all six books were available in the game setup area, when you make a sovereign. In fact, I still have a saved sovereign from an earlier version of EWoM that has all six books to start.

When I create a new sovereign, I have just 5 spell books to choose from. No summoning? what happened?

Please remember that this (bolded text below) is the heart of Elemental. This is a 4x game, and although tactical battles and fun spells are cool, they should never come at the expense of all the things that make a 4x game great. I read often in these journal about how you guys are working on tactical stuff and making spells better, etc...but I much less about improvements that make EWoM a better 4X. That said, welcome! and good luck in your n

[quote who="Mystikmind" reply="12" id="2819070"] quoting post I love Elemental, but is there any "Galciv2"-style moments, where you're exploring and come across that class 36 or higher planet. Because THAT is a great moment, you know wars will be fought over those planets. It's one of the things that makes GC2 great...Does that kind of thing exist in EWoM? And shards don't really cut it. Actually it is in Galc

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="5" id="2817804"]I play galcivII w both add-ons (Twlt of the Arnor) and never found a planet above 18? What am I doing wrong? is setting in game set up? (sad...)[/quote] They're out there. They're very rare, but they exist.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="2" id="2817645"]I've been working on a new manual for v1.1. [/quote] Will it be a new, comprehensive manual covering everything? Or is it just for new additions to 1.1?

glad to hear it. Thanks Brad!

I love Elemental, but is there any "Galciv2"-style moments, where you're exploring and come across that class 36 or higher planet. Because THAT is a great moment, you know wars will be fought over those planets. It's one of the things that makes GC2 great...Does that kind of thing exist in EWoM? And shards don't really cut it.

[quote who="Gandhialf" reply="9" id="2814281"] Quoting charon2112, reply 8I think the music is great. If you like GC2's music, you'll probably like Elementals... There are some games, which I missed an opportunity to play. Currently I'm reducing backlog and playing Master of Magic (from gog.com). Next will be Age of Wonders 1 (at the moment I only know the demo version and the music from it). I will have to wait for Gallactic Civilizations 2 and its music for a whil

If you get it, buy it at Wal-Mart, it's only $39.96... [quote quoting="post"] Hi there everyone, I've been following the progress of this game religiously since I first heard about it (which was not long before release). I've always loved fantasy based strategy games, like Master of Magic, or even my recently discovered FFH2 mod for CIV4. For someone like myself who likes these types of g

[quote who="Somaed" reply="131" id="2810546"]Oh Dragonforce! I loved that game! Still have it with my Saturn! I'd love to see another game like that someday, nothing else around like it.[/quote] I'm jealous. Dragonforce fetches big bucks now.

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="15" id="2810275"]Damn, I should have gotten it at Wal-Mart instead of Impulse, they are selling it for 10$ cheaper and it comes with extras [/quote] Yeah, they "rolled back" the price to $39.96 last I checked.

[quote quoting="post"] Hello, I picked up a copy of the game at Walmart, and inside was an insert saying to go to www.elementalgame.com/walmart to enter the serial number to access the free content. Only, when I go to that address, it says log in to link the content with my Impulse account. When I log in, I get dropped back to the Elemental website's homepage, with no notification of whether it did anything or not, and at no point was I asked to enter my serial key. I've launched t

[quote who="Mystikmind" reply="4" id="2807077"]Give up guys, AI diplomacy never works properly, even in games that put allot of effort into it (such as the civ series). And it never will until such time as we have proper artificial intelligence![/quote] GalCiv2's AI and diplomacy are pretty darn good...!

[quote quoting="post"]...Dragonforce (for Saturn)...[/quote] You had me at Dragonforce.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="29" id="2806621"] Once everyone is running 64-bit OSes, you will see a huge advantage come to PC games over consoles. [/quote] I think we already do...

I totally agree. Diplomacy and an economic build are my play-styles too. Rather than focusing on combat and magic improvements, I'd prefer SD works on the diplomacy system. [e digicons]k1[/e]

[quote who="charon2112" reply="15" id="2805088"]This seems like a no-brainer to me, but why doesn't your first born (if you have one) become the new sovereign?[/quote] Wait a minute...I also just noticed that under my child's picture in the game it says, "first in line for the throne...". Now it really seems like your children were designed to take over for your sovereign.

[quote who="joasoze" reply="9" id="2805725"]1. I want minor nations to expand and in extreme cases they could win the game[/quote] I had a question about this. If the minor races expand and can win, aren't they not minor anymore...?

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="11" id="2805595"]Actually, this is one of the things that I feel strongly should be set, as each player desires, via customization page.[/quote] I agree. In general there needs to be way, way more customization options.

There should be a two ring limit, one on each hand. and one amulet.

[quote who="random_target" reply="4" id="2805483"]Creating a random map with parameters such as size, shape of land and availability of resources is a key feature if the goal is a re-playable game.[/quote] Oddly enough, in the manual, it mentions lots of options for setting continent type, strategy vs. RPG, and other things...and they don't seem to be in the game.