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[quote who="Austinvn" reply="15" id="2739925"] Quoting charon2112, reply 5 Quoting ElradV, reply 3 Lets take it to the extreme, lets say in this game you had a button that kills an enemy opponent in 1 turn and its big and red. Sure you can play the game how you want, but its more enjoyable if that button is removed. Or doesn't work. That's true, but those exploits exist in any game, in Civ IV you can rush build axemen and take over the world v

[quote who="TheProgress" reply="2" id="2739820"] Quoting charon2112, reply 1With a 4x game, there's always a way to rush win if you want...but what fun is that? I prefer a very slow build. The point IS TO WIN - at least, I'm pretty sure the point isn't to lose.[/quote] nah...I'd take a long, exciting game ending in a loss, than a quick win.

[quote who="ElradV" reply="3" id="2739823"] Lets take it to the extreme, lets say in this game you had a button that kills an enemy opponent in 1 turn and its big and red. Sure you can play the game how you want, but its more enjoyable if that button is removed. Or doesn't work.[/quote] That's true, but those exploits exist in any game, in Civ IV you can rush build axemen and take over the world very quickly, there definitely a technique for galciv 2, i

With a 4x game, there's always a way to rush win if you want...but what fun is that? I prefer a very slow build.

[quote who="BoydofZINJ" reply="2" id="2739487"]Lastly, when is the next patch eta ? Quoting charon2112, reply 1If you are a fan of 4X...buy this game. It's awesome, not perfect, but awesome. Don't listen to the haters...and it will only get better and better as time goes by, Stardock is incredible at supporting their games. I am going to eat dinner. When I get back I will either buy this game or move on.&n

If you are a fan of 4X...buy this game. It's awesome, not perfect, but awesome. Don't listen to the haters...and it will only get better and better as time goes by, Stardock is incredible at supporting their games.

Believe me, I'm not hating on tactical battles altogether, I like them very much under most circumstances...like a war strategy game. But in a 4X, war is only one of several ways to play and win. I'd love to see as much work and thought put into the economic, trade, and diplomatic systems (not that those things are lacking in Elemental). So how, specifically, would you all improve tactical battles, then...? I see someone mentioned giving units m

[quote who="kryo" reply="1" id="2738538"]You didn't do anything wrong--that should work. If you have a savegame that you can try this again from, it may help us resolve the issue faster.[/quote] I don't have the save game unfortunately. The two cities' that did not connect had influence borders that weren't touching, that's the only difference I can think of...

[quote who="Renevent" reply="58" id="2738439"] Quoting charon2112, reply 55... Think for a moment about how horrible GC2 would be with tactical battles. As it is now, you prepare a fleet and send it against your opponents fleet and watch them fight in an awesome cinematic battle. ... I would say that would be a relevant point if in Elemental you would prepare your armies and watch them battle it out in an awesome cinematic battle....but that

Elemental isn't just a turn based game, it's a 4x game. 4x games are about world building, they are not about tactical combat . Think for a moment about how horrible GC2 would be with tactical battles. As it is now, you prepare a fleet and send it against your opponents fleet and watch them fight in an awesome cinematic battle. Imagine instead if you went into the battle and saw a little line of ships on your side, and a little line of s

[quote quoting="post"] In short, I'm a bit sad that Brad isn't the kind of designer who can look past his own personal preferences and figure out what is actually best for the game. [/quote] What you mean is that you're sad that Brad didn't look past what HE wanted in HIS game, and put in what YOU wanted...

[quote who="Clawdius_Talonious" reply="8" id="2737016"] Quoting charon2112, reply 6 Third of all, Starcraft 2 is a Real Time strategy game, and has very little bearing on turn based tactical battles. .[/quote] I understand that SC2 is an RTS...that's why I said that it seems like some members of the forum are forgetting that they're playing Elemental, which is supposed to be a turn based strategy game. It's about Kingdom building, not detailed

[quote who="pmaura" reply="1" id="2736521"]ok if you actually played masters of magic that would mean your atleast 30 so you should have enough brain power to figure stuff out. right now the tactical battles are super simple, posess zero challenge. its not even close to the games strong suit its its weakest link.[/quote] Listen, this is a turn based strategy game. You're lucky that there's tactical battles at all . Most TBS just calculates

So, I sent one caravan between two of my cities, and voila, a nice road appeared and the caravan did it's thing back and forth. I made another caravan, and sent it to another of my cities--albeit much farther away--and although the caravan and it's guards disappeared, no road was made and the caravan was never seen again. What are the rules regarding caravans?

some folks prefer squares, some folks prefer hexes. They guy who made this game, however ...likes squares. When you make a strategy game, you can make whatever grid type you want. This is a silly thing to complain about.

[quote who="midnighthike" reply="4" id="2736824"]I haven't tracked it yet, but you could find out by seeing how many turns it takes for your kids to grow up one year.[/quote] I wish it was right at the top of the screen. Like GC2 starts on Jan. 1, 2277...and each turn moves the calendar one week. That kind of thing adds a lot to the game.

[quote who="Jarenko" reply="2" id="2736695"]You can't go on dates but if you get your reputation high enough you can just skip to proposal. If only real life worked this way men would be wealthier and women wouldn't have their puppetmaster reputation they have now. [/quote] ...I meant date like calendar dates. Like, how do I know when a month, or a year has passed in the game?

Nobody? How do you know how much time is passing in the 'game world'?

Not crazy about it. I like a big, detailed manual...The one for Galciv 2 is about 75 pages or so, and is pretty good. The Elemental manual is about 35 pages. It's good for what it is, but I love this game and want to know as much as I can about it. I think the manual could have been 2 or 3 times as large and gone into better detail about the elements of the game.

[quote quoting="post"] I met 4 races but only 2 of them appears in diplomacy screen. How come? [/quote] Are two of the four, minor races?

[quote quoting="post"] Finally I have been able to sit for several hours and play a bit of Elemental. And I have to say I am very very surprised. I feel like "Where are all the problems people are talking about?" Sure, there are many things that could be improved (and I hope they get improved) and the AI is easy to win, but the game feels very far from incomplete. Many different structures, buildings, spells and techs, who se number are in par with what similar games have. We

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="1" id="2735234"]Yes, there are minor factions when you play. Their cities usually sit by a unique creature improvement, so if you capture the city you can build that creature. For example, in my game I captured a city that gave me access to Bone Ogres (and thus made the rest of the game hilariously easy, but alas..)[/quote] cool. thanks. :)

There seems to be, I see some small kingdoms that I don't remember in the set-up screen...

who cares really? Games like this are made for sandbox mode, not the campaign. No one complains about a lack of campaigns in Civ, I always wonder why people complain about it in Stardock games...

Yes, I've been checking that screen out. And it has a little info, but is nothing like the civ manager screen in galciv. For one thing, it doesn't show your progress over time compared to all of the other kingdoms...