Ratatosk7

[quote who="Goldmos" reply="23" id="2866231"]Ok, I understand what you will be doing and it will be really great to have some sort of "different" world to play in, but like nammafia said, will it be actual "expansion" to EWOM to add some flavor or more stuff or you'll only have "3" games to play in the world of Elemental OR will you be able to combine the Fallen enchantress and the second game witn EWOM like an expansion?[/quote] Yeah this is one of the things I was ask

Would you say Fallen Enchantress is to Elemental like Entrenchment is to Sins of a Solar Empire? As in it added a lot of content but also fundamentally changed the game play as defense became more of a possibility than just having a single fleet of death mowing down everything in its path. Some people might prefer the more aggressive style of vanilla Sins, while others prefer the additional layer of strategy that advanced defensive techs added. If

A lot of great changes and fixes here. Can't wait to start playing again after a few weeks of patches ;) Edit: has any work been done on the issue where non-sov women can't wear capes?

BP fanboys

Good work :)

Horrible advice, never research boats, it makes all your other techs more expensive and boats flatout suck.

Cool cause I'd love to play the games I've paid for without acquiring them through other means after purchase just to get a working copy :P

Raise land till you get to island, then lower land once you get there. You can probably setup invincible homebase there and work on spell of mastery in perfect safety as I doubt AI knows how to do sea invasions.

Strategy: click end turn 200 times. (increase turn count depending on game speed and mapsize) --> If losing: You fail at everything, restart game --> If winning: Is too much hassle to finish everyone off and no scorecard so just restart because the game is lagging too much anyways. If playing on Ridiculous you vary things up a bit because its more of a challenge. Strategy: click end turn 200 time

[quote who="Derek Paxton" reply="8" id="2861035"] Quoting Sarudak, reply 7Is the 1.11 going to increase the resources available like in Brad's build? I find the 1.1 no resources world rather depressing... I'm glad you mentioned that, I'll update the list. By default the game placed 1 random resource per 200 tiles. Brad changed it to 1 per 100 tiles and we tuned it back to 1 per 150 tiles. What's needed here is a better resource allocation system (than just ran

I thought the button idea was genius, it will save people a lot of time clicking end turn (some games I played lasted hours!). Will be great for multiplayer.

[quote who="impinc" reply="3" id="2860637"]Playing coy are we, Xia? Trying to get on his good side? I thought you were Brad's lovechild/plaything. Are you shifting loyalties now?[/quote] He is brown nosing in hopes of luring Jon into a false sense of security before demanding his pony.

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="69" id="2860570"] and I know that not every game can't make me masturbate... oh sorry for the harsh word. I mean, make me enjoy it like crazy. Those are two different award categories in a game. For the former I think more in terms of the C&C series. I mean look at that GDI chick in the cutscenes. Oh and the Allied chick in RA2. But not Tanya--she's overrated. I also love those Shadow Maidens in HOMMV.&nbsp

Oh been hearing good things from the guys playing around with Brad's builds, maybe I'll fire up a quick game if the patch goes through before I go to bed :)

To clarify for those that are confused, I think the button comment was a joke... [e digicons]:omg:[/e]

[quote who="WalkerK19" reply="71" id="2860300"] There are other worse game sequel that destroyed the franchise you know? *Empire Earth 3, Command and Conquer [/quote] A bit off topic from the epic whining. I believe you mean genre not franchise and I believe you are also confusing turn based strategy with real time strategy as both of your examples are RTS while Elemental is turn based more comparable to a game like Civilization which the complaining is about

[quote who="Cruxador" reply="95" id="2860315"] Quoting charon2112, reply 94Guys, that is not Jon Shafer. What? Yes it is. It clearly says "Jon Shafer" right there in the name field. Surely you're not indicating that there might be some sort of subterfuge here? I really don't think someone like Jon Shafer would endeavor to deceive in that manner.[/quote] I think he just means that someone may have signed up with the name Jon Shafer as some kind of ruse as the

[quote who="AlLanMandragoran" reply="21" id="2860266"] Quoting Jon Shafer, reply 16Right now I'm thinking we'll trim the interface down to one big button in the middle of the screen, 1024 pixels wide by 768 pixels tall (approximately - will vary based on the resolution of the user’s monitor). The text on this button will say "Win the Game." I've had some discussions with Brad and the marketing team about this, and everyone is really excited by the possibilities. We've seen it work

Someone get this man a Stardock tag [e digicons]:beer:[/e]

[quote who="AlLanMandragoran" reply="88" id="2860217"] Quoting MattSan, reply 87 Quoting Ratatosk7, reply 86 I think its fun to watch who he hires next. Its like some sort of industry Guess Who. 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? $5 on Michael Bolton from Initech.[/quote] &

[quote who="Gene1966" reply="49" id="2860179"]So to the heart of the OP's beef...What's the dealio with Jon Shafer and Civ5? Why did Jon leave Civ5 series for Elemental? Was Jon not happy over there? I am quiting my job of 16 years simply because I no longer enjoy it. I no longer believe my management. Actions speak louder than words, it does not take a rocket scientist to match actions to words and they do or they don't draw your conclusions. I

I heard rumors of Sid Meier or Shigeru Miyamoto...

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="54" id="2859796"]Wow, I have to admit, Brad wasn't shitting us when he said he was dedicated to making Elemental a great game and franchise. Who the hell else would put together an all-star team to work on a game that has already been released and trashed by critics? Pretty impressive Brad.[/quote] I think its fun to watch who he hires next. Its like some sort of industry Guess Who.

Don't get me wrong, I love hexes. IDK why people went back to using squares in the first place and it also eliminated Civ's stack'o'doom and/or collateral damage issue. Realistically speaking I doubt there will be any plans to rebuild the core of the game to use hexes instead of squares. Maybe in an Elemental 2. Edit: although...hexes are normally for tactical games and we do happen to have this very lacking tactical combat thing floating around....might be interesting

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="22" id="2859394"] Quoting Winnihym, reply 13*gasp* Lord Xia is the lovechild of Wintersong and Heavenfall! I KNEW it! *twitches*[/quote] You must have known Stardock couldn't keep this secret forever... Also, are we really getting Jon Shafer? Does this mean squares will be replaced with hexes or that this will become Elemental:Revolution, or both? [e digicons]o_O[/e]