Thormodr

Cool. Wish I could take advantage of this. ;)

[quote who="Cackfiend" reply="126" id="3060546"]Its absolute blasphemy to make a PC game that doesnt have multiplayer. People play Consoles for SP. Anyone that has ever played games vs People instead of AI cant go back to just play AI... and guess what, thats about EVERY PC gamer. Obviously I will not be getting my online guild, who all spent tons of time playing giant games of Civ 5 together, to buy E:FE now. Do you think I'

Mmmm...ham. :P Anyway, is there a way to pre-prder the game and gift it to someone? I bought E:WOM in 2010 so I'll be getting E:FE for free and it doesn't have an option anywhere to pre-order E:FE. I am considering buying it for my brother as the game looks pretty cool and he liked MoM back in the day. Plus I'd like to help out Stardock at the same time. Heck, I'd like to buy a boxed edition for myself if it&#39

That does concern me a bit too. It went from beta access one week after to possibly beta access in the following weeks. I bought my game in mid September 2010, full well knowing that it was a dog. I did it to support Stardock. (I even bought the Collector's Edition.) The EB Games guy seemed very excited when he saw me looking at E:WOM in the store, I recall. Lol. It would kind of suck to have to wait a couple of weeks to get access to

[quote who="PurplePaladin" reply="75" id="3060070"] For those enjoy all aspects of MP, and are confused by the near hostility of some towrds you: There are a lot of people that are "game loners" out there. For many, the games they play are their lives. They don't have or don't want others around when they play. When you hear/read things like "it will take too long", that's loner talk for "real people will be in the game, and I don&#39

Lol. That's great. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

[quote who="Vhorthex" reply="116" id="3059832"] Quoting Thormodr, reply 115 Multiplayer is all about balance. After all, how could you get bragging rights for being the better player if you used something unbalanced to achieve victory? Bragging rights? Who said anything about bragging rights? Saying that makes it sound like it's all about competition. This isn't Starcraft, Halo or COD. My main attraction to multiplayer for TBS is

[quote who="Vhorthex" reply="114" id="3059767"] Quoting Thormodr, reply 112 I don't think you realize just how few people truly care about multiplayer. They aren't failing anyone. They are prioritizing correctly. I and many others don't want this game watered down and its single player experience weakened just for the sake of multiplayer. I don't think you realize that people who want MP don't want any special tinkering done with

[quote who="Cackfiend" reply="110" id="3059207"]we all loved Master of Magic and have been following the Elemental series because of that Game. The ONLY thing MoM lacked was multiplayer support for us to play vs our friends. THEN YOU MAKE THE GAME WITHOUT MULTIPLAYER?!?!?!? I don't think you realize just how epicly you're failing the bulk of the long term followers of this project.

Very encouraging to hear this. I can't wait to get the beta. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Maybe it is a cursed spell. :P

[quote who="Mulfia" reply="26" id="3059373"]Accidentally gave Thormodr your +Karma Zozz! [/quote] Lol. Thanks. *Yoink* [e digicons]O:)[/e] I don't think I got any extra karma though. Still at +5. Hee hee.

Huzzah for the AI! To the victor goes the spoils. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] I do agree that diminishing returns might be something to consider. Still, very cool to see.

Yes. Online only play is only for the Beta. That way they can patch the game quickly and efficiently. Otherwise, there would be beta testers that hadn't downloaded the latest version and might be posting bugs that had already been fixed. Much easier this way.

On HD now. Looks great! [e digicons]:grin:[/e] The game looks very cool. I love the music and atmosphere. Jealous... :P

I wish the resolution was better but I am quite enjoying this. :)

[quote who="Zozz" reply="10" id="3058892"]So, I read this and decided I'd try to do a live stream. I plan to play for a bit tonight, starting at about 6:30pm EST. I have downloaded the game and am planning to stream the install (that should be fun), the tutorial and then some sandbox play. I've never done a livestream anything before, so it'll likely be hot garbage and I probably will do some dumb embarrassing stuff, but you are welcome to check it

The idea that Stardock announced that there would be no multiplayer two days before the beta is total BS. It has been known for quite a while.

[quote who="Gandhialf" reply="7" id="3058572"]Live streaming video, anyone? [/quote] I second that. Share the wealth guys. :)

This sounds very cool. Monsters sound like they will be as much of a threat as the AI at times. I do wish that there were slightly more civilized monsters as it were. Say for example, a band of highwaymen or bandits might be able to take over an outpost. (or perhaps a size one city) Maybe they could serve the role that minor factions used to have in a way. Bandits in an outpost could be a tough nut to crack. :)

cIV worked perfectly fine in multiplayer. I am not sure what you are prattling on about there. [e digicons] Civilization 5 on the other hand had quite subpar multiplayer. Supposedly addressed in a December patch I've heard, though. Perhaps you've confused the two?

I can't believe some people are complaining about this. [e digicons]

Maybe Lord Xia could cash in 50 Karma or something. Seems fair enough.

[quote who="Zawath" reply="61" id="3057738"]Lack of MP is disappointing but the good news is that Conquest of Elysium III (from the makers of Dominions 3) is right around the corner so hopefully that will satisfy my hunger for fantasy multiplayer strategy.[/quote] Thanks for the heads up. That game looks pretty cool. Fantasy turn based strategy is making a comeback big time. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] The Troll King's mother is

[quote who="Dave_Genesi" reply="59" id="3057716"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 51(1) FE has over 3 different types of loot: Sausage, Gold, or Sausage (2) FE supports both 640x480 resolution with 16 colors OR 320x200 with 256 colors (3) FE copy protection is that the player is always connected to our server playing ala remote desktop. So there is no code on your machine. (4) Relate to #3, max FPS is 10 frames per second. (5) Music is handled through a