Great list Arstal! Other spells to consider (S=Strategic;, T=Tactical, if not specified then both) Fly Invisibility (attacking breaks) Locate Magic (S) Illusory Creature Elemental Resistance (add when elemental damage types are added) Read Magic (for adventuring, as not all texts should be readable) Raise Dead (T - this would require not having tac combat automatically end when all of one side dies) Alarm (S - alerts when
[quote who="VR_IronMana" reply="9" id="2762862"]I mean, that sometimes my reputation goes up even without leveling up. Not sure what I did, but I know it wasn't gaining a level since there wasn't anything around to kill.[/quote] I didn't realize there were other ways to increase reputation besides leveling (heck, until the old lady refused the proposal in 1.06 I had no idea there was a reputation factor, and I've played since beta began). I now know to look for these other re
The 'logic' behind caravans essentially creating food out of thin air escape me. If food is too hard to get, there are better ways. As NTJedi points out, a lot of work went into caravans, and not wanting said work to be wasted, caravans could be required to tie a city into the global food pool. It's logical and it'd add supply lines -- strategy -- to this strategy game. Creating, defending, and cutting supply lines would add to the game.
[quote who="b0rsuk" reply="15" id="2761339"]Doing so [allowing succession upon Sov death]would require devs to embrace the Save&Quit/Continue paradigm instead of Save/Load.[/quote]I'm confused why the former would require the latter? Please to explain. [quote]Allowing dynastic succession would require change in player mentality, it would require players to accept that screwups happen. It's too late. Why would anyone accept a bad event if he can reload ? Why have random event
[quote who="Winnihym" reply="171" id="2762726"]...and you're a bit of a jerk because this post, and ones like it, fall distinctly into the "I told you so" camp, whether that was your intention or not.[/quote]I'm a bit of a jerk because you read something into my post that was neither there nor intended, and exists only in your imagination? Okey dokie... You may wish to consider the difference between 'imply' and 'infer'. Or maybe not. Either way, it's fin
[quote who="Wintersong" reply="103" id="2761361"] [quote]BoydofZINJ said: Some of us are just shocked at the poor quality of a recent purchase. Pretend you got a fancy new Italian sports car...[/quote]A videogame cannot compare to a car. Neither to an apple. Neither to a shoe. I understand what you are trying to do but with examples like that that ignore the nature of software, it won't work.[/quote]I think it's necessary to clarify the "...nature of software..." bit. Consi
[quote who="VR_IronMana" reply="4" id="2761117"]Sometimes level ups aren't needed - though I'm not exactly sure what is going on with that (I think it's called Reputation - same idea). [/quote]Is it possible you leveled up before meeting your intended, or asking? I only played 1 1.06 and now 1.07 game, and in both my Sov started with 0 (or 0.1 in the 1.06 game IIRC) 'reputation', and my intended had 1.0 when recruited. She only accepted when I had 1 (or 1.1). You've had
[quote who="malekith" reply="16" id="2762668"] Quoting thisisretarded, reply 15(big money if you catch a princess!). Big money, maybe, but you also have to deal with the stream of ogres, plumbers, etc. coming to save her.[/quote]Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You captured my Princess. Prepare to die.
[quote who="NTJedi" reply="26" id="2757854"]...has anyone else noticed most of the skills in Elemental are primarily "damage" related?? This unit does double damage on counterstrikes, this unit can do triple damage for its strike, yaaa daa yaaa damage, etc., etc., .[/quote]Yes :( The old D&D game had such a great panoply of spell types. Yes, Elemental isn't a pen&paper game adjudicated by a human, but I'd like to think folks cleverer than I on the SD team
[quote who="tetleytea" reply="38" id="2761205"]I remember Tactics II. Very simple game: you had counters, and they had different values depending on what military age you were playing in. Kind of like a cross between Civ and Stratego. I played against my Dad. I lost. That's a lesson in life I learned quickly. Now when I play a game against my son, I'm gonna whup him.[/quote]<a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/
There's a VASSAL program/community that facilitates playing some of these old boardgames over the net. For ASL there's VASL For other games there's VASSAL I played around with them a while ago but had some trouble and didn't pursue it sufficiently to figure it out. Folks do get it to work, tho. And the <a href="http://www.vassalengine.org/wik
[quote who="kyogre12" reply="32" id="2761101"]...The problem with using essence to build a city is that, at least with the current mechanics, weakening your sovereign doesn't really matter. By the mid game, the generic units are good enought that no matter how much you level up your sovereign, he/she can probably be one-shotted with arrows/catapults/other magic users....[/quote]That is a problem -- Sovs and champs are pretty squishy, so combat is risky. Plus the 'overland' spells coul
[quote who="Gravedancer" reply="32" id="2761136"] Quoting Nick-Danger, reply 30I was starting 7th grade in the fall of '66. Was that 66 AD or 66 BC? [/quote] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] *runs after the kids shaking fist and shouting 'get off my thread'*
[quote who="gunnergoz" reply="27" id="2761118"]At 62, I have socks and underwear older than most of you tykes... Started with Avalon Hill board games in the 1960's and bought my first computer in '84 (a Mac) and PC in '88. TBS games were abundant then. The good old days. Crude graphics, but lots of new ideas and energy.[/quote]*bows head in respect of greater age* I too cut my teeth on Avalon Hill boardgames. Blitzkrieg, 1914 (a horrible game but still fu
[quote who="Twohawks" reply="9" id="2761053"] I first saw Star Trek in B&W. One of those tiny screen sets. Bah I cry shenanigans... Star trek debuted in 1966 I was 6 heh heh[/quote]You cry?!?! Not as much as I cried. Until we finally got a color set (with a remote -- the 4 button ones with the 4 rods in them) and then my tears were for Joy! I was starting 7th grade in the fall of '66.
[quote who="Tridus" reply="186" id="2761022"]Here it is. [/quote]He made that post at September 6, 2010 17:02:30 My post on that topic was at September 6, 2010 16:52:47, preceeding his. That's why my latest post included the qualifier "...at the time of posting of these points...".
You're all kids... My advanced placement high school math class used sliderules. We had a 6' one at the front of the class we did problems on. I first saw Star Trek in B&W. One of those tiny screen sets. I remember penny candy costing a penny. Heck, with some you got >1 for a penny. We used fountain pens -- the kind that leak ink all over your shirt -- in grade school. Mini-skirts in jr. high and high school. Yum... <
[quote who="Cryptomancer" reply="175" id="2760786"]* > With the reservation that I would replace his word "disdain" by the other word which he uses later on : "resistance".[/quote]You're right, 'resistance' is a much better choice, and I should not have used 'disdain', as it's too negatively connotative. Thanks for pointing this out :)
[quote who="Kantok" reply="173" id="2760779"]You don't think Brad's many "Mea Culpa" posts are recognition of their failure to listen to the beta crowd?[/quote]Specifically? Obviously I don't, else I wouldn't make the point. [quote]It comes off as beta testers wanting to be acknowledged that they were personally right when Brad was wrong.[/quote]My post you quote has my arguments why this is incorrect. [quote]Why not focus more on improving the game and less on the "I
Find a champion of the opposite sex and on his/her action tab will be a gold ring. Click on it. You may be rejected for being not 'renowned' (? or some similar term) enough. To solve that, have your Sov level up once, while the prospective mate does not level up. Then the Sov is of sufficient renown/stature/whatever that the prospective mate will accept. Basically the Sov needs to be of a higher level. Then the proposal will be accepted.
[quote who="Rune_74" reply="170" id="2760758"] Quoting Slamelov, reply 169It's a game with poor graphic design, but very deep in strategic options. Thats an opinion...I like the grahics personaly.[/quote]Me too. I really really like the impressionistic-but-not-cartoony style.
[quote who="Istari" reply="95" id="2760698"]Firstly, while people are responsible for trying to manage how they are affected, there are still causes for these effects, and other people to whom responsibility still applies.[/quote]Agreed. When someone attempts to insult me and I accept responsibility for my reaction, that does not relieve the insulter from responsibility for their behavior. [quote]Secondly, while I agree that there is the cathartic element to complaining, I sti
[quote who="Blaze of Glory" reply="6" id="2760561"]As to the OP, a very well written piece. [/quote]Agreed.
If you think that's a strange marriage, you should see mine... Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my life For now my daughter was my mother, 'cause she was my father's wife And to complicate the matter, even though it br
[quote who="sagittary" reply="22" id="2760621"]...As far as the original topic, I agree with ealinnara. Using escalating costs does not usually work very well. Once you get over the critical hurdle, the costs become meaningless...[/quote]What if the 'cost' is from a fixed resource, one that doesn't increase, or one that increases more slowly than the cost increases? Then each city would cause a net decrease in the resource.