[quote who="CariElf" reply="98" id="2820715"] I wrote about what I was working on. I continue to reply because people seem interested. [/quote] I was just asking :) I'm just anxious to see more about 1.1 and what it will entail. I had no idea that it couldn't be disclosed. My bad! Cheers, V.
Although this all looks and sounds pretty nice, why is this being focused on? I'd much rather you talk to us about the spells and the core changes that are coming to the game. I didn't even know that there was an issue with ZOC's. :S But that's just me :) Cheers, V.
[quote who="Grove12345" reply="105" id="2820350"]....so why doesnt this game more resemble MOM?[/quote] MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY... (Yes, all caps) I mean, come to think of it, I don't like the person who resuscitated this necro post. I know that MOM was an inspiration, but I didn't know Brad had it and "played it". And he even says "Game developers have a lot to learn from MOM"... I guess he was a prophet of his own doom. ;)
I think it's just too late, they've already seperated SP from MP with the new hybrid research tree, and disabled Tac Combat. Thanks to a few ADD people, who should be playing FPS games ;), we won't be able to unleash the power of our units and will resort to automatic combat. All the tactical combat spells you'll research, you'll have to HOPE your champions will use the ones you want. You'll almost have to relearn which tac spells are good based on which ones your characters w
I hadn't seen this post, thanks to whoever resuscitated it :P But seeing it now just gives makes me reel at how things went to badly on launch. I guess Bard already admitted he went on a frenzy in the end. Here's to hoping that Elemental will EVENTUALLY get the it's appropriate injection of MOM. I've shelved the game for now, after destroying the AI with no effort repeatedly. But I'm looking forward to the improvements 1.1 will bring. I just hope it won't be "too little, too l
[quote quoting="post"] Master of Magic is the inspiration here... [/quote] Ahh yes! This! THIS! Thank you, V.
[quote who="Dark_bird" reply="3" id="2804574"]Quoting Frogboy, reply 2There are other reasons as well such as what was considered a AAA game in the 90s wouldn't sell commercially. Or another common one is that what was expressed in the 90s with sprites would have to be rendered as 3D models which is vastly more expensive. That's one of the reasons why iPhone/iPad and Xbox Live Arcade games are taking off. You can get away with making lower scope games that are like classics.
[quote who="CariElf" reply="15" id="2797915"] If you play a custom game you can setup whatever teams you want. Click Custom from the multiplayer menu. Click on Create to create your own game or you can join one from the available games list if there are any listed.[/quote] *Goes to hide in shame...* D: Thanks CariElf! :D
When will coop Multiplayer be enabled? (2 Humans Vs AI) I'd love to participate to give feedback for the MP version, but I'm not the least inclined of playing a versus game. I'd hope that since Frogboy himself said that it would be the most enjoyable way of playing it, that you'd make it available. All the feedback that will be given if from versus games, I think Coop needs to be given some attention as well. No? Regards, V
I'm really confused about the whole process behind Multiplayer. Frogboy himself said that he didn't feel that elemental had much potential as a competitive game. (Versus) But rather more enjoyable with a few friends against the AI. Now, that being said, the dev path still is pointing/leading towards competitive play. What's going on? And the other thing that makes me even more confused, is that you say that you are waiting for player feedback in order to make changes to it. Bu
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="22" id="2785799"] As far as I am concerned, I wouldn't even call a computer game without simultaneous turns multiplayer. Only one person is playing at a time. That's how terrible I think that "game" mode is.[/quote] That "Game mode" is called "Turn Based". You know, like a Turn Based Strategy game? Simultaneous turn, in my opinion, are a poor attempt to reflect RTS mechanics. The fact that you could retreat your unit before the other person
[quote quoting="post"] The biggest changes, as previously discussed, is making mana global rather than a per unit. This has been one of the most challenging issues both in terms of balance and AI programming (since players could imbue heroes and then have each of them had their own mana pool and enchantment slots). The global mana system is a lot closer to our original concept and that of Master of Magic, our original inspiration. Summoned units will have
Wow, I thought I was the only one feeling this game needed a severe does of 4X 101. I've been trying to validate my claim that terrain should have an impact on the cities it surrounds. Thing is though, that from what I could see, apart from Mountains, Hills & Forests, all terrain reverts to whatever your faction is. For example, if you go up north and build a city in artic tiles, they will transform to 'barren' terrain. (Sorry I always forget the name of the terrain for Empire)</p
Hello everyone, I'm just going to go over the big lines of my game I just did with 1.08. * AI * *Military* Now, I have to say. I noticed the AI has been paying attention in the past few weeks. ( ;) ) No random war declarations out of the blue, and also when war was declared upon, the AI did try to strike at my most lightly defended cities around his strongest armies.
Hello, I finished my first 1.08 game this morning, and when I finally got my children something very strange happened with my first born. She was tearing up the competition along side the sovereign until at one point, after a Tac battle I had forgotten to summon my child's elementals. But when I cliked on her she had 0 mana left... I was a little puzzled since she had a pool of about 100 mana. I also then realized that she had another robe (of beige color) that was Z-Fighting
First I'm sorry but I have to point it out... [quote]can sum mom[/quote] I'm not a pro linguist, but come on :P Moving on, Your first point, although I agree with what you say partially it has to be trend lightly. Since increasing the AOE of a spell might render a subsequent spell irrelevant. For example, if lightning bolt could increase it's AOE, it would a bit become chain lightning. After a while a caster will stop casting flame dart and move on to F
Hey everyone, I think something needs to be put in place to offer an advantage to those who only pick one class of magic. For example, if someone where to only pick the Fire Elemental book. Well perhaps get a research bonus? Or rather, if you pick all the elemental books, you get a spell research penalty? For example: 4 Books // No Bonus to Arcane Production // AND/OR // +15% Spell Research Cost 3 Books // +5% Arcane Production // AND/OR // +10% Spell Research
This isn't a suggestion, is it? And I'm really puzzled, in my game it's raining ressources. Well ok it's in clusters, but not that much 'emptyness'. I was able to get 3 gold mines before turn 100. And this is on a medium map. This is without the tech that unlock goldmines. Maybe your map had an issue when seeded. Better luck next time! Cheers, V PS: Makes me think of Civ games where you just... couldn't... get... iron... D:
[quote who="Hybridvitae" reply="7" id="2757838"]thread after thread after thread saying turn Elemental into a sequel to an older game. this thread more specifically then others has an ironic title for that. FIX Elemental by turning into NOT Elemental. That makes NO sense. Then it WOULDN'T BE Elemental. Stop trying to talk Brad and his company into re-making other games you loved and let him make his own game, and maybe join him in loving it too. If you want
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="50" id="2755564"] Someone, somewhere put it best: Under the current syste, the spell of making is a 20 mana spell. That's like 3 chain lightning spells. There's nothing to "save up" for. It also drastically hinders any sort of real POWER in the spells as they stand now. [/quote] I [quote who="Vhorthex" reply="9" id="2754720"] Th
I'm afraid that this whole "let's make MP different" will just make Elemental a multi-headed dragon for them to deal with. It basically means the team will have to debug/support 2 games. Maybe not on the engine level, but on tweak and balancing. I think they made it worse for themselves.
[quote who="GaelicVigil" reply="58" id="2755227"] Elemental has everything MoM had and much more.[/quote] I think you need to play 1 game of MoM, to refresh your memory, then come back and post again. If by that you mean: Elemental has spells, heroes, city building, magical items & dungeons. Well that's not looking too deeply into things. I mean the spells are so bland, please. How epic is it that the spell of "making" is 20 Mana to cast... 20... For those
[quote who="Kargaxe" reply="12" id="2754806"]A cheat and a game mod are only separated by perspective. Edit: I do prefer the MoM method but Elemental's is cool too. It just needs quite a few more updates.[/quote] Saying it was a cheat didn't wrap up exactly what I meant. Basically, you can't level it up, or do anything for it to go up through gameplay means. You will have to go and edit it yourself. There we go. And as far as Mana &a
[quote quoting="post"] The first rersponse was a copy-pasted restatement of the Stardock return policy. Today, I got a curt and to-the-point e-mail, stating that no refund, full or partial, will be given due to the transaction having taken place more than 90 days ago. My reward for beta testing, I guess. I’m not really used to dealing with customer service. What do you guys recommend I should do at this point? [/quote] Wow,
[quote who="Kargaxe" reply="9" id="2754774"]I'd go for an independant stat for mana regen, i.e. how it is now. [/quote] That stat is "backend", currently it's not displayed in your stats or at character creation. Which is problematic for, unless you edit it like you said, it wont' change at all. And your suggestion is a semi 'cheat' if anything.