[quote who="Wintersong" reply="18" id="2779940"]You think too much. Offer empirical data before making such claims. But then, this wouldn't be the internet.[/quote] I always use Amazon reviews as pretty accurate indicators of the general gamer's reception. It's not speaking in Elemental's favour though. http://www.amazon.
[quote who="mbrown3" reply="217" id="2772015"]OK, this is probably a crazy stupid question, but how do you cast spells? I've played about 10 games so far, some of them lasting into the hundreds of turns, had hundreds of battles, yet I just realized that I haven't yet cast a single spell, and can't figure out how to do so. It's probably very obvious, but I'm not seeing it. Also, I keep reading about teleporting, but how do you do that? Thanks...[/quote] First you
[quote who="Ensais" reply="211" id="2766812"]Hey there, nice informative thread. Thanks! Question: in the battle resolution screen, for each unit there is a heart followed by the number of hp lost, then a sword, then a crown. Is the sword the experience won or what? What is the crown? Thanks again. Ensais[/quote] heart = lost hitpoints sword
Someone in the FAQ thread experienced many opposing armies that were basically defenseless after one combat turn, because they lost all their action points. He confirmed that he picked a sovereign with the "Intimidating" trait, which is proof that it is very effective. I once created a sovereign with the "Cruel" trait and stopped playing with him because of it. My sovereign and most of the hired champions lost their action points after one turn and were butchered most of the time.
[quote who="sscheeler" reply="209" id="2766662"]does this mean i can't edit it? sorry for asking, i'm just not good with computers and don't know the "lingo" lol[/quote] Yes, you cannot edit this at the moment, but I am sure it will be adressed in one of the upcoming patches or by modding it into the game.
[quote who="jsiaca" reply="195" id="2764226"]I have some regular units with some experience, is there a way to upgrade them with better equipment?[/quote] As of now, no. You can only disband them (icon is in the Actions tab) to get back the city population you used to train that unit. [quote who="Nack210" reply="196" id="2764232"]I'll ask again. How can I delete custom factions? I cant delete them using right click like I can with sovereigns, and I can't
[quote who="Caiuscro" reply="186" id="2762665"]When I open spellbook, character sheet or settlement display, i don`t have any picture of spells, character or town (on the right side of those books), and no picture on geting quests. Can someone tell me how to get those images? patch is 1.07[/quote] Sorry, works fine on my computer, have no idea what it might be. Maybe you should try to re-install the game if it won't change with a simple restart, or wait for the latest patch 1.08, mayb
[quote who="Himmelweiss" reply="24" id="2760440"]It is mainly because english sounds by far better than german. And really, almost every german reviewer adds some personal useless fluff i just do not want to read in a review! Or some try to turn the review into some RPG soloadventure read or storyboard... I just don't get it... I favor any US/english review over any german review, anytime![/quote] Ah ok, the english-is-just-cooler-even-if-it's-the-same-bs approach. That is
[quote who="Lantros" reply="18" id="2760203"]So...its a typical german review. Isn´t it? Gothic 3 was also good example for an incorrect review. Buying the game after reading such reviews make players angry. Thats something that elemental doesnt deserve. Once again...i´m happy about the demo, so i can say to my friends "Test it and you will see. I´m right." [/quote] Don't know what you and Himmelweiss mean with typical or that german reviews are bad in ge
Just to make a point, here are the "best" and most hilarious bits of information in the final verdict: Balance: - no unfair fights Content: - very long campaign (appox. 20 hours) AI: - AI doesn't cheat Campaign: - a lot of options - good introduction to game mechanics [e digicons]:rolleyes:[/e]
[quote who="Selphares" reply="9" id="2760116"]Nope it is the 1.07 Version status 09.03.2010 aside of taht in teh fazit the review person explains that he is not sure if he should love or hate the game and part of he wants to hugs stardock and wants at the same time to strangle them and tehre are as well some Complains about tactical combat. Oh and not all people actually have the lag issue. Aside of that is a review always a personal thing like the other ones that had the lag problems. Not to
Why did you post this embarrassing piece of game journalism? I like GameStar, but their review of Elemental is despicable and ignorant of a lot of issues the game has at the moment. There are even some claims in the final verdict that are downright false.
2.8 How can I use caravans and what is their benefit ( Food , Roads )? - You can unlock caravans by researching the Trading tech in the Diplomacy (Kingdom) or Cooperation (Empire) technology tree. Once unlocked, they can be trained like regular units with the Train Unit option in a city. After completion, you can send the caravan to any of your cities or the citi
[quote who="Filthgrinder" reply="141" id="2754708"]Sorry if this has been asked before; Is there a way to see what bonus I selected for my city when it leveled? It's hard to remember when you start getting several.[/quote] I don't think so.[quote who="DrGroth" reply="142" id="2754776"]How can I recruit Ogres? I conquered a minor faction next to an Ogre encampment. I can't figure out which tech is needed to recruit the ogres. Thanks[/quote]</p
Or at least make them much more costly, like 30 or more. I mean 1 mana, come on...
[quote who="ebelser" reply="133" id="2750624"]Okay, I hate to mention it again - but does anyone know if there is any information on different racial traits or abilities out there? This is pretty ridiculous tbh, basic info like this should be right on the site or in the rulebook. As a new question, why would I be unable to retreat from a fight? I've had multiple occasions where units ran to the "glowing fog" but could not leave. [/quote] No list about
[quote who="dalamb" reply="131" id="2750329"]I seem to have lots of questions the last couple of days! 1. If a minor faction city has only a resource you can't use, e.g. ogre village if you're Kingdom, what is the value of capturing it, since you can't improve it? Just the minor increase in influence radius? Strategically it might prevent a nearby Empire faction from making use of it, I suppose, but if they're far away that might not be an issue. 2. Does anyo
[quote who="dalamb" reply="128" id="2749659"]I took a closer look at my food production after reading this thread and performed an experiment. Most of my cities produced -1 or -2 food because of huts, and my farm city produced +7.2, for a total of +1. I built caravans connecting two of the cities to the food one. What I didn't understand before was that trade adds a percentage to food produced in the city -- it doesn't add food directly. So the two cities producing 0 b
That one you are talking about. Well, it's a repeatable tech, so if you really want to you can push it up to 50% or more, which is really beneficial. Then there are a few improvements you can build that increase essence, forgot their names though.
Could it be that you have built an improvement in the city that increases all hitpoints for units that are stationed there? If so, as soon as you move your troops inside, all units will get a raise of max health they have to catch up on.
[quote who="cygnetsong" reply="5" id="2748833"]True, but make sure your essence is a multiple of 3, so you don't wind up with a useless 1 point of mana leftover on your sovereign. [/quote] You can always increase your essence when leveling up, by advancing in the Magic (Kingdom) or Sorcery (Empire) tech tree and by building city improvements that increase max essence globally. You can easily build an army of casting champions if you want to. The problem right now is that a lot of spel
[quote who="cygnetsong" reply="2" id="2748807"]Since the sovereign is the only caster, I usually give him high int and wis (which I think corresponds to essence?). It seems like a waste to mix with melee attributes (str, dex, con), since you'll soon recruit a bunch of heroes that can't do anything but melee. Charisma is not that useful, either, since trained units are generally more powerful than recruited heroes. Just my current strategy anyway... I hope I have to change it
"Organized" and "Adventurer" will make you very happy.
1. It makes sense to focus on building food related improvements in that cities, but the other cities will also benefit from it, obviously on a much, much lower scale. Therefore you always have to contemplate whether you are willing to use precious building space for food related imrpovements in cities that have no food resource tile around. My suggestions: If that city has lots of free space to build stuff: yes. If that city is surrounded by many forests, hills and other resource tiles that
[quote who="Gravedancer" reply="122" id="2748309"]Hmm, maybe I had a city selected? I know it's happened a few times where I went to attempt to hire and couldn't. Then I would select my Sovereign and could.[/quote] I can confirm that you should be able to hire a champion with regular units, not just your sovereign. It's even working when the champion is standing next to one of your cities and the sovereign is nowhere near it.