phazonfreak

That's nice, I just hope you also told him that while the game itself is good and promising, it is not polished and has issues?

https://forums.elementalgame.com/393014 3.6 How can I increase the quest and notable locations level of my sovereign? - You can increase your quest and notable locations level by researching tech in the Adventure (Kingdom) or Domination (Empire) technology tree. There you will find several techs that increase not only your quest and notable l

[quote who="Uberwilhelm" reply="26" id="2743306"] Quoting Morlark, reply 5That's just the nature of updates. "For this game" needs to be added to your statement. I have never, in 20+ years of playing PC games EVER seen a game update render your saved games unusable.[/quote] While I agree that it is not the standard experience, but you honestly never experienced anything like this before? Wow, you must've had a lot of luck... [e digic

[quote who="Snedly" reply="21" id="2743222"]Dogpiling on this guy for asking just a simple question just shows a level of fanboy immaturity that reminds one of the perils of open forums. [/quote] I think the dogpiling part is not because he asked a "simple question", which he didn't, but because he wallows in his attitude towards this game and Stardock. We are all in the same boat, we are all unhappy that the game is not the finished, perfectly polished game we wanted it

to point 4: https://forums.elementalgame.com/393849 and 2.8 How can I raze my own or conquered cities? - You have to research the Fortifications tech (via Training ) in the Warfare (Kingdom) technology tree or the Warrior Castes tech (via Armies ) in the Conquest (Empire) techno

[quote who="CPike" reply="80" id="2743127"]Thanks as always phazon, I would assume that goes for all NPC specialists (plus tech, production, etc.) that you station then in one city and the bonus is good only for that city?[/quote] plus Tech knowledge and Arcane Knowledge is globally, you don't have to put them in a city to get the bonus. The problem is that the descriptions are far to vague and that you can't really check whether it's only working in that city or all the cities. Once

[quote who="CPike" reply="76" id="2742842"]Yet another question. When I hire an NPC that increases food production, do I need to put him in the city or take him with me or just let him hang out in the countryside?[/quote] put him in the city that should benefit by the food production bonus, ideally one that already produces quite a lot because of food resource tiles in its vicinity.

[quote who="Blaziken100" reply="75" id="2742480"]ok i just got the game today but my king wont level up and everything is already higher than him so i always lose also i got a quest but i have no idea where to do it and every thing in the one direction im supposed to go is to strong. evenwhen it was 5 on 1 and my guys were stronger and tougher i still lost. what am i supposed to do[/quote] You should level up ok when you explore the world with your sovereign and fight the m

[quote who="Snedly" reply="72" id="2742205"]In the beta it seemed that each newly built city would cost more. But since release, it seems each new city is free. Why?[/quote] Because they got rid of it.

[quote who="SirBriguy" reply="71" id="2742194"]Sometimes I don't get the popup to choose quick battle or tactical battle when I attack a monster on the map. Is that a bug or a feature? Is there a way to make it always give me the choice? My champion just died because the quick battle made him try to attack a wolf hand-to-hand instead of casting a damage spell.[/quote] You can set the "tact-battle threshold" in the options to 0 to always give you the choice.

Maybe this thread will help you a little bit on your long way to "get" this game. https://forums.elementalgame.com/393014 We all walked that line... [e digicons];P[/e]

[quote who="BoydofZINJ" reply="13" id="2741982"]...[/quote] I cannot for the life of me understand why people are constantly trying to come up with the most ridiculous comparisons to make a point. Comparing the development of a computer game to preparing and selling food in a restaurant or arline services is so out of this world it is beyond funny. What baffles me even more is this predominant sense of entitlement among gamers. Like playing games is a human right and not a hob

[quote who="Syiss" reply="10" id="2741995"]This is possibly one of the worst designed mechanics I've ever seen. This isn't intentional is it?[/quote] funny, I think it is one of the best designed mechanics I've ever seen regarding city improvement... [e digicons]^_^[/e]

that's a nice extension to the FAQ thread. I will link to this thread if you don't mind and it definitely needs a sticky.

[quote who="asteroides" reply="69" id="2741707"]In the first version we got on the 23rd, i used to be able to pick colors for the equipement when i designed units. I clearly remember making archers with +dmg with a red cape. Now i cant pick colors at all it seems, am i missing something?[/quote] no, it is gone indeed.

wait, magic is not worthwhile at the moment, spells are boring and too similar.

Easy answer: because they had two possible release windows to put the game on the shelves: August 2010 and February 2011. They decided to bring it out this August regardless of the final touch because of Civilization 5 and (I am assuming here) because they had not enough money and verve to wait another 6 months. Logic suggests that is the answer to all of your questions.

[quote who="Sethai" reply="17" id="2741805"]what i don't understand is why all the default sovereigns start with all the spellbooks. surely varying them would add more variety? and what is the game trying to tell me by doing this?[/quote] I think the game is trying to tell the player that magic is far more valuable and fun than it actually is.

The bolder spell ignores the defence rating of a unit. Next time try to increase your hitpoints by giving your sovereign as many medical packs as possible.

[quote who="Voqar" reply="3" id="2741484"]That link doesn't really answer #6 that I could see at a glance, and I really have no desire to read that entire thread to pick out the one piece of information I want. :/ [/quote] "2.4 Why can't I build new city improvements even though I seem to have the appropriate resources?" - There might be two reasons why the player cannot build the desired improvement: 1) The city does not match the appropria

[quote who="charon2112" reply="2" id="2741417"]I don't see them listed in the diplomacy window, do I need to research something first?[/quote] yes, you have to advance in the diplomacy (kingdom) or cooperation (Empire) tree before certain trade/treaty options are unlocked.

You can only build squads once you researched the technology. You can change the amount with the buttons over the unit icons in the training window. You are not able to merge single units to a squad, you can only build them from scratch.

[quote who="aow0526" reply="5" id="2741614"]What advantage does the medical pack give you when you upgrade a soldier to include it?[/quote] more health and faster health regeneration, like it says in the description...

[quote who="the Gorgon" reply="4" id="2741597"]Units should heal slowly also in enemy territory. [/quote] No, they shouldn't. Makes for more complex and cautious gameplay and you always have the option to buy items that will regen health on foreign soil.

[quote who="jihad4jesus" reply="67" id="2741563"]Any way to speed up tactical battle animations?[/quote] no [quote]How many enchants do cities and players get? How does this scale?[/quote] I am not sure of the exact amount, but it's something like 4 or 5. Right now you don't have to worry about scale. You can enchant cities, units and summon creatures as much as you like withouth any penalty to your essence. [quote]Squads! -&g