jason_vanderpool

One reason I suggested it is to give more purpose to the harbor, as its rarely used. Besides Ive never really heard of a coastal civilization that didnt somehow support its population from the bounties of the sea. And it seems that food is an issue for some players unless they progress through a rather linear setup strategy every time they start a new game. This would help broaden that strategy with regard to food. Do I go for a central choke hold approach where I could focus on farmi

With food sometimes being so scarce, and besides, it makes sense.

...will depend ultimately upon the modders. Stardock can tweak and balance their vision of Elemental, but let's face it, after digging through all the threads of everyone's ideas of what this game should be is really just a testament to how different of a game everyone wants. There's a tug of war of ideas going on. Stardock will never be able to please everyone. They should just stick to their own vision, which is enjoyable and fun, and just balance and tweak it. But even then, eventu

One thing on adventuring, wish we could visit the pub or inn in our city, like we can with the item shop, and recruit adventurers there, as well as pick up certain types of quests.

I know the battle system is getting re-tuned, as well as the magic system. Right now magic oriented sovereigns are weak compared to warrior tech'ed sovereigns. Stacks of well armored and well armed units will easily crush a sovereign who has neglected the warfare tech so that they can pursue the magic tech. At least in the end game. What Id like to suggest is, in addition to more spell diversity, is more unit diversity for summoning mages, and having it tied to the shards they decide

Will we get more diverse units as well, other than weapon balance? What about flying units, stealthed units, magic immune units, units that are only hit by magic weapons, fire immune units, etc., and on and on.