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OK. I have a perception I want to share. I think it will be a source of some ideas on how to improve AI combat strategy. Years ago I played Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the original one. There was a computer tactic that whipped my butt so often I kicked chairs at times when it worked. The computer would attack with two or three units and combine a "trick" attack, which stripped all movement from my hero, then cast a fire attack on the square. Since I could not move away due to the successfu

I have found one very confounding feature missing in WOM. You can't change equipment during a tactical battle!! Bah humbug!!!! I should be able to open fire on an opponent with a rain of arrows while he closes, but switch to a mace or sword to finish him off when he gets close. Now, with a greater need to match weapon to target vulnerability, I certainly hope the ability to change weapons (and shields too), as the battle opposition thins, is a coming feature. When

Actually, those level 3 quests are available in a quite a few locations. If you retreat from one, it disappears, but look long enough and you will find it again. Meanwhile, you can't explore other level 3 quests. I had that problem in my last game, with the Uber good armor quest. Retreated first time and lost sight of the quest. About 30 turns later, I found it again....and had to retreat again. Grrrr! So I put together a good army and went looking for it next time. Just found and fought the

I have founded something like 900 cities while playing about 175 games mostly with the founding stack bumped out of town on creation. I have yet to have anything attack the city in the turn between founding and the following turn when I move the tribe in to defend the city. It may happen, but it is so rare as to not even be a concern for me at this time. Future patches may be a whole nother matter though.

I had a similar problem at first with the new army of monsters giving me grief. Now it is not much of a problem. Two heros with weapons can handle most early mobs, if you don't expand too early. It is also important to fight the monsters in battle, outside of your city. Attack them, but once in tactical combat, stay back 2 squares and let them come to you. That way you get extra hits before they hit you. That is often the difference between winning and loosing. Also, be prepared in ta

The version 1.1 seems a little more CTD prone on my system than any of the betas leading up to the 1.1 release?? No idea why. I CTD at autosave of turn 110, then CTD again at Turn 145. I am attaching both debug.err files for your perusal. Have fun. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17063795/Elemental1_1-2010-12-18T17-45-58-685.zip and <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17063795/Elemental1_1-201

You should NOT move into the same square as the adventurer you want to recruit. You should move adjacent to the new adventurer, if and only if she/he is outside your territory. (If the adventurer is inside your territory, you can recruit them without having anyone adjacent.) Then select the targeted adventurer square. All characters in that square will be accessible that way. You can see if there is more than one character in the group. Note: There can be more than one group in the square, in

Not at all certain this is your problem, but it is a worthwhile check point. Make certain your Windows firewall allows Impulse to access the internet. Firewall settings are located in the control panel. What operating system are you using? I am assuming Windows, but which version, etc.? Facts are always a useful mater when troubleshooting.

Thanks for the memo about F5. Now I am frustrated waiting to update AND I have a sore finger!!!

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="20" id="2846289"]Romance of the Three Kingdoms.[/quote] Actually, IMSMR, there was a Lord Xia in ROTK too.

One glitch, One request. Glitch-If two towns both finish a build the same turn, they both ask to Build/Trail/cancel. You can't build the first cities build before the second city obtains focus for its build. Kind of a pain to know what town came up first, when you have 10-15 cities and several are cash cows with little building going on. Request-Can you put a smoking waste symbol or something where my poor caravan gets attacked, after the battle. It would

OK. Let me add my $.02. I have played the game from the released 1.00 version on through the rest. I often play 2-3 hours oer day and have started the game over 135 times since I bought it in August, on the day of release. My CTD levels have been on a par with most of the rest of the games I have owned and played over the last... wait... it's coming... 32 years!!!! I suspect my system is about as rock solid and stable as you get, even though I am running a Phenom II 965 BE, slightly overclock

I just realized I forgot important info in my last post: Version 1.09n [b].108 I always play Large, Extreme, and I use a created human race of master archers, against all standard opponents, if possible. &nbsp

I am one of the fortunate few who does not see a lot of crashes. I have Win 7-Professional, 64 bit on a Phenom 965 BE, ATI Saphire 5770 Graphics card, 8 gb of Ram, a 64 gb ssd for c:, and a 300 gb Velocraptor for game folder drive. I seem to only crash when I try to reload a game, (100% certain), and about 150 turns into the

I like what I read in the release notes to version 1.09. I have an idea for a future update. In combat, I have been in favor of a defnder getting the first shot ever since my first playing of Elemental. The idea of initiative is also a good choice. The random first shot is a start, as you mentioned. However, I have an added twist. It seems to me that a skill/talent of a Thief, Adventurer, or Assassin hero would be

I don't know what your trouble is, but since I loaded the most recent patches Sunday, archers have worked fine for me. Win 7 64 bit, Saphire ATI 5770, 8 gb ram. All drivers current. All patches installed to the OS.

I just thought I'd offer my 2 cents. I am running Win 7 64 bit Premium with a Sapphire 5770 ATI graphics card, 8GB ram, 60GB SSD for C: drive and a 320 GB Velociraptor HDD for the games directory. Windows Experience rated at 7.0 (hdd limit). Unless my 100% failure to hit with a bow is due to my graphics drivers, I have no game problems related to the hardware. I updated to 1.08 with no troubles. I

I am running Win 7 64 bit with a Phenom 965 and 8 gb of ram on an MSI 790FX-GD70 and a 60 gb SSD for the system drive, 300gb velocaraptor HDD for the games. I get OOM errors after extended play. I usually just restart the game, reload and continue on. Seems to happen without any warning or clues that I've noticed so far.

OK. Couple glitches worth reporting. Starting facts. Software: Windows & 64 bit, Swap file on drive: (8 gb), no swap on C: , Win EXP Rating of 6.8, DirectX 9c. Hardware: AMD 965 CPU (quad core @ 3400), 8 GB Ram, 60 gb SDD(C:), 300 GB Velociraptor(M:,D:,E:,F:), 250 gb Maxtor, nVidai 9600GTE. Game version 1.06 Played Campaign. I accidentally sent a caravan to fortress outpost while harvesting gems in quest. The caravan got to fortress after quest compl