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Yeah, let's rediscover hot water again. Sorry to sound rude, many of the things the OP said are hardly questionable, but really, do we need such threads appearing on a daily basis? By now I think everyone knows wich kind of issues the game has, you can either stick with it, put it on the shelf and wait, or try and get a refund (again, I don't want to sound rude, but those are the only options in my view, unless you're the greatest modder out there and manage to turn E:WoM in a masterp

I think Elemental should have his own magic system, custom tailored for game balance, the game engine and above all, AI limitation. I would like to see an AI able to understand and use magic in a concrete way, not just to nuke you on the Tactical battle. That said, both MoM and Aow:SM had an incredibly robust magic system. One in wich spellcasting was a strategic choice, able to change the way the game was played (MoM more than AoW). You could FEEL your power altering t

[quote who="Cryptomancer" reply="214" id="2757997"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 37Minor factions will focus on building one kick-arse metropolis but they won't expand. Oh, yes !! Transform those minor factions into extremely* effective regional Powers -- somewhat like Iran threatens its geopolitical region without being able to project military forces outside of it. * > Of course, that "extreme" value would have to be scaled in relationship with the A.I.-difficulty level th

So, as said in another thread, funnel all your caravan toward your capital for a massive food bonus! You could wait and research some of the adventure tree in order for orchads and twilight bees to appear, I had, rarely, other cities producing more food than the capital...

[quote who="Robert Hentschke" reply="5" id="2756454"]And no Cthulhu model, either, I guess. All hail to our most generous and merciful soveraaaAAAAAARGH![/quote] Fhtagn! http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/343/

Yes, I noticed that, he starts with a lowly (and useless [e digicons]-_-[/e] ) mana pool wich is then set to 0 at level 30. This game is full of such little mysteries!

OK, I'll give it a shot anyway when I return home! I too think that normal untis cannot channel magic anymore, but still I wanted a more professional opinion, wich you gave! Thank you! At least if it does not work, I won't be banging my head in the sharpest corners of my room :D Edit: No luck! Guess it isn't doable atm... Thx anyway!

Hi there and thanks for reading whoever you are [e digicons]:grin:[/e] since I think the title is pretty clear, just being here means you like to help, and that's cool in my book! Now that I've been pleasant (I hope at least!) I'll expose my idea. The first contact I had with elemental was because of one of my friends, he had an "illegit" copy of the iso (vers 1.0) [he's now a proud owner of a legit copy, he just NEVER buys a game without having a firs

Wow! I'll surely try those! Unfortunately I just started a promising game and I want to test 1.7 without any major mod (except bugfix) but in a couple of dayse I'll give you an opinion! In the meantime, [e digicons]k1[/e] to you for bringing a bit of MoM inside Elemental, you made my day!

Best wishes on your road to recovery Stardock! I'm sure you have the potential to regain the lost ground. Keep it up!

The "refund" topic is actualy one of the biggest doubt I have atm, I personally know at least 4 people who got it, no question asked in the last 48 h, but apparently a lot of people are posting in the forums about the customer support running in circle, I have no reason to believe such people are lying so [e digicons]o_O[/e] I don't know what to say! As for MP, I can understand that's a MAJOR letdown, but in my view, at this point we all know more or less about the

[quote who="stax77" reply="3" id="2756103"] That mechanic makes mass imbue strategies incredibly powerful. Free tip: you don't even need to imbue. All you need is one ring of essence - give it to any champion, kill two wolves, on level-up put points into essence, give ring to another champion, repeat as necessary [/quote] Or one of those essence potions you can find since turn 1 [e digicons]^_^[/e] They won't give you a full Magic Point

Just passing by to add 2 cents... I, too, am a bit wary of the planned removal of the elemental books from character creation. It just feeks the wrong way to go. People are complaining about the lack of character customization choices (everyone can do anything) removing them would reduce said choices even more. How about creating another "set" of sovereign traits, like histories & profession, but with an even higher cost. Imagine them as "kit" (Pyromancer, I

[quote who="sagittary" reply="8" id="2752912"]Nice. Too bad I'm partially color blind or I'd color mine. With any luck, I'd end up painting the thing mauve.[/quote] [e digicons]:grin:[/e] [e digicons]k1[/e] for self irony (a rare skill nowadays)!

:( Sadly Absynthminded is right about isp, and I don't think SD will change policy on patches. Standalone patches could be uploaded and then be at disposal of everyone with a pirate version. Have you tried contacting your provider?

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="97" id="2754292"]Note that a fix for 'shards respawning on reload' did get in for 1.07...this also fixes random shards spawning in the campaign. [/quote] That's why in my actual game I'm around turn 175 and I found a SINGLE air shard, on the other side of the continent! I actually like this, the background is specific about them being rare [e digicons]^_^[/e]

[quote who="alaknebs" reply="9" id="2754318"]does that work? i think i casted that spell on both hero and sov.. and tried to engage the vigilant spy thingy that does the arcane doom. still died. or is that not a spell? (then again. that was in 1.05 i think)[/quote] I think protect friends just rises your def against spells, since the vigilant minion does "true damage" it bypasses def, full damage! This is just a supposition...

[quote who="alborrelli" reply="3" id="2754181"] one of my very first games an enemy Sovereign killed my Sovereign with ONE spell. [/quote] Guess why as soon as I have 5 mp to spare I cast "Protect Friend" my Sovereign and important heroes ;), it happened in my first game too...

[quote who="Kuriostone" reply="4" id="2753732"]por...[/quote] Gotcha! Don't be ashamed, porridge is bad, but not so much you have to restrain yourself from naming it on a pubblic board... To the OP, thx!

If you capture them, the city will never grow past level 1, but it won't cost food either IIRC. Also each indipendent city produces 1 metal or 1 crystal for free, yippie! (:()

[quote who="Dreadcough" reply="13" id="2753234"]turtling should not be allowed. next.[/quote] Sorry but, why?

Well I don't know when the patch is coming BUT i know it will mainly adress stability and bugs... I don't think any new content is in and I'm almost sure the AI won't be tackled for some time still... Sadly Elemental had a very problematic launch, you can find Brad's idea about the thing here: https://forums.elementalgame.com/394855/page/2/#replies Reply #45

[quote who="DKL" reply="33" id="2753646"] And most likely, 2012.[/quote] And everybody knows Elvis is bound to destroy our World, leading an army of undead Maya, in 2012

[quote who="nocomp22" reply="132" id="2753638"] To all those who plan on getting a refund, make sure you have everything ready up front. This means the game's serial number, your hardware and OS specs, descriptions of the problems and how to reproduce, a .zip containing all the logs produced by the SDSupportTool.exe, and maybe a few of the .zip files found in C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Elemental - War of Magic that follow this format: Elemental1_06-2010

I like your model! It would be an excellent math for a system based on exceptions, like magic the gathering or the white wolf RPG Exalted (ahem, low level Exalted, for those who know the system). There you have some easy rules as base, and special abilities basically saying "In this situation 'x', the parameter 'z' should become 'y' " wich is a VERY GOOD base for a combat system with few but very meaningful special abilities.