[quote who="Sherekhaan" reply="29" id="2771991"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 22 The QA team and dev teams are playing it (and in fact, based on the yelling, I think they're playing a Dev vs. QA game). You guys have an awesome job! (Except for painful releases)[/quote] Yep, exactly like my job as a mexican food critic.
That post is epic.
[quote who="Rune_74" reply="21" id="2772096"]Why did this get to a Civ 5 vs Elemental thread?[/quote] I think because a lot of folks playing EWoM and discussing it here are hoping that CIV 5 will having everything that they were hoping for in EWoM... That's not to say it will, but damn, that video is just chock full of 'nice touches' that, had they been present in EWoM, would have made the game feel a lot more finished.
So, let me get this straight... fundamentally nothing changes mechanics wise it just 'looks' more epic by juggling animations and numbers? I guess it's fine, just a bit strange to make an 'official' thread to demand/request that things look cooler. Just seems that your mileage would stretch farther as a request in the mod forums...
[quote who="nobalkain" reply="10" id="2761942"] It was in the pre-order info that you could not get a refund and that you would be charged right away. This was due to being able to test the game. They didn't want people to just play the Alpha/Beta and then ask for their money back. It was a risk that you, and I, willingly took. Try and think of the game as still being in the Beta phase. They are still working on it and will for at lest a year.[/quote] I
[quote who="cordell9" reply="9" id="2761936"]Do they let you return music or videos once you open them? You can't at Best Buy, you can't at Wal Mart. [/quote] If it were anyone other than Stardock, I would agree with you. But their own rules state that games have a right to demand a refund if the product isn't working.
What is the bonus content?
Are you producing any arcane knowledge? You should see a number in the middle-lower left of the screen where the arcane research bar is indicating how much arcane knowledge you are producing. If the number is 0 then you will never 'get there'.
[quote who="calmon" reply="2" id="2761900"] Sure they need to patch it! But if they do and fix all major issues refund isn't an option.[/quote] I can't make sense of this sentence. It seems to be saying that you have to assume that they will fix all the issues and therefore you are not entitled to a refund. Please enlighten me if not.
[quote who="wnmnkh" reply="116" id="2761850"] You just can't blame Stardock because they don't have enough money to bribe many review sites to create hype.[/quote] [quote who="Frogboy"] Now, I'll say that 4/10 from Gamespot might have been over the top but look at the TEXT and not the score. It seems pretty reasonable to me based on what he experienced. I know the reviewer. He's a good
[quote who="ZehDon" reply="102" id="2761351"] As a Beta Tester myself, I can attest that the majority of us didn't experience many of the problems that are apparently plaguing others now, or simply didn't make enough noise about it. Perhaps we simply didn't do our job? [/quote] I wasn't referring to open beta testers, I was referring to Stardock as was the original quote. I don't believe for a second that Stardock wasn't aware of the majority
It doesn't make any sense no matter how you slice it. Thieves are somehow better at looting corpses than warriors? Huh? Just another element that isn't polished for the 'to do' pile.
[quote who="seanw3" reply="98" id="2761311"] Did you know that they were unaware of most of the problems that we all experienced at release? The majority of the bugs are problems asociated with the new engine, which is freaking awesome mod-wise. [/quote] You don't actually believe that, do you?
Tim is a monty python reference. There are some... who call me... Tim?
You need to advance in the 'Adventure' technology branch (for kingdom factions) or the 'Domination' technology branch for Fallen factions. There is a stickied link at the top that explains it really well: https://forums.elementalgame.com/393211
At the risk of being piled up on; Take your old-fart-love fest elsewhere! The last thing we need at this stage is a geriatric computer nostalgia orgy, it's not helping the state of the game and is really cluttering up the forum. Threads like these are worse than the hate threads, so please, go get a virtual room at hotel.com or something. Please don't take the above seriously.
Thanks, that's good advice. Obviously I won't take it, but good nontheless.
[quote who="Das123" reply="17" id="2760892"] It isn't the criticisms about the game that are the issue. It is the constant personal and character attacks. [/quote] What perosnal and character attacks? Did you read the thread? Spyndel had some legitmate concerns and expressed them in a way that while by his own admission were 'grumpy', they were far from ad hominems. He may have even inferred to much by the comments in the journal. So what? Gr
[quote who="Stmorpheus" reply="11" id="2760867"] Quoting wayninja, reply 8 Wow, after reading the comments on that dev journal, I think I just witnessed another bout of 'passion' leading to another 'mistake'. That thread read like a spoiled child threatening to hold his breath after being admonished by a frustrated parent. Any respect I had for the 'candor' displayed by SD recently was lost at the temper tantrum spurred by a very
I would think someone on the internet would be able to figure it out... there's plenty of sites dedicated to the subject. In all seriousness though, there is nothing you can actively do. I think there is an "ugly" trait that slows down how frequently you copulate, other than that, nature just takes it's course through the 'turn' button. Keep in mind, just because you see a birth announcement, the kid won't be battle ready for a while.
Wow, after reading the comments on that dev journal, I think I just witnessed another bout of 'passion' leading to another 'mistake'. That thread read like a spoiled child threatening to hold his breath after being admonished by a frustrated parent. Any respect I had for the 'candor' displayed by SD recently was lost at the temper tantrum spurred by a very awesome post by Spyndel.
Link?
I'd go a step further and shut the internet down. Most likely if this were shut down, people would just complain elsewhere. In fact, all water-coolers should be removed from office buildings until further notice.
While I agree with you that this is not a 'bad' game in terms of vision and thought that went it to, there is almost nothing redeeming about the execution, and really you do need both. This isn't about a patch or two to get the game 'set', there are HUGE holes in this game, both in terms of design and bugs. We are not talking about tweaking a few things or fixing some obscure calculations here or there. I would not be surprised if there were major bugs with all aspects of th
FFS, the release DESERVES to be flogged, it's 3 patches later and still infested with issues. Stardock has admitted it and self flagellated. If you don't want to read it, be a big boy and ignore it. Stop insisting that the only valid content on the forum has to be condoned by you. Barring that, let the mods work it out, it's what they are for.