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[quote who="trcanberra" reply="20" id="2804903"]I'm one of the folks who kinda like the game as it is now, but am also keen to see the improvements. I should note that I am not too interested in 'winning' - I like exploring the systems and the maps - in fact I get kinda annoyed when I happen to win too early - did this a couple of times when I was just trying to clear the map a bit so I could explore some more. Depending on the cut off dates for getting the expansions fr

Either wait for 1.10 and the first major changes to improve gameplay (this is also when the demo comes out) or trust Stardock will make things better and buy now (which gets you the second expansion free). The really fun stuff is not hear yet, but it is playable now without excesive crashes.

[quote who="Black-Knight" reply="9" id="2790269"] Regarding the diplomatic victory it is even more absurd, since ONLY the human player can really accomplisgh that. In fact would you accept to be the last ally to a faction that is already allied with everyone, thus handing out the victory to them? [/quote] Diplomatic victory should require all remaining factions be allied with everyone<

[quote who="asadex" reply="6" id="2804798"]I'm also interested in unit scaling, 'cause i think that the units in tactical combat are too big, a scaling down will give more space for formations [/quote] I seem to recall seeing a tag for adjusting the scale for TC, I think it may have been in the file for recruitable units (specifically dragons).

[quote who="wrigleys" reply="9" id="2804611"]might as well remake some of the old classics because im getting tired of the same types of games from different companies every quarter.. [/quote] There is one company you may want to look at if you want "different", and that is Soldak Entertainment.

For it to happen either the majority of gamers would need to stop judging games by the pretty screen shots / trailers, or developers will need to crank up the prices (and people be willing to pay them) to where they can afford to put in the time and funding into doing a remake that matches the original, only with better graphics. Neither seems likely to happen soon.

[quote who="cpl_rk" reply="4" id="2804494"] Since it's a TB game shortcuts frankly aren't important. With very few exceptions, the only time I use shortcut keys are hand-eye type games where you need to group & move units quickly in a real-time environment, games like age of mythology, otherwise I can't think of any cases I need a shortcut key. The game defintely needs some more windows. The city list should include what's in teh city, and there needs to be a caravan listi

[quote who="MattSan" reply="21" id="2804410"]Since Elemental is going with Python and not Lua, I would ask whether the devs are going to consider all the work Google is doing with the Unladen Swallow Project. We all know how slow FFH can be on huge maps with all that Python code in Civ IV. Would be nice to use the latest and greatest version of Python to get the best possible speeds for large mods. Reading up on the Python forums it seems that Unladen Swallow in fact mi

Good ideas for encounters, though lairs should use the same mechanics as battles during a quest; therefore it is special encounters in general that need work. After all, at its heart a lair is a quest location that spawns monsters near it till the "quest" is completed (typically by clearing the lair out). Beyond that the only things that might go into the creation of a lair that a quest might not is ways to scale up the encounter / reward (if any) as the lair grows stronger (caused by global

[quote who="SeanenG" reply="12" id="2799956"]Is this /not/ implemented? I've seen bandit camps, spider's lairs, and ogre dens in the game, which spawned one or two roaming units of that type and had a 'leader' unit of that type on the tile itself. But the only place I can say for certain that I've seen them is in the campaign mode, so they might not be randomly placed in the map generator?[/quote] As I stated, it *can* be done, but it is not possible to have them randomly placed and e

There is an upgrade you need first; however the keyboard short cut for it (X) worked even without the upgrade prior to the last update. I have not checked yet to see if it still works.

It does not matter for most people how much memory 64-bit apps can use currently, because you are most likely going to run out of harddrive space for the cache before reaching the max allowed amount.

[quote who="Nathikal" reply="11" id="2798548"]Most spearmen also get some benefit against cavalry. [/quote] I would say spears should have the reverse effect of any bonus a mounted unit gets with a lance when charging (more damage against units charging up as they get impaled).

The hotfix is out.

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="11" id="2798522"]Never played it. Maybe I should... [/quote] The entire series is on Impulse as a bundle if you decide to get it.

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="8" id="2798515"]Whats AoW? [/quote] Age of Wonders, which beyond small folk (it has three: halflings, dwarves, and goblins) has quite a bit Elemental can learn from. Like multiplayer that is really worth playing and archery that is not overpowered. And lets not forget that AoW has a hex grid.

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="6" id="2798511"]Kinghobbit reminds me that we need some kind of little person race in this game. Maybe all you smarty pants that made that cool elf one can make a Gnome one or something. Little people! On motha f'ing ponies! [/quote] AoW has had haflings since the first version, and they have always had ponies.

[quote who="Rhah" reply="4" id="2798439"] Anymore suggestions would be helpful. Also does stardoc activitly look at forums still or is there a place to submit bug reports. There used to be a sub forum for bugs for stardoc games, but I am not able to find a bug forum for elemental? [/quote] https://forums.elementalgame.com/forum/877

The single best thing that can be done to balance teleporting is to make it so it will be the only action taken that turn (require full move and reduces remaining move to zero), so that it can be countered. After that it is a matter of making it more fair against the AI by having at least the upper level AI use it when it is clearly a good idea and balancing the cost against any limitation imposed on the method of teleportation (more limited in usefulness = less cost).

[quote who="cr0nic69" reply="175" id="2798397"]I'm getting a game crash when trying to load maps by Elementera Mod? Updated to 1.09e. [/quote] Non-stock maps do that due to a new bug. To be hotfixed today.

Mods are all on or all off, and the setting in in the options menu. Mods go in Documents > My Games > Elemental > Mods.

[quote who="Edwin99" reply="9" id="2798296"]And, only sovereigns, their champions and summoned creatures should be able to enter the lair. [/quote] I would say when you reach a lair, it should be handled like a quest destination to avoid redundancy. However, quest locations need to be allowed to specify things like 'heroes only', 'limit to N people (with special units like dragons counting for more)', ect for who may participate in the enounter.

[quote quoting="post"]After patch to fix collect crystal, I waited about 4 days. Now I am trying to warn all the towns of the attack. I am currently on warn Lord Markinn and the campaign had me build a city next to the lake to the left of gildar for the iron production. My city grew over time and I do not know if this is the issue, but lord Markinn city has no borders of the kingdom except the city itself. I am unable to enter the kingdom due to not being able to go into the city i

It is maps with non-standard sizes it seems, it has been reported and it to be fixed tomorrow.

[quote who="tjashen" reply="5" id="2798059"]If this were implemented, I'd suggest that there would be special lair battle maps, in place of the plethora of battle maps we have now. A single lair map would be easiest, but perhaps clearing a lair would involve two or three maps? I.e. Lair Entrance, Main Lair, Throne Room/Queen's Chamber. If multiple maps were involved, a player could 'turn back/retreat off of' any given map and give up on clearing the lair, but of course the po