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[quote who="kyogre12" reply="582" id="2872159"]Quantum mechanics shows that there is an inherit randomness to the universe. Events are only likely to happen, but there is almost always a possibility that something else will happen, even if it is a very unlikely.[/quote] I'm going to ask some noob questions. I'm honestly asking the questions because I'd like to see some feedback. Just going to fire them off. Does the law of gravity change over ti

[quote who="troglyte" reply="115" id="2871320"]I've seen random name generators before, but they generally work half decent. It looks like someone didn't put much effort into this, at all.[/quote] It could have been worse. At least there are both consonants and vowels. [e digicons]>_>[/e]

Make sure you have the most current video card drivers if not already done so.

Agree - you should be able to at least have the option to cast Imbue Hero. I've never seen this issue before in any of my games. Did you install any mods?

Brad, I didn't know they existed. I'll give the demos a shot.

I had two copies of the original Sid Meirer's Pirates circa 1986. 360K Floppy Diskette, manuals, and maps. Wife tossed them in the last move! [edit] but I still have original board games Axis & Allies, Shogun, and Fortress: America. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] God willin' and the creek don't rise, I'm never losing those!

[quote who="IROKONESS" reply="524" id="2870006"]Mama? [/quote] ...Life has just begun!

Not seeing any high defense creatures. Agree that formula needs to be modified to eliminate invulnerability. If HP's get buffed to accommodate higher damage, need to consider modifying health regen rates. For example, it takes 5 years for a unit to heal 100 hp by sitting in a city (5 hp per season = 20 hp per year = 5 years for 100 hp). 25 years if sitting in your ZOC outside of a city. Unrealistic to the point of absurdity. As long as I have enough g

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="25" id="2870245"]I suppose it would be embarrassing to admit that I actually failed the quicktime event the first time.[/quote] What's more embarrassing is to fail it 3X. [e digicons]x_x[/e]

Use your sovereign to cast Imbue Hero on the hero Your son has to grow up first. I think the age is 25 but could be wrong. When he comes of age, he will spawn in your capital and should have the same traits as your male sovereign. If female, will have the same traits as mom.

[quote who="Gammit10" reply="7" id="2869850"]I'm in the same boat as the OP. I am constantly taken over by armies with twice as many soldiers than me, with twice the attack and defense that I do. I have been spamming war tech like mad, but still don't seem to be fast enough. What should I do? [/quote] Lower difficulty a setting if not already done so. Consider being agressive early game and eliminating an enemy faction or two to gobble up their starting capital

[quote who="Gammit10" reply="321" id="2869785"]How is is that my enemy's empire power number (or whatever it is called in the upper right corner that lists all of the empires that I have encountered and their relative strength) is always higher than mine? How are their empires so much more powerful than mine all the time? I have their AI set on novice and I'm doing my best to develop my city...[/quote] I'm not sure the exact formula but it's a combination of the attack/arm

[quote who="Yaca" reply="320" id="2869656"]2 Questions. 1, How do I get more mana regeneration (except for the building that required lvl 5 city, and the starting bonus for your hero)? I heard people talking about building shrines on top of water/fire/earth or air shrines but that doesn't give me any regeneration at all.[/quote] Below are Kingdom rundowns. I don't play Empires much, mostly for lack of time. Research Shard Harvesting in Magic Tree - provi

[quote who="enoeraew37" reply="215" id="2869797"]When did the gaming industry start following Kindergarten rules ? We should embrace him because he "tried" hard ? Did the "best" he could ? You dont know that. Jon has been silent and sheltered by Frogboy and Stardock. The story is a bit misty atm. Wheres the transparency Brad ?[/quote] The parties are governed by non-disclosure agreements. I'll go ahead and reference Wiki: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-disclosure_ag

EPIC. Absolutely hilarious, all of it.

[quote who="Jafo" reply="518" id="2869739"]Though I thought the answer was "42". [/quote] "Don't Panic"

The Universe is actually an EWOM release dated 13 billion years ago. The dev team is on patch 1.11x10 to the tenth power. People are complaining about a confusing UI and lots of unused space on the map. The mod community has little support. Debates on whether seasons should last millions or billions of years. Mechanics need an overhaul and the Universe dev team is deciding whether to release a stand-alone version. The good news: that version of Elemental has teleport higher in the tech t

Try playing a smaller map and up the speed of the game. That might give you the balance that you are looking for. On another note, I was consitently playing medium map, max players, custom charisma sov, ridiculous across the board, and had winning nailed down. I just started a new game on a large map with a slow tech speed and am finding it more challenging. Waiting to research the first level of Warfare for spears and padded armor while monsters spawn all over the place made it a h

[quote who="kenata" reply="85" id="2869593"]Anyone notice that the AI is not using defensive class spells in tactical combat. I recently made a custom monster with two different defensive skills, but it did not use either of them in the 15+ rounds of combat I had run through. [/quote] I don't believe I've seen the AI use defensive spells in tactial combat either.

[quote who="enoeraew37" reply="194" id="2867870"]Why are people so willing to give every businessman banker and crappy politician a pass these days?[/quote] Because nobody is perfect, mistakes are made, apologies are issued, forgiveness is granted, lessons are learned, and a better future is molded. That's how life is. "One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself." - Mark Twain

Wow, never seen this either nor a single thread prior discussing the issue. Did you install any mods? If you have the time you may want to consider an uninstall/reinstall. Maybe some of the files are corrupted. Or you could consider deleting all the files in the folders and sub-folders within the C:\Documents\My Games\Elemental directory.

I too have this error. Uploaded debug.err as well. However, it's hit and miss for me. One day it did nothing but CTD. Since then, it acts like it's going to CTD and then saves itself. It zooms all the way into strategic map. Have had this problem since 1.09 but only became seriously concerned when it continued to CTD that one day.

Oh, Jiminny Crickets!

Awhile ago Derek told Toby to fix my gas problem. I'm still uncomfortably waiting.

AI Jedi Brad - you need an AI Padawan. Too many AI Sith to chase down while you run the Jedi Council. May the AI be with you, always. [edit] On a serious note, if I armchair quarterback for a moment, humbly realizing I'm not the CEO of a successful software company, what I'm trying to say is let someone else do the detailed work. Hire solid AI guys or gals, free up your time to pilot the ship, and play SD's products. Be at the 30,000 foot level, manage and step-in to help