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[quote who="Serkon" reply="86" id="2746524"]I would also pay for a MOM remake, but I doubt most of us here on the Elemental forums want Elemental to BE that game. No, we want something BETTER. We want to see Elemental have the depth, complexity, nice features, pretty UI, etc that have come to be expected from a game in this day and age. It stings when you see a game like MOM still delivering a more 'fun' experience. You cannot help but to compare these two sim

[quote who="Rune_74" reply="1" id="2743372"]I loved MoM as well as anyone, but it ws a buggy mess on release and didn't finally get patched up till a year after release.[/quote] Buggy? Hell yes. Packed with features? Also an emphatic yes. Lots of variability (magic, races, troops, items, etc.)? Big time. Simplistic but very satisfying tactical combat with lots of special abilities? See the pics above. Unfortunately, Elemental onl

At least their not ZOMBIE baby assassins... that'd be just freaky.

[quote who="surlybob" reply="152" id="2744504"] Quoting Nenjin, reply 149Fair enough. Like I said, I chose not to try and participate in the beta. I've only been going on what other beta testers have been saying in other communities. Up until then, I didn't get an impression the game wasn't ready for release. Or at least, that it had so many outstanding issues.I think that's really a big problem with the whole "preorder to participate in beta testing" system that Stardock uses. Let's be

I'm well aware that wisdom in the sovereign creator is called essence for the entire remainder of the game. EXCEPT for this amusingly useless item. It does *NOTHING* when used.

Sorry about the horrible pun in the subject :) I just found "Breon's Proverbs" from a level 5 goodie hut... the really curious part is that it gives +2 *WISDOM*. Mana regen? Just essence in disguise?

Ah Wizardry, how I miss ye :( Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (aka Wizardry I) was the 3rd computer game I ever got way back in 1981. I still have incredibly fond memories of those line drawn dungeons.

[quote who="charon2112" reply="86" id="2742623"]I equate a Elemental to an indie film, a little rough around the edges, but with an undeniable charm. Unfortunately, only a small minority appreciate something like that. The general movie going public just wants to be spoon-fed the next Michael Bay Transformer movie.[/quote] Hey Charon, how's that foot tasting? Every time you try to try to defend your love of Elemental, it ends up coming off in the most offensiv

In a bit of an olive branch to the couple of the truly dedicated adherents of Elemental (not gonna use the 'F' word) that I've tussled with, I'd like to get some insight into what YOU consider to be some great games you've played in the past. I'm not trying to be a provocateur nor start yet another flame war. I just want to see if either (a) I'm just approaching this from the wrong direction or (2) we just have completely incompatible gaming experiences to see eye to eye on the

He's a witch! He turned me into a newt! I got better...

[quote who="charon2112" reply="76" id="2742333"]Look, I am not gushing. All I've been saying is that--for me--it is fun, addictive, playable. Looking at the vitriol being spewed on these forums, you would think the game fried everyone's PC on executing. Like all of Stardock's offerings, they are not for everyone. Not many people are big fans of 4X games.[/quote] ??? You truly baffle me Charon. I'm am a hardcore devoté of the fan

That's the only use I've found for them sadly.

[quote who="charon2112" reply="83" id="2742089"] Quoting Zironicum, reply 81Elemental in it's current state however provides very little value because the game isn't coherent enough to have replay value, it has the potential to have value, but thinking that's fine is sorta like paying for a diamond, getting a lump of coal and being told that it might turn into a diamond someday if you just subject it to enough pressure. What this is, is your opinion. I have found it addictive,

[quote who="Mistwraithe" reply="70" id="2742082"] Quoting charon2112, reply 66 Ahh, but it is ready to play...I've been playing constantly and loving it as much as Civ or GalCiv. No, it's not perfect yet (what is?), but it is most definitely "ready to play"... We have a difference of opinion then. Which is fine, people often have differences of opinion. What is more relevant is what large numbers of people think and it seems to me that a sufficient numbe

[quote who="Archonsod" reply="61" id="2741293"] Quoting SqueekyRat, reply 52 Heck I bought Torchlight for $9.99 and found it to be far better in terms of polish and stability than EOWM. I paid twice as much for Vista, and found it far less stable and lacking in polish. [/quote] Yeah and look how long it took Microsoft took to "recover" from Vista. Win7's numbers look amazing compared to Vista... not to detract from it's inherent awesomeness, but Vista

Magic is mostly an adjunct, minor support skill in this game. No in combat nukers (unless you rely completely on auto resolved combat and use your progeny since YOUR sovereign will never be more than meh in the damage department). And honestly, it's a crime in a game where you're supposed to be on the very few people who can even use magic. Worse, it's in the TITLE.

No. At least not yet and not without a lot of work from both the hardworking team at Stardock (who have managed to push out 3 patches and 2 hotfixes since the early release) and the hopefully dedicated modding community. To wit... Magic has *NO* personality The overwhelming majority of single target spells are "does INT * shards of that type damage" and AoE ones follow the same mechanic. No cool stuff like

I've been seeing some odd things happening with 1.06 and I need to pay better attention :) I know that with an imbued champion (good ol' Janusk) and auto resolve I'm destroying fights that don't involve ranged attackers or too many that can web. If I had another "imbuee" I'd probably be night unstoppable in auto resolve since melting touch is routinely hitting for 50+ with a single shard and 14-15 INT. That said, I'm fairly sure I've seen the same spell still hit for over

Very nicely done Saggittary :) This definitely makes me want to keep city spam to a minimum 'cause it just has so many ways to go wrong unless you really space it out.

For those very rightly pointing out that Master of Magic was a ungodly mess of bugs and addlepated UI at release, bearing in mind it was a HUGE risk at the time given that big name fantasy TBS games really didn't exist in any great numbers at this point. Heroes of Might and magic (the original) was 2 years off and it's predecessor King's Bounty (which I originally owned for the Apple //e) was ancient history insofar as PC gaming goes (3 years). In addition, it was a vastly more

[e digicons]k1[/e] Great summary of any number of minor annoyances that add up to a big headache. Some design/UI clarity would go a long way to alleviating these issues.

[e digicons]k1[/e] You know you want it! This post needs to be printed on tabloid format (suck that Mother Nature!) and handed out to every single person working on development or resources for the game. It should be the mantra for how to start moving Elemental in the right direction... away from bland, confusing, inconsistent and counterintuitive to where TBS shines. UI consistency and clarity of purpose FTW!

[quote]You think it logical that a game freshly released a week ago should be similar in polish to a game which was polished over two installments, several expansions, and countless patches?[/quote] No, but I'd think that given their pretty long experience with 4x games they'd have a pretty solid handle on the base mechanics and how to mesh them together. Elemental shows none of that. Were I to come to this game knowing nothing of the history of Stardock and their long-t

(a) give that man a raise! (2) This is a well known bug as you ratchet up the "difficulty" level... enemy sovereigns opt for ludicrous speed and just smash into your cities with all the abandon of a bird flying into a window.

Surlybob, the problem is truly that there is nearly zero innovation in this game. Lots of great high level concepts but few if any are realized. The magic system is highly derivative of it's predecessors, which in itself isn't a bad thing. Where it went wrong was not having actual variety of spells (at least up to level 10 magic research which is where I stopped out of frustration). Do we really need dozens of single target spells that have no real differences other