Dethedrus

He seems to have the right of it, both as a fan of the genre and Stardock's previous offerings.

[quote who="charon2112" reply="18" id="2740223"] Quoting Dethedrus, reply 17 Quoting charon2112, reply 15Legitimate "constructive" complaints are fine, but I'm getting a little tired of hearing about how EMOM is "unplayable"...that's bull. It's very playable, and very fun. But what if said complaint of "unplayable" is legitimate depending on playstyle? If, for example, I want to play a heavy magic sovereign "nuker" how well does this game work for me?&nbs

[quote]1. How many hero folks are the right number of hero folks. Farmers? Get those. Production? Get him. But i tend to get everyone else, too. With their "attack 1" and 1 research point, these don't seem like incredible folks. Certainly cant get a gaggle of them and muck with spiders. I'm operating on the mentality that I'll have 1 adventurer\soldier type per army, and then leave the others to boost research and etcetera. OR,

I skimmed it to be perfectly honest :) I have no axe to grind with Steam so I'm perfectly fine with it coming there, though honestly the more the merrier.

Sorry for helping derail yer thread Arstal :) I agree that some pretty aggressive work needs to be done be it deep discounts pretty early in the lifecycle, embracing modders much moreso than most games do (to help patch some of the more obvious holes) and working hard on getting new stuff out there be it an expansion or just content packs. Some savvy marketing/PR can go a LONG way to repairing the game's currently tarnished image.

[quote who="charon2112" reply="33" id="2740105"]I tried SC2...I've never un-installed a game faster. That one was a mistake. Elemental, even with it's flaws, is fun, addictive, and most important infinitely re-playable, like any good 4X game...[/quote] I'm genuinely curious about this statement. SC2 while incredibly derivative of the original (of which I was a fan) is still an exceptionally well done game. Granted my own preferences lean far more heavily towa

Not that I can see. It's frustrating to keep track of them all but there seems to be no inherent downside.

[quote who="charon2112" reply="15" id="2740195"]Legitimate "constructive" complaints are fine, but I'm getting a little tired of hearing about how EMOM is "unplayable"...that's bull. It's very playable, and very fun.[/quote] But what if said complaint of "unplayable" is legitimate depending on playstyle? If, for example, I want to play a heavy magic sovereign "nuker" how well does this game work for me? I can bring along lots of support troops and "champions" (so q

[quote who="charon2112" reply="16" id="2740179"]I've had several 400+ turn games with no problems or slowdown... and what game mechanic specifically does not work?[/quote] Hmm, let's see... Diplomacy is one dimensional Shards don't work outside of auto resolve combat Defense is way too hit or miss (how does a level 4 creature easily one shot my level 9 sovereign with an 800+ CR?) Magic is even MOR

Try the melee sovereign ONLY if you want a boring game where you steamroll everything then finally get destroyed by the odd fight where something manages to easily one-shot you (very rare but very annoying since I normally take 0 damage on each and every auto resolved fight) or spiders.

Good news AndonSage! AoW appears to be "coming soon" to Steam!

[quote who="Jharii" reply="12" id="2740161"] I'm getting incredibly sick of the stock fanboy response that anyone who's not deliriously head over heels into Elemental is a "hater" (English please), PC gamer shill or hasn't played the game. Hating on "fanboys" for calling the detractors "haters." Legendary hypocracy.[/quote] Not in the slighest. I'm just as disinterested in the hardcore detractor who thinks the game is pure dreck and has to belittle anyone who

[quote who="charon2112" reply="9" id="2740114"]The game is already fun. If you don't like it, then you don't like 4X...you should try Starcraft.[/quote] Seriously, WHY do you keep coming into threads and crapping on people who have legitimate complaints? I can make a very strong argument that Elemental is at best a very shallow example of a true 4x game. It has tremendous potential but has barely scratched the surface in some cases (bland city building choices, wid

I'm getting incredibly sick of the stock fanboy response that anyone who's not deliriously head over heels into Elemental is a "hater" (English please), PC gamer shill or hasn't played the game. I've been following the game since it was originally release, hell since Stardock first made inquiries to purchase/use the MoM license, and am still a huge fan of Master of Magic, Age of Wonders (up through Shadow Magic), Heroes of Might and Magic, etc. I'm a dedicated proponent of the e

I had a similar experience with my min-maxed melee sovereign. Minimal essence, no spellbooks, just a seriously badass dervish of death. The only fights that were even remotely challenging were once where I could get one-shotted by the odd ogre or spiders and their "hey, let's web that guy the whole combat" mechanic.

Properly squad calculation would go a LONG way to making late game TC not suck insofar as being instagibbed by a mob of ill-equipped peasants and the like :)

Sweet, thanks Yarlen! Paths and the number of turns to get to your destination would be a huge godsend... if nothing else, it'll stop me from constantly dancing around some damned mountain range :)

Um, wow? Why don't you enjoy yerself some karma :) Whenever I find myself going back to AoW I try to simulate this "struggling to eke out an existence and prosper in the magic blasted world" feeling that Elemental seemed to be promising back in the day. Set the game options to no cities and start with a pioneer only for a very slow starting game.

Best. Post. Ever.

As derivative as an all out MoM clone would have been, I'd have heartily embraced it... MoM is one of those rare games I still play to this day. Other than World of Warcraft (which I've been playing for 7 years this October) it's the longest semi-continuous gaming experience I've had. Don't get me wrong as I'd have prefer Elemental to have it's own distinct flavor, but as of the current build it's just a very bland sandbox. It has tremendous potential both from offic

(a) You sir are full of win :) (2) I'd much prefer to stick with negatives for heavier and more unwieldy items (you try lugging around a 15 pound hammer and tell me how much you enjoy the experience). I really like where they were going with plate armor though it's easily worked around by just going down the magic research path and getting equally awesome armor with no movement penalties... oh and a lower cost.

Xadie hit the nail on the head. Unless you have some pretty horrendous starting luck (surrounded by sovereigns who want to suicide against you too quickly on ridiculous) losing with a melee sovereign is nigh impossible if you pay any attention. Adventure and Magic tech trees can easily boost said sovereign into the stratosphere insofar as increasing his or her killing power. Granted there are a couple of late game fights that might hamper said one-man or woman killing ma

[quote who="greggbert" reply="20" id="2739405"](Ducking the shoes). I like that they made magic just another aspect of the game instead of its main focus. Otherwise Uberstacks of summoned polar bears with magic lasers on their heads teleporting around the world map and completely eliminate the need to quest or worry about Warfare and soldiers.[/quote] Hyperbole aside, it would be nice if magic could do anything really useful past the early game. Yes, sovereigns can T

[quote who="taltamir" reply="15" id="2738825"]Sovereigns should dominate with their magic... heck, sovereigns should: 1. Very rarely use melee 2. When using melee, have it magic infused 3. Be the toughest unit on the battlefield 4. have int, wisdom, and essence combined into a single stat (essence) that massively boosts magic power, mana amount, mana regen rate, etc (aka, reduce multiple attribute dependency for sovs) 5. And magic should

[quote who="Iconrostov" reply="21" id="2738775"]I have seen shards increase my spell damage, but my hit chance seems to be affected by INT, opponent DEF, and distance to target.[/quote] Then you must be talking about auto resolve because they categorically do nothing to boost damage in tactical as has been confirmed by numerous reports and a Stardock employee :)