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I am very surprised to not see this in the release version. Stardock, are you kidding me? I recall a Stardock poll that was up for awhile asking people what race they most looked forward to playing. The resounding majority answered that they wanted the "create your own faction" race. It is clear that the devs knew that this was something the community wanted. In the betas, when the early faction creator was removed, there was a slight uproar but the understanding

Yeah the "Draw Grid" option is only for the main map. There don't seem to be any options for the combat screen.

Is it possible to delete the grid in the tactical combat screen? I assume that it's something simple, but I have no idea how to do it! Any help is appreciated!

Yeah, I'm still waiting on a definitive word re the Kindle version.

Any update on this after the tweaks and changes?

Ok, thanks! I'm still wondering about access to that 2nd bonus campaign for those who buy the book (via Kindle).

1. If I pay the extra $20 for the limited edition, does that include the Elemental novel? I thought it was mentioned earlier that it did, but this doesn’t seem to be the case on the pre-order page or “unboxing” video. 2. If I buy the Kindle version of the Elemental novel, how do I get access to the 2nd “book version” campaign? Thanks!

This is a great idea. Normally I don't bother with the manual b/c I am too busy playing the new game. I end up reading the manual a few weeks later. An early release of the manual lets players get even more excited about the game!

In a perfect world, we'd be able to resize the body parts and proportions. However, until we have access to a full "creature/unit" editor, I'll take what I can get. A minimized Urxen would be a fine substitute for a dwarf in the meanwhile.

So far I've just messed around with the CoreRaceConfigs file and the unit scale option there. Perhaps we need to make an adjustment somewhere else.

I've been playing around with the files, and I absolutely cannot figure out how to make the standard faction units larger or smaller. There is a "model scale" line in the xml, but adjusting this hasn't done anything for me. If any of you have figured out how to change the standard unit sizes, please share the info! Thanks!

Not sure if I missed this, but what day is the Elemental episode going to air? I don't really watch G4 shows but I'd set the DVR to record it to catch the Elemental highlights. Thanks in advance!

It is definitely viable, but it would require a significant amount of modding!

I am by no means a real modder. However, I was playing around with the professions and was able to tweak some values. I’ve included the part of the mod that you can use to get a “Spider Worshipper” profession (inspired from a fantasy novel series…hehe). The name is just a placeholder until I think of something better. Basically, rather than Sentinel units, you will start with three black widow spiders. Copy the below text

Here’s a quick UI suggestion that would be beneficial. At the least, it would save me (and likely others) a few unnecessary clicks. Currently, when clicking a city, you have a “city income” panel on the bottom right side. This displays gold, prestige, etc. What it doesn’t display is the “city resources.” For some reason, “city resources” is found on the bottom left side panel, and you only see

[quote who="tejondour" reply="50" id="2699184"]To those having difficulty with the keypad +/- on a laptop -- every laptop I've seen DOES have a numeric keypad, it's just hidden. Look for blue or gray extra numbers/symbols on keys under the right hand... hold down the Fn key at the lower left to activate those. Keypad +/- should be included. Quoting Morlark, reply 22I'm glad the tile editor stores rotation values in sane units.Late to the party, I don't have it yet. If it's no

I guess the + and - buttons are only with the key pad b/c it doesn't work with my laptop (it doesn't have a key pad). If anyone finds a way around this, please let me know!

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="25" id="2698361"] 1. Both "- and +" keys aren't changing the tool size for me. I'm looking into it to make sure it's nothing on my end. Try the + and - on the number pad (assuming you have a number pad).[/quote] I am playing on a laptop, and the + and - buttons aren't working for me either. I've even tried using control, shift, tab, etc. in conjunction with the + and - buttons, but nothing has worked.

A way to handle the city spam is to remove the “instant” upgrade of a city once it reaches X people. Perhaps a step could be added where you have to pay X amount of gold to implement the upgrade (call it infrastructure costs for more populace, etc.). To increase the emphasis on less but more powerful cities, you could make a vast number of the improvements occur after a city is upgraded cert

Besides the increase in aesthetic value, what would seasons add to the game? If seasons were implemented, it would be important to add some value to the seasonal changes. Perhaps each season could last several turns, and besides a slight change in graphics, the particular season would have an impact on spells. For instance, "winter" season would see a bonus to ice-based spells, "summer" season increases fire-based spells, etc.

Is that the only way? Is there a keyboard button for this? My laptop doesn't have a middle mouse button so I'm probably out of luck here.

Yeah, I was using the multiplier as an example. I just think that fundamentally, you should get extra boosts for owning several shards of a particular type.

I like the concept of 10 schools of magic. If you allow sovereigns to start/pick 2-3 books at the beginning, it adds a significant amount of diversity to the game. The way you play a particular sovereign would drastically change depending on your spell books and the shards you then acquire. The idea combines an increased diversity of spell books while maintaining the importance of element shards. I think it would add a lot to the game.

I think there should be more interplay with shards and their particular spell book. In my opinion, if I have a spell book of a particular element, and two or more shards of that element, that should almost always give the spell a boost. For instance, a sovereign with a fire spell book and 2 fire shards should get a multiplier to the spell, per shard (Ex. Fireball spell with 2 fire shards = (Int/3 fire damage *2), with 3 fire shards it would be (Int/3 fire damage *3). Clearly the m

Spell Name: Charm Tactical Arcane Knowledge: 15 Mana required to cast: 10 No. Target enemy unit(s) become under attacker’s control for duration of combat. Spell Book: Book of Combat Note: Has chance to fail (The game rolls a number between 1 and target’s intelligence, and the player rolls a number between 1 and the Caster’s intelligence. If their INT roll exceeds