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[quote who="BlackRainZ" reply="50" id="2740977"] Quoting BoydofZINJ, reply 48 Quoting greywar, reply 46SD is doing a good job post release, that has always been their very best focus area. Great ideas in the article as well arstal. Also, the way PC gaming seems to be now, we are always basically paying for betas and your comparing SD to much larger and more well financed companies The game should have been more balanced, if they had th

[quote who="BoydofZINJ" reply="48" id="2740966"] Quoting greywar, reply 46SD is doing a good job post release, that has always been their very best focus area. Great ideas in the article as well arstal. I will give SD credit for not giving up. However, why am I paying for a beta? Why was the game released this early. I have heard reports that SD rushed the release of the game by.... um... 2 days... because retailers broke the street date.&nb

[quote who="SqueekyRat" reply="72" id="2740934"] Quoting Werewindlefr, reply 71 as someone previously said, maybe reviewers have a multiplayer-enabled build. And most of the points made by the reviewers have been raised on this forum. Then explain to us why on earth Stardock would give the reviewers a build that the customers do not. That actually makes things sound even fishier. If it was so robust why did it not ship that way? However, I am sticking to the n

ADOM Crawl: Stone Soup I post these knowing very few will tolerate playing them.

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="31" id="2740808"] Quoting sicjake, reply 25Had I never purchased GalCiv, and if Elemental was my first Stardock game, I'd be pretty upset at my purchase, but I'm not, again only based on Frogboy's dedication to their games long term that I experienced with GCII. I mentioned this elsewhere, but I think Stardock's problem at the moment is that they're now a rookie player in the big leagues (thanks to Sins of Solar Empire's widespread popularity) but they're

SD is doing a good job post release, that has always been their very best focus area. Great ideas in the article as well arstal. For those that refuse to see any criticism as other than heresy: Here is the thing, when someone with an ID number as low as Dethedrus has concerns it is best to take them very seriously. Folks like him are key core customers who do a lot of leg work, heavy lifti

Great to hear!

Damn, this is a poorly thought through post. Might be the weakest criticism thread I have read on here that wasn't simply deleted.

[quote who="AlienFromBeyond" reply="71" id="2738696"]On a similar note, your race choice is effectively pointless. Not only is there no mechanical difference, but you'll so very rarely see the graphical one too. I loved how in MoM your race choice really changed things. Stuff like Draconians flew and breathed fire, Dark Elves all could shoot magic, Halflings were lucky, and so on. Having innate bonuses for each race would help in making faction creation a little bit more interesting. And if y

[quote who="Rune_74" reply="65" id="2738927"] Quoting greywar, reply 64 Quoting Rune_74, reply 63 Quoting greywar, reply 61 Quoting Rune_74, reply 58 Quoting greywar, reply 57 Look another post by you saying theexact same thing, we get the message. Apparently, you don't... judging by the extremely defensive fanboy response here and elsewhere.<br

Pretty even handed treatment of the game. Thanks for the link.

[quote who="Rune_74" reply="63" id="2738870"] Quoting greywar, reply 61 Quoting Rune_74, reply 58 Quoting greywar, reply 57 Look another post by you saying theexact same thing, we get the message. Apparently, you don't... judging by the extremely defensive fanboy response here and elsewhere. Oooh youcalled me a fanboy....big internet tough guy.

I rarely find much of anything for the PC at Gamestop. I prefer getting it digitally through Steam or Impulse.

Ah, now I understand, I saw the title and was really curious who was having a great time with the AI :)

[quote who="Rune_74" reply="58" id="2738711"] Quoting greywar, reply 57 Look another post by you saying theexact same thing, we get the message.[/quote] Apparently, you don't... judging by the extremely defensive fanboy response here and elsewhere.

[quote who="Archonsod" reply="56" id="2738646"] Quoting Jarenko, reply 41rossanderson seems to think anyone who doesn't claim Elemental is the best game ever is a troll. Methinks he needs to hit the books and look up the definition of a troll. I must warn him that he may only find his own picture on that page! Nah, we're just sick of seeing people who equate "I don't like the game" with "the game is unfinished" In short, I think the game is there. What

[quote who="Spyndel" reply="3" id="2738613"] Quoting tillachan2k9, reply 2People are allowed to criticize a game they like but think needs work Jharii, frankly Stardock does not need wild unquestioning fanboys as much as they need people willign to be honest. Honesty? yes. Working with them as they improve the game that has some legitimate issues? Yes. Hyperbole, and general ill-manners? No. These are human beings working long hours to improve the game, and help pla

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="270" id="2738348"]It'd be cool if PC Gamer had the balls to issue a retraction now that most of the major issues have been patched. [/quote] Dude, seriously? Shards still don't work. The combat system is utterly mangled. People are whomping maxed out AI with all factions due to game crushing imbalances. There are a million other gameplay issues. People are still reporting serious issues with

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="52" id="2738429"] Quoting greywar, reply 51Well thought out reply. Adds a lot to the discussion and proves your point so succinctly. Thanks. I appreciate the compliment. Now will you help pull this knife out of my back? On a related note, I didn't realize the necromancer had cast his magic on this thread.[/quote] You can easily yank it out yourself by posting more than "24 August". </p

Agree with the Op but I would really argue that the base game needs a lot more customization rather than leaving it to modders. The ATK vs DEF unified stat system is far too simple to ever give decent deep tactical combat or even varied army building strategy. GalCiv has a deeper damage and defense structure simply with the basic 3 types of weapons and defenses and this structure is what makes the unit design not just useful, but fun. &nbs

There is always Dwarf Fortress as well! Sorry, I am an ASCII whore. By the time SD fixes Elemental (and they will) you should have picked up the DF learning curve:)

[quote who="LikeTheWhirlwind" reply="76" id="2738296"]I'm starting to think that squads having DEF equal to (individual unit DEF * NumberOfTroops) is a mistake. What do you guys think about this?[/quote] This is a mistake and it should go by figure in the stack. Further DEF as one unified stat has *got* to go. You will never have "deep combat" with ATK/DEF vanilla. We need the piercing/slashing/blunt/fire/ice/water/air/poison/etc... vareig

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="50" id="2738343"] quoting postwhen do you think Elemental will be "finished" and worth playing? August 24, 2010[/quote] Well thought out reply. Adds a lot to the discussion and proves your point so succinctly. Thanks. For my part I think SD has made great strides this week but realistically we are just now entering the "real beta". Betas 1-4 were basically Alphas. Another 3-4 mont

Well written and well thought out.

[quote who="wercho" reply="29" id="2735976"]Fascinating report. I'm confused about the kiting though. How are you not suffering from counterattacks before you move? Deflect spell? All 1-hit kills? Or is your armor good enough to not take damage from them, in which case what is the benefit of kiting? Thanks for the info.[/quote] 1 hit kills for me. Not allowing a death strike/final shot ala GalCiv is pretty overwhelmingly in favor of