Therlun

Never mind.

Never mind.

I can use the steam overlay with Elemental just fine.

Heh. I'm sad to see this great initiative being noticed so little... I regularly check the forums (~once a day, looking for new journal entries and eye catching threads), but noticed the contest a few minutes ago for the first time.

[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="13" id="1932753"] I remember how in Sins people kept making that argument... and discovering just how much fun it is to try and use that mega-fleet-of-DOOM (TM) against a set of smaller fleets that scissored in behind you.[/quote] Heh, I really don't want to derail this nice thread, but Sins didnt allow that. Fleet battles were mostly dependent on the number and type of ships, the capital ships and micro management. What it D

[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="9" id="1931936"] You retreat, then you lose a bit of morale and you're fatigued. So if the attacker has prepared for that opportunity they have some fast units in reserve. In most games there's never the need to have reserve.[/quote] That is another thing I really miss in most games. Reserves are are most vital part of any military engagement, but in almost all games the most effective strategy is to use everything you have at the same

I'm not sure yet about your detailed morale suggestion, but I completely support the two basic premises you mention. "Fighting to the death" is something that annoys me in many strategy games too and I would really like one where a defeat does not mean the utter destruction of the losing side almost every time. I also suppot giving running water greater meanig (above a food bonus or alike).

I dont see what the big deal is. MoM was a great game no doubt, but the fantasy setting was pretty generic. What made MoM great was successful design of game mechanics and pacing... something that has little to do with a license.

From frogboy in another forum: [quote] The game is only going to include two races for story purposes. But players will not only be able to create their own races in-game but actually mod full-blown races, submit them, and share them with other players. So if you want the Klackons in there, you could do that. ;)[/quote]

I like the idea.

[quote who="Zoomba" reply="3" id="1925549"] It's annoying, I know. What we normally do is when a beta phase starts, we have a week or two period where anyone who preorders during it will get instant access to the beta. During that week or two we accept PayPal payments.[/quote] It would be nice if that would get a news entry on the main site. I'm limited to paypal too and would really dislike to miss that short window of opportunity because