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What I hate about MP figures for TBS games is that the only source (typically) they're able to poll in terms of data is ONLINE . Admittedly, this is anecdotal, but I don't know anyone who plays TBS games online with random people. I do, however, know piles of people who play TBS games cooperatively, generally over a LAN or LAN simulator. Those people are not being tracked. That being said, it has to be understood that the MP comm

[quote who="PurplePaladin" reply="135" id="2903189"]Exactly Goodgimp. If, right now, we had a co-op MP game of WoM we could play (we could care less about balance right now, or ever, if we don't find it challenging, we will turn up the difficulty) we would be in heaven. We have no wish to change the game itself in any way, just play it co-op, exactly as it is.[/quote] What worries me is that I see the MP community expressing that they want the SP version of the game in MP

To answer the poll question, YES . Until it's implemented, and implemented right (i.e. not the half-assed MP we have now or some "streamlined" version), it's $50 I wish I could have back. They really don't have to do a lot to please me, just have the same SP experience as a playable option in MP. I couldn't care less for streamlined, stripped down, multiplayer modes. I really don't understand what is so

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="109" id="2901688"]But his fucking veiwpoint isn't valid. I hate the idea that just becasuse everyone has thgeir own viewpoint, it makes it valid. It's not fucking Valid. Stardock has bent over backwords appologizing and doing what they could to make it right. Still bitching and being fucking demandobots is not the answer. Shut the fuck up, bitches. If you want to biotch, make a different thread. This thread is about hearin

Hell yes. This is what i was hoping for when i heard you joined the team. This is what WoM has been missing.

[quote who="Wizaerd" reply="50" id="2897229"]Here's a new and innovative idea for MP... Leave it out altogether!! That'd suit me just fine. [/quote] I congratulate you on your lack of friends. :) EDIT: Added smiley to make sure you knew I was just trying to be funny, not mean.

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="18" id="2896678"]I also agree with Tridus. I don't understand why you insist that core features of the game don't work in MP. The vast majority of people who will be playing MP will be doing so co-operatively with their friends, not competitively. Elemental will never be a competitive MP game, it should not even be in consideration. In that light, it makes no sense to cut out quests or anything else for co-op MP. If you really want MP to "go in a diffe

Unfortunately, I still have to give Elemental a poor grade in it's current state. I know Stardock is working hard at making good by it's customer's and that the base game has seen some remarkable improvement... ... but I just fired up a Multiplayer game again and I'm: -Left with only the choice of tiny or small maps -Not given any options to control how the game plays (tactical battles, various other rules, etc) -Not able to host locally I've been patie

I love big epic games, and hence big epic maps.

I'm curious as to the state of Elemental multiplayer. Originally, I purchased the game so I could play this cooperatively with my friends (previously, we'd been playing Age of Wonders and then Fall From Heaven for the past couple years). Elemental had a rough launch, and understandably the multiplayer patches didn't come out as expected. I just want to know where things stand with multiplayer, with Fallen Enchantress and War of Magic going forward. All I'm really loo

I feel your pain, Kael! It's so frustrating when you have a "Quick, risk-free, fix!" to check in but... you can't, you gotta go through that validation process again because sometimes those "risk-free" fixes are anything but :) That's some great artwork, by the way. Really looking for 1.1 and beyond! Speaking of "Beyond", are there any plans for Multiplayer post 1.1? I don't really feel the game is playable right now in MP. I understand where the

Yea, Civ5 sadly had no replayability for me either which was... unexpected. I played a couple full games after it came out and I just have no desire to load it up again. Full conversion mods are nice, but you can't run them in multiplayer... or have animations in multiplayer... or successfully load a saved game in multiplayer... and since I typically play Civ with my friends, well...

[quote who="Istari" reply="15" id="2831056"] Goodgimp, your avatar freaks me out, and that makes everything you say roughly 25% weirder and scarier than it normally would be.[/quote] LOL. Check out 0:33 . First time I saw that video, that image caught me so off guard I busted up laughing, and it's been my avatar (and nick) ever since.

Because turkeys carry tiny bits of Jesus in their waddles, each and every one.

Those patch notes look awesome, if you guys are banging this game into shape this much with the 1.1 patch, I truly can't wait to see what the expansions have to offer! Now if we can just get custom MP servers, I'll be able to sell this to a few of my friends :D

Derek, I really like some of the things you mention. Specifically: -Making spells more interesting -Faction differentiation Both of those are areas I feel are currently weak, I'm glad you're looking into it!!

I hate sounding like a broken record, but it's my pet issue so I'll ask here :) What are the plans for Multiplayer in 1.1 and 1.1+ (expansion1, expansion2, or whatever)? I'm really hoping to see a "Epic, Full SP features including tactical battles" option for Coop multiplayer. Will this ever be coming? Also, when are custom servers (such as LAN hosting) coming? Thanks!

Yes, champs right now are kinda boring. I want to be really attached to my champ, I want to really like this champ because of his ability to leap over walls and survive with his avoidance of missile weapons, or a champ that can breath fire, or a champ that can dual wield / doublestrike, or a champ that's an absolute tank, or a champ with all sorts of tricks like poison, gas clouds, blinding opponents, etc. Right now champions aren't really all THAT different from a swordsman, in

I like the idea of Champions, or especially Children, but I wish there were ways to customize them more. Rather than just stat increases, I want to choose awesome Feats and Abilities every so often. Leap Attack, Double Strike, First Strike, Poisoned Weapons, Teleport, Stone Form, Parry, there's all kinds of ideas. Right now I don't think Champs are differentiated enough between each other, and I think this would go a long way to giving them more personality. I like t

Ignore solidsmooky, he misplaced his pet rock and hasn't been the same since. Welcome aboard, you're just in time for the leadup to 1.1 and hopefully some expansion goodness early next year.

You can download the game itself with Impulse Anywhere, but patches must come through impulse.

Oh good grief, Annatar11, climb down the high horse already. He didn't "steal" everything. He credited everything that was used, posted contact details, and was very willing to take down/remove anything that the artists objected to. FFH2 had an amazing team of modelers that made all custom units, that's where the majority of artwork went. The only things really 'borrowed' were icon graphics and leader portraits, which were attributed. A good chunk of the music

I'm sorry if I've covering heavily-trodden ground already, but I haven't been following the Elemental forum terribly closely over the past few weeks. I know around release time it was discussed that an option may be introduced to MP to enable tactical battles. I know the dev team has had their hands full with the base game let alone MP worries, but I wanted to follow up on that and see if there were plans still in place to implement this? With a game

I'm holding off on Multiplayer until it's all full featured as the rest of the game (especially tactical battles). So, that would be my vote for "What people want to see added". I want the SP game, in MP. Until then, I'm not interested.

On top of the gameplay stuff, can we just get a "Play the single player version of Elemental, but in Multiplayer" setting? All the reductions/limitations/changes in MP kind of drive me nuts, I just want to play the standard game coop with my friends. I know we MPers are a small minority, but as of 1.09E the MP is... Hmmm, what's a constructive way of putting it. The MP feels like a very primitive shell/framework of what I expect when I buy a TBS game with multiplayer