Just remember, Elemental does do autosaves. So you can go back to where you were.

I've been playing complete games without any CTDs since v1.1 went out.  No crashes. I'll keep an eye out for them but stupid AI stuff is what keeps me up at night at this point.

The point is that the situation is what it is.  Whining doesn't change it.  Either help fix it or accept it.  The developers have acknowledged the issues, have admitted they made mistakes, have been massively open about how and why they made the mistakes, and have posted on the forums many times per day to keep everyone informed of what is going on.  The owner of the damn company has given us multiple mea culpas. 

At this point if you don't have a clear understanding of the situation than you're just obtuse.  The game is significantly better.  If you think the potential is there for a great game (like I do) than stick around and help out.  Sticking around and whining, while never posting a crash dump or bug report, is just polluting the air.  

I'm not quoting dawgs4ever because I'm saying he's this way, because I don't think he is.  His comment just made a good launching point for my point.  

Dude, submit your crash report. Every time your game crashes and you fail to report, you might as well be saying you like that crash and want to keep it.

Don't attribute to malice what could be simply stupidity. Honestly, i think rather than trolling, they are just clueless. They don't realize that the bug is probably a very narrow bug affecting only them, and that if they had submitted a report it would of been fixed months ago. Instead, Stardock must use ESP to determine the bug and fix it.

 Sorry to disagree with your opninions since as soon as i saw you say "whining" is stopped reading it. Sure the game is more stable for enearly 99% of players (me included, and yes, I pulled that number out of my ass) but the game is more boring than before. In my last game, at turn 111 I decided I'd rather go spend time with my crazy familly than keep playing. That would have never happened with GalCivII... or a number ofother games I have on this box.

 Time for a massive quantity of   while I decide what I'd rather be playing to be entertained. Sorry, but tell me it isn't so with most of you as well.????

 http://forums.impulsedriven.com/402566 has a good point brought up by xStarfirex

I just came back to check if "blame the poster" was still in vogue here. Sure is. Thanks for proving my point.

2 months later and the forums are actually *worse*.

Awesome.

I just plain do not like the game anymore. I was hoping with the 1.1 they would fix my 'grievances' but it only seemed to make it even less fun to play (In my Opinion). And I was really happy when I bought it that I was supporting Stardock, since they have done so much for the gaming community... but now I am just disappointed ; ;

All they need now is our patience. It's certainly your prerogative to either grant it or bail but I am willing to wait. The plan looks solid and they are executing. It's just a matter of time. Try out the mods if not already done so - they add spice to the vanilla package.

Should I play this game again? i have not been on in months so... are the updates great

And the options are either get a 75% refund for not liking the game, or after working with support and not being able to resolve crashes, getting a 100% refund. sales@stardock.com has been posted many times on this forum.

The phrase "on a game that they think is crappy" shows more that a person doesn't like the game vs it's functionality. I've bought plenty of things I don't like, and I just learn my lesson and move on or return it if I can. Those are the options here if you don't want to stick around. So people can still go and buy your better game.

Consider the fact that most places don't allow returns of games, only exchanges, so the options here are a lot better than elsewhere. Elsewhere one's only option would be to learn from their mistake.

I understand that xStarfirex's post didn't start off the best way. But the last sentence is basically the only option you'd have had if you'd bought the game from a lot of places. Self entitlement is when a person feels they deserve something they don't, so stating that people have a sense of self entitlement to Elemental being a good functioning game when it was advertised as such is insulting to both those that want out and those that want to stick around.

I take offense at it myself because I believe I'm entitled to what was advertised, and I'm giving Stardock a chance to make good on their promise. That doesn't mean I think that I'm entitled to something I'm not - I feel I'm entitled to what I paid for and what's been promised.

Yeah, I was happy to wait. But now that I've read more of the direction they wish to take it, I don't think I will ever like it.

For one, right now resources are WAAAY to important. If I don't spawn near a mine or something, I fall so far behind the computer that they roll me like a scene kid at a rave. To me making a mad dash to grab all the good resources isn't strategy, it's a must.

But then again I am not a rush kiddy, and will never be, so as I said, this might not be the game for me that I was hoping it would be ; ;

*Edit: A refund? for a crappy game? Shoot, if that happened almost every game company would be out of business. Hell, Square would have a million returned copies of FFXIV, well, every FF they released lately... Maybe that's why there are a bajillion used copies of FFXIII at Gamestop...

. . . Really? Wow... I wish Square-Enix would do that -.- I can't stand either of their new games. But that was really nice of Blizzard and prolly quite rare for a company to do that.

Ya basically when I shell out money for something that was broke at release and remains broke I definitely feel like I should also have to bug test it for free to on top of it. I think that's a reasonable position that people should definitely consider taking. Definitely shouldn't say mean things, that is super Unproductive, unlike spending time trying to fix garbage game I was scammed into buying in the hope that in some vague indeterminate future months after release I'll be able to squeeze a tiny iota of fun out of it.

It's okay. Everything is Fine. Elemental was always good game. We've always been at war with Eastasia.