PyroMancer2k

Reply to Research revamp in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="StillSingle" reply="4" id="2606985"] Yeah, you're right about MoO 2, but I was talking about MoO 1 . I preferred MoO 1 over MoO 2 research system. And I'm with you on the MoO 3 system, very closed box, like pretty much everything in that game (looks at case gathering dust on shelf, next to recently used MoO2 and MoO1 CDs.....). [/quote] Wow I haven't played MOO1 is forever. I don't recall it being on CD I could of swore it was on floppies.

Reply to 0.302 - End turn crashes X4 in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="TheProgress" reply="2" id="2606757"] Quoting PyroMancer2k, reply 1Someone didn't Read before posting: https://forums.elementalgame.com/364285 Last I looked you were not a moderator or developer; if they want to tell me off for taking time out of my day to provide crash details in a single long post that no one else will be using then leave it to them to say.[/quote] [quote who="astrath" reply="3" id="2606862"]Pyromancer, that was a bit tactless. The point i

Reply to [Suggestion] Trainable units can earn XP in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="13" id="2607669"]As well as Experience being allocated based upon Damage Proportion and Kill #, but hey.[/quote] This is one of those ideas that sounds good on paper but fails in practice. The most obvious problem is what about "support" units? Since combat is still very vague at this point but we know it allows us to command units on the field in battle. So what happens if they allow for a healer/debuff/buff/tank type unit. Those unit will do almost no dam

Reply to Pirating/emulators, and all that good stuff. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="taltamir" reply="203" id="2607219"] A disk is GUARANTEED to break, it has a very short shelf life. with 10 years being rare. And it is also very easy to scratch. [/quote] Your not the only one to say this but I figured I'd quite you cause it's short and to the point. Now I want to make a counter argument. And that is disk, as in CD/DVD, have an extremely long shelf life and that's kinda the point of having them. Sure they also have the benefit o

Reply to [0.302][Bug] CTD When demolishing building in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Happen again when traying to demolish a hut. I clicked the yes button and it CTD. dump: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6399047/Elemental0_302-2010-04-30T02-38-51-713.zip debug: http://pastebin.com/i81KNXGe

Reply to 0.302 - Wheat farm bug in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Demolishing any resource building removes the resource that was there.

Reply to Research revamp in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="StillSingle" reply="1" id="2606701"] eg of MoO system: you research the construction topic and recieve "industry 5". The game then randomly picks 1-3 of the next level technologies to make available in the construction topic. If it does not select "industry 6", it will not be picked later on, ever. It cannot be researched. However, any previously unlocked contrustion techs can be researched, for the research cost it started with. [/quot

Reply to 0.302 - End turn crashes X4 in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Someone didn't Read before posting: https://forums.elementalgame.com/364285

Reply to Let’s try this again… in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Well if we do go down the route of Racial Differences as well as Faction Differences I think that it should work towards limiting those options to things that makes sense. After all a lot of the stereo types that exist in the world today are based mainly on culture. For example one group is not better with math and electronics then another but because they have high educational values it seems like all the people of this "type" are tech heads. So basically racial bonuses should be thi

Reply to Water: the essence of life in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

This seems like adding complexity for complexity's sake. Having to manage Food & Water instead of just food. Plus the whole different essence cost approach.

Reply to [Suggestion] Trainable units can earn XP in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="TarponCrest" reply="4" id="2605202"]One of the problems with AoW was that in multiplayer everyone rushed to get the high level units ignoring the use of the low level units because they were well useless, unless you are playing low level as a side rule. [/quote] Honestly I have to ask how this is different from any other TBS? I tend to play the Peaceful City Builder/Tech Rusher route while maintaining enough forces for a decent defense to hold off rushes. Often time in gam

Reply to [1Z1][Suggestion] Food, Housing, and Prestige Overhaul in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="112" id="2605302"]What? Oil as a resource in the vanilla game? You gotta be kiddin'. Seriously...get real guys. [/quote] It's not in beta currently and no word from Devs either way as far as I know. But why such a strong reaction against it? It's been used for centuries it's not anything new. It just wasn't used to make plastics or in modern day machinery. But it was used a fuel source for things, as ammunition in siege weapons, paved

Reply to Master of Magic now available from GOG! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Yea I saw that. I was wondering did they patch to run better on Vista/Win7? Or is it the typical 1.31 Patch version? I ask cause I was thinking of digging MoM out of my closest and simply downloading the patch. But I know people have had trouble getting old DOS games to work and needed to use DOS Box. If they have patched it to run better on newer OS it could be worth getting. For those who never played it though and don't have a copy I recommend buying it. It's a great game.<

Reply to [0.302][Bug/Gameplay] Captured city with Enemy SOV and Empire fell in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

The SOV died in the city. I don't recall seeing an AI ever flee. Even though he died defending the city he still had other cities at his disposal. The save game has my army parked right out his city so in 1 turn it should fall if attacked. Everytime I load it and attack the city killing thier SOV it says the empire fell on the turn notes and the diplomacy screen no longer shows them. Yet the other cities they control remain. I went back and took some Screenshots to show what I

Reply to [1Z1][Suggestion] Food, Housing, and Prestige Overhaul in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="110" id="2605180"] Is Oil in as a resource in E:WoM yet?? [/quote] It should be as it's been used for hundreds of years. After all I wanna dump boiling oil down from my castle walls on my enemies... Then light them on fire. [e digicons]}:)[/e] EDIT: They also used it during the crusades to take out siege equipment. Though it was the Islamic soldiers who used it not the crusaders. They mixed some crude oil,

Reply to [Suggestion] Trainable units can earn XP in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="1" id="2605171"]One reason might simply be that each unit will be an entity unto itself. Currently, having the Sov and Hero's level is not overly problematic. I have had a gang level 3 units after one fight. Click click +++++ etc. No sweat. Now multiply that by 100X or way more. [/quote] Units don't currently level so what do you mean you had 3 units level after a fight? Also what makes you think people are going to have 100X units level up

Reply to [1Z1][Suggestion] Food, Housing, and Prestige Overhaul in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="107" id="2605159"] It seems a pretty good bet that Wheat does not grow well in a Swamp. So does this little tidbit perhaps provides us a glimpse into what may be a new Food sources to come etc.? [/quote] Well they already have several food sources as is. The garden, wheat farm, orchard, and beehives are in the game so I don't see a problem with additional ones. The game is suppose to be very mod freely and adding a new resource shouldn't

[Suggestion] Trainable units can earn XP in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Originally I noticed that only your SOV and hired heroes earn XP but your other units didn't. So I reported it as a "bug" which got a reply that trained units were cannon fodder and not suppose to earn XP. But honestly I think this is a mistake as a lot of TBS games have your units become more experienced the more they fight. Most are simply Normal/Veteran/Elite which is fine as it adds another interesting layer to the game by helping reward players who focus more on strategy and keeping thei

Reply to [0.302][Bug/Gameplay] City won't let you choose where to exit in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="kryo" reply="3" id="2605128"]Cities have gates which aren't well represented on the cloth map, that's where they should be exiting when you eject them.[/quote] Well even with a gate I don't think it's suppose to jump over an ocean when exiting. :)

Reply to [0.302][Bug/Graphics] Graphical glitch on map. in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="kryo" reply="1" id="2605120"]Had you alt-tabbed or done anything else that might have caused the issue?[/quote] I did get pulled to desktop cause of a Team Speak version error when reconnecting to the TS server I was on. When I tabbed back into the game everything seem fine. I had just started so the only area I explored was around my starting position. That location is down along the south east shore of the island on the other side of AI. I don't usually alt-tab t

Reply to [1Z1][Suggestion] Food, Housing, and Prestige Overhaul in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="98" id="2604296"]GalCiv had the Map reset button built right in. Once I found out about it, it was used quite often. Why start in a crappy system, when a quick CTRL-???(forget) simply built a brand new random system. MP in E:WoM will obviously disallow this of course.[/quote] Yea and there in lays the problem. Why should a quick reset button be an excuse to have a setup that increases the chances of screwing over a play at the start of the g

Reply to AI too aggresive in .302? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="3" id="2603358"]I was attacked by an army of 6 peasants in .302! [/quote] Wow never seen that. Overall though the AI is a joke. I don't really care that they declare war on me cause they are like flies. I simply swat their armies down without any problem and I use them to grind my SOV up to higher levels. EDIT: Grinding is really importanting in 0.302 because essence now only gives you 0.5 mana per point. And raise/lower terrain spells now co

Reply to [1Z1][Suggestion] Food, Housing, and Prestige Overhaul in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="96" id="2604251"]The one true dilemna that allowing for these bonuses to apply is the use of Randomly Generated Maps. ...snip... And if you want to hunt the map early for a Sweet spot, that may not even exist (random), then that is also time that other players can use to settle in. It is a lose lose situation if some do and some don't get the same chance in the opening minutes. [/quote] This is true of a lot of TBS games though.

Reply to Dynamic quests. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="klaxton499" reply="4" id="2604141"]I like this suggestion provided the Dragon doesn't roam. Powerful Mobs will need to stay in a region of the map or the player will be destroyed before they are capable of putting up a fight. [/quote] I have to agree with this. If you've ever played Birth of the Federation you know what I mean. With random events on you have to race up the tech tree and build a huge fleet because if the Borg random event happens

Reply to [0.302][Bug] Crash when selecting Housing Tech R&D in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="alh_p" reply="3" id="2604059"]I've been getting this too. Although it alternates between CTD or Freeze. I've verified it by 1) selecting different (civ) techs from the same save point (only "Housing" causing the crash); and 2) choosing a different civ tech and then trying to pick Housing later.[/quote] Yea and since it doesn't seem to crash if you research housing early I'm beginning to suspect that some of the later game CTD on turn end are caused by this.