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Reply to Onward! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="JeffSteel" reply="52" id="2811722"]This is awesome news man, I have never heard of such an offer. I mean, two free expansions for free, that's KRAZY!!! And yet, I can see how it makes sense business wise, entice customers to buy early so as to establish a nest egg for future development or whatever. But surely we gamers have not grown so cynical as to suspect that 1.1 will be an "expansion." Come on guys let's not be paranoid. [/quote] Than

Reply to [Suggestion] New Victory Condition. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Hey hey, now we're getting somewhere... Well, you guys are getting somewhere. I've done nothing but pessimistically shoot down ideas, and I apologize for that... This kind of thing just isn't my forte. Making the Wonder not be the victory, but turning it into part of the requirement for the victory, is exactly the kind of thinking we, (Read: Everyone but me,) needs to sort this idea out. Here's a thought though. Drop the idea of culture, as a terminolog

Reply to [Discussion/Suggestions] Let's Discuss: Heroes and Dynasties. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="RogueCaptain" reply="6" id="2811684"]RikazeMA, your wall of text could have been summed up in a few paragraphs. Frogboy has mentioned that intel is a major AI problem (non cheating) so rejoice, this might get some developer attention.[/quote] Yes, it easily could've been summed up in a few paragraphs, but I'm no good at that. To maintain a train of thought when posting these things, I have to actually write what I'm thinking. I tend to think in whole sent

Reply to [Fan-Fic] Jormund'allarah, Assassin turned King in Elemental Fiction Elemental Forums

Prologue: The Mark Assassin turned Channeler, the man who would come to be called Jormund the Bright was once a contract killer amongst the endless wastelands. The last job he would ever do under the title of 'Assassin,' was contracted by a mysterious man who happened across Jormund's Inn. The request was strange. The client sought a man who'd taken shelter in an aba

Reply to Time to bite the bullet - is the game worth it? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Somewhere in these forums, you can find a thread called, "Your Elemental Scorecard." The idea behind it was that someone took 1000 points, and distributed them, semi-arbitrarily, throughout the features of the game, giving each individual area a score, and tallying the total at the end. I took the scorecard and used it as a basis for writing a full review of the game. I'll save you the trouble of reading it, as it's pretty damn long... I gave it a 34% score.

Reply to Disillusioned, but I'm happy to be here! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="wonderloss" reply="14" id="2811299"]My first exposure to cracks came from games that were protected by SecuROM. I had purchased Neverwinter Nights, and later Knights of the Old Republic, but they would not play with my CD-ROM drive. I had to get cracks to make them work. The first time, it was provided by tech service, the next time I just decided to go find it on my own. From those experiences, I learned just how easy it was to find cracks for software.[/quote] Neverwinte

Reply to UFOs: What do YOU Believe? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Uvah" reply="278" id="2811305"]Go to Wikipedia and look up Drake's Equation. Done back in the 60's it gives a possible count of intelligent life in the galaxy, not the universe but the galaxy. comes to about 10,000 give or take and that's a conservative number.[/quote] I've seen the Video that explains Drake's Equation actually. It's part of the basis for my opinion that, statistically speaking, there's gotta be at least one other Civilized Species out there in the g

Reply to [Discussion/Suggestions] Let's Discuss: Heroes and Dynasties. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Onionfighter" reply="4" id="2811356"]Great idea, but I think there should also be a less antagonistic way of making the marriage more worthwhile.[/quote] Agreed. However, it's still helpful to brainstorm these things, even if our ideas are totally off the wall, like mine usually are. Like I said, hopefully we can provide Stardock with a basis for inspiration and ideas.

Reply to Onward! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Frogboy said: ... "And people wonder why gamers have gotten so cynical." Seriously! I've not exactly been a long-time customer of Stardock or anything, but having bought three games through you guys, two of which you made, and Dragon Age: Origins, I can safely say I've never had a better consumer-experience with a game Developer/Publisher than I have with Stardock. When DA:O came out, while the launch

Reply to [Discussion/Suggestions] Let's Discuss: Heroes and Dynasties. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Brainsucker" reply="1" id="2811160"]The problem is that Stardock doesn't call the Hero, Hero. They call them Notable Person. Sooo I don't think that they are hero. They are just people that noticeable by your sovereign because of their past deed. Of course, some of them have the capability to become a hero, but many of them just people who can help your sovereign build the kingdom. Soooo, rather than Hero, I prefer to call the Officer / helper / wiseman / etc. They are

Reply to A positive about Elemental in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I wouldn't hold my breath... But I wouldn't lose hope either. As a very wise man from a certain film I can't remember the name of once said... "The Ox is slow, but the Earth is patient."

Reply to Disillusioned, but I'm happy to be here! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

You want a real example of how DRM is fucking us over, look at Ubi's new-ish DRM system. "Gotta be Online to play a game that has no Online or Multiplayer functionality what-so-ever, or the multiplayer isn't what people are picking this game up for anyway." I.E. - Settlers 7 or Assassin's Creed 2. Legal or not, let's face it, we have to show them we won't stand for it. Getting cracked games that you already own is a great way of saying, "I filled my end of the deal,

Reply to UFOs: What do YOU Believe? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

I believe many things. First, I believe there is other life out there in the universe, and it's likely not all of it is Intelligent. It's also likely that some of it is. Second, I believe I've seen a UFO before. On two occasions, though not as close up as the OP. Three occasions if you count the Arizona Lights. I was about 25 minutes outside of Phoenix the night of the lights. It was pretty spectacular. I was 17 at the time, and me and some

[Fan-Fic] Jormund'allarah, Assassin turned King in Elemental Fiction Elemental Forums

NEWS BULLETIN: If you read it before I changed everything, then you won't need to see this... But I had to drastically edit pretty much all of Chapter III, not including the formatting change. If you were reading it/read it, in it's original state and were enjoying it, please accept my deepest apologies. Seriously, I am so so sorry. It had to be done, and I hate that I may have broken someone's immersion, or worse, made the story less enjoyable for so

Reply to A List of ‘Positives’ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Grump2913" reply="71" id="2811132"] quoting post I'm a little frustrated by this post and feel the need to speak. As someone who has paid for the game, who purchased it on retail day one, I believe that I have the right to speak as long as I am civil about it. I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything like that, but I'd really like you to tape it to the office wall. Elemental had a beta and people gave critical feedback. From the look of the retail laun

Reply to [Suggestion] New Victory Condition. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lonemessiah" reply="4" id="2811103"]Wouldn't having a city at a certain size do. It would obviously have to be huge. But once it got there then maybe you would have to build the 'wonder' to firmly establish it as the capital of the world. I would suggest it would have to have both a certain size area of influence, (probably a percentage of the map) without including the AOI ffom your other cities. It would also have to have a certain population. I am p

[Discussion/Suggestions] Let's Discuss: Heroes and Dynasties. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Okay, quick preface here. I ask two things of potential posters coming into this thread... A: That you only post with Constructive Criticism's about the game or the ideas herewithin, meaning if you are going to shoot down someone elses idea, provide reasoning, and couch it in REAL, UNDERSTANDABLE, LOGIC. B: If you feel like shooting down someone's idea but CANNOT provide constructive criticism, admit it, and try to put s

Reply to [Suggestion] New Victory Condition. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Mmm, sounds borderline Civ Cultural Victory. Gotta go outside the box for this one, has to be something... Spectacular. It's a Civilization-Tech related victory, after all. And thank you for not assuming the worst. Sometimes I just assume that others will assume the worst. =P

Reply to Hi Everybody! 1.1 goodies in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="luketan" reply="129" id="2810458"] Quoting RikazeMA, reply 127 basically removing the need for the stat entirely beyond unlocking new spells, especially with the idea of a Partially Omniscient, All-Casting Sovereign in place. Is this confirmed? Seems strange in the current system.[/quote] If by that you mean the Partially-Omniscient All-Casting Sovereign bit... I'm not sure, but I seem to remember it being alluded to at the least, if not

Reply to Please Give Us Fallen Evil-Looking Champions to Hire too!! in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Black-Knight" reply="4" id="2810667"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nczUipTzcuo&feature=player_embedded#at=63[/quote] Win.

Reply to Major improvements for Elemental in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I agree with the OP on many if not all points. There are some I don't agree with, but it's a big post and I can't be bothered to nit-pick the parts I disagree with out of there... So, for all intents and purposes, I'm agreeing with everything until said things are fixed, and then I'll go through and nit-pick, because there will be a whole lot less to worry about at that point.

Reply to A List of ‘Positives’ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Like Fearzone said, this is difficult because this game really is better than the sum of its parts. But here goes. I like Unit Design/Customization. We need more of it. Maybe not a TON more, but more, and what we do have needs to be polished. I.E., fixing Female/Fallen model clipping, and other clipping issues, specifically with Sovereign and Pop-Up sheet poses. I absolutely LOVE designing Sovereign's. I've probably spent more time just making Sov

Reply to PC Games no longer work at release in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Okay, I had to stop reading through every... Single... Post... Around page 5.5, so bear with me if I repeat something that's been said. Yes, PC Games these days have launch issues more often than not. Some more than others, as all us Elemental owners already know. Yes, it's hard to make it work on a broad range of systems without TONS of QA first, or a longer Beta, which as has already been stated, will be done next time. (Good for you Brad, learn

Reply to Your online persona isn’t owned by you in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="WebGizmos" reply="35" id="2810459"] The problem with an online persona is that you don't get the body language, voice inflections, ect. of people. Just cold, unemotional words. Well...the emoticon come in handy to a degree...but then you have those people that can't figure out their own feelings or how their trying to express themselves and make it worse by using the wrong one. I always assume the best of people, just to keep my own faith in the human r

Reply to Your Elemental Scorecard in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nathikal" reply="18" id="2809214"]I did this twice, actually. Both times I went back and revised it...and I think that the best, safest thing for me to say is this... After 1.1, it'll be different. And come 1.1, it'll be judged, and from there, uninstalled or played. So once 1.1 comes out, I expect this thread to have gained a TON of new feedback. Awesome idea, I look forward to posting my own commentary in the near future.[/quote] I th