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Reply to PLEASE give us "quick move / quick attack" in tactical battles! in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="AndonSage" reply="21" id="2767340"]Brad has already said that the option for fast movement (in the Options) should also apply to the tactical battles, so I'm sure that will be in soon.[/quote] Fast movement as it is now is extremely ugly - it's teleporting to new position. A faster or less detailed animation between full animation and teleporting should be present. And we need a separate setting for tactical battles, I like how units move on strategic map (except their spe

[UI] City screen improvement in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

1) On new level pop-up, you should be able to see the city, its BUILDINGS and RESOURCES (Obvioisly, to select spec.) 2) On new building window in lower-left window, you should be able to see BUILDINGS and RESOURCES (To see what is present)

Reply to Master of Magic mod (WIP) in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

I want to help. I can do python. There's a fansite out there in the net with complete description of MoM mechanics, hacks and mods.

Reply to [Suggestion] It is OK for New Updates to not work with saved games in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="MrCapitalG" reply="14" id="2766950"]I disagree with this as a matter of principle, this game is time consuming and not at all 'casual', I want to invest my time on something that won't be garbage in the next patch or two. I think it's very important the save files are retained throughout patching if at all possible. At the very least if it must be done, please warn us so we can finish our current games. [/quote] Why don't you just stop investing time fo

Reply to [Suggestion] It is OK for New Updates to not work with saved games in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Myles" reply="5" id="2766610"]I don't understand how it's not common gaming knowledge that patches generally invalidate old game saves.[/quote] Stardock is such nice a company (no kidding here) that they might try to preserve compatibility. Players do feel it and feel obliged to say "It's OK, Stardock, don't mind this detail, focus on the gameplay"

Reply to [Suggestion] It is OK for New Updates to not work with saved games in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I suggest it to be OK if the manual will become irrelevant. I mean, we want some aspects of the game to change dramatically, and if the changes do not comply to what printed manual says (I do hope there is a printed manual, expecting my box in a month or two), then duck the manual, I suggest :)

Master of Magic remake in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

I want to join as scripts writer.

Reply to PLEASE give us "quick move / quick attack" in tactical battles! in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Humbly bumping for this thread's wisdom -> 1.08

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You should all try bayimg.com Quick, no registration, hotlinking, no traffic limitations. Only downside is it doesn't support animated gifs

Reply to One purchase = one year of support (updates) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]You dont have a payed subscription, it just means that Stardock commits to at least one year of updates to the game. Which is different to most publishers that plan for one update and then be done and start working on other games.[/quote] Does it mean support effectively stops not before last purchase date + 1 year?

Reply to [Balance] Unit parties/squads are overpowered in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Just thought, merging units into formations on the fly would be cool. Like in GalCiv2. I keep wondering why so many features from it are in the game, and are implemented only half-way.

Reply to What's the point of balancing weapons when ... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'm a little worried, don't want this thread to be lost by the moment developers will turn to feedback

Reply to Elemental Game Review(s) Thread in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Absolute Games: http://www.ag.ru/reviews/elemental_war_of_magic 58/100 Ending of the review (my translation from russian): ...truth be told, combat is very boring. Seems like the tactic battles that were missed by many in GalCiv 2 were added a month before release. Because of simplistic mechanics and stuoid AI, player easily eliminates enemies' more powerful armies. It's not amazing that Stardock is not in a hurry to let players

Reply to What's the point of balancing weapons when ... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

As a developer myself, I see a very simple solution for early stages of mechanics change. For example, for AP instead of combat speed and separation of damage and toHit, make AI take into account, say, weaponDamage*0.5 + (avgApCost - waponApCost)*0.25 + (weaponToHit-avgToHit)*0.25, where only damage was used before. For bows range penalty, add another modifier like (avgRange - bowRange)*0.1 Or even better, calculate average damage wielder unit (or

Reply to What's the point of balancing weapons when ... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

To developers: postpone the AI, make game mechanics reasonable and playable and feed us at least a multiplayer version, and then focus on your holy-cow AI I don't see much of I in AI at the moment, btw. And yes, fireballing fire giants in the first turn is a flaw that can not be fixed by improving AI. So please please please, decrease AI priority.

[Gameplay] Landscape must affect sight area and defense bonuses in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

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Reply to What's the point of balancing weapons when ... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

+1 to idea of splitting tohit/damage and armor/dodge (but the latter seem to be already separate values)

Reply to Campaign - is there only book 1? in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I know, just wondering why "book 1" and why the ending movie looks like an intro to book 2. Also, I enjoyed campaign in GalCiv2. And this one was nice too - felt like "Fall from Heaven: Age of Ice" scenario for Civ4

Campaign - is there only book 1? in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I got "Campaign completed" after killing the dragon, spent like 4 hours. Is that it?

[UI] SPACE should not set moves to 0.0 in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Just copy how it works from Civ4, space removes unit from queue of guys who want to move this turn, and if player changes his mind he still can move the unit for whom he hit spacebar

[Balance] Unit parties/squads are overpowered in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Once you get a pack of macemen in the beginning with weaponry+logistics, the game gets quite boring.

[UI] Larger icons and fonts, less animations in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Hey all. Is there a way to make all the control elements a little larger? Or can I have them all placed in some panel on the screen where missing an icon would not result in clicking in the game world? Also, event messages animations are very annoying. These all should be options in configuration, of course

Reply to PLEASE give us "quick move / quick attack" in tactical battles! in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I second, faster/simpler animations option should be present. And few fixed camera positions would be cool too. Like "top-down", "isometric", "from behind my forces" etc. Also, I would like something in between "quick move" where units teleport to the new tile and the fully animated moves - so I could still see their path, like in any other strategy game (Civ, MoM). Also, why didn't you guys use all the options from GalCivs? I miss "always

Game crushes after update to 2.0 in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I updated my 'Endless universe' using Impulse to 2.0.x, now I can't load campaign savegames or continue campaign. Is it how it should be?