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Reply to Leader Pack DLC Now Available for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Just downloaded it. Not entirely sure it's worth the $5 yet =/ A more detailed breakdown of what's actually inside the DLC would have been helpful. 10 new leaders that any player could create on their own isn't worth much of anything. If it brought some new clothing for the character models, that would be something. I see [1] new item in the Sovereign creation screen 3 New Talents, though I would think Misandry should be una

Reply to Question about DVD drives. in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Writable media like CD and DVD actually have a shelf life and will degrade over time depending on quality, storage, & handling. I think a good quality CD/DVD is expected to last 7-ish years, so if you have things you want off of old media it might be time to move that data someplace else.

Reply to What do you like LEAST about Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

- My personal preference for Hex Maps. I can understand these not being in FE/LH due to 32-bit memory constraints. Hope to see this in the future evolution of the game. - Lack of Campaigns makes the lore of Elemental pointless as there is no immersion or vested interest in the inherent races/factions. From an "outsider" PoV the Factions aren't very interesting. - Tech Trees. in FE/LH, research focuses more on City Tech development rather than on Mag

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 1.6 is live! in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

"In your Steam folder, you can check the Legendaryheroes.exe file, and it should have a change date of 4/3/2014." Wait, what? Shouldn't that be 4-22-2014 if you've been updated to 1.6?

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 1.6 is live! in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

" Added the ability to have conditional stats that aren’t comparative Added the ability to have these conditional modifiers based on either the attacker’s or the target’s unit stats." Interesting. Wonder if I can use this to target a unit's movement stat. Edit: Still doesn't seem live; version still showing 1.5, newly created game save also says 1.5

Reply to Online strategy games in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

You could try out Atlantica Online, it's free to play, excepting that there is a huge pay to win component as you approach level 100 and beyond. Loved the game, but they [Nexon] has the most offensive cash grab that I've experienced in an MMO via their Item Mall.

Reply to Endless Legend announced (fantasy 4X) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

The Alpha footage is looking really sharp

Reply to What Warlock 2 has Taught LH or Elemental 2015 in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

[quote who="Sanati" reply="12" id="3460082"] Quoting BernieTime, reply 8 1. Voiceover in horrible faux Scottish accents The Sean Connery impersonating narrator/adviser is a staple of the Majesty games. It's supposed to be funny, and is in fact a Sean Connery impersonation. Quoting BernieTime, reply 8 5. Transition from local map to world map is much better in FE:LH Not sure what you mean. There's no combat/

Reply to Thought Provoking Article...... in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Think he forgot to link the actual article, or it was stolen by the NSA [e digicons]O:)[/e]

Reply to What Warlock 2 has Taught LH or Elemental 2015 in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Initial reactions playing through on my first game Good Things 1. Hex Maps 2. Research Spell Progressions is seperate from Tech Progression, Tree progression is more fluid 3. City Building cannot extend beyond the target city's influence/control area 4. Ranged Attacks on Strategic Map 5. Music is well done and doesn't seem repetitive 6. Enemies attacking Cities reduce production and population, not an insta-raze like in FE/LH 7. Each unit

Reply to IRS Still Running XP. Pays MS millions for additional patches not available to you. in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

There is some 3rd party support for XP, but there are some limitations. http://redmondmag.com/articles/2013/08/21/arkoon-windows-xp-security.aspx Arkoon Network Security is planning to roll out its ExtendedXP product this fall for those organizations that just can't get off Windows XP. "If there is a new vulnerability, the managed services team will report that back to them and potentially create a new template," Foley said. "All the customer has to do is

Reply to Windows 8 has an XP Mode...Sort of... in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

If that's using the XP Mode app created for Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate, there were some issues I'd encountered due to the limited video support for applications within the app. Seems like a real hassle with little reward IMHO.

Reply to Windows 8.1 Rant in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

"Get linux. Any linux." Bwah, ha ha! Hah ha ha! Too funny

Reply to Banished: New City Building Game in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Saw Felicia Day give Banished a shout out, so it's definitely out there getting attention.

Windows 8.1 Rant in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Eli the Computer Guy ranting on for 2 hours about why Windows 8.1 is garbage, even if Microsoft offered it for free. Note that there is a rumor of Microsoft developing a Win 8.1 Free version that is more heavily tied to Microsoft Apps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPbEYP65n5A&feature=share Eli is a pretty savvy guy, so his ranting is articulate and relevant to IT pros. EDIT:

Reply to What Age of Wonders 3 has Taught Us and What LH Can Teach AOW in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

[quote who="Fallenchar" reply="12" id="3455468"] Interesting posts so far. I was planning to buy AOW 3 asap, as I am ready for something new after 800+ hours of FE/LH. Now I will have to reconsider...[/quote] There's a couple of indie titles in the works that you might want to keep in mind that were funded via Kickstarter and greenlit on Steam. Worlds of Magic http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=138313793<br

Reply to Best backup software? in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

I think it also depends on how much data you're looking to keep backed up. If you're talking limited data, like 20-30gb, I would probably look into an online service as long as the person has a high speed connection. My box.com account came with 50GB which is nice for targeted data.

Reply to What Age of Wonders 3 has Taught Us and What LH Can Teach AOW in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Ongoing list of Likes/Dislikes of AOW3. Will update as I get more familiar with the game LIKES: Hex Maps Adjacency Matters, which is probably only doable because of Hex Maps Terrain Affects Combat / Line of Sight DISLIKES: Horrible camera controls. Rotating a map is an ugly experience Terrain Tiles can make units hard to find UI is a bit clunky/Disjointed Lookouts/Outposts; There really doesn't need to be two

Reply to “Free Windows Forever” sounds great, but don’t bank on it. in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

I recall having read an article recently that Microsoft is reducing the cost of OEM licenses to Tablet developers so that they can bring down the retail cost at market. Can't recall the source as it came aggregated on Zite.

Reply to What's Your Favorite Food or Dish? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

Fish and Chips. Sounds simple, but rarely found fresh and properly executed.

Reply to Elemental Status: March 2014 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Quarterly releases on DLC, assuming that the DLC has been put through the wringer before release. I would like to see Terrain matter more in the Tactical map. Line of Sight having importance would be nice (thinking Final Fantasy Tactics). Having a river run through the middle of a map passable by a bridge might be doable without c++ intervention.

Reply to It's Very Quiet and We Haven't Heard Anything about 1.6 and Beyond in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Hopefully this includes an easier way for modders to include custom Paths. Sure, we can add them now but they way they're implemented is really wonky.

Reply to Sucky programming languages vs. good ones in Everything Else Elemental Forums

At least it was something interesting to read. Other necro threads often are not

Reply to RTS’s aren’t dying. They’re waiting in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

The only Outstanding RTS game I've ever played was Populous. I've tried countless others like Warhammer 40k, while entertaining, really don't hold up as well (for me) as turn-based or TB/RTS hybrid.

Reply to HP Brings Back Windows 7 in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

I was working on a Windows 8 laptop today for a client. Having the touchscreen on the laptop was nice, but I was trying to address a WiFi issue she was having. Normally I would go into the saved/preferred network list and alter connection info. For whatever reason, Microsoft removed the preferred list GUI from Windows 8. Wtf? Apparently there is still network info being saved, but you have to alter it using netshell commands. Again, Wtf? Hoping t