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Reply to Game concepts I haven’t figured out (v914) in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Spell power is a tricky one for me. You can logic it out in that the magic itself doesn't effect the target, the spell creates the condition... ie a ball of fire, and then the target has to deal with it. But it's magic...can reason it out in any way. Problem is leveling. (Clarity is a problem too but, well not AS important as mechanics.) But with leveling, spell power creates resistance. There needs to be a defense against it. I'm not

Reply to Easy to fix [Annoying bugs - UI problems] - Containment thread in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="5" id="3158978"] I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Could you please elaborate?[/quote] An example of the ?deer? tile...lol forget the tile name. But you need animal husbandry to 'farm' it. Later in a game, when I have significant research strength and I have been in the other two trees for most of the game. I might have 5+ cities and one of mine is juuuust about to grab the 'deer' tile but st

Reply to Game concepts I haven’t figured out (v914) in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] * When I get a notification that one of my structures got destroyed, How do I figure out which one it was that got destroyed? (ok maybe not technically a game concept, but this dirves me crazy, once I'm even mid-sized it is hard to figure out) [/quote] This is a non-bug that needs fixing / rethinking. I think it's going to take a little more feedback than from myself since I can't remember ho

Reply to Easy to fix [Annoying bugs - UI problems] - Containment thread in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="3" id="3158926"]3. Outpost/resource destroyed notification. This notification should send you to the location where it happened. Outpost in the north-west is often not enough of an indicator for you to find it yourself. In addition, it should have on icon on the right side like most of the other notifications.[/quote] I'd put this higher. Or in fact, maybe the entire notification needs a rethink. It's been so long since I've played

Reply to Friday Night Poll: 64-bit DLC in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

...it's why how PC's are different better than consoles...[e digicons]:-"[/e] Man, I know on thing this poll taught me. I have to throw in my XP towel soon. Sniper Elite V2??? I think it is, wouldn't let me install. I thought, meh. Well according to this poll, the vast majority have moved on. Dare I ask...being this is

Reply to EDIT: I agree with critical hits being calculated AFTER (attack - defense). in FE Beta Elemental Forums

I've been trying to duplicate. Someone's been getting 2k+. I think I got hit for that and my 'heroes' can hit for 300+ or they can hit for 25, which is more in line of what makes sense based on my attack and enemy defense. I thought it just might be moving the decimal, but 2k seems high for that. Maybe it is running though the damage calc multiple times??? who knows.

Reply to fallen enchantress 1st impressions (warning long) in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="stein220" reply="2" id="3155782"]breaking up your sections into different posts would make it easier for people to comment on (Im still just lurking around to check this game out).[/quote] Have you played Dom 3 [quote][everything else][/quote] I would really, really recommend you go through this with a fine tooth comb and repost it. I think you could break it into 10 posts with no problem. I wouldn't worry about spam. People s

Reply to [0.914?] Bug - Autoresolving -> Victory battle vs troll army kills one unit each time in FE Beta Elemental Forums

That's what I assumed, but was unable to duplicate. In the same game I do believe I encounter another group (same camp I assume) and just continued to play out the battle (someone in plate with low HP got rocked) and it didn't happen. But, based on what you say it can still happen in that case...so it makes sense that that (hate that) is the issue.

Reply to [0.914] Question - Quests working as intended? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

That's good to hear. I guess what I find most frustrating...had to do it again to find out what actually triggered my irritation...is it just *poofs*. If you click the second option it just goes away without a hint as to what happened. At least some flavor or feedback. Example: Do you wish to enter the cave? -Enter -Leave (cancel quest) This way you know this isn't a forking quest-line, which I believe there are a couple quests

Reply to [0.914] BUG - We are too busy to talk... in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Or, can we understand why this happens? It reminds me of the days of playing Abraham Lincoln with democratic government. Getting outvoted for war at every turn. That's what this essentially is without there being a vote. Essentially the AI decides. On the note of unit selection...Since WoM shift clicking or Ctrl clicking severely lag the cursor. Forcing me to shift-click, shift-click...and of course I do the occasional click-shift (da

Reply to [0.914][BUG] 600 million mana in FE Support Elemental Forums

Trying to decide on a fire or ice elemental for the last army slot in their sovereign's stack.

Reply to [.914] Bug: mouse over/ early damage result in FE Beta Elemental Forums

There is more than this issue. Anything that happens simultaneously seems to 'lag' updates, even the spells themselves. Or even like in the case you mention, circumvent it. I when clicking on units while 'stuff' is going on, or some spells or attacks that have multiple targets / hits will cause animations not to update. Prone creatures stand, health displayed is incorrect...I've even gotten units to stand in a place that they were (oh dear) but aren

Reply to [0.914][BUGz][CRASH] List of bugs in FE Support Elemental Forums

The thing is, by the time they are cheaper do they still not start at the same level. You'd have to have a dedicated summoner to make summons that are of a decent level.

Reply to [0.914 - SUGGESTION] Thoughts on the current Magic system and moving forward in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Kalin" reply="8" id="3153009"]Guardian Wind (too situational, and archers aren't that powerful that you'd need it)[/quote] It isn't their power, it's the number you can encounter during a siege. And in the presence of a sovereign they can be hard to take out quickly. They will focus fire on soft targets, so every bit of dodge helps. [quote who="Kalin" reply="8" id="3153009"] Titan's Breath (broken? doesn't seem to knock down anyo

Reply to [0.914] BUG - Throwing Knives on Groups not working in FE Beta Elemental Forums

There are better uses for it than others. It allows casters to do something when you don't want to spend mana to finish off an enemy, and it can kill fast trash in the hands of an assassin.

Reply to [tactical combat] Terrain influence and other tactical suggestions in FE Wishlists Elemental Forums

I'm scared to wish for tactical changes. I've seen someone suggested a feature (I want) of highlighting the 'que' card highlights the unit on the board. Im not sure if the AI takes into account initiative and battle order or not, but since WE can it would be nice. I also cringe a little bit about the 'tactics' in the tactical battle. Ranged weapons are as effective at every range. - this may be a slippery slope if different

Reply to [0.914][BUGz][CRASH] List of bugs in FE Support Elemental Forums

I wonder about this from the AI point of view. I like the balance, strategic summons can level and are more efficient over time (assuming you use them in battle), while tactically they add firepower without losing an army slot. But the fact that you can double them up seems slightly overpowered if the AI won't use it this way...and I am doubting they do. Besides that, it just seems strange that you are limited to a single summons...unless there is a fight go

[0.914] Question - Quests working as intended? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Right now I don't quite get the current quest system. The quests I like, but I feel the current implementation encourages a quick-save mentality. They seem to be too much all-or-nothing. And maybe I'm just not understanding what is supposed to happen. To me there seems to be no reason to select the second option in the quest dialogs, ever. Which essentially makes them prompts. The only quest I've encountered where it made sense

Reply to [0.914 - SUGGESTION] Thoughts on the current Magic system and moving forward in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Also the risk reward scale seems off . You can send a pioneer to grab a shard in a few turns (meaning it can happen, not saying it's extremely likely) and that will near double your strength. Whereas if you were to double your strength by leveling, it would take several levels and new equipment which requires your champion to be put at risk repeatedly. Not too much of a complaint, but it does seem a little bit backwards that the sharpest increase

Reply to [0.914] BUG - Throwing Knives on Groups not working in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Just saw this, forgot. Three single units, one leader (forget the type) and 2 bandits with knives. The first one threw the knife and I think I dodged...not sure but it did something. The second one had to move a couple spaces then threw it. I saw the pause, but I figured it to be related to the current - ranged attacks leave and come back from the left side of the screen - bug. But it took a little longer than usual, I thought I had missed it. I zoome

Reply to [0.914 - SUGGESTION] Thoughts on the current Magic system and moving forward in FE Beta Elemental Forums

I think this is my biggest stickler right now. I love the pool mechanic, having 1000 mana feels epic but it can get trashed quickly leaving your next battle a little leaner than you would like. I enjoy the management. Quick note about the spell organization, yeah I know this is going to be addressed so I'll wait and see. I don't have a problem with it since I consider it a known issue. And right now it's clumsy but after playing with it lon

[0.914?] Bug - Autoresolving -> Victory battle vs troll army kills one unit each time in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Need verification of this, haven't found the chance to duplicate and suspect it was a save from a previous version. I lost the save prior to the attack but I chased a troll army down and auto-resolved the battle and each time it would only show the last unit in the line killed (my army was extremely offensive focused). Chase them down and auto-resolve again, the last unit that died last battle indeed was gone, and now the new bottom unit was killed. Was a group

Reply to [0.914] criticals in the thousands, why? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Ninja'd Well I'll move mine here...what are the odds. :p Yeah I'm not sure how crits are calculated, I assume that the % to crit is straight off the value. And I assume the crit damage is supposed to be "base plus 100%(1+bonus)". But yeah, that's clearly not happening. I guess maybe I was hit for 2k myself, i thought 200 but I have had the animations set high to get enemy armies back on their feet after a ?T

[0.914] Insane Critical hits in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I'm not sure how criticals work. I assume it's a straight percent and is unavoidable when it 'procs'. I also assume that crit damage = damage*(1+x). Right now I have seen some insane criticals and unfortunately they happen where I either can't backtrack to see what the defense of the target was(not even sure armor is accounted for). I think a 20 atk vs my 27 armor did 272 dmg, and recently I myself hit a

Reply to Final votes for Beta 3 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Captin Dan" reply="4" id="3143903"] I voted Good. I think the game is much closer to being amazing than a lot of people have been saying, apart from the city building thing (which is known about). I think the game is nearly there, the choices are there it just the AI to push the player to make them.[/quote] Same, but I really am not sure I like the vote (I mean what makes a Beta "excellent?"). I mean I really like the way the game