Istari

Reply to We need more jerk spells for 1.1 in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Blackstaff. You know what I'm talking about.

Reply to Ridiculous Requests for Upcoming Patches in War of Magic Elemental Forums

-The Sovereign's zone of control should be an atmospherically contained bubble. This way if one unit farts, everybody gets a whiff. -Research should be conducted by pants-less monkeys. The research will be primarily about increasing banana tree output, the evolution of monkey wings, and the cheap acquisition of little red fez hats. -Arranged incestual marriages should be decided while the kids are young by having a game of hide and seek between brothers and sisters, and marryi

Reply to Problem with Archers in combat in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The problem I think is not just with firing arrows, but any movement in combat at all. In most cases you are forced to auto-resolve. I've had this even without mounted troops.

Reply to Four days into the new job in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Thanks for the update Derek! For a list of suggestions I would highly unrecommend, and that would do this game a great service if they were quickly unimplemented, please see the Ridiculous Requests for Upcoming Patches thread. If you see something in there you like, that means you need to stop and take a break. Cheers [e digicons]:beer:[/e] P.S. More M

Reply to Prevent ingame incest! in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

.... and so began the eons long feud between Lord Xia and House Mercestes. Blinded by their rage and lust, they wrought cataclysmic devastation upon the world as their battles shook the very foundations of the soap boxes they stood on. Caught in a tempest of callousness and contempt, they knew not the consequences of their folly; that civilizations would be wiped from the memory of existence did not approach the warranting of an afterthought. May the Lord of the Worlds have mercy on their ani

Reply to Prevent ingame incest! in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="43" id="2816368"]It is indeed only 2 and 3%, as opposed to percentiles like .01% for the general population. Everyone has bad genes, it's an unavoidable result of living. Everyone does not have the same bad genes. Cleft pallets and clubbed ears are widespread deformities. So are discolored patches of skin. The serious, lethal diseases, are rare, on account of people dying when they had two of them. If ther

Reply to Gaming Nexus Interview with Derek “Kael” Paxton in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="2" id="2816276"]I don't think most people realize that Kael's strength isn't just that he's a great designer but he's a veteran project manager. The single must challenging thing during Elemental's later development stages was when I had to take over last Spring as Producer, I still had a company to run and so I couldn't focus full time on managing the project (at the time, I thought I could just add 45 hours to my weekly schedule but that had unintended

Reply to Prevent ingame incest! in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="41" id="2816137"] That is an extremely common misconception. The fact that two people are first cousins does not actually increase the normal risks of having a child with abnormal defects. The only thing that would make it more common is when both those people have inherited a genetic trait that causes abnormalities in a child when both parents have it. This could happen with any two people who meet and don't realise they have the same genetic trait.

Reply to Sovereign Question in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Are the Sovereign's immortal? [/quote] Well, they quite often wipe out entire civilizations and use weapons of mass destruction, plus incest doesn't seem to be a problem in their books. So in answer to your question, I'd have to say yes, the Sovereigns are immoral.

Reply to Sovereign Question in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="AlixeniusTheGreat" reply="5" id="2816035"]Having your created character, who you (hopefully) invested time and thought into creating just roll over and die 50 turns into the game from old age just doesn't sit well with me.[/quote] [quote who="Fistalis" reply="7" id="2816046"] Quoting Heavenfall, reply 6Yeah a big "no thanks" on the main character dying of old age. The dynasty system should provide new rulers if the first one dies, but not replace him/he

Reply to Population Question in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] So, does your entire population consist of Refugees or what? [/quote] Well, I don't think there are enough Refugees to account for all the population, especially after Lauryn Hill left and went solo.

Reply to What Happens? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] What happens to the popultion of a settlement that you Raze? [/quote] They get 3rd degree burns, their skin turns purple, and they can no longer eat dairy.

Reply to I miss Thursday patches... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="gsitetfs" reply="24" id="2815110"]After Wiki-ing the word "patch", wonder what kind of patch would V 1.1 be.. 1) Nicotine patch - getcha gaming fix 2) Eye patch - arrrr, shiver me computers 3) Briar patch - dont dare touch it, let alone install..[/quote] What about a cabbage patch? Cheap but nourishing?

Reply to Prevent ingame incest! in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jharii" reply="39" id="2815885"] Incestual inbreeding however is very dangerous. You need 3 degrees of separation. You mean like the brother in one room with the air conditioning on and the sister in another room with the heat on?[/quote] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] Mmmm, incest without the guilt of mutant spawn. Thank you climate control.

Reply to Prevent ingame incest! in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="19" id="2813988"]First cousins are not safe. Safer than siblings, yes, but not safe. It's like blowing through stop signs in light traffic. You probably wont get hit. If incest in a medieval game setting freaks you out, you have mental problems. It's not real.[/quote] That is an extremely common misconception. The fact that two people are first cousins does not actually increase the normal

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

[quote who="jankerjoner" reply="22" id="2815433"]Maybe an economic victory is a possibility? For example if a faction has trade agreements with every other faction and controls a certain percentage of the world's (gross) gildar income they win the game? The only issue with this is that it might be difficult to measure the total amount of gildar in the world at any given time, not to mention that if you're going for a conquest vict

Reply to Ridiculous Requests for Upcoming Patches in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="115" id="2815448"] Quoting Istari, reply 114 Quoting Fistalis, reply 113-"Redefine 'Multiplayer' to include AI opponents." I don't get why this is on the list.. its pretty much standard for most 4x and RTS games.. Multiplayer generally entails that you can play against other human controlled opponents in the game. Multiplayer was missing from release and is not yet fully developed as I understand it, so I put this

Reply to Gaming Nexus Interview with Derek “Kael” Paxton in Elemental News Elemental Forums

From my experience working in an office, people prefer to IM the person sitting right next to them (or behind them) rather than turn around and actually talk to them. It feels really weird, like something out of an old dystopian futuristic sci-fi flick.

Reply to Ridiculous Requests for Upcoming Patches in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="113" id="2815303"]-"Redefine 'Multiplayer' to include AI opponents." I don't get why this is on the list.. its pretty much standard for most 4x and RTS games.. [/quote] Multiplayer generally entails that you can play against other human controlled opponents in the game. Multiplayer was missing from release and is not yet fully developed as I understand it, so I put this in as a simple and ridiculous solution to the problem

Reply to I miss Thursday patches... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="cpl_rk" reply="25" id="2815146"] Quoting CHiZZoPs, reply 18 Quoting cpl_rk, reply 8 You better pray that it works. If not, a lot of gamers that bought this game are going to want your head on a plate. ............. That is so completely unnecessary that I can't imagine why you would say it but to be hurtful. Quoting Istari, reply 21 I was actually referring

Reply to I miss Thursday patches... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I miss Friday Faggots. The way they would get the room all worked up and hot. Ahh, nothing like a flaming bunch of hard wood.

Reply to Ridiculous Requests for Upcoming Patches in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Glowing_Ember" reply="106" id="2814910"]you have no heart sir[/quote] And you have no red glittering technicolor shoes, so that makes us even! Why you'd be walking around OZ barefoot is a mystery to me though, what with all those munchkins stepping on your feet or trying to paint your toenails with their lollypop sticks. That's against occupational health and safety regulations, not to mention unsanitary! What were you thinking?

Reply to Ridiculous Requests for Upcoming Patches in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Glowing_Ember" reply="102" id="2814349"]In the cartoon show "world of quest" there are various, nefarious neverdowells. One of these henchmen groups are the vegetable men. In honour of the the original posters vegan request, i plead, nay, i demand, very well - i drop down on my hands and knees to woreship the ground you walk to include these pot-pourri of vegetable madness. We need something meaty and dangerous to chew on, something to encourage the ai to stand up for itself and n

Reply to I miss Thursday patches... in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="cpl_rk" reply="16" id="2813514"] Quoting Istari, reply 13 Quoting cpl_rk, reply 8 Seriously though, while I can understand the arguments pertaining to rights and fairness with regard to the release state of this game, I can't comprehend the level of anger displayed by some people over what is ultimately a fairly inexpensive and non-essential recreational item. When you factor in the way this was, and is being handl

Reply to I miss Thursday patches... in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="cpl_rk" reply="15" id="2813503"] Quoting tanafres, reply 14 Quoting Istari, reply 13 What he said. What I said [/quote] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] What you said! [e digicons]k1[/e]