Sareln

Reply to [0.803][Suggestion] Refugee Camps in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="kryo" reply="1" id="2659112"] Should these give more population or some other bonuses to make them worth the building opportunity cost? They don't require any food or research.[/quote] Currently, a city with refugee camp, garden, and house can hit level 3 without anything else. No research needed, so you can go spend your research somewhere else (like warfare). I'd almost consider it a short-term resource, in that you settle next to them if yo

Reply to What Warhammer 40k books should I start with? in Books Elemental Forums

The front half of the tabletop game's rulebook is completely dedicated to fluff - and awesome art. I would read that for a primer on the mythos and then read the books. This is probably not the cheap option though - if you've got friends who play tabletop WH40K, you could probably bum the rulebook from them to read the fluff.

Reply to Why the iPad makes my future laptop purchases uncertain in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote] onlive requires a dual core processor which is funny since it is supposed to replace gaming pc's but dual core pc's can play all the games anyway so how much of the computing is really done online [/quote] They appear to be switching one graphics load (game) for another (HD Decompression) - hence the CPU requirement. That said, they did get it working on an ipad, which is a formfactor significantly cheaper than most PCs designed with gaming in mind.

Reply to Why the iPad makes my future laptop purchases uncertain in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote]When the iPad (or similar device) can play games, then I might consider it. I don't mean flash games, or browser games, or stuff like that, I want Sins, Elemental, Dragon Age, etc.[/quote] If Onlive manages to be successful, that day may be just around the corner. Provided you don't find their business model too onerous. Borderlands on an iPad (Youtube)

Reply to Character Based Strategy: A Discussion in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]Another path we could take is with noble titles. You could elect a champion as a lord, duke or baron of a city. In addition, buildings might allow their own noble titles, like building a Royal Treasury would allow the player to elect an Exchequer, for example. These lords might soon have their own families and have their own motivations. That'd be cool.[/quote] Medieval: Total War (The first one) and Shogun both had titles which were granted to characters (Royals and Generals)

Reply to Elemental: Beta 2-A Change Log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="102" id="2657799"]BTW, in beta 2-B Civilization and Warfare are getting disabled and Diplomacy, Magic, and Adventure are being enabled.[/quote] That'll be interesting. Will it blow our minds?

Reply to Elemental: Beta 2-A Change Log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

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Reply to Elemental: Beta 2-A Change Log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Fulgrymm" reply="92" id="2657464"]Hammers? What is this hammers business you speak of?[/quote] Shields is the older term, but I think CIV IV has been out long enough we can talk about hammers instead :P. Original comment was split between (CIV) and (Elemental), sorry for the confusion...

Reply to Elemental: Beta 2-A Change Log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]forge in a low-production city[/quote] Incidentally those forges provide +25% hammers for whipped population so sometimes they're even more useful for low hammer cities... But yes, there's not much thinking going on in what buildings I build, though I have been giving some thought to the order in which I build them. Resources available is my primary limiter in the early game, but once I've broken out of the early game and have a few cities going (2 - 3), it really

Reply to [Beta 2A] [Bug?/Suggestion] Not enough iron in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="Othello" reply="2" id="2657325"]Frogboy said the first beta 2 had an over abundance of iron, it's possible this version has the opposite problem. Long live heavy leather units. - Othello[/quote] A fully clad heavy leather elite spearman has a respectable 15 HP and 8 Defense, it's in Attack where he falls short. Fortunately, the Sovereign, Champions, and Family can all purchase swords from shops...

Reply to Knowing when to hit 'end turn' in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]In Civ there was a small flashing message that said "Press Enter or click to end the turn" or something like that. It is a great indication that there are no more movement left. I'd like to see something like this in Elemental. Or maybe the end turn button glows or something. It's been a while but I don't remember what GalCiv 2 did to indicate it there were no more units to move and to click end of turn button. [/quote] The actual end-turn button also changed colors and sta

Reply to [.803] Suggestion - Hide equipped armor in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="Fiordhraoi" reply="2" id="2656917"]I actually like this idea. What's the point of having bizarre tattoos all over your sovereign if the helm and armor cover them up after the first few turns? [/quote] You can always invest in the magic line and come up with enchanted rings / cloaks etc...

[.803][Graphics] Strange Fringing Effect on Borders in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

When two borders meet, I get a strange fringe effect sometimes:

[.803][Crash] CTD with stack attacks in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Select two units to attack out of the city (using shift-click). First one succeeds, second one also attempts to attack and the game crashes. On reload, this behavior was not repeated.

Reply to [bug/gameplay] you cannot apply a wrist protection and a shield at the same time in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="Del137" reply="6" id="2656552"]Hmm, why everyone talking that they have same defence? Heavy plate armlets give 4 DEF (also lower ATK speed) and Metal shield only 3 DEF. And yes, they must be different in abilities, and shield must lower movement more and give more protection. But imo its all because BETA and many things not yet sorted out..[/quote] Standard Shield v. Non-Metal Armors is 1 Def & 1 Def. The current beta map, or

Reply to Roads? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

And a picture with both kinds in place.

Reply to [0.803][Bug/Quest] The Terrorized Village's objective tile adds to my city's "culture" in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

The terrorized village and a couple of other quest points spawn fertile ground in the 9 tiles (center and 8 surrounding). They also put up your influence, which goes away after you finish the quest. Perhaps this is just a stopgap to keep the AI from swooping your quest?

Reply to [bug/gameplay] you cannot apply a wrist protection and a shield at the same time in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

They are mutually exclusive right now. Frogboy has mentioned that shields will have a block chance, so that equipping shield versus bracer is not going to be as simple a decision as it is right now (where both give the same defense rating).

Reply to [Graphics][Bug] Permanently Disappearing Building Graphics in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

A reload fixes the issue. Perhaps something in memory or in the algorithm that decides what gets drawn at a particular zoom level having a missing case?

[Graphics][Bug] Permanently Disappearing Building Graphics in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Zooming in and out different buildings are available to see. This breaks at some point, only closely causal event is building a fortress in a city (see the nice wall in the bottom city?)

Reply to beta 2A in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Debug is at \Documents\My Games\Elemental If you've played another game since then, I'm pretty sure you've flushed the debug file.

[.803][Crash] CTD on the Unit Design Screen in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Right after hitting clicking on the "Ironeer" Button. Debug Picture showing the "Ironeer"

Reply to [.803] Suggestion - Hide equipped armor in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I would prefer that things be WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get), but can see why folk want their sovereigns and champions to look special. Suggestion: have special armor assets that are used for Sovereigns and Champions versus the normal armor assets used for the mere mortal chumps.

Reply to Elemental: Beta 2-A Change Log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="winter1214" reply="25" id="2655979"] Quoting Sareln, reply 19 + On Level Up, player gets 1 point (not 10) with leveling up incrementing a trait typically by 1. All traits except move increment by 1/point. Move increments by 0.2/point. Wow thats gonna seriously slow the game to a crawl, and make tracking a even higher must have trait. I really have to agree with some earlier posters that the Sovereigns base speed should be 2. 1 is just to

Reply to Elemental: Beta 2-A Change Log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

+ On Level Up, player gets 1 point (not 10) with leveling up incrementing a trait typically by 1. All traits except move increment by 1/point. Move increments by 0.2/point.