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Reply to The Official "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" MEGAThread in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

@Delmoroth: Do you want to give examples of annoying game mechanics? Nothing has really annoyed me. [quote who="kryo" reply="114" id="3027957"]It's just plain silly. They patched in additional DRM, as if that's going to impact pirates who aren't using the game via Steam in the first place and won't even receive the update. It does absolutely zero but inconvenience paying users.[/quote]Damn, and I just today decided to buy it legitimately too. I guess that was a poor de

Reply to FrogBrad - An Update on the Beta, Please? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Yeah... why not make it available to everyone that'll be getting it for free all at once? Is it just to avoid a flood of duplicate bug reports (and feature suggestions and whatnot) in the pre-bugtest environment? Seems to me the community isn't big enough that that needs to be a major worry.

Reply to Gamers Bill Of Rights 2012 update in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

The content of a game should not be split off into pre-order content or DLC. That's the biggest issue with today's market, really. Additions should be actual additions, not bits of the original that are dangled over your head.

Reply to FE: Wild Lands in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="6" id="3025458"] Quoting Trojasmic, reply 5My question is will every game have the exact same number of wildlands or will every game be different? For example, if there are only 5 wildland types, will every map (small, medium, or large) have exactly the same 5 wildland types or is it different than that? It doesn't really work that way. It's more akin to there only being one type of Wildlands in a given game typically. I guess if

Reply to Stardock games are apparently coming to Steam in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="5" id="3025227"]Your products on your Stardock account will show up in SDC. [/quote]How will SDC and Steam interact?

Reply to The Official "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" MEGAThread in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="73" id="3025085"]Where are the comparisons between the first game and this one?[/quote]Well Arena was pretty mediocre and many people have never played it. I've never seen anyone discuss it in particular.

Reply to The Official "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" MEGAThread in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Only major thing I dislike about it is the gods of the Nords are pretty much absent. Aside from a very few cases of using the nordic names Ysmir and Alduin for Talos and Akatosh, it's all the Imperial Cult. I know the Empire's been imposing it's religion on Skyrim for a while now, but I'd still like to hear the stories of Shor and Tyne, and the deceits of Herma-Mora and things like that.

Reply to I’m a hater in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="6" id="3024898"]The worst part of this is that when it's all done, bloody humans are going to mess it all up. Can't you guys just be satisfied watching the AI fight each other? Why do people insist on interacting with it and doing crazy weird stuff? edit: btw, while doing the AI I'm constantly pointing out cheese to Derek because the AI does it first. For instance, outposts initially spread environment which made land tiles f

Reply to I’m a hater in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

What's wrong with the cloth map? I play that way pretty much exclusively by choice. It's a simpler look and represents things more clearly. 3 FPS is a hassle, though. Don't you guys get to buy fancy machines with company money that should help offset the system resource costs of bugtesting?

Reply to AI: Thing’s I’ve got that you don’t in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="AlLanMandragoran" reply="45" id="3023108"]How about a ransom and if accepted, a negative trait? Persons of importance could be captured instead of outright killed, ransomed based upon some calculation of their worth (XP, items, etc.), and if the ransom is refused, executed? [Edit] Let me clarify further: If a champion reaches 0 hp in a tactical battle and his/her side wins, he/she doesn't die but instead needs to take a random negative trait and/or stat r

Reply to AI: Thing’s I’ve got that you don’t in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Winnihym" reply="41" id="3023017"]Just like in D&D; a death (and resurrection) costs 1 point in constitution; or one level. [/quote]That's way more boring than a negative trait, though. Also I don't think they have things set up such that they can easily take levels off, but taking a Con point off is a pretty good thing for a negative trait to do.

Reply to AI: Thing’s I’ve got that you don’t in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

One thing I noticed in this thread that nobody commented on: Visually, the tactical battles look way better than they did in WoM. The UI is pretty, the animations are realistic, and the armor designs look interesting. I like the negative traits idea. It would be cool if any time death would occur, a champion would instead have a small chance to die, and otherwise take a negative trait. I'd do something like pick a random number between one and 20 and subtract t

Reply to THIS. IS. STARDOCK! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="AkuYama" reply="73" id="3019800"]Cruxador, I request that you keep your narrow minded moralistic rants out of my entertainment. So now, by your definition, I shouldn't have to read any more of that kind of judgmental stuff, unless you are sociopathic.[/quote]You may note I made no claim not to also be horrible. But as per your request, I now cease.

Reply to THIS. IS. STARDOCK! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

AND ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT NOTE [quote who="Alstein" reply="53" id="3019357"]The lines are sharply drawn in Japan, but not in the US. Girls read shonen stuff in the US (and not just Saint Seiya), and guys will read and like girly stuff. Major artists who come to the US are often shocked by this. My point was that a big reason anime boomed in the US, and maybe THE reason, was that unlike any other "sci-fi/fantasy" format, they really had something that appealed heavil

Reply to THIS. IS. STARDOCK! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="54" id="3019397"]If someone believes I'm gonna change my behavior then they're very mistaken.[/quote]Refusing to improve yourself is needlessly self-destructive. Refusing to respect the requests of others is sociopathic. While I suppose either and both are your prerogative, it would likely be better for all concerned if you remain apart from civilized and semi-civilized communities. [quote]If I see a hot chick, I'm going to smile and check he

Reply to A little less AI pain in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Kantok" reply="6" id="3018620"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 4There's an outpost in there, a couple of keeps, some mines. I think town centers have to be at least 10 tiles away. Obviously you could build up the land but I think what your'e seeing is an outpost (in FE, outposts != settlements). Outposts! What is the function of outposts in FE?[/quote]They're for placing near resources and things in cases where it's not worth putting a full city. To m

Reply to THIS. IS. STARDOCK! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Campaigner, everything about your post is utterly repulsive. Except the panda, but even that's tainted by your usage of it.

Reply to THIS. IS. STARDOCK! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

It took me a moment to realize what was going on. Is the guy in the stetson supposed to be dressed up? Because apart from wearing his hat inside, that's pretty much how I dress all the time. I mean, I wear a different fold (as does everyone around here) and although I can't tell too well from the picture I think my hat is made of a nicer and thicker felt, and usually the shirts I wear are striped, but that outfit still doesn't look at all unusual to me.

Reply to Flavor Text in Fallen Enchantress in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'm glad that we're getting a bit of proper lore. I've got some qualms about this stuff, though. The leader information strikes me as a bit vague and general; assuming these are the default leaders that AI will use, there should be a pinch more information about their past exploits. Kul-al-Kulan's amounts to "I HEARD HE'S MULATTO" and what we have for Carrodus is a fairly boring resume and then a hole with no explanation of how he might have rose to prominence.

Reply to Where the Best Indie Games Are Made in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Stardock is indie?

Reply to Random Stuff in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="1" id="3005327"]Ponies?[/quote]Yeah, the new season of My Little Pony has some interesting ideas that could fit well in Elemental.

Reply to Bugs in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

That man's nipples are so intense that even the strongest of steel cannot contain them.

Reply to Now THIS is how you deal with unrest in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="45" id="2997908"]Man I wish lynching was still socially acceptable. It is the ultimate form of justice by the people.[/quote]In theory I agree, but in practice it was often a tool of prejudice rather than justice, at least in the South. It did tend to work okay in the West as far as I'm aware.

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Being the better person in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Goontrooper" reply="42" id="2998087"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 41They have magic knowledge but still must be imbued by a Channeler. Looks to me like the text needs to be tweaked to make that distinction clear. Knowledge of magical lore is very important in Elemental as much of it has been lost since the first age. But only Channelers can cast general spells (or those they imbue). There are Sions still, these are beings who are essentially one-trick m

Reply to Why is Brad so happy lately? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Based on what he's been posting, I think it's the latter. Also, as far as I've noticed he has a fairly decent perception of reality, so the former seems unlikely.