Cruxador

Reply to Fallen Enchantress - Faction Differentiation in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

D&D alignments don't even work well for their intended purpose, I'm not sure seeing them here is a positive thing. If your factions and characters can fit onto that grid, that should indicate by itself that your factions are uninteresting. Declaring a faction "evil" says "these are the bad guys, you shouldn't like them" while calling a faction "good" implicitly simplifies them into something less interesting. It also imposes an outside morality on these complex socie

Reply to Fun with MIP levels in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nathan E" reply="5" id="3104460"]What are the pink and blue clouds that show up?[/quote]I infer that that's just colored on to the texture to make it easier to tell when the lower resolution texture is switched to.

Reply to Warlocks must take Fire? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

We don't need more damage spells. Damage isn't all that interesting, and it's good that different elements do different things. If all four had the same options, then why would we even have four in the first place?

Reply to Spreadin the word of Kony. in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Why would anyone want to watch a half hour video from a guy who won't even tel us what it is?[quote who="Sinperium" reply="3" id="3101951"]It's actually a legit concern--this is one of the African leaders who has been really responsible for part of Africa's multi-issue children's genocide that's been happening for decades. He's been indicted by the international courts and the video is pressing for people to demand his arrest. Just a head's u

Reply to Fallen Enchantress - March BETA FAQ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"]A common request is that the tactical battles be much more complex than they currently are. But one of the design principles of FE is that tactical battles should not decide the outcome of the strategic game.[/quote]So Kael is committed to making sure that tactical battles are never interesting or important? That's not exactly new information but it's still very disheartening to hear said outright.

Reply to Brad’s bookshelf: February 2011 in Books Elemental Forums

You can get a lot of books from sellers on Amazon for a single cent... plus shipping.

Reply to Friday Poll: Where to next! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I think city management is getting a bigger reaction than it ought to have because the UI places a bigger emphasis on it than Stardock tends to. When you can no longer select the tiles that buildings go on, it will feel like a smaller experience and it won't feel so empty. That's not to say this is necessarily a good thing for players in itself, but I do think it doesn't need to be an overwhelming focus.

Reply to Friday Poll: Where to next! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Not voting yet. Quests, city management, tactical battles, and random events all need love. Faction differentiation does too but could come with some of those other things. I have a major issue that could be stability or performance depending on how you look at it. There's too many things that need a vote for me to cast a single one now.

Reply to Fallen Enchantress–March Status in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

On the stability issue, I don't have crashes or anything that I know how to properly report, but I do get massive game-ending slowdown often enough that I can't really play the game into the second act. [quote who="relmich" reply="43" id="3096933"]That screen you show where you are selecting your sovereign, is that currently in Beta 2 (0.86)? My selection screen looks much different. I really like the look of the one you show.[/quote]I had that problem too. I think

Reply to AI and Monster Lairs in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="25" id="3096543"]It isn't random. They ate all the black people first. See any black people in Elemental? Nope, cause the racist bears ate them![/quote]That brings up an interesting point. How come the humans in Elemental all have a European range of skin tones and facial features? Is there a reason, or is it just the assumed default for Fantasy?

Reply to Internet trolls, a study in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

People trolling come from all walks of life. It's a normal facet of interaction, even though the name is quite modern. As for the the "Entitled Gamers" which I assume is referring to those fellows who were complaining about Elemental and insulted Stardock when Frogboy was apologizing repeatedly and giving out free expansions like candy, well, if those were trolls they were shitty trolls. What did they think those posts would elicit? I really doubt that those posts can all be attributed to

Reply to Fallen Enchantress–March Status in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gandhialf" reply="26" id="3096525"] Quoting Cruxador, reply 25quoting postWe’ve grown up thinking that plate male is always the best and you should just toss that on to everything.But... That's pretty much true, assuming you can afford it. Like, the benefit of putting full armor on an archer is pretty small because you don't want your archers in combat. But that doesn't mean that full plate (with the historically accurate padding underneath) isn't still

Reply to Fallen Enchantress–March Status in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"]We’ve grown up thinking that plate male is always the best and you should just toss that on to everything.[/quote]But... That's pretty much true, assuming you can afford it. Like, the benefit of putting full armor on an archer is pretty small because you don't want your archers in combat. But that doesn't mean that full plate (with the historically accurate padding underneath) isn't still the best option for him if you have the good steel and smiths

Reply to AI and Monster Lairs in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

Regarding the stuff earlier in the thread: I actually like that monster lairs are often undefended. It feels good to sneak in behind a monster and grab their stuff, then high-tail it out of there. It's a gamble, if I succeed I get good items at no cost, but if I fail, I end up losing units and/or stuck in the city healing.

Reply to Windows 8: Start button returns in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"]Comment here if you think you’d be interested in something like this.[/quote]If, through some strange turn of events, Windows 8 becomes good enough that I actually use it or somehow circumstances force me to use it despite my considerable desire to not do so, and Microsoft hasn't added this functionality natively by launch, then I would consider this to be essential. But by preference I will just continue using Windows 7 and if I were to upgrade then I'd up

Reply to Stardock is Hiring a Jr. Web Designer in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Heh, I satisfy all those requirements (including the plus things, although my PHP and XML knowledge is pretty shallow) but I don't have the degree. And I could be better with Photoshop and InDesign, I guess. I mostly use Fireworks and sometimes SAI.

Reply to AI: Writing writing writing in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="56" id="3087638"] Quoting Cruxador, reply 51As for the trogs, I don't see them as an Indian-like caricature so much as just a group of strong blue-collar type folks who have a lot of strength and see everything as a nail for that hammer. I see them as hard working folk who do what they have to but (as Empire) are more willing to accept that things won't always work out for everybody, and will take hardship as it comes. <br /

Reply to Brad, do you still support the Gamer's Bill of Rights? If so, morally you can't require any of your software not bought from Steam to require Steamworks. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="MikusR" reply="9" id="3093424"]Maybe they are doing it AI Wars way - using Steam for achievements and matchmaking but not protection.[/quote]That would certainly be acceptable. [quote who="Neilo" reply="2" id="3093345"]I hardly think the OP is rude. Certainly though, if Brad was going to respond, he would have done so in that other thread. I'd say his silence is answer enough Steven, at least i have taken it that way.[/quote]He did do so in the other thread.

Reply to Brad, do you still support the Gamer's Bill of Rights? If so, morally you can't require any of your software not bought from Steam to require Steamworks. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="FutileEmotion" reply="1" id="3093232"]I'm not really sure this needed a new thread, or that this dog needed further beating, but here goes: Supporting something is separate from following it. I support Alcoholics Anonymous, but that does not mean that I don't drink! The Gamer's Bill of Rights is a set of ideals. If Stardock, as a publisher, finds it in their interest to release on Steam, then they have to play by Steam's rules.[/quote]S

Reply to Got Beta 2? Please vote in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="105" id="3093145"] 3. Spells. They all feel pretty unsatisfying. Maybe more animations and soundeffects could spice things up. But in all the whole execution of spells is not very good at the moment. It needs more varying things going on. I'm not sure how to respond to this. It is a visual thing? The spells in FE are certainly as varied or more than your typical RPG let alone a fantasy strategy game. I can only go by what

Reply to [question] Combat rating aka Threat - does anyone use it? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Nah. I look at attack, defense, and hit points. The threat levels don't seem to really mean anything.

Reply to [.86 STUPID AI TRICKS] What looks like a stack of doom is really an AI sovereign, 2 scouts, and 2 pioneers in FE Support Elemental Forums

Yeah, the should AI should know when what they can make is nowhere near the quality of what they're up against, and they should take some measures to not get into a war then.

Reply to [Exploit] Excessive withering in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Yeah, wither shouldn't stack.

Don't neglect the interface! in FE Beta Elemental Forums

One of the things that was supposed to improve in the current beta (0.86) was interface. The sovereign select screen was fixed and is now much better, a panel with a realm overview was added, and a line of dots was added to indicate movement paths. All well and good, right? Except none of this was really done that well. The sovereign select screen, despite featuring a big cinematic image of the sovereign selected (which is very well done and has some good particle effects) s

[0.86][bug]Corruption spell problems in FE Support Elemental Forums

It seems like there's some sloppy code somewhere in the Corruption spell. It doesn't function elegantly, with the new shard sprite failing to appear on the map on the turn the spell is cast. More importantly, if you cast it on a shard which already has a shrine built, the shrine is destroyed but you are not able to build a new one. You can select the death shard and the "build" button appears but it doesn't work.