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Some small bugs in FE Beta Elemental Forums

So far there's a fair handful of small issues with the game, although overall it's quite solid. First, the aesthetic things; stuff that doesn't directly impact gameplay. Some menus look a bit glassy and sci-fi, some menu items could be redone to fit FE's aesthetic better. In particular, sliders in the options menu and the sovereign creation screen. In wide resolutions, on the title screen, all or part of the elements at top and bottom may be cut

Reply to Reporting Crashes in FE Beta Elemental Forums

What do we do if it crashes and there's no .zip file?

Reply to Fallen Enchantress 0.76 changelog in FE Support Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"]5. Tarth males cant wear the ladies satin shirts anymore[/quote] But what if they want to feel pretty?

Reply to Megaupload taken down by FBI–Anonymous takes down DOJ, Universal Music, RIAA, MPAA websites in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

This is some bullshit. MegaUpload was taken down (along with a lot of people's legitimate data that they were hosting there) with no sort of trial or anything of the sort, simply an accusation. And the fact that this comes while MegaUpload was in the middle of pressing charges against Universal for unrelated reasons seems to imply that piracy concerns had nothing to do with it. Really can't say I blame Anonymous from taking issue with this. I don't know what t

Reply to Welcome to the public beta in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Ah yeah. Eagerly anticipating my return home so I can actually enjoy this thing. On that note, it would be cool if Stardock made some sort of app so that I could start a download remotely. Then I'd be able to start testing as soon as I got home, instead of probably downloading late into the night.

Reply to Surviving the world of the Fallen Enchantress in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] # 5 FLANK FLANK FLANK If you run into enemies with missile weapons (archers for instance) learn to flank. Units have a kind of..area of control that is subtle. You can’t simply bypass them but instead have to go around. Similarly, if you have the archers, space your units such that your melee units can act as screens for the enemy units because they will definitely want to take out those archers.[/quote]Oh, flanking is in? Awesome. From Derek's des

Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Werewindlefr" reply="102" id="3058119"] it keeps the AI within their character I'd rather have a good AI that actually uses the tools at its disposal than an "in-character" weak AI that needs to cheat to keep up with the player. At some point, you need to chose between flavor and gameplay, and I prefer the second. In other words, I'd rather the AIs played to win.[/quote]I'm pretty sure the AI does play to win. They just play to win using thei

Reply to Fallen Enchantress - Beta FAQ in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="jpmcconnell" reply="41" id="3058060"]I think I pre-ordered the game by about 2 days, but still haven't received an email. Any chance i'll be in the first round? or will I have to wait a week?[/quote]I preordered by only a few days and I got my email. Yours probably is just being sent in a later batch. If you didn't get it before 3pm EST tomorrow, then start worrying about that. Until then, it's probably pretty safe to assume it's coming.

Reply to New Elemental Website Launches! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="GunslingerBara" reply="40" id="3057847"] Quoting Cruxador, reply 26Also the bid space at the top may look pretty, but scrolling past it for every thread is just annoying. Get rid of it, or put an anchor point at the beginning of OP's point and have links point to that anchor point. Quoting juryal, reply 27This. The large gap at the top of every forum page is pretty annoying. On my desktop it doesn't matter but on my laptop it's slightly more annoy

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[quote who="onomastikon" reply="91" id="3057406"] Quoting Lord Xia, reply 88Quoting onomastikon, reply 87 I meant: What is to make them "unique"? I believe I understand the concept of how they are made -- but ANYONE can have, say, Redwatch units, or Blades of Whatever, they just have to design them and pay for them (and make sure they have the prereqs for them). Right? Or what am I not understanding? Oh, okay. I think the idea is that the

Reply to Sign if you think Lord Xia should be added to the beta released on 01/19/12 in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="NorsemanViking" reply="19" id="3057413"] OK, if he abandons some of his silly ideas; like ponies..... [/quote]Quite honestly, I don't think ponies are a bad idea. Look at the diverse mount system that Mount & Blade has; that works well. Maybe not the random modifiers like "swaybacked" and all that, but at least with some basic different types of horses. 'course, since most of the battles we've seen in Frogboy's games have involved no horses a

Reply to Less than 10 days to go… in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Dang, not only must it wait until tomorrow, it must wait until tomorrow afternoon. [quote who="OneLion" reply="74" id="3057893"]Phew. At first I was like: "STARDOCK Y U NO SEND ME INVITE" but then I was like "WEB.DE Y U PUT MY BETA INVITE IN SPAM?"[/quote]This isn't Reddit. Please talk like an adult.

Reply to FE: Latest Screenshots in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Stmorpheus" reply="38" id="3056665"]actually i think i am glad that the tactical maps aren't generated on the fly. it assures me that they will prob all be pretty good, my only concern is will there be enough so as to avoid "arrow to the knee" syndrome.[/quote]They're all blank fields for practical purposes. The only thing subject to change is the aesthetic stuff painted in the background.

Reply to Sign if you think Lord Xia should be added to the beta released on 01/19/12 in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I don't see why he shouldn't be allowed to, but I don't see why dev time should be devoted to manually giving him access to something he'll get a week later anyway. I guess if it's as simple as adding his name to a list, then signed.

Reply to New Elemental Website Launches! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Looks good overall. However here on the forums, these grey bars where the reply and quote buttons appear don't look pretty. They contrast too hard with the rest of the site. They should be darkened by like #666666 or replaced with something else entirely. Also the bid space at the top may look pretty, but scrolling past it for every thread is just annoying. Get rid of it, or put an anchor point at the beginning of OP's point and have links point to that anchor po

Reply to FE Pre-Beta: Today’s Screenshots in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="7" id="3054351"] Quoting Cruxador, reply 3>the tactical map shows surrounding tiles I approve. It looks like one strategic tile is five strategic tiles, which means that when you get seiges working, whether that's in FE or a further expansion, the natural setup will be for buildings that take a quarter of a map tile to take up one tactical square, and those that take a whole map square to take nine map squares, leaving alleys to fig

Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Pariden will have a slow startup, sure. But if they don't get blitzed early on, they'll be able to build up to be huge. As they gain more XP from normal encounters, their veterans will be better skilled, and as they get more research they'll be better equipped. That could be overcome by other strengths, but with magic superiority and free enchants on one champion, I can't see them fitting in the same power level as the others. We'll see when the beta drops, though.

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Calling it now, between Intelligence granting more EXP, the 10% research bonus, and Procipinee's crown, Pariden is gonna be broken as fuck. Those are all bonuses that keep on giving, while other factions mostly have bonuses that don't scale as well. Ceresa's ability to gain mana from killing things is a potentially powerful one too, though. I think I'm gonna take that ability from her gravewardens and give it to whatever super-elite knight un

Reply to FE: Pre-Beta UI preview in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

I notice there are two entries for "Flame Dart" in the Hiergamenon. That probably ought to change. Also, what is the origin of the word "Hiergamenon"? It doesn't make much etymological sense to me. Does the Blindness spell add a permanent negative quality to a unit, or is it a temporary effect? Personally, seems like it'd be cooler if it were permanent.

Reply to FE: Latest Screenshots in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

The way you described Elemental to your buddy is the way folks normally describe Majesty. It's not quite as true for Elemental since you directly control your forces, and no party of adventurers could stand to be that micromanaged. And I too am wondering what ever happened to Derek? Why doesn't he post? Does he just not like the forums?

Reply to Help! I don't think I can stop playing SWTOR long enough to try the FE Beta in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Crono908" reply="16" id="3053988"] Quoting Cruxador, reply 15At the root of things, the Dark Side is about personal liberty (at least for yourself) and egoism, while the light side is about altruism and organization. So to give into the dark side is to be conservative, and light side progressive? No wonder Ron Paul actually has a chance, LOL.[/quote]Haven't been paying attention lately? It's almost certainly gonna be Mitt Romn

Reply to FE Pre-Beta: Today’s Screenshots in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

>the tactical map shows surrounding tiles I approve. It looks like one strategic tile is five strategic tiles, which means that when you get seiges working, whether that's in FE or a further expansion, the natural setup will be for buildings that take a quarter of a map tile to take up one tactical square, and those that take a whole map square to take nine map squares, leaving alleys to fight and move in. Walls of course would be an exception, filling an unbroken (save for gat

Reply to Less than 10 days to go… in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="KaiLae" reply="55" id="3054289"]I was hoping that perhaps stardock would answer a question: What if you didn't preorder WOM, or for that matter, buy WOM at all? I'm VERY interested in what you are doing here. However, I didn't hear (for some reason) about WOM until well after it's release - in fact, until after FE was announced. It therefore made no sense to buy WOM at all. However, I'd very much like to get in on the beta and help

Reply to Morrowind and Skyrim in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

The solution here, as in most cases, is to try before buying.

Reply to Less than 10 days to go… in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Oh awesome, I've been bumped up to the earlier timeslot. Last time this was mentioned it was only people in the beta of WoM that got it on the 19th, and I preordered after the beta closed.