How's about no? I, and the others who agree with many of the improvement suggestions, have the right to voice our opinions and suggestions as well. If you actually READ my initial post you will see that we don't just want an AoW/MMO clone, but a game that incorporates the good ideas and meshes them with Elementals own. So instead of just calling for a lock, either contribute to the debate, or just look at another thread.
[quote]Take your own advice.[/quote] Clearly a troll who doesn't understand the way conversation and debate works. You lay down the insults, but then try and tell me I should take my own advice not to insult you? Go look up the word "hypocrisy". Tool. Ahhh, and that's that. Let's get back to the subject matter if we can, Lord Troll-dimbulb or whatever his name is has, for me at least, been /ignored.
Despite stinging a bit now, I'm viewing Elemental as a gaming investment. The way I see it, I just bought a game with a free expansion coming, maybe even 2, and one that I know for a fact will be worked upon and updated. Ok, so I can't have much fun with it now, but there's hardly a gaming drought on at the moment. Plus I think it's kinda interesting following the feedback and stuff, watching how it all influences what's gonna happen with the patches, etc. I've
[quote]And I'm not saying that to defend anything or anyone. Elemental is awful and Stardock should be ashamed of their shoddy work. No, I'm just saying this because you're a bona fide moron who pretty much exemplifies the mouthbreathing, neckbearded, armchair-designer-tryhard.[/quote] And yet I'm beset by self-important pricks like you who can't just read a comment and take it for what it is without resorting to insults. The fact is, AoW is a great game, it was on re
Also see my MARRIAGE and LINEAGE post, I think it would be great if you could continue playing even if your Sov dies in enemy territory, as long as you have an Heir to the Throne.
[quote]What the game needs is equipment that grants special abilities: Spears grant first - strike. (Sword-damage style but two-handed, counterattack BEFORE the attacker gets to attack. Heavily armored infantry will beat them since they survive the counterattack and attack spearmen with weaker defence (no shield), ditto archers, but an effective counter to two hander users. Spiked Armor - armor that damages any unit that attacks it in melee. Armor of repelling - aft
I couldn't find any details on this so I can only assume it isn't implemented but that I'd like to see is some actual lineage and passing the Throne going on. For example, once your Sovereign gets to a certain age he/she becomes a Figurehead only with city benefits until they die, and once they do the Throne passes to whoever is next in line. This should also be the case if you Sov falls in battle outside of your territory. As long as you have an Heir, you should be abl
[quote]There's various tiles on the battlefield that grant bonuses, although the AI seems completely unaware of this fact. Fixing that would be a start, fortifications would be nice, but I think the main issue there is a lack of distinction between units. More special abilities, more inherent differences between weapons and armour and similar would go a long way there.[/quote] You're right about that. The unit variation needs looking at as much as the magic system. I w
[quote]In my mind, anything less than "game of the year" (in a year with Starcraft 2 and Civ V in it) means we totally screwed up.[/quote] I'm all for ambition, but aiming for GOTY over Starcraft 2 is just...well...just rediculous. Civ 5, maybe, unlikely but maybe. Starcraft 2 however, not a chance. It's basically THE strategy game of the last 10 years, nevermind just this year. You just don't find that kind of refinement and polish anywhere outside of Blizzard.
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Am I alone is thinking this game would have been better if they just blatantly ripped the best parts out of Gal Civ / Age of Wonders / MoM / Master of Orion and just compiled it and streamlined it into the new engine? I for one, would have been a happier bunny.
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If someone made Age of Wonders:Shadow Magic in the Elemental Engine and just copied it part for part (latest patch ofc) I would buy it over and above Elemental any day of week.
Basically, the game ain't great as it is. It's fun enough, but some of the mechanics are so laughably poor it's hard to remain positive in the face of such a epic fail on the part of Stardock. This fail has been admitted by Brad and the reviews and sales (not to mention the layoffs on the back of that) speak for themselves. The good news? Stardock bought themselves a SHITLOAD of goodwill with Gal Civ and Sins, and also a hell of a lot of fan loyalty. This loyalt
Yes, Age of Wonders : Shadow Magic is just about the best interpretation of 4X fantasy around. And the Magic system is just fantastic, especially the mechanic of being able to cast spells in your domain with your "Sovereign" once you have them in a city with a Wizard Tower, totally makes tactical battles more fun. I have faith that Elemental will grow to become a game we all love but only if Brad get's his head out of his ass and just acknowledges that Elemental is basi
For a game about magic, the whole magic system is pretty redundant if you ask me. There are no fortifications when siegeing a City (as in Age of Wonders) so no need for tactical terrain altering spells (such as Break Wall, etc). There are next to no TACTICAL, in combat buffs such as heal/+str/+dex/etc and all the damage spells are basically the same just with different animations, and the animations are pretty terrible. There are no "Overland" spells tha
Well, I'm really enjoying playing Elemental so far, its pretty freakin' awesome. Takes me back to the old days of HOMM and LOM and Age of Wonders. Anyway, my only main gripes so far are 2 things, firstly is that after a couple hours it seems the Audio just freaks out and stops, or goes to static. Game restart fixes it, just wondering why the hell it does it? Second, once the game gets into the 300+ turn phase, and there's lots going on, the lag is
It's funny because I've played for hours on end and have yet to experience one crash or even one major bug. Nothing described in the PCGamer article has occured for me. The only bug I can think of that HAS occured is a loss of sound/music after about 3 hours play, restart the game and you're good to go, only a minor bump in an otherwise awesome game.
Woop Woop! Downloading now... Just wanna say thanks to the Stardock people for making this happen. With all the fuss if it had been me I probably would have just sacked it off :D So Kudos to you all :D
Awww..man. Closed till the 5th....bummer! I'm DYING to get this update!
Whismerhill, Do you mean to say that we Ultimate Edition users aren't going to be getting the update through Impulse? I thought that although there were issues between Kalypso and Stardock that Stardock would be sorting it out. Kryo informed me that much a while back further up this thread, is it still true? I'm DYING to get this damn update. Been waiting nearly a month now. Any response is appreciated.
Hey There, I was wondering if anyone has any news on the Ultimate Edition update/registration? Will we be able to get it this year? before Christmas? It's been a long time coming...
Cheers Kyro. No Worries. :DD
Hey Fellas, Whats the score? Any news from the Stardock dudes? We all appreciate the work you're doing for us, just wondering if anyone can size up a timeframe for the Ultimate Ed. update? Any Info is much apprec.
If you guys haven't read :- Frank Herbert - Dune Raymond E. Feist - Magician Then you're really missing out on some ace fantasy novels. As to the guy who had a negative comment about the LotR movies, what were you smoking when you said that??? 2nd to The Godfather they are perhaps the greatest movies made.
Well done on getting EU up!! Any idea on a timeline for Ultimate Edition users??
Thanks for the clarification Kryo. Sorry if I came off a bit snotty, I can imagine making/updating a game is hard work. I'm just eager as hell to see the changes. :D
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