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Reply to [FAQ] Faction & Sovereign Creation Trait List (Game v1.19, FAQ 1.4) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="RFHolloway" reply="23" id="2879930"] looks like floor (base/cha) to me - with base being 280 for generic etc.[/quote] It's close - I assumed it was something similar (10/CHA*base) because SD likes percentages.

Reply to 1.19a Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Alstein" reply="20" id="2879860"]One question- think this might be a minor bug. Wind Shield is avaliable at the start of the game- shouldn't that be a book of air spell? [/quote] It's a replacement for Blink. But I'd MUCH rather they dump this spell into air and give us Blink back.

Reply to 1.19a Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Derek, I've been mentioning a few easily fixable faction and sovereign bugs for awhile (see my Sovereign FAQ). What's the best way to bring them to your team's attention? Shall I post the XML changes required to patch said bugs?

Reply to Changes not listed in the 1.19 Patch Notes (Naughty Stardock) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="1" id="2878093"]There is actually a ton of small changes like these in every patch, way too many to print in the patch notes. I've found that the only way to know about all the changes is to compare the core XML of "before" and "after" patch (and read the changelog, ofcourse).[/quote] That's how I find them. I just wished that they would have listed the spell immunity change. It was definitely needed, but they should h

Reply to [FAQ] Faction & Sovereign Creation Trait List (Game v1.19, FAQ 1.4) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I've updated my FAQ for v1.19.

Changes not listed in the 1.19 Patch Notes (Naughty Stardock) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

What changes in 1.19 have you found that were undocumented? Here's what I've found so far... Spell Immunity is now a tactical combat spell. Kingdoms now get diplomatic capital based on the sov's charisma when researching refined diplomacy. Lord Markinn has had his organized trait stripped from him. ------ I support the

Reply to 1.19 Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Dsraider" reply="169" id="2875931"]I have always thought Blink was a weird spell and OP. I agree that removing spells is kinda lame but in this case I understand why they did. It is to easily abused and broken through going behind buildings etc. Spells don't have cool-downs period. You can't add one just for Blink, maybe in FE. If you can cast infinite fire balls in a row why not Blink? Even if you added cool-downs to all spells it would be lame because people would still just alt

Reply to 1.19 Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Derek Paxton" reply="157" id="2875523"] We considered a higher casting cost, obviously thats what we did with Teleport. But Blink wasn't just a case of balance. It introduced significant AI, balance (in that even with a higher casting cost it was still abusable) and fun issues (bouncing back and forth on a battlefield while the ai runs back and forth isn't enjoyable and its strategic). It was, much like a Pauly Shore

Reply to 1.19 Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I didn't see any mention of the broken custom faction/sov traits being fixed. Faction talent Arrogant reduces Champion cost instead of increasing it. Faction talent Influential does nothing. Faction talents that give a free tech give it regardless of faction type. (Kingdoms can get empire tech, and vice versa.) Sovereign talent Stupid does nothing. Also, don'

Reply to Version 1.2 in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I wouldn't have looked in the support forum for patch notes. I didn't even know about them until Vandenburg posted the link. +1 Karma to Vandenburg for being an enabler.

Reply to spells used during tactical battles in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I use the scalable direct damage fire spells if my fire crystals let me do more damage than arcane arrow or spell blast. I use the scalable direct damage water spell if it does more damage than spell blast. I use touch of decay, as needed, if the enemy is in my melee range. Finally, I use haste / greater haste.

Reply to Tactical strategy, looking to expand through others' ideas in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I load up champions with enough INT to cast teleport and blink, and then increase their strength and constitution. I then gather them together in a stomp-stack and kill anything that invades my territory via teleport. If I come up against a company of hammer wielders, I'll send in my sov with high INT and use blink/direct damage spells to nickle-and-dime them. I love blinking behind buildings, too.

Reply to Few more things I don't understand in War of Magic Elemental Forums

It's an exploitable game bug unfortunate feature of how the game sees turn 1. Start your city, save, and then reload. Not only will you be able to build a hut the first turn (assuming your sov has the green thumb +2 food talent), your city's influence will start as a 3x3 square. This will allow you to build a farm on turn 1. (You're better off with green thumb and a hut.) You will also be able to research on turn 1,

Reply to can you recruit magic heros? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Even if you cast "Imbue Hero", the hero will not be able to cast many spells. They will most likely lack Intelligence. They need 8 INT to cast Return and 19 to cast Teleport.

Reply to What skills or traits work, and what doesn't work? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="HsojVvad" reply="2" id="2869694"]Yes, I love that thread. I have it booked marked. Thank you for verifing that it is working. I read in the other FAQ that it was not. Ok, good to know, going to change it so I can have it. I jus tlove the name of it. So is there any other abilites that IBNobody may have not listed? Thanks again IBNody, your article is a great help for me.[/quote] There are some abilities that aren't tur

Reply to [FAQ] Faction & Sovereign Creation Trait List (Game v1.19, FAQ 1.4) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

As you will see, I was wrong. I will update my guide. Charisma does still reduce champion cost, but the effect is non-linear. Here is a table of starting recruitment costs based on champion. MOST starting champions cost 28 gildar with 10 charisma, but they can cost more if they have better equipment (Gara/Rilis/Jasper) or no equipment (Qayidd). <span style="font-family: 'courier new'

Reply to [FAQ] Faction & Sovereign Creation Trait List (Game v1.19, FAQ 1.4) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Charisma is not tied to a reduction in champion cost anywhere in the XML files... It could be true, but it's difficult to prove. But it does look like it is tied to some of the diplomatic capital generation techs for the Empire factions.

Reply to What skills or traits work, and what doesn't work? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

My post ( https://forums.elementalgame.com/402940 ) is accurate in regards to Death Worship. It does work in 1.1/1.11. The XML data for the trait is the same as Bravery, except Death Worship adds more HP. I pulled most of my data from the XML files and then verified that it was working in-game. [code="xml"] </p

Reply to Sovereign stats? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="discodog" reply="5" id="2869451"] dex also increases acc. As an experiment try boosting one of your heroes dex, then giving him leather armor and the heavy iron shield. When you also boost his dodge with a spell he can get very hard to hit. Still not as useful as a hero in full armor though. I've mentioned in a previous post that we need more options for our heroes. Like dual wielding and wizard clothes. The developers have

Reply to What race or faction to play? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="gmot" reply="5" id="2868180"]I must be an idiot (don't answer that). I had no idea you could create your own faction, although I've always used a custom sov. I'll have to try that out. [/quote] Be sure to check out my FAQ then! https://forums.elementalgame.com/402940

Reply to [FAQ] Faction & Sovereign Creation Trait List (Game v1.19, FAQ 1.4) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="kapeman" reply="14" id="2866315"]So Charisma no longer has any effect on the cost of hiring champions! Jeez!!![/quote] I didn't see any effect swinging it from 5 to 15. Plus, I assume that in this case, the game is honest in what it tells you what the stat does when you mouse over it. The bard sov history and the bugged arrogant faction trait together reduce costs by 40%, though.

Reply to 92 Points to Spare - Breaking the Game in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Armor isn't totally unbalanced at the end of the spectrum. What I think is a contributing factor is that the AI doesn't like to produce many multi-figure units. If you have an armor of 65 and your opponent has an attack of 60, they will be able to deal damage to you, but the average damage will be reported as 0. Most of the time, the damage will be blocked, but it still has a chance of hitting you. If the enemy attacks with a 4/8/12 figure unit (with each having an atta

Reply to Fallen Enchantress, a new game in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="62" id="2866350"] Quoting Freebird1956, reply 15I`m now confused ? I thought we were fixing the original game ? I understand the concept of a new game. Lets make the first group of purchasers happy. I`m one of those people. Make me happy that I bought your game in the firstplace. I will then consider making another purchase from Statdock. If I`m wrong in my thinking please let me know. Just for the record, I do feel that Stardock is heading in the right d

Reply to Fallen Enchantress, a new game in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="11" id="2866199"]So..... Are we not getting our 2 free EWOM expansions any longer, or will these "expansions" be superficial? --- Fallen Enchantress is the expansion. Now how you could complain about getting that plus one more for free I really don't know.[/quote] The title of this journal is "Fallen Enchantress, a new game". From the Journal... [quote]There is also another advantage to Fallen Enchantress being

Reply to Fallen Enchantress, a new game in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

So..... Are we not getting our 2 free EWOM expansions any longer, or will these "expansions" be superficial?