I hope this gets update as more people answer. Thanks for this and taken, of course.

I expect there will, at minimum be one update. I was surprised that we went over 50 responses in under 24 hours, the first survey from a week ago only had 53 responses total. But yes we have already had 5 more responses since I posted results, so I am sure there will be an update.

He usually posts an update, go take it now!

I'm not surprised that auto-resolve is unpopular. It's something you typically want to use when a fight is a foregone conclusion, not on anything important. Of course, that's because in the past it hasn't been that great compared to a human. Maybe with the extra computing power available today that can improve. (I know AoW didn't actually run the combat simulation if you did auto-resolve, it used some fast calculations instead. The result was pretty inaccurate, but much more practical on big maps with lots of AI fighting each other on the computers of the day.)

It's unpopularity doesn't mean it shouldn't be there. It should be there. It just shouldn't be something forced on you.

Yeah, a lot of us have quad cores and 8 gigs of ram....it would be great to pump that into AI algorythms.

Errr, that said I realise that MOST of us don't have uber systems like that.  It would be a neat feature though if the AI could make use of uber hardware when it is present.

1. How are you spending your time while waiting for E:WOM beta?
	answered question		58
	skipped question		4
		Response Percent	Response Count
Playing other turn based strategy games		29.3%	17
Playing real time strategy games		8.6%	5
Playing MMOs		10.3%	6
Playing some other computer game		27.6%	16
Internet/forums surfing		19.0%	11
Saying my final farewells to my family and friends		5.2%	3

4. On this question, you will only be able to give one ranking to each choice. In other words you can only have one favorite, one least favorite and one of each choice in between. When a channeler dies, what should happen?
	answered question						61
	skipped question						1
	Least favorite	2nd least favorite	Middle favorite	2nd most favorite	Most Fave! The One!	Rating Average	Response Count
Game over.	18.0% (11)	13.1% (8)	19.7% (12)	9.8% (6)	39.3% (24)	3.39	61
"Spell of Return" - after x turns caster comes back	15.0% (9)	18.3% (11)	8.3% (5)	36.7% (22)	21.7% (13)	3.32	60
Dying Curse - channeler severely damages nearby enemies	20.3% (12)	33.9% (20)	25.4% (15)	18.6% (11)	1.7% (1)	2.47	59
Landwaster - channeler causes major global event	11.9% (7)	20.3% (12)	30.5% (18)	22.0% (13)	15.3% (9)	3.08	59
Other - Use comment box below. 50 char limit, no essays	25.6% (10)	7.7% (3)	20.5% (8)	12.8% (5)	33.3% (13)	3.21	39
Show repliesOther (please specify)							30

6. We don't really know much about how essence works in the game. That being said, at this point in time, which of the following describes how you feel essence should be dealt with? (Select all that apply) (This question may be repeated on a future survey as more information comes available)
	answered question		61
	skipped question		1
		Response Percent	Response Count
Essence is finite. Period. You get what you start with.		23.0%	14
Essence should very slowly recharge.		55.7%	34
Essence should quickly recharge.		1.6%	1
You can recoup essence, taking back a % from imbued stuff		44.3%	27
Essence should be gained from leveling your channeler.		62.3%	38
Essence should be allowed to go negative, risk burnout		19.7%	12
Essence should be allowed to go negative, risk death		21.3%	13
Essence should be available as quest reward		60.7%	37

7. What about elemental are you most anxious to hear about in upcoming Dev journals?
	answered question		60
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
Expected beta release date		15.0%	9
Magic System		45.0%	27
Mundane Tech Tree		10.0%	6
Will there be Bears?		3.3%	2
More details on essence		5.0%	3
More details on factions/backstory		8.3%	5
Screenshots		5.0%	3
Other (leave comment below)		8.3%	5
Show repliesComment here			21

Update @ 62 responses.

Formatting (relatively) fixed.

I find myself disturbed to be holding so many majority opinions.

Hehe, you aren't the rebel you thought you were....or maybe we are all rebels.

I can think of three options.

You're not all idiots, meaning you're an above average subset of the species as a whole.  Possible, but unlikely.  More likely than if this were a different genre, but still...

You're not all idiots, meaning I'm wrong and people aren't idiots.  Implausible, based on known information such as current and previous poltical choices, continual repetition of history in spite of an education on it, Sponge Bob, etcetera.

I'm an idiot of comparable stupidity to the average idiot.  The logical choice.

4th option; I design the polls to get what I want.

I was really surprised at how evenly split question 4 ended up. I mean, there is only 1/3 of a rating step between the top choice and the 4th faviorite. I was also surprised that "Dying curse" was the least popular choice, I expected it to be more popular than landwaster for sure. But if there were no surprises, it wouldn't be much fun, would it?

Well, I can't speak for the others, but to me a landwaster is a bit more logical than a death curse: you've poured you very life force into that land: when your life force  goes away, so does most of the land.