Yes. It's not crucial to me, I'd still stick to single player mostly.. but I'd at least try out multiplayer if it had all the single player features.

Multiplayer without tactical combat or quests or anything else that makes Elemental what it is, is not something I'm interested in at all.

Hotseat and/or pbem would also make it much easier for me to get into MP and maybe even get some friends to try it, these are mandatory to make MP really shine in a slow-paced TBS I think. Of course tactical combat doesn't really mesh with pbem, but missing tactical battles can be a worthwhile tradeoff for the convenience of pbem - we need the option to play it either way.

Really more options is what Elemental MP needs the most. There's nothing wrong with a stripped-down version meant to be played quickly and competitively (not something I'd really want to do, but I'm sure some would) - just give us the choice whether we want that or the full experience, whether we want tactical battles or not, whether we want pbem or not, etc.

Yes.

You do understand that an online poll on this website is going to be biased in favor of multiplayer.  That said, I also have no interest in it, and won't play it.

(What I mean by the bias, is that the sort of people who are active on a forum like this are going to be the sort who are more likely to play multiplayer, and the ones who never connect are the ones more likely to play single player.)

No - Might've been a better idea to do it as an actual poll though, as opposed to typing the answer...

I'd say Yes.

Here's the thing, I want absolutley no compromises made to the single player game to be made to make the MP workable.  If I ever have to hear, "We had to leave such and such feature out becasue it did not work properly in MP play" I will throw down a nerd rage rant of epic proportions.

No.

I have to add something.

Online Multiplayer = Not really

HotSeat Multiplayer = That would be fantastic.

HotSeat is such a great form of playing together (TBS Games).

But doesn't everyone have some sort of a LAN these days?

No.

No.

No.
I never wanted to play Elemental MP.