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There are 175 potential *tactical spells* in FE so far

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There are 175 potential *tactical spells* in FE so far

from JoeUser Forums

In the debugger right now working on tactical AI. And I’ve wondered just how many spells there potentially are in a given game.  The current number: 175 (not counting strategic).

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Reply #26 from Stardock Forums Top

Not knowing what will be avaiable later on during the game is what makes this game so interesting,.

 

You choose and hope for the best.

Reply #27 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Heavenfall, reply 20
Agreed. You can go for a sovereign with all the spell schools if you want to. Taking only fire is a calculated risk you decide upon.

Actually its not a calculated risk, because the player does not know how high the chances are that a fire shard is close to his starting position and there could be no fire shard on the complete map. It would be a calculated risk if the player knows that there is chance of 50 % to get no fire shard, a chance of 25 % to get one fire shard and a chance of 25 % to get two fire shards.

Quoting seanw3, reply 25
You know you have access to about 2 of 6 shards near your starting location. If you are focusing on magic, you'll want at least 4 elements for your Sov. But you will [probably] also find mages throughout the game. Many of them will have Fire magic. It's not that crucial. Magic Sov builds are not risky. Only taking Fire Apprentice is risky. 

I have underlined the random parts and added the word probably to show the high randomness in FE.

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Reply #28 from Elemental Forums Top

If you are really that worried about it, increase the shard distribution. You can also just be a Fire Wizard without any Fireshards. Evoker I-III will boost Fireball enough to kill just about anything. 

If you want to calculate the risk, look in the xml for resource distribution. You can figure out exactly how likely you are to get a Fireshard. I think each start has around a 15% chance to have any one shard near the start. There are usually two there. Another 33% at your first expansion radius as well. I have yet to play a game where I couldn't find the shard I wanted. The random map generator is great at distribution.