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Reply to Wildlands versus Map size in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Dont larger maps have more wildlands by default? I get what you are going at, larger ones that actually feel like vast wastelands, but I also like to have many around dotting the world. Maybe have an option between large, few ones, and small, many ones. Or like just one of them gets really large and is the main wildland of the game map. As for the cut the world in half... while interesting, how would that go? A massive corridor wildland, or like the world is an

Reply to Where is the Manual? in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

(Congrats on that marriage btw Illauna :P) The Hiergamenon has been so useless for so long, I get a good chuckle when the game suggests at the start to check it if you are lost. My dream for it has always being for it to be greatly expanded, and that each article has two parts, one that actually explains the point in question, and one that is some sort of lore short tale regarding that. Like say... fame has a little tale of how... Hosten was such a brill

Reply to Strategic spell question "Revive the Land" in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

It does what your cities do as their ZoC expands, it turns the dead lands into green/purple. If you use it somewhere far enough from existing cities, it MIGHT reveal tiles for cities, but it is not mandatory of it. I tend to use it beside forests and rivers and I have gotten many cities with it. Specially useful when there is a massive wasteland between my empire and the next one, so I use the spell near their border with a pioneer waiting, and if I get lucky, I get a beachhea

Reply to What do you do with your first champion? in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Commander, road making is priceless. Also, they are always with my sovereign to help in quests and fights, and tend to have over 5 wounds by the time they are strong enough to not die all the time. Then it just rolls from there. I am about to get another champion and its past my stack cap, so maybe I will send him to some city to reduce unrest. (First playthrough, was NOT expected that massive bump in unrest. And just now learned of the fortress special improvement.)

Reply to [Spoiler] Hero recruitment (for Steam Achievements) in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Dammit, I skipped Raza because while he was awesome, the other champion bet him. (And yes, he is gotten via fame) And Ascian is awesome, having him maul a dragon when said dragon is already surrounded by all your other champions? Priceless. EDIT: I got Ascian, yet that achievement did not activate? Did I do something wrong? I used the collar and is currently at my party. And its not even a case of steam not registering anything, I got othe

Reply to Elemental Lore in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Actually, there IS a novel, Destiny Embers is literally a book made by Brad, Stardock's ceo. http://www.amazon.com/Elemental-Destinys-Embers-Bradley-Wardell/dp/0345517865/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372385397&sr=8-1&keywords=destiny+embers This however is not the backstory as much as

Reply to Add buildable Walls to Fortresses! in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

That one occurred to me on turn like... 50? I did not really check, but I recall I had four cities only, specially annoying because I had already got the Eclipse, and was currently north of my kingdom kicking Magnar's butt, then Kraxis on the south, and Gilden and a custom on the west came for me. (Luckily I expanded fast and locked Kraxis in their starting peninsula, and the city blocking was a fort. The other two were far enough to give me time to react. That, and the fact I was the mos

Reply to Seriously, what's chasing the Vasari? in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

While the idea of the Universe ripping at it's seams is indeed interesting, it would be a disappointment. Every new expansion mentions the THREAT that approaches and the Vasari are clearly increasingly desperate, specially in Rebellion where the intro narrator even sounds worried as he muses if the warnings are true... That the Vasari are now considering to even take humanity along, and the very real fact that this war has been going on for decades, while the pursuer keeps

Reply to The Past, Present and Future of Elemental in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Regardless of your decision, be it to expand upon Elemental, make a new IP, make GalCivIII, or whatever, the one thing I always look for in empire building games, and rarely get is the feeling that my cities are not only glorified troop factories, like in Sword of the Stars, which is TOO focused on the war side, I want to build, just like in GalCiv and FE, I had the option to make war, but I was perfectly able to be peaceful and stay that way. (Sins was more war oriented, but I still

Reply to Has anyone considered this possible mod? in FE Modding Elemental Forums

I think not? The Drota in the campaign were basically tribal dark skinned people from what I saw. (We did get a champion there did we not? The woman that guided Relias during the second map) Wildings are more like the good Darkling sibling, they are small and not so much tribal as primitive. And the Hiergamenon is not as lore intensive as one would like, especially the in game one, only the online one Brad linked the other day was, and it was more of a story rat

Reply to Has anyone considered this possible mod? in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Wasn't there Darth villages in WoM as a resource? Or maybe I have been confusing them with the Drota guys... :S Yeah I know, even Tandis survives to help us in Gal Civ. Using tech and that could be simply ignored. Also, even if they were the high tech races we know, imagine that the time travel used to get to Elemental did not allow them to bring anything bu themselves, how would they go about rebuilding a civilization that advanced? I think it like the Thal

Reply to [>>Stardock FE Modding Library now up<<] in FE Modding Elemental Forums

If the worry is that these mods are content correct rather than having weird stuff in the code itself, why not allow some sort of voting so the community can chose which gets approved? Then you look over those and moderate if needed. Sort of how in Spore bad submissions could be reported or down voted? Now, if the actual problem if fear for spy programs in mods and such, then I am at a loss. :S

Has anyone considered this possible mod? in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Modding the Gal Civ races into Elemental, so all the galaxy fights for a sole planet! I have been thinking about this since I saw a picture at Societies website where it looked like they had all landed there to take over that planet, and at first I confused it with a teaser for WoM back then. :P So, am I talking nonsense, is that a good idea, or I am simply nuts? :D

Reply to The Map Pack is coming in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Yes, he is trolling us, both with the LH thing and the little comment of how Anthys is the known world AS OF 150. I do hope SD gives us that map size to use too, looks awesome. Also, after so much mentioning of Civ maps, I want an Earth map here too. XD

Reply to Get rid of the stacks of doom in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

-Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. Will Rogers. But yes, diplomacy here is lacking, which is specially jarring since Gal Civ 2 had a much better one, so it is not a problem of Stardock having never gotten it right...

Reply to The Map Pack is coming in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

If made as a simple map that you chose then the factions locations would be randomized, but I think modders would rapidly make a scenario version with the factions where they should and wildlands correctly placed. Shouldn't be too hard... Just do not block city building and stuff, and have the goal be the same as normal gameplay. The only problem would be having to play as the same faction everytime, unless they made a version for each or something. :P

Reply to The Map Pack is coming in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Where will we be able to buy this DLC anyways? I did not buy FE in Steam, I got it for free, and WoM was on Impulse, but i am not sure if my FE would register in there... Does Stardock Central have a buying system or will I have to buy it elsewhere? I am also interested in hearing if Anthys is larger than the biggest possible one, it certainly seems so. EDIT: I fail to see any wildlands in Anthys too... Can't we have like Imperium where it shou

Reply to RTSguru Gives Fallen Enchantress an 8 out of 10! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Indeed, so much more challenging that it was in the Beta! In the beta I steamrolled everyone and cleared the wildlands almost single handedly. Now I am playing at Beginner (I am not that good yet) and while I am winning, the world did gave me a hard time to expand, and the wildlands are SO hard! (Not that that's bad, it's what I would expect from such a place.) :D I fyou guys can only keep improving performance, I would be thrilled. XD

Reply to The Map Pack is coming in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I see both halves connected by land? Couldn't it be a water channel as to keep both sides gaining power on each side until someone uses raise land? :P Also, how many maps and stamps we would be talking about Brad? I am willing to consider this now that stamps and Anthys are confirmed. I specially like the little comment of Anthys being the whole known world, for now... I do recall you writing that elemental had three continents, that Anthys split in half, an

Reply to [Suggestions] Rating parts of FE and a couple of suggestions (Wall of text) in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Oh, asking for a surrender is more likely? Gotta try that today. Assuming it does not freeze my computer again. :S

Reply to [Suggestions] Rating parts of FE and a couple of suggestions (Wall of text) in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I agree to the diplomatic part specially, it feels lacking, and it's not like Stardock had never gotten it right either! Gal Civ had a better one by far. Even if I exclude my complains about no buying cities/taking them over with culture and such, there are still weird things going on. Case on point, I was just playing now as a custom kingdom, and suddenly Magnar declared war on me, we were roughly as strong, and I have since taken him to a power rating of like 12, while I have ri

Reply to Demographics of FE in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

21, and I also started in Gal Civ 2, went to Sins, and then to WoM.

Reply to FE Status Report at 2 weeks in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Alstein" reply="48" id="3270650"] "I think it's pretty likely given some posts here and there. Specifically Jon's design blog- it's pretty clear he's working on a strategy game." [/quote] Blog? What is this blog that I am missing out?

Reply to Voyager I set to enter the Milky Way proper in Science & Tech Elemental Forums

I fully expect that soon Voyager will mysteriously stop transmitting, and baffled, we will search in vain for it, only for a signal arrive years later signaling it is in a nearby star system, thus proving that outside the star system's bubble there is hyperspace everywhere and FTL is not only possible but mandatory. XD

Reply to FE Status Report at 2 weeks in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

First of all, do not get me wrong, I am finding FE to be great, although I am waiting for 1.01 due to my performance is killing me. But I have to ask, is there any plans for Galactic Civilizations 3 yet? It has been 6 years since the release of the first editions of 2, and while there are in fact many expansions, in the end they all use the same engine and graphics... Also, you did said that Gal Civ 3 was to be made on the next decade (said in 2008-09 I believe)