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Reply to Clearing Forests in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I personally like having trees around my cities, makes it look more realistic. Also makes deciding where to build important.

Reply to You know, the state of things is fairly off-putting... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I think people need to learn to research before purchasing a videogame. I learned this 15 years ago. Nothing is as advertised at launch unless your Blizzard. (lets not forget how bad WoW was at launch though.) It amazes me how many people blind buy games without even checking out the website, previews, forums, or early impressions. Then cry foul because its not what they expected. Doing these simple things will save you alot of grief and alot of money.

Reply to Losing sound during tactical battles in WOM Support Elemental Forums

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Reply to Transparent UI in WOM Support Elemental Forums

This happend when I hit shift-tab to bring up the impulse menu. I rebooted my system and it was fixed. Never had it happen prior, but tis fine now

Reply to Elemental would sell better as a subscription game than as traditional product in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Terrible idea. We've already been told we would receive FREE content and potentially some paid expansions later on. Why would you want to pay for the free stuff? I think Brad and the decision makers have a better idea of what they can and cannot do with their money =p

Reply to Favorite Factions? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I personally like Pariden because they appear to be stuck up. Anytime I play against them they are always demanding gold from me and always cocky during diplomacy lol. I also like to play as Resoln because its always fun to be evil. I personally choose faction based on story/looks versus bonuses, thats just me though. Resoln is prolly the weakest with bonuses sadly.

Reply to Why is this game so slow? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Actually elemental's retail box states "enhanced for multi-core." Find that amusing since it's been stated its barely utilizing a 2nd core.

Reply to GC2 or SOASE? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Sounds like everyone has their fav = p I guess its a tough question to ask cuz everyone will feel differently. Like if u were to ask me best MMO I'd say EQ1 everytime! =) I just downloaded the GalCiv2 demo so going to try that out (prolly shoulda checked on demos before asking huh?). Both games do look interesting though. Thanks for all your input.

Reply to [Developer Feedback] Extensive overview of Elemental - Part 1: User Interface in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]Did you know you could click on that shield with a city selected to bring up a stack eject window? I didn't for several days! [/quote] OMG, brilliant! I had no idea you could do this.

GC2 or SOASE? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Been thinking about picking up either Galactic Civ 2 or Sins of Solar Empire. What would you guys recommend? I am fairly new to the 4x genre so Galactic Civ looks a bit intimidating. Are both fairly easy to pick up and learn? I've got the basics of Elemental down already from a few hours of play so fairly competent at learning these games =P I'm not so much worried about all the minor details of how things work as long as I have the general idea down and having fun! I saw best buy has soase c

-28 Open Tiles to Build? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

So I was just looking at my main city and it says I have -28 open tiles to build on yet I can continue building. My second city is half as built up; says 0 tiles, and cannot build anymore buildings. Any ideas? I really think this whole city building limit needs to be better explained...cuz I'm at a loss. I am most definitely not at the 50 buildings limit on city #2 and not within 5 tiles of enemy city, or even my own cities. No mountains, hills or anything near city 2. (I have built on

Reply to I typically play games as a magic-user, should I wait to buy it? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I am at turn 500 and playing a pure caster sovereign. I think the damage is decent from the spells. Sovereign is about lvl 7 and the armies I'm facing are 1700 points to 2400 points.

Reply to What Elemental is doing right in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Here's what I like. Forewarning this is a perspective of pretty much a 4x newbie...obviously don't understand the detailed working of things. Normal difficulty was designed with me in mind! -Graphics. Game has a great look. I really like the "painted" visuals of the game. Very unique and fantasy feel. - City Building. I like watching my city grow, and I like that its not as simple as randomly placing a building. Seeing people working and chatting in city when zoomed adds

Reply to Where did this tact battle UI go? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I really like the highlighted tiles too. Seriously if they can work out the bugs and make tact battles look and play like the image...best game ever.

Reply to I think I am going to go back and play MOM again. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

GoG is an amazing website, thanks for posting that. They have Blood....BLOOD! I am having flashbacks to my fps days lol. So awesome. Bunch of games on their I may check out...Arcanum I must buy.

Where did this tact battle UI go? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

http://www.1up.com/media/03/7/4/8/lg/462.jpg What happend to the tactical battle UI in this image? It looks like it uses a que system like you would find in Heroes of M&M V. I really like the look of it. Just a random thought, a que system like that might spice up tact battles a bit.

Reply to Joystiq Previews Elemental: War of Magic in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="Twohawks" reply="3" id="2736320"] Wow. Sudden negativity.Huh? sounded more like he knows Stardock is a small indie developer that does things its own way and the reviewer see's it coming through into the game. [/quote] I think he meant sorry for the pun.

Reply to Unit design is a toothless timesink in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I like the unit design feature. I think it has a ton of potential once developed more.

Reply to Low graphical performance over various 3D objects from the map in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Around turn 500 last night the enemy invaded me and the game dropped to 5fps including tactical battles...sound went out, troops disappeared, etc etc. No improvements from restarting the saved. The game is completely unplayable near endgame. End turns stutter and take forever to complete. It feels like there is so much going on behind the hood the game just can't handle it.

Reply to Low graphical performance over various 3D objects from the map in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Some improvement with 1.06 but game should be running 60fps+ with the system specs folks are listing. I've run Crysis nearly maxed setting flawless =/ I'm still in the 10fps area with EWOM.

Reply to [Bug 1.06] Unable to continue saved games? in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Mine loaded but could not move units.

Reply to Elemental v1.06 Released (now with 100% more hotfix!) in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Patch is up

Reply to Caravans/Food Question in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Ok that makes sense. I was just worried that folks were going to begin abandoning the -3 city due to starvation. There must be a really good burger joint in that 2nd city.

Reply to nature's bounty in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Try casting it on the farm, that is only place it works for me.

Reply to Uncanny valley and the moon in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Lol that is hilarious.