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Reply to Elemental Beta 1G Preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Frogboy, Are you considering any type of experience loss or (x)-turns of debuff when a sovereign lose a battle and is sent to a home city?

Reply to Road Building…Your thoughts? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'd say go with a worker unit, but make that unit either able to rejoin a city as population or upgradeable to a different unit type later.

Reply to Elemental Beta 1G Preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="segallion" reply="37" id="2549470"]"Our plan is that sovereigns do not die until their final city is taken UNLESS they are attacked (or attack) on land of the opposite arcane alignment (life/death magic influenced land). If you’re sending your sovereign into battle into the Fallen territory (or vice versa) and lose, it’s over but that’s a case of the player making a very deliberate decision/risk assessment. You cannot be assassinated. " <br

Reply to Question to Devs about Elemental Single Player in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="3" id="2549503"]Yes, single player saves are local...though I hear 'saving to the cloud' option is getting popular amongst gamer-types. Back in MY day, saved games required a friggin' BATTERY in the cart, or worse, a 26 character password you had to re-enter Kids r so spoiled nowadays [/quote] Saving to the cloud would indeed be a great option, as long as it is that, an option.

Reply to Question to Devs about Elemental Single Player in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I am 99.99% certain he was talking about multi-player. For any stardock single player game, you have no need to have internet.

Reply to Civ 5!! Bad timing. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Raven X" reply="38" id="2544931"] That's awesome. Go tell the Firaxis dudes to stop screwing off and get to work on that X-Com sequel. [/quote] I'd rather they stop working on Civ5 (for now) and do a SMAC2, that is a franchise long LONG overdue for some new blood!

Reply to ImpulseTV is Here! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="DoomBringer90" reply="28" id="2543266"]tuco make sure you have the latest version of flash[/quote] And it has to be flash for IE.

Reply to Civilization V in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="25" id="2542921"] I hope so. 2K seems to have narrowed what digital distributors it wants to put titles up on. Bioshock 2 is only on Steam and D2D for instance.[/quote] Bummer, hopefully you guys can wrangle it onto Impulse! Would definitely buy it there, else I'll probably get the boxed version, depending on what DRM they use. If it is not on Impulse and has some really draconian DRM, may have to pass on this, although that

Reply to Elemental: Of the Titans in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="24" id="2541669"] Each sovereign will be provided a midicholorian count...[/quote] Quite brave, even to be joking about something like this :)

Reply to ATI 5870 - The Beast has arrived in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Am running the 5870 myself, loving it so far, it had been a long, long time since I had been anywhere near the top of the video card food-chain.

Reply to DLC and Expansions? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

My opinion is DLC should never be about playability. You should not be paying extra for gameplay. They can sell all the DLC they want for customizing looks and the like. But any kind of gameplay advance should either be in the game, a free patch, or else in an expansion.

Reply to Kinda new in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

The ONLY way to get in the beta is to preorder via impulse. Pre-ordering at a store will not get you in. As to the when, there is usually a small window around the opening of the beta, so it usually is not just people already on the pre-order list, but also people who buy within whatever time frame that Stardock will lay out.

Reply to Elemental for dummies in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Wow, awesome post!

Reply to The iPad is Here, Will You Get One? in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

It'll probably make a great netbook replacement. But as an e-reader, it should be called the iFail. Who the hell would want to stare at an LCD screen for hours on end reading. You may as well just read on your current PC with a flatscreen. This thing is basically a large iPod touch with optional 3G. Note, I do have both an iPhone and iPod Touch, so I am not a complete Apple hater.

Reply to Issues with a friend's system in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

I'd check for a setting that "enables boot order" Could swear I have been in a computer BIOS that allowed you to re-order the boot devices, but you also had to actually enable that in a nearby option.

Reply to Elemental: The MUST HAVE 2010 TBS requirements in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="29" id="2510047"]Almost completely unrelated, can't you give an example of what you call "Populus"-like powers? I remember the suggestion of "burning a hole in the map" from way back, like someone pressed a cigar against it, resulting in a big hole in the game world, with possible hilarity as the ocean pours into it in massive waterfalls. I still think that's a good idea.[/quote] That would be pretty awesome. The ocean

Reply to What Elemental can learn from FfH2 in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

It defintely works, but you need to modify where the FfH2 installs, it tries to install into Civ4\Mods folder instead of the Civ4\BTS\Mods folder as it should... if you just move those and then modify any desktop shortcuts as necessary you'll be gold... just did it this weekend on my new laptop with Civ4 complete bought via Impulse.

Reply to Impulse adding titles faster and faster in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

What the hell, when did these forums start reverse sorting?? edit: And can I change that as an option anywhere? edit edit: And 10 minutes and 2 refreshes later, all is back to normal

Reply to Oh I’ve got all year in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="CariElf" reply="38" id="2454405"]Regarding using the Elemental engine for an RPG, unless you're talking about a 1st person view RPG like Oblivion, the graphics code requirements aren't that different than for a strategy game, the main difference would be in the camera code. And we're huge Bioware fans here, so we'd be making a 3rd person view RPG. [/quote] Thanks for the nice segue opportunity! Any chance of getting any more of Bioware's games on

Reply to WOO HOO, THE WHO ARE PLAYING THE HALF TIME SHOW OF THE SUPERBOWL in Everything Else Elemental Forums

My favorite music also, although I have a few years on you (the OP that is) at 38. I'm not sure if I listen to any rock bands who started 1990 or so, if I do, they are few and far in between. They are sure on a pretty decent string of music acts!

Reply to Elemental Story design in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="RogueCaptain" reply="23" id="2437924"]One request: please please please don't make The Fallen another generic stock fantasy species with generic fantasy modifiers like +1 fire resistance ect. Please No! Let's see more imagination. An army of human cannibals that covert a conquored populace into ready food supply or slavers that retain a percentage of the conquored as slave labor population pool is just better than the D&D purple

Reply to Elemental: And now for something completely different in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Just to throw my 2 cents in the mix: I love the idea of a "grey" technology level. I like the idea of either grey technologies freezing at their current RP level when they grey out, or at the very least being at a reduced level compared to any others. I also think maybe instead of being able to pick 1 green, yellow, or red tech, possible picking 2 or 3 grey ones. Not completely sold on that idea, but it is bouncing around in my head a bit. One thing I definitely do not want is techs t

Reply to [BUG?] DirectX Acceleration not enabled. in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I get that message with GalCiv2: Twilight... also on Win7 64 bit

Reply to IRC? in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

You can chat right through impulse, go to the community tab and then down at the bottom is a link to chat

Reply to Now Downloading the Beta in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jorune2112" reply="29" id="2375058"] Quoting kryo, reply 14 Anyone not get an email yet? It's going to take a few hours to process the whole queue. First placed, first filled. I purchased mine mid-june with the 20% off Demigod coupon. Still waiting for email. No show on Impulse. Patience is a virtue. Blah-blah-blah. Jorune[/quote] Guess this'll take a while :( I pre-ordered on 11/4/08 and still no email.