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Reply to [Bug] Long pauses between attacks in tactical battles in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I usually notice it on mounted units, tied to enemy counter-attacks. If I attack on a mount, enemy counter-attacks, then I wait probably around 10 seconds before I can perform an action. If the enemy has no counter-attacks remaining, I can attack normally without the abnormally long pause.

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Reply to Temple of Elemental Evil in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

ToEE is based on the Greyhawk D&D setting. It is also the most literal translation of the rulebook (especially as far as combat mechanics) in any semi-recent computer D&D game. Combat is entirely turn based (as per D&D, initiative is rolled at start of combat and that determines the order), and this allows for a lot of combat mechanics to be implemented. Things like 5-foot-step, weapon reach, etc that don't see the light of day when translated into a real-time combat system (

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Reply to Now I'm Upset in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'll make the distinction between a pre-order and a beta test. If people pre-ordered after the Beta 4 cut-off, they weren't in the beta and the pre-order should be treated no differently than walking into the store on release day and buying it. But for beta testing, the expectation always was that pay for the unfinished product at that time, and in exchange you would be able to contribute to development. I don't believe not liking the final result after beta participation entitles a

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Reply to Now I'm Upset in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I don't think it's up to any of us to try and tell people under what conditions they should feel entitled to a refund. But at the same time, the GBOR wording on a refund is pretty specific to technical issues ("incompatible" and "does not function at a reasonable level of performance"). Under this, not liking it does not entitle you to a 100% refund. I know they have offered 75% refunds for "I don't like it" requests, so perhaps if that is your only issue then you should ask for the 75% one.

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Reply to The Lord of the Rings The Rise of Mordor [Mod] in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

[quote]Right now, I'm thinking of going with the first option. Each main character (or group of characters) gets his own campaign. Frodo and Sam would go together, Merry and Pippin (until Isengard falls), Gimli, Legolas, and Aragorn. The "main" campaign will follow Frodo and Sam, and additional characters will join their party as you get to the necissary points of the game. When you get to Crickhollow, Merry and Pippin join, get to Bree and Aragorn joins, at Rivendell everyone else joins

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Reply to The Lord of the Rings The Rise of Mordor [Mod] in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

Kyogre, have you given any thought to the format of the campaign? Meaning, do you want it in the same style as Elemental's Book 1 where you basically play one hero (Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, whatever) and play the story from their perspective, or where you're more detached and participating in all of the story's events? For example, if you're just playing Frodo you'd have an extended Shire and Bree section, you'd miss Helm's Deep, assault on Minas Tirith, but you'd experience inside Mo

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Reply to [Suggestion] The Interface in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Keep in mind that Elemental's UI is basically made from SD's desktop customization tools (DesktopX specifically, I think?). As such, the limitations on the UI are similar to what you'd find there. Meaning, you can do reskins, different looks or organization, but there's no support for something like right-click context menus.

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Reply to Is it, or will it, ever be possible to create "dungeons" in elemental? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

It is possible for a quest to load a specific tactical battle map. It wouldn't be a true dungeon crawl (at least for now) since the AI just charges you, and there may be a limitation on the size of the tactical maps as well as difficulty finding good cave-y or dungeon-y tile sets, though I imagine some more artistic modders can create them. The other limitation is that creatures don't really "drop" stuff. Loot just gets assigned as part of doing the quest. For example, you can make the q

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Reply to Temple of Elemental Evil in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

ToEE is a fun game with the CoE updates, but it starts so godawfully slow. Once you get inside the temple it's awesome, but around the village, ugh. :P

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Reply to Any truth to the rumor on shacknews? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]If I was to be out of a job, I sure would 100% rather it be to poor projections/planning/earnings then because the company thought I should be fired because it was my fault.[/quote] However, it was none of those things. Stardock and Frogboy have earned a lot respect from me over the several years I've been around. However, I have a hard time feeling sympathy for his situation. He has already posted several times taking the responsibility for Elemental's launch. But, whi

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Reply to Any truth to the rumor on shacknews? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]It should also be emphasized that no one was fired. I've had to let go many people over the years and as anyone who has ever been in that position can tell you, there is a world of difference between terminating someone and laying them off.[/quote] With all due respect, Frogboy, this is a bad time to try and use flowery language. Sadly, there is not a "world of difference" - the bottom line is those people are out of a job. The only difference is that "terminating" is done beca

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Reply to Patch Updates Not Working in War of Magic Elemental Forums

You may want to contact [email protected] to see what's up with your downloads. However, since they won't get back to you over the weekend, you can download a premade 1.07 archive from http://anywhere.impulsedriven.com so you can play the latest version over the weekend.

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Reply to No refund for lack of multiplayer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Seems pretty reasonable to me. Your title is an outright lie, since the person repeatedly said you can get 75% refund if your only issue is that MP is delayed. And if you have technical issues, you can get 100%. But since you don't..

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