Thank you for the reply! I understand that, seeing as how the people who bought it later had much more of an idea of what the game was like before picking it up, not to mention discounts after time etc. I won't contact them about it, I'd assume that $10 off is right with that information. I'll just wait and check reviews and hope that it's worth picking up, and if so, I'll give it a go. I've bought nearly all of Stardocks games, here's hoping FE renews my faith.

... on the other hand, I would recommend caution.

Just sit and try to answer this one question. Elemental: War of Magic was:

a )  basically a great game, only bogged down in bugs, a few unfortunate features and having stability problems

b )  a game whose fundamental design just did not feel right. A set of great components that somehow did not make an exciting game.

If a ) is true, then by all means, go and buy it. If b ) is true, give it a second thought. Because in the very core, the mechanics are very similar and certain problems were inherited from Elemental to FE. 

The problem is that "if the fundamental design just did not feel right" is a very subjective phrase. I thought the E:WoM design "didn't feel right" but am enjoying Fallen Enchantress immensely. Many of the things that were poorly executed in WoM are very well executed in FE (city building, hero leveling, strategic spells, UI, etc.).

If you could go into detail on what those problems that FE inherited from WoM are, then I could see some merit in your post. Because as of right now it basically reads as "You should avoid FE unless you thought WoM was a great game."