Spells!?

from Elemental Forums

Alright, I started the game going with "Path of the Mage", namely because I want to use spells tactically to proceed with the game. Not only did my character not start with any tactical spells what-so-ever, the spell learning process from WoM is completely gone. I have no idea how to learn new spells, so I'm mainly sitting around unable to do any tactical battles because I can't cast any tactical spells at the start of the game.

This should be easier to understand, should be pretty straight forward and fun to read through and customize. So far I'm already extremely annoyed that even the tutorials don't mention a thing about 'learning' spells, instead the help just pretty much points out the simplest information I already figured out in like 5 seconds but didn't illuminate anything important - like LEARNING spells.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Well? How do I learn spells at the start of the game so I can actually battle creatures? Heck even Skyrim gave me a spell to cast at level 1.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Try wacking a couple things with that fancy staff of yours, you'll get to learn a few spells in no time after you level up.

 

(note:  I do prefer the MoM style spell learning better, since you could have more control over which exact spells were learned, but this is growing on me)

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

What? You're kidding right? The more I should use a spell of my choice from the start, the better it should be. Sorry, but I really do think Skyrim got the right idea for progression in spell mechanics. I'm already turned off completely by not having some knowledge of combat spells at the start. I picked mage, jumped into combat and found that as a mage I couldn't cast any form of combat spell at all. There needs to be something for a mage to -do-, and building and developing a my magic the more I cast it should be the way to go.

There needs to be something other than than waiting around to get spells, because frankly I already have to wait for buildings, research, and units.. why should I have to wait for magic spells too? Magic should be a combat and tactical tool that keeps me engaged in the game tactically so I am having fun and not worries about waiting seasons or rapidly seeking out things at random to learn spells that should feel like they progress naturally.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Try designing a custom sovereign if the one you are using doesn't have any tactical spells. Death Adept, Air Novice, and those traits are what gives your champions spells.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

You learn to cast more powerful spells as you level up. A mage always chooses Fire when leveling. Once you are adept enough to cast Fireball, start looking for a trait called Evoker. This will increase the damage of offensive spells by 50% and there are 3 levels! Magic scales well with the rest of the game. On turn one, if you have Fire Disciple as a trait for your Sovereign, you can cast burning hands and own low level creatures. 

That said, the techs are not well balanced yet so you do need a few early Civic techs as soon as the game starts. Then go into the Magic Tree and learn some spells. You will be off and casting one hit kill Fireballs in no time.