Islands and ships

from Elemental Forums

I would really like to be able to have random island maps and fleets in this game.   Elemental had ships in the early release,  so did master of magic.   

 

In master of magic i used to love having a small island with one or two cities,   and focus on defending my small island and pursuing other means to victory rather than world conquest.   I would have fleets and flying dragons circling the island to deal with any threats.  (On a side note,  dragons should actually fly).  While my heroes would quest looking for magic items.  

 

Just wondering if other people would like to see ships and fleets enabled again so that we can have island and archipelagos   .

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Yes, yes, yes.  Give me fleets & ships, and much much more.  With ships installed, many things become possible...

1]  Like Civ, you can determine how much water you want your random world to generate.

2]  You can have more interesting quests (something like Sinbad had).

3]  You can have ship-to-ship battles.

4]  You can plot (or defend) overseas invasions

5]  You can have fantasy water monsters.

6]  You might be able to discover (or create) underwater cities.

7]  With water/oceans in the game, people may be inclined to play on larger maps.

8]  It would be fun to be able to design/build different kinds (and sizes) of ships, with many different purposes/abilities, and

9]  You could have wonderful 'tactical' combat fighting on the decks of ships

With the GalCiv development team up to their waists in problem issues to fix/finish in FE, I'm sure they would welcome the challenge of adding on a major new component to the game.  :S

On the other hand, who better to design ship concepts then the development team that designed all the space ship elements in Galactic Civilizations? 

On the practical side, I must concede that this kind of expansion for Fallen Enchantress is probably best left for a future expansion pack.  The development team has many more important issues on their plate at the moment just fixing and finishing the development for the basic game so that it can have its official release.  After that, perhaps, who knows?  Keeping my fingers crossed.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

You can get  ships and islands in first dlc MAP PACK.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Nekromanta, reply 2
You can get  ships and islands in first dlc MAP PACK.
End of Nekromanta's quote

Good to know.  That will be a start.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

You realise of course that islands will make Tidal Wave spell really popular. :P

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Is it too late for implementing the amount of water in the random maps? Once we get ships, I think it is going to be necessary to customize a map suited for it.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting MarvinKosh, reply 5
You realise of course that islands will make Tidal Wave spell really popular.
End of MarvinKosh's quote

And that is a problem...how?