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Reply to Civilization:V vs Elemental:WOM in War of Magic Elemental Forums

These kind of posts make me sad. Mainly because I crave a game with all the best aspects of Civ and all the best aspects of WoM. Which, sadly, will never happen.

Reply to RPGs in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="EviliroN" reply="21" id="2926275"]I have to admit, I bought it last night, and since I am calling in "sick" to work this whole week, I've been dumping tons of time into it and I absolutely love it. This is pretty much what I was looking for. I've found a good mod pack to add extra depth. $30 = great buy[/quote] I wish I could do that. I use Diplomacy, and have turned off the stat loss for 'old age.' What mods do you use? I've been tempted to try out one

Reply to RPGs in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="kenata" reply="19" id="2925893"]In my opinion M&B:Warband is a great buy at any price. It is an interesting blend of the RPG, 4x, and sandbox genres with a great mod community.[/quote] Agreed. I picked this up about a few weeks ago, and just love it. I've put in almost 20 hours on it and still feel like I've barely even broken into the game yet. Great combat system. Good strategy elements. Empire building (of a sort). Better than expected RPG elements. Fun and

Reply to XP gain - the gross exploit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Nope. Also, I agree with you.

Reply to FE - Will the neutral monsters faction attack AI players and vice versa? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I agree with the OP. Gosh, this seems like a no-brainer.

Reply to The End is Upon Us....We never even saw it coming in Movies & TV & Books Elemental Forums

Strong AI is a fantasy of tech journalists and sci-fi nerds (for the forseeable future). I'm as disappointed as you are, to be sure.

Reply to Come on, lets here some new Elemental News! WoM 1.2 and 1.3 info and/or Fallen Enchantress stuff. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I did enjoy your first animation journal- animation is something that I know absolutely nothing about. In fact, I'd like to know even more about the process, to be honest. Like: how in the world do you define the positions of body parts relative to one another throughout the animation, in a way that looks realistic, without motion capture? Do you draw it all 'by hand'? How do you even come up with the sequences in the first place? Is acting it out in the office really the fir

Reply to Today... in Science! Or, what do the expansion of Homo into Europe and the colonization of the New World have in common? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="1" id="2925817"]Bottom line, what the Europeans did to the pre-colombian nations in the western hemisphere, their ancestors had done before to many of the earlier residents of 'europe.' [/quote] Thanks for the summary, I was just too lazy to sum it up myself, but I agree completely with what you said. I guess what I really found interesting about the interpretation of their data is summed up by the quote: "History doesn't repeat itself, but i

Reply to Game of Thrones in Movies & TV & Books Elemental Forums

I can't wait until this comes out on DVD.

Today... in Science! Or, what do the expansion of Homo into Europe and the colonization of the New World have in common? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

I came across this article today which I found to be very, very interesting. Even from a secondary source, it's pretty high-level (or was for me, anyway). But the author has done a good a job as possible in laying it out for a non-expert. http://blogs.discovermagazine

Reply to Come on, lets here some new Elemental News! WoM 1.2 and 1.3 info and/or Fallen Enchantress stuff. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Man, who let all these crickets in here last week? Any ETA for 1.2? Interesting/surprising technical issues pop up while reworking the memory managing system? How about progress with 1.3? What was your thinking behind adding essence back in as a to-be-implemented game mechanic and then removing it again? What's the 'feel' of the internal build of the 1.3 patch? Et cetera. Come on, stuff your PR lady in the closet for a couple hours and pull back the curtains a litt

Reply to Elemental: April FAQ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

While we're on the topic, I don't understand why it takes so damn long to build a house. I finalized the blueprints two weeks ago, and it's still not done! How hard is it to cut some boards and put some nails into them? Come on guys, it's not rocket science! And I don't understand why it's taken the Pirates so damn long to win another World Series. They've had decades! It's not like they don't know what they need to do. Fix your pitching, up yo

Reply to What is good video setting of not getting lag, look good and less like cause bug? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Try turning off the outlines, if you haven't already. I think that's going to get you the most bang for your buck. After that, go for the usual suspects.

Reply to So FE has new creatures, hero traits, and new weapons... what else? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

ACTUAL SIEGE BATTLES! Pretty please? ... I think that new spell effect types has been confirmed, at least.

Reply to 1.19m Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Derek Paxton" reply="14" id="2923676"]R&D- Research and Design, the time spent checking out what the memory system would be like, how it would work and how long it would take to implement PoC- Proof of Concept, the trial to make sure the proposed system is meeting the goals we have for it We really don't talk in acronyms, I was just being goofy.[/quote] Yeah, it means that too, in some circles.

Reply to 1.19m Changelog in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="FatNonFree" reply="11" id="2923626"]What is R&D and PoC?[/quote] R&D stands for Rage & Destruction, and PoC is really just too colorful to spell out if there are children in the room.

Reply to Whats your favorite music track from EWOM? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I like the music they took straight from GalCivII.

Reply to Still Disappointed in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Emperor_Nero" reply="5" id="2923274"]Apparently you are not a consumer in Economy 2.0. If you are a company you don't put out crap, and try to pass it for a game. I bought a game, not an investment. I am going to be so busy by the time that this comes out that I won't be able to play, that is why I am so angry. Why did they release it in the first place if they knew it was crap? It is bad business practice. Why are you defending it? You got ripped off just as much as I did

Reply to Still Disappointed in War of Magic Elemental Forums

If you bought it before December(?) of last year, you'll still get the two expansions free. I don't understand how anyone can be unhappy about this, even if WoM isn't your cup of tea (it's not really mine, either).

Reply to Still Disappointed in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I think that the scope of the expansion has been extended greatly, which means more development time. It was originally just going to add a few new features, and now is going to be pretty much a brand new game. From everything I've seen, it looks like it's going to be pretty f'ing good. Also, there has been a significant focus on improving memory management before adding new features to WoM, which isn't that sexy, but should boost your performance and eliminate OOM err

Reply to Epic City Thread - My Schwartz is Bigger than Yours in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Those cities must absolutely murder your fps.

Reply to Mini Mount Mod in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

When I start playing again, this is definitely one of the mods I'm going to pick up.

Reply to Anyone want more spells? in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

Magog- I'm not exactly sure how I would do this? Is there some sort of application that allows video capture of gameplay? I'd be happy to put some up. I had previously offered any and all for inclusion with MG, but hadn't heard anything back.

Reply to War of Magic: v1.3 running log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="kenata" reply="154" id="2921610"]I always thought morale was a cheap and dirty way to enforce a kind of supply line on players. At current, the player can send super powerful waves of units around the map for years without really resting.[/quote] Yeah, agreed. I personally wouldn't mind seeing a small, cumulative penalty to starting morale for ending a turn in foreign territory.

Reply to A speech to encourage those that have lost hope in War of Magic. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I like this post. I was going to make some humourous (to me) remark about it, most likely involving Mel Gibson and nipple twisting, but it turns out that I agree, and think that the the quote couldn't be more appropriate. So there you go, I agree with you and Mr. Griswold completely.