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Reply to A request for Legendary Heroes: "better" city defenders! in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

I would like to see more city buildings producing defenders. A smith might appear with a big hammer. The cleric might turn up from the shrine. The alchemists guild should send some alchemists with some scary exploding things. Some lumberjacks with their axes, etc...

Reply to Replacing traits in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Stacking makes sense - if the buildings stacked too. Not stacking on the buildings would make sense, if the character traits did not stack either. As is, this is a silly confusing feature of Elemental.

Reply to [Bug] No essences, Can't build some buildings in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I'm not sure what is causing the first problem, but your towns having zero essence is causing the second problem. Some buildings, such as the cleric, require essence in the city before you can even build them.

Reply to Quickslots for spells in FE Wishlists Elemental Forums

The problem is the scrolling through the spellbook repeatedly. The solution should be to open the spellbook in exactly the position it was in when you closed it or last cast a spell. That way, if repeatedly casting the same thing, it would be right there for you.

Reply to Does anybody know how an unit XP value is calculated? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I do not know the formula, but there was a stage when casting Wither on an enemy reduced the amount of xp one got for killing them, so their attack value is probably included in the xp calculation somehow.

Reply to Legendary Heroes - Pre-Beta video in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Frogboy, you appear to be truly terrible at this game. You seem to be able to eek out any tactical disadvantage available in the combat, eg skipping turns for units that can attack (ophidian, one of your heroes with a ranged staff), while not leaving them somewhere out of range of being attacked back. Or casting curse on wolves that have no defense. If that actually does something useful, I have no idea what it is. That said, thanks for the video, it is interesting to s

Reply to Champion Allegiance in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Is there a special shortcut you need to start the game using edited xml? That might mess up ins2's efforts if missed.

Reply to Suggestion: allow mages to cat spells. in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Hmm yes, Elemental definitely needs some big cats. Much more fun than dogs and wolves.

Reply to [1.32] [Bug? - Very Little experience gained] in FE Support Elemental Forums

There was a stage during the beta where the 'hero stack of doom' was such a severe problem that one could easily win the game with them, without ever building any troops. I think the current situation is far more interesting and fun.

Reply to [1.32] [Bug? - Very Little experience gained] in FE Support Elemental Forums

I quick test with some starting units (that had no xp at all) against a Banished Ogre. With 2 heroes and 2 soldiers: both heroes get 5 xp, both soldiers get 2 xp each. With a single hero and 2 soldiers: hero gets 10xp, and soldiers get 5 xp each. With a single hero who dies during the combat, and two soldiers, the soldiers both get 5xp each. With two heroes, and two soldiers, and only one hero dies, the other hero gets 5xp, and the soldiers get 2xp each. <

Reply to [1.32] [Bug? - Very Little experience gained] in FE Support Elemental Forums

I had though that the xp given for normal trained units was half the xp that was given per hero; ie that having multiple heroes in the group reduced the speed at which your soldiers leveled up too. Will have to check.

Quest triggers in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Looking through the game files, I see quests that trigger from visiting the QuestLocation, and ones that have a chance of appearing after a given TurnNumber. Are there any other values that go in ? I'm wondering if building a building in a city might trigger a quest? Or if having a hero get to a particular level might do so? Or researching a particular tech?

Reply to Suggestion: Allow for multiple choices when revealing treasure nodes in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Or possibly it would be better to pre-generate where the treasure is, so that each time you reload, it will be the same. That would remove the temptation just fine.

Reply to Newbie trying to understand Tuidjy's walkthroughs in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Personally I start each new game with a custom sovereign (often leading a customized race, too); I just like combining the traits in different ways. Also I like every race to be able to build scrying pools, because they are great. There is a wealthy trait that can be picked during sovereign creation, which provides +500 gold (in earlier versions it provided +1000 gold, which might account for the video). At one point, running with zero taxes was a very beneficial strategy - one could

Reply to [1.32] [Bug? - Very Little experience gained] in FE Support Elemental Forums

If you put the extra heroes in different armies, and send them in different directions, they will level up faster. I try not to have more than two heroes in any army at once, because it really messes up the xp gain. Try with men, and train henchmen - they are very similar to heroes, except they do not cause the xp splitting, so you can stack lots together (possibly with a hero too).

Reply to Setting cities to idle in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Do you normally use auto end turn? If so, have you tried pressing 'Enter' to end the turn?

Reply to Can't seem to create wells in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Wells are only diggable in towns (not conclaves or fortresses). Apparently only townspeople need to drink.

Reply to Departing Troops from Cities - NIGHTMARE in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

There is a setting you can change so that new troops stay in their city when they are first made. I think it should have been the default, and I have had no desire to change it once I had them staying in the city they were built in. And when you are normally exiting troops, don't double click them, control click each troop you want to select for exit, then click on a square outside the city perimeter to cause them to exit to that square.

[mod request] Restoring the pioneer population cost in 1.3 in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Does anyone know if the population cost for pioneers is done in xml? I no longer have the 1.2 xml to compare with. I see in CoreUnits.xml that there is (and for the other races), with a cost defined in Resource &nbsp

Reply to [bug?][1291] What happened to pioneer pop cost? in FE Support Elemental Forums

Why I like pioneers costing population: It gives meaning to the population growth rate. It is an extra interesting reason to make a city a town, to build the well and subsequent growth buildings. It reduces pioneer spammage - extra growth is something one really has to work for, or to wait for. From an AI point of view, here are the times to build a pioneer when the cost population: 1 If your city has reached it'

Reply to Fallen Enchantress 1.3 Changelog in FE Support Elemental Forums

Pioneers cost gold instead of population. It's not in the patch notes. I was quite liking the dynamic of them costing population.

Reply to The Champions were gone in no time in my game! in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Well, this is the sort of complaint that will mean that Legendary Heroes will be right for you.

Reply to New rare city Level ups, need a few more ideas in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Is it possible to have a building that reduces the metal or crystal costs of troops produced in that city? Might be interesting for high level fortress (metal) or conclave (crystal). Possibly could call them 'Legendary Smithy' and 'Enchanter's Tower'.

Reply to Totally Lost & Frustrated with Insufficient space in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

If you have the Raise Land spell (from earth magic), you might be able to make extra space to build on if the city that has no space is beside the sea. Similarly, if it is stuck up against mountains, try Lower Land.

Reply to [BUG][1.12] Wardens are still not doing anything. in FE Support Elemental Forums

"Most monsters won't enter the outpost's borders." means "Any monsters that are nowhere near this outpost (ie most monsters) won't enter the outpost's borders.". It's never done anything, there is nothing that defines it as doing anything in the xml. Please fix.