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Reply to Dev Journal #18: Dynasties in Beta 2 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

The mockups/descriptions are vague enough that this is all highly speculative, but: My main concern on Legacies is whether the AI will be able to track and correctly respond to/play around Legacy effects. The Traditions mockup reminds me of Metaphor: ReFantazio's Royal Virtues. From prior description, I expected something more like the current level trees for heroes, except applied to factions? This system seems less versatile than that? I think it would be cool if som

Reply to Dev Journal #17: New vs. Remaster in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

This reminds me of the Faction Law system as per Heroes of Might and Magic Olden Era (which is a very good system) As I keep harping on, beyond else, I'd really like to see everything in the game actually work, in particular, accurate auto combat, and thus, AI vs AI combat. I can't actually advocate for new systems when I don't think the old systems are technically sound. With that said, making fame a more interesting resource does sound fun. This also gives more room fo

Reply to Dev Journal #13: Overwhelming Response & Technical Foundations in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Regarding the art, I think generally, elemental looks good? I would mostly maintain the artstyle as is, while increasing diversity. With that said, my number 1 ask would be improved mod support. In some cases, releasing guides might actually be more valuable than actual in game code. Mod tools to assist in importing mod made models would be great. As having good mod tools causes the game to accumulate content faster, I expect that having these sooner rather than later would be positiv

Reply to Dev Journal #10: Gameplay Updates in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

It's looking like Stardock's vision is pushing towards a model where pre-game choices weigh less than they do now, in return for more in-game choices? My largest concern with this direction is that the factions/characters become generic/repetitive. For instance, the new hero system sounds like every faction gets all the same heroes? Which also means that every hero is as willing to follow any faction as any other. They don't have any particular drive that the world should be one way,

Reply to Elemental Wishlist in Elemental Reforged Elemental Forums

1- AI plays fairly, using all the same mechanics as the player. Auto battle enacts real battles, which are played quickly, automatically and without graphics, and is not a lossy approximation that ignores major mechanics. In order to maintain challenge, I would give every faction a power level score. Some factions are just better than others. Allow faction boons to be given at game start to further specify faction power level, for instance, +10% income, which increases faction power level sco

Reply to My wishlist in Galactic Civilizations IV Stardock.net Forums

On the note of Alpha Centauri, thinker mod (improved ai) is really awesome, Alpha Centauri fans should go try it. One thing I note that Alpha Centauri really did well, is it managed to give lines to its characters, and have them say things. That's a field that most 4X doesn't do well, and results in sort of pale cultures with empty characters. Santiago discussing how she was going to create the next generation by mass cloning all the greatest members of the previous, Yang's declaratio

Reply to 2.0 create hero option? in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Creating heroes isn't actually that hard using xml. Go into Steam/SteamApps/Common/FE Legendary Heroes/data/english: Core Units Copy A hero to My Games/LegendaryHeroes/Units Create a sovereign using the normal method. Replace the copied heroes internal name, display name, equipment, abilities, backstory, model, skin, soundpack, animation pack, skeleton, model type, eye texture, color_X, race type and allegiance with the data from the generate

Reply to The computer plays too differently. in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Playing to win is too loose of a statement for an AI. Obviously, for a game of a certain degree of sophistication, a computer can't outplay a human. That's just the nature of dealing with a computer that's, at best, as smart as a fruit fly. So, the AI cheats. That's the only way it'll pose a challenge. If it cheats enough, it'll win. (Technically, an alternative exists, which is to insert a "mini-game" that the AI is very good at. For instance, the AI would be

The computer plays too differently. in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

The computer plays too differently. Imagine a game of chess. You make the first move, advancing your king pawn forward two squares. The computer replies by moving his king pawn forward 4 squares and declaring checkmate. You sit there, incredulous. You say, pawns can't move 4 tiles. You say, pawns can't ignore collision. You say, pawns can't take forward. And, even ignoring all of that, you have two pawns in position to instantly take this insane piece. <p

[LH 2.0, Bug] Invincible in LH Support Elemental Forums

Invincible can show up twice on the action bar. I believe the problem is caused by the fact that it is unlocked by the level ability even though the ability already auto unlocks. The ability that grants Invincible reads- Unit UnlockCombatAbility Invincible Caster is immune to physical damage until the next action</Provid

[LH 2.0, Bug] Assassin's Strike, Crushing Blow and Curse of Cyndrum in LH Support Elemental Forums

Right now Assassin's strike doesn't seem anywhere near as effective as it says it is. I suspect the spell was supposed to increase attack by stamina * 3 not by stamina * 1. Assassin's Strike reads as: Unit DefendableDamage UnitStat_Attack_Pierce 1

[LH 2.0, Bug] UnitStat_SpellDamage affects abilities in LH Support Elemental Forums

UnitStat_SpellDamage increases the damage of abilities, for instance, Impale. As I understand the stat, it's only supposed to affect spells.

Reply to Would you really make choices that up the DC? in Sorcerer King Discussion Elemental Forums

I have not yet seen the doom counter matter to me. Right now, I always accept more doom.

Reply to Sorcerer King player spell suggestion list in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Summon Lord of Night- Permanently reduces mana generation 30%. Summons a demon mage hero. Blood Edge- Pay half health to do an equal amount of damage. Absolute Blade- Deals attack times 3 damage to the target for each previous time Absolute Blade has been used on the target this battle. Charge- Double Attack for next action. Unstable- All stats are increased by 30%, but this unit dies after one battle. Momentum- Each time this unit is struck, Defense is

Reply to You may have to destroy the world to save it in Sorcerer King SorcererKing Forums

It would be awesome if the SK took my largest city and locked it onto an island.

First impressions/bug reports in Sorcerer King SorcererKing Forums

Bugs/Issues observed: At around turn 28 one of the two lieutenants (Vertar) attacked the shard shrine located directly outside of my city. A hundred turns later, he still hadn't destroyed it. To compound the issue, he became unattackable once he launched his assault. My enchantments fell off my units due to failure to pay the upkeep. The issue with this is- my mana income was not below my mana maintenance. The game consumed the mana for my enchantments before giving m

Reply to What do you like LEAST about Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

The AI is too stupid. Auto complete battle gives inaccurate results. Often, especially late in the game, I have to fight an extremely large number of battles per turn. The battles are often, individually, easy to win, often at little to no cost. However, together, they can take a large amount of time in order to win. Auto complete battle will often result in defeat, and is thus, unusable. This is often true, even when leaving it to the AI to fight the battle produces similar r

Reply to What’s parts of Legendary Heroes do you find the most fun? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Watching the evolution from base principles to final results. In essence, customizing factions and then learning how to use them well. Learning the implications of each ability, how they fit together, etc. Note- this applies as much to flavor as mechanics. Learning how the faction wins is fun. Just learning how the result looks and feels is also fun. Basically, Elemental's strength, is that it provides many early decisions, both in customizing sovereigns and factions, as w

Reply to [Balance] Summon Delin, Pyre of Man is Utterly Useless in LH Support Elemental Forums

Something I'd like to note after playing with Delin, I used an extremely high initiative hero (Gallowman with multiple layers of celerity) and as a result Delin would unspawn before moving. Nevertheless, by casting grave elementals on top of Delin, I was able to give Gallowman repeated gravewards, making him near immortal (granted the real power here was Gallowman's consume spirit, which paid for all this.)

Reply to [1.0 Bugs-Issues] in LH Support Elemental Forums

Does guardian blade work? It says it doubles my counterattack damage, but I don't think it does.

Reply to Bleed, Tower Shield, Air Elemental, Mana Leech in LH Support Elemental Forums

The way I got three of the umberdoths, was by exploring the caves in that one wild lands, and taming the three umberdoths in the related encounter. I didn't reload, though I did get lucky. I used cautious and escape scrolls to redo the battles multiple times.

Bleed, Tower Shield, Air Elemental, Mana Leech in LH Support Elemental Forums

Bleed- Does the assasin's end of tree ability do anything? Either the documentation and tooltips are too weak, or the ability is broken. I cannot get this ability to do anything at all. Tower Shield- The sentinel ability that gives you defense when you're attacked stops after the first hit, making the shield far weaker than it says it is. Okay, so, when air elementals fail to knock an enemy away from them, they can knock them into the targeted tile. This time

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 0.91 changelog in LH Support Elemental Forums

Something to note- The new cautious sovereign ability that lets you run away from combat can be very powerful in the hands of a beastlord.

[Bug] Guarded Strike in LH Support Elemental Forums

When two iron-blooded factions fight each other, the side that uses Guarded Strike first becomes untargetable by their enemy's guarded strike. Any attempt to guard strike them will result in an error message saying the unit already has that spell cast on them.

Reply to Werewolf's List of Bugs/Glitches and Dumb Sh## (Images!) in LH Support Elemental Forums

Some glitches I encountered recently- I was taming beasts. I would web everything and tame the enemy one by one, passing on most of my turns. However, partway through this process a glitch often occurred, where a beast I had tamed suddenly got infinite turns and nothing else was capable of acting. I noticed that, if I tamed a beast with a full army, it would spawn as a separate group after the battle. The important thing here, is that it would still appear after the