NTJedi

Reply to Uncertain Spell Research in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Sounds like the same as AOW:SM... as I mentioned earlier.

Reply to Should artifacts be destroyed? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="CapnWinky" reply="4" id="2059330"] However, I started becoming a little dissappointed how easy and disposable the artifacts really were. [/quote] Yes that's why for Elemental the more artifacts a player creates the cost should cumulatively increase otherwise the larger the map the easier it will be to mass produce items.

Reply to Uncertain Spell Research in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I thought Age_of_Wonders:SM provided a good method for obtaining spells. AoW:SM you would choose your magic spheres and this decided what type of spells you could recieve. You would not receive all spells of one type unless you chose to master in only one sphere. When choosing a combination of spheres if you decided to place more interest in fire then you'd recieve more fire spells. During the game you'd choose from the book whic

Reply to Should artifacts be destroyed? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

That's how it currently works within Dominions_3(Fantasy_TBS)... the more rare and powerful the item then it's more likely to be found at the end of battle. I would recommend playing its free demo for anyone waiting for the arrival of Elemental:War of Magic. In regards to items... I think a similar system should be introduced as what was provided by Age_of_Wonders:SM. Here the game editor allowed you to create any type of item which could be placed on a m

Reply to Retreat option in battle in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="9" id="2017155"] At a castle siege, they would be able to escape, so we can't have a case-all rule. [/quote] No... because even during a castle siege it could be an ambush from the owner of the castle. Where the owner has a few hundred gargoyles hidden against the inside of the walls. Thus the war machines do not escape. [quote who="landisaurus" reply="9" id="2017155"] really that isn't

Reply to Customization- Clothing and Uniforms in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Well it's a great idea... but it has to be done in such a fashion which won't prevent human players from being able to use a change of clothing to trick or cheat another human opponent. For example if I had some Undead Black Knights which were extremely nasty and tough... it should not be possible to adjust a few colors and shapes so I could make any horsemen appear as the Undead Black Knights. If this is possible then a major problem appears of no

Reply to Name Generator Request in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Title of this thread should be Name Generator Request... World Builder Request is not as accurate.

Reply to Should essence be at least semi-renewable? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Here's a quote I found regarding the channeling magic... seems the magic shards will exist across the map thus allowing scalability for larger maps allowing for more strategic options. How those magic shards are found and then harnessed remains unknown. I believe Atari released a game awhile back which involved magic shards scattered across the map as well... called Dragon Shard or something... I remember reading the game was very buggy. This q

Reply to What is your biggest hope/biggest fear regarding EWOM? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Biggest Hope: An easy yet powerful map editor and random map generator Biggest Fear: Not enough free-time in my life to play games when Elemental:WoM is released due to work and/or unexpected bad event.

Reply to Autosave on lost focus in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="8" id="2053183"]Yeah, I'm usually happy with just having a per-turn auto-save rather than everytime I change focus. I mean, honestly, if I loose a turn worth of work, I'm not going to cry about it. Maybe also save after every battle, and then you'd be pretty much set. [/quote] Well losing one_turn of work during mid-game on a very large map of Dominions_3 could mean 2+ hours of lost work. [e digicons]8C[/e]

Reply to Should essence be at least semi-renewable? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="10" id="2052609"] 5) 6) 7) Etc., Etc., I like that option! [/quote] Yeah "Etc., Etc.," are those are other ideas the developers or someone else may feel can be included. :)

Reply to Elemental: EARLY test of the engine in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] This was an early engine test. The guys made me promise to put a disclaimer that the final game will not look like this and that it’s MUCH better looking than this. [/quote] Great or Superb graphics can wait... the most important parts of a game are the features, game stability, content, game balance and optional settings. Few of the fantasy TBS gamers would place graphics in the top three.

Reply to Should essence be at least semi-renewable? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I'm sure the developers have already organized the usage of essence. We must also consider that the essence either needs to scale according to the map size or have some method of obtaining additional essence within the realm otherwise a very small map and a very large map would have more narrow strategies. Ideally this should be one of those game options which can be decided before each game begins: 1) Fixed amount of essence f

Reply to Magic System suggestions in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I estimate a good mix from the way Age_of_Wonders:SM and Dominions_3 did their magic systems would provide a satisfying result. In Age_of_Wonders:SM you had six spheres to chose for magic at the start of a game and could specialize in one type or mix them as desired... it was possible to collect the other types of spells but only from quests or special structures called magic vaults. In Dominions_3 every spell could be eventually researched, but only mages with

Reply to Spells Combo / A game to look into / Game Saves in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="7" id="2048082"] And I will say it again: extra benefits like more experience or whatever - go for it. But extra features? Only if you want to jade the majority of your customers. [/quote] The experience or magic find bonus is a minor reward, but does not make the game easier than non_hardcore mode because in non_hardcore mode the character or party is either immortal or has the option to reload after mistakes. Game dev

Reply to Spells Combo / A game to look into / Game Saves in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="4" id="2047879"] Quoting NTJedi, reply 3 In post 3 I asked for a hardcode mode to satisfy both groups and added the suggestion to include some type of bonus for playing hardcode mode as seen within other games such as Warlords Battlecry 3(RTS). Heck the developers of Dominions_3(TBS) did not want people using save/reload cheats and thus purposely left out the save cheating option completely... you can still save

Reply to Spells Combo / A game to look into / Game Saves in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Aesir Rising" reply="2" id="2047497"] I'll never be as brave as you, you hard-core gladiator of RTS games. I'm too busy raising a family and volunteering to serve my country. [/quote] I'm also raising a family and work a technical career where I need to be available 24X7 or major companies such as GE can lose a hundreds of thousands of dollars or more because a server is down. With my limited time I choose not t

Reply to Wanted - Turn-Based RPG in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I strongly recommend the original Neverwinter Nights for RPG gaming... thousands upon thousands of new realms created by gamers available for free download. If I ever find time I'll check out Kings Bounty which several mentioned was a good TBS.

Reply to Thank You Stardock/GPG in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] It's nice to have games to look forward to that aren't just going to be dumbed down, sloppy console ports. So thank you Stardock/GPG. It means a lot. [/quote] This is very true... anytime a game is made compatible with a console game it's overall development options become more limited. This includes important features such as rendering of graphics, game editors, patch updates, game c

Reply to Spells Combo / A game to look into / Game Saves in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Aesir Rising" reply="21" id="2045030"] The point is that you can't force someone else to play the game you like to play. Think this through: Let's say they put in an at-will available any-time save function. How does that mess you up? That's right: It doesn't. [/quote] Playing games using the save/reload to change the future and provide yourself a benefit is cheating. Even singleplayer gamers should be discouraged fro

Reply to Spells Combo / A game to look into / Game Saves in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Well the point is that many gamers assume it's not cheating and they continue playing games without experiencing the joys of being the underdog and making a comeback. They also have an overall weaker gameplay because living on the save/reload crutch. I'm sure there's many who even consider trying multiplayer in the future... and we don't want them dropping_out in multiplayer because they never had the courage to lose in singleplayer games. &n

Reply to Question to Developers about Text Assets ... ? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Ephafn" reply="18" id="2044137"] I hope this won't degenerate into the "5 commonly used, 15 seldom used, 80 never used" syndrom. I guess having different mana for each schools will incite the player to use spells from different schools, but still... [/quote] The best way to prevent this type of scenario is by creating more of a rock < paper < scissors < rock yet more than the three variables from my example. So for an

Reply to Spells Combo / A game to look into / Game Saves in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="blackwhitehawk" reply="10" id="2044078"]Why is it anybody business how i play single player. Calling a player a cheater for saving and loading is just a little stuiped. All their doing is playing the game the way they enjoy it. If you do not like it then do not do it. Thats pretty simple. And if anyone calls me a cheater for accidentally hitting the the wrong button and losing a entire army. That forces me to reload really has some issues. [/quote] When anyone reloads a sa

Reply to Question to Developers about Text Assets ... ? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="4" id="2041812"] [quote] NTJedi, reply 2 As I wrote within another topic... as long as gamers have the ability to add and/or change to the existing spells and techologies the game will have massive longterm potential ! [/quote] Nonetheless giving gamers the ability to add or change existing spells and technologies (or anything else, for that matter) is no excuse whatsoever for developers to release a game

Reply to Spells Combo / A game to look into / Game Saves in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Last thing, I'd suggest a system protection to disencourage save-load cheat. [/quote] I agree and Dominions_3 by default prevents the save-load cheat. Unfortunately there are those singleplayer gamers who are spoiled and live off a crutch of reloading a previous save which changes it from being a game into being more of a storyline where you know you'll win. To satisfy both groups a HARDCORE mode