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Reply to [Work in progress] A newbie guide to Fallen Enchantress. in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

In War of Magic, at least in the original incarnation (which was technically glitchy but I loved), monsters spawned in the fog of war. I walled off huge areas of the map and farmed them with my heroes. In FE like Tuidjy, I have not seen any spawn in a fog of war in the absence of camps. I don't know if the spawn rate at camps differs based on whether it is in the fog of war though, I may, if I am ever really bored, test that. I keep spawn camps of monsters that I get a lot of exp

Reply to Hero Level upgrade options (Knowledge same as Potential III) in FE Support Elemental Forums

Knowledge is either rare are uncommon, and they definitely stack. I don't know if Pot 1, 2 & 3 stack because the descriptions in the game are...well, total crap and there is no place to see your exp bonus. But, I tested it and knowledge definitely stacks with potential. There is no Knowledge 2, so it's a nice one time boost. If you get it anywhere close to the beginning of the game Pot 1 and Knowledge along with say, the Practice Sword (9 attack +10% exp), can get you ticking up l

Reply to Tired of all Enemy Sovs being Assassins in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Except at higher levels you, and it's labelled as rare, get a chance at a second path. So far I have never had assassin offered to my mages, but I've now had Defender, Governor and Warrior, so it's only a matter of time.

Reply to What effects do adjustments to "spell mastery" do? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="dangerlinto" reply="12" id="3278680"] Quoting Heavenfall, reply 11They're crucial to me as you'll face enemies with 40-50 spell resist at the end of the game. Yeah, you can't waste 5 turns trying to cast blindness or shrink on a dragon with a 20% to get the spell through. [/quote] By then you should have a defender with 100% fire resist and big dodge, defence and HP.

Reply to Strategies & Tips for the Early Game (difficulty: Challenging or Below) in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Autoresolve also seems to use attack and defense values differently. I attacked a band of wolves with my 9 attack 3 defense hero very early in the game, 3 packs of wolves and a great wolf. I played this tactical battle, I don't know, 5 times? I couldn't win, the wolves all had really high init and took me down to almost dead before I got a chance to move, as a melee champ, no magic to save me. I autoresolved the battle and lost 2 hp. That was simply an impossibility in tactical unless

Reply to Strategies & Tips for the Early Game (difficulty: Challenging or Below) in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I do logging camp first, then pioneer or pioneer first if no forest is close. If you are on a river, build a pier, but move it back in the list, you will still allow your units to move across the river in one turn.

Reply to Tired of all Enemy Sovs being Assassins in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Path of Assassins is very effective for magic damage, it's also of great benefit for melee troops, even if kind of glass cannony. It is, overall, the most useful of all the abilities outside of a specific focus or build.

Reply to Potential ability is stacking or not? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

That's all I see on the character screen. My local hero in my last game started with Pot 2 and only showed 25% bonus to exp. It might be true that it adds, but there is no place on the character sheet you can pull up to check.

Reply to What's the most overpowered strategy you can think of? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

The point is that your sov can be tailored over time, depending on luck, into exactly what you want.

Reply to What's the most overpowered strategy you can think of? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="17" id="3278521"] Quoting KingHobbit, reply 16Played a game with Relias and change the champions to none. That was kind of interesting. I do not get the intended effect of this one. Relias is the one sovereign who does not need any champions. By doing this you are hurting all the AI, and leaving yourself unaffected.[/quote] Ya that seems like an interesting choice for an Empire like Magnar because you don't want challengers to

Reply to Married with Children in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Finding a good wife or husband in the first game was pretty key, but there were lots and lots of requests to tweak the system and to fix buggy issues. Also, meta gaming meant you could pump out some truly terrifying children and you end up with too many heroes that way perhaps?

Reply to Any way to change the minimum distance for setting a city? in FE Modding Elemental Forums

In an area totally full of potential build sites, setting down a city wipes out the tile properties in a circle with a radius of 6 squares outside the city from what I can tell. That's a pretty broad swath given that it won't let you build anything in swamps, on the other side of a river, or within 4 tiles of another city occupied square. That's another good thing about snaking is you can completely bypass that issue.

Reply to Is it a Bug where you can only build Piers/Logging Camps if the town starts by them? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Every city in real life also builds towards the water, there are just too many benefits even if the main city hub is not on the water. They will come to regret this when the water level starts to rise but that's a ways away. I wish we could place docks on the ocean, I know we can't actually build boats but the economic principles are the same.

Reply to Recommend a spell-caster custom leader / faction for me in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Well, it is really not that bad. You lost 3 turns to make an early militia with all upgradeable gear and send them off with your sov. I never thought of choosing clumsy instead of weak, but over all it's a better trait, just don't stand close to your tanky unit in the first few fights. Best early game weapon is the practice sword if you can find it :) I don't play empire, I never have and probably never will, in any game, I just can't play a bad guy.

Reply to [eInfo] How to limit the range of bows, and the problems that arise from it in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Why does there need to be change? The enemy AI simply needs to be changed to charge bow users. At present they stutter step at 1 square per time and that's just stupid. The AI also needs to slowly move around a tank as they fight it, right now if you stick a tank in their face between them and the archer they just stand there beating uselessly on the tank instead of moving around the tank even at one square per turn. If you put range on bows you have to put range on spells. Don&#3

Reply to What effects do adjustments to "spell mastery" do? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

+2 spell mastery is maybe .5% damage depending on the mob I suppose. It's not a very good trait or buff to an item. I like the +10 damage robes much more than the +10 spell mastery robes for example. I do take the plus spell master per level trait on character creation though.

Reply to First City? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

My general rule is I would rather settle a 2x3x2 tile than a 3x2x2 tile, I put mats over grain unless it is an extreme difference like 5x2. An essence is, by the end of the game, worth more than 1 food and 1 mat, that's because you can get mana per essence, 25% bonus food per essence, mats per essence, gold per essence and research per essence buffs. There might be a grain per essence buff but I always unlock the are/water spell for the bonus food instead. Some of those are pretty late in

Reply to First City? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

To me it really depends on what I draw first in terms of square. The best square I could find was a 3 x 4 x 2, and bordered by a forest and a river. I could make anything there, it will have amazing production, but I went Fortress. My next city was a 3x3x3 on a river. That will be a perfect Conclave. I really like my Fortress to be high production because getting your troops quickly is important. I am playing as Pariden so I can have 3 essence there for buffs. If you are not P

Reply to custom leaders changing race on ctrl-n in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I had the Oracle as a loyal subject of Relias in a game where they never possibly warred as I was between them. Wondered how Altair had gotten so powerful.

Reply to [1.02 BUG] Tremor is not holding units for 2 turns (3 including current) in FE Support Elemental Forums

I think the description is misleading. I think it holds for one turn and takes away their dodge for 3 turns, but it is hard to tell. I also thought initially I also thought it held them for 3 turns. Freeze definitely does though so it would be a duplication of that spell if Tremor also did.

Reply to expansion idea regarding champions in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Oh when I read the title I was thinking the exact same thing. I personal quest line would be epic.

Reply to Recommend a spell-caster custom leader / faction for me in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Well, I use my sov pretty much solo and use my other heroes to level my troops. Solo melee enemies have to come to you or if mounted with the tireless march trait you go to their ranged attackers. A level 12 fire based sov with the proper buffs (like Mantle of Oceans) is simply a god of destruction. I suppose you might have the same effect by stacking a big archer stack but with high initiative and one of those awesome +100 crit damage daggers you roast...everything. with the act first trait

Reply to how to choose city specialization? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

You should be able to find a 4 mat 3 essence city, that's your fortress, I have never seen a 5 mat 3 essence city. I would put the essence as being more valuable than say a 5 and 2, which I have also never seen. In the absence of all else I suppose I would pick a 3 and 3 over a 4 mat 2 essence. You do need to be able to build your troops, and you can't do that without mats. I know there is spell really late in the tech tree that gives you a production per essence boost, but it comes b

Reply to Recommend a spell-caster custom leader / faction for me in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Pariden based sov, the bonuses are...extreme. Make a Warlock +50% damage, weak, take Life, or not and neglect the rest, you can buy the elemental books pretty early in the magic tech tree. You can probably guess the best magic traits but spell mastery per level, I take Hardy, Brilliant, Impulsive, Scholar and Life. Lots of heroes has life magic, but there is no guarantee you will find one any time soon, take the crown, give it to a melee champ and buff the hell out of them, you only need one

Reply to The game is EASIER on hard difficulty in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Making monster spawn dense is part of the problem, with the game on hard the AI pretty much sucks at handling the monsters. Part of it is AI pathing of their heroes. Don't want to lose your city to a pack of 3 assassin demons or a big group of ogres? Well, you need Fireball, but more importantly you need Freeze to keep them in place long enough to get to them with your relevant hero. The AI doesn't seem to get that. I like dense monsters because I am addicted to leveling my tr