It's not all bad.

It's really odd to see people thinking we're trying to "sneak" Sorcerer King as "new IP".  It's the third game in the Elemental universe. 

Each sovereign has its own special units.

Also, the minor races are pretty sophisticated but not in the first beta.

Can we please have a development road map for this one? I'd love to know what is planned for this game and roughly when. Maybe even just a list with planned features and a rough estimate on when they'll be implemented.

Been playing some more. I think the normal difficulty is a little too hard. Or maybe I suck.

Steam Forums in general are the new GameFAQs discussion boards.

It is a little disappointing seeing people so aggressively expect games to cost nothing.  Sorcerer King is the  result of nearly two years of work by a fairly large time.  The idea that it's "DLC" or something shouldn't surprise me but does disappoint me.

Spoiled kids (body age != mental age). Steam Sales junkies. "If you are not Blizzard/EA/BigComanyNameHere, your game shouldn't cost more than $10 at max" people. "I'm not going to buy your game no matter what but I'm here to make noise" dudes. Etc.

A lot of rubbish goes through steam these days, and a lot of people get their fingers burned with pre-orders as well as early access.  So you have a wealth of paranoia and suspicion, while a lot of customers try to weed out the wheat from the chaff.   If your games good then they will settle down...........and pay the going price.

It almost reminds me of the "old days" when we dealt with the "all software should be free" crowd.  Seems like they have quieted down and moved over to games.

I don't think that's obvious from the released material so far.  Maybe if it was called 'Elemental: Sorcerer King'...

Ah, the joy of logic and semantics. There are those who will not understand meaning of words and their gradation.

I can say if you can't find something then it is hidden, even if the location is obvious. But, that does not mean, there was any intent of hiding the object even if there was no attempt to make the object obvious to most people.

Keeping track of the lore, this was pretty well advertised as an elemental game and follows from that chain of events.

So far I'm liking the things in the game, although may I wish for (I know I won't get it), but if my hero or unit equips a shield it shows on that unit? I'm fine leaving the armor the same, but I really like to see the weapons / shield change even if it is the change between 1 hand with sheild or 2 hand sword or axe... no need to go into huge depth with it. (I'm good either way, just hoping)

In this case, it might.  Due to a huge spike in the supply of PC games, many heavily discounted- the rate at which PC gamers value games has been decreased.  Never buy a PC game over $20 is a meme these days for a reason.

Also , you have to look at the fact many gamers have less money these days due to underemployment.  Stardock is partially insulated from this trend due to who you market to.

I could have sworn that I'm seeing armor changes on Tandis. Am I seekng things? I just gave him chain mail boots in my game and he's got sliver boots now.

You're not supposed to save all the shards.   I suspect random maps will help when they're ready though.  I really don't enjoy playing on pre-made maps, though it's understandable for the early beta.