Martok

Martok

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Where's my pre-ordered Limited Edition?? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Anticipating Elemental in the worst way, I pre-ordered the Limited Edition several months ago. And while I do have the digital download version installed on my PC, I'm still waiting my physical copy, despite my living in Minnesota. (Note: It normally takes only a few days for stuff to get here from Ohio via postal service.) It's been almost two weeks since the game's release, and I'm getting antsy wondering where my LE is at. Could I get

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Reply to GC2 or SOASE? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Of the games listed, Galactic Civilizations 2 is my favorite, but they're all far from perfect. In the end, it really comes down to what you like/want most in a 4x game. Here's my quick overview: GalCiv2 Pros : Great AI. Good empire-builder. Diplomacy actually works and makes sense. Excellent ship design

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Reply to Online strategy games in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gravedancer" reply="6" id="2747660"] Quoting TheBirthdayParty, reply 3Is Ogame one of those online games where you have to wait in real time over hours/days for things to build/troops to move/etc.? Yes. Builds can end up taking days of time. Movements and attacks can depend on fleet composition, techs, and how far away they are. Was a fun game but when I started planning attacks, factoring in drive times, checking on my stuff every 30 minutes,

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Reply to Brad, They say you Like "A Song of Ice and Fire" in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="CHiZZoPs" reply="1" id="2733410"]All of Robin Hobb, too![/quote] There seems to be some correlation between Hobb and Martin, as most people who like one tend to like the other as well. On the flip side, I find them to be the two worst fantasy authors on the planet. I somehow got through the first two books in the Ice & Fire series, and (even more impressively) forced myself to read Hobb's Farseer trilogy -- and in both cases, I ended up wishing for

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Reply to Star Ruler in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="118" id="2721560"]Oh this is hilarious... normally I wouldn't talk about it, but in this case it's just too funny. Apparently, someone's pirated the game. But with a big problem - the fonts are broken. Now they've got pirates outing themselves on their forum. I can't believe the audacity of freeloaders ripping off a tiny company by asking for support.[/quote] Some people have no shame (or clue).

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Reply to AI: You can’t see it in a screenshot. But it matters in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

....And " psychoravin the Internet Troll" returns. I was wondering where you'd been [e digicons]:\[/e] @KalGerek : I wouldn't worry about difficulty levels. Stardock's previous game Galactic Civilizations 2 has numerous difficulty settings, and I imagine it will be much the same with Elemental as well. [e digicons]:)[/e]

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Will the retail/boxed version be available in the UK at all? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

First off, I apologize if this thread seems redundant in light of the "European availability" thread . However, sometimes the UK is considered "separate" from Europe/EU for purposes of game distribution, and I want to make sure there's no confusion or misunderstanding. Bottom line: Will the boxed version of Elemental be available for purchase in the UK, either in retail stores or online shops (l

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Reply to Heroes of Might & Magic VI. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="24" id="2715826"] I hope ubisoft dies a slow horrible death because of their DRM scam.[/quote] Personally, I'm hoping for a quick , horrible death. Like removing an old bandage, it'd be best to just get it over with that much sooner. [quote who="Nesrie" reply="34" id="2716200"] Well they killed that pretty

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Reply to Elemental: Map of the World in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="14" id="2714225"]It wasn't inspired by Middle Earth nor do I think it's that similar to Arda (and I saw that post awhile back that showed a particular version of Arda (http://md.dndgamer.com/TOLKIEN/Arda.jpg) -- which is not at all accurate incidentally, Numenor is shaped all wrong, the west was done very differently, and the rest is pure speculation of what the rest of the world looked like. [/quote] Actually, there are a couple surface simil

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Reply to Watch this space… in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Raven X" reply="49" id="2693034"] I thought you said a while ago the total budget to make Elemental was under a million? Somewhere in the $800,000 range. Or was that a different quote I'm thinking of?[/quote] I think that was the budget for GalCiv2. I may be mistaken as well, however, so it's probably best not to quote me on that.

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Reply to Game Mechanics: The Ultimate Balancing Act in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Diplomacy Sometimes you don’t have the stuff you want and you don’t want to have to conquer everyone. Diplomacy lets you do this. Diplomatic Capital is the resource here. The more of you get get, the more people love you. Trade others to get more of it and they’ll like you even more or trade it away to get other resources or get others to attack each other so that they’re

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Reply to Would you trade HD Graphics for Gameplay? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

That's an easy one for me. While I always appreciate games that boast both good graphics and good gameplay, when push comes to shove, I won't hesitate to sacrifice graphics. Unless I find a game's visuals to be truly atrocious (and there's fortunately very few examples that would qualify in my book), gameplay will pretty much always trump everything else.

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Reply to How Powerful Will We Be? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Personally, I'd guess our power was closer to that of Sauron. If our channelers have as much power as Morgoth/Melkor, they'd virtually be gods. [quote who="Mogmoogle" reply="3" id="2657569"]Didn't Morgoth give most of his power to Sauron before he got banished by the gods to where ever?[/quote] Not as I understand it, no. Sauron was his chief lieutenant, however, and already quite powerful in his own right.

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Reply to Tactical Combat discussion continuation in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote] WINNER. TAKE. ALL. This is the part where we want to hear your opinions. We do ask that you keep an open mind on what we ultimately go with. My opinion is that the attacking player has the onus to finish the battle in N turns. After N turns, the attacker morale starts to go lower and lower at which point the defender can come out and make mince meat out of them. The question is, what should determine what N is? Or should we allow retreating? Should we all

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