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0.91 AAR Thoughts (more thoughts than AAR) in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Just wrapped up a ~400 turn game as Resoln. Completed the Master Quest. Overall, it was fun. From the start I was hooked when I completed the quest that gives you the three spearman brothers. Early game they were very effective. It would be nice if the mercs and monsters obtained from quests or camps were upgradable, unless they are intended to only be viable for a limited time (if that's the case, maybe have the camps disband after a while, and the units t

Reply to [0.91] Recruiting monsters from world resources broken in FE Support Elemental Forums

This was a very welcome addition. Less management demanded from the player. Will mercs and monsters be upgradable in the future, or are they intended as an early to mid game stepping stone, no longer useful once late-game techs are researched? It would be cool if the Knights of Asok I started the game with could progress to late game powerhouses.

Reply to Dracula - What was the last book you read? in Books Elemental Forums

Currently reading Donaldson's Lord Foul's Bane, and Meyer's Object Oriented Software Construction. And yes, read Dune. Also recommend LeGuin's Earthsea cycle. Agree w/ vampire comments . I think of Stoker's Dracula as a "high vampire". These are the old demons of the world whose powers extend far beyond blood-sucking and hypnosis, and whose malevolence and cunning can ruin entire civilizations (or a city in Dracula's case) in p

Reply to [0.91][Balance] Bread and Salted Pork in FE Support Elemental Forums

I just realized the benefit with Healing Nectar: one combat turn can heal 16 points, instead of taking two turns via Salted Pork. [quote who="Kongdej" reply="1" id="3134697"]Still havent found a use for those items... except selling, so by all means raise the prices, raise the prices![/quote] I've used them in tight spots, and usually try to have each hero with a couple. Just tonight Lady Irane was able to defeat the five golems in the Arena quest w/ the help of pork

[0.91][Balance] Bread and Salted Pork in FE Support Elemental Forums

It costs 10 gildar more than Salted Portk, but provides the same amount of healing... Also, buying two Salted Porks provides the same benefit as one Healing Nectar. Maybe Healing Nectar should provide more than 16 healing (economy of scale and what not)?

Reply to Game Development - Coding's not the problem... in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Didn't realize a Dune love fest was underway over here :) Many men have tried to create intelligible, coherent code...so many, but none has succeeded. They tried and failed, all of them? Oh, no. They tried and died.

Reply to What Are You Giving Up to Play the FE Beta? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="4" id="3134077"]I do 35 push-ups after each file I mod. Need to get buff for the NAVY.[/quote] Good for you, Seaman/Ensign! I almost gave up going to work yesterday...but thought better of it :)

0.91 pointing much better in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Just loaded up .91, but noticed immediately the improvement of cursor on screen position versus game map position. Hopefully more goodness to follow. Played most of a game last night as Resoln under .90. It was a blast, and this morning I had to tear myself away to go to work (there really aught to be a clock in the HUD ala Civ4 :) ) Will continue to play and post, but overall an entertaining improvement!

Reply to [0.9] [Bug] Surrender in FE Support Elemental Forums

Then again, why would I surrender to a superior foe if they haven't found me yet? Who knows, I may find a dragon somewhere and make a comeback... I know it's not in the game (yet), but really; why surrender when your enemy doesn't even have your location? I've seen two sides of this. I was able to make Tarth surrender without finding their last city or sovereign, but I haven't been able to make Gilden surrender, even though they a

[Bug][0.90] Monster army co-loacted w/ player army in FE Support Elemental Forums

Had a Knights of Asok co-located with one of my armies. Moved my army from the tile, then moved back to attack the knights.

Reply to [0.90][bug] Surrendered sovereign vanished in FE Support Elemental Forums

A few turns later Lady Tarth appeared on map (long before I had any scouts out there). Lost count of exactly how many. EDIT: Lady Irane does not show up in Unit tracker in HUD.

[0.90][bug] Surrendered sovereign vanished in FE Support Elemental Forums

Dictated surrender to Tarth. Immediately after the surrender is accepted in diplo screen, camera moved to Lady Tarth in an undiscovered region of the map. She was flagged as immobile for 1 turn. The fog of war did not dissipate around her. After I started next turn, Lady Tarth is nowhere to be found in my settlements. Will send out scout to general region of her last appearance, but I thought she'd relocate to a city, like any other

[0.90][bug] Weird white flash in FE Support Elemental Forums

When banished ogre defeated in tactical battle, just as it hits the ground the screen flashes white for an instant. When the game returns to world map and ogre falls there, another white flash occurs as the ogre hits the ground. Found this line in error file: Debug Message: WARNING: CResourceManager::GetEffect could not find file: gfx/fx/fxo/post_camerashake.fxo Debug Message: CResourceManager::GetEffect found source file for effect: C:\Program Files

Reply to Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Beta 3 Available in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Nothing like coming home to an update. :)

Reply to Beta Tomorrow? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Wait, I need a little clarification. Has SD already pushed the beta back to next week (22 April - 28 April), or is there still a chance we may get it in the next three days?

Reply to Crusader Kings II in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Why wouldn't you want to register? Half the fun of the P'Dox forums is seeing how many shiny icons you can accumulate :)

Reply to Demonstrated racial bias by Stardock. in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

There's also the assumption that these people are homo sapiens. Seldom does a fantasy build upon evolution for its backstory. What fun would that be?

Reply to Beta 3 Status Update in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Great update. Looking forward to next week. I like the narrowed focus, hopefully this will drill down to the essentials of "fun" in FE. Well worth the week. Even two (but please, just one more week).

Reply to FE BETA 3: April 12 in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Humility" reply="67" id="3126780"]So what I understand is "It's going to be tight" mean bad? something go wrong? sorry my englist is not my first primy even though it's is for writeing and reading.[/quote] Tight like a woman trying to fit into her prom dress after aging ten years and having two children :)

Reply to FE BETA 3: April 12 in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="BarxBaron" reply="66" id="3126778"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 47It's going to be tight. GOD NO FROGGIE PLZ PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ I've been waiting too long. [/quote] Oh the agony! And of course, this is just a way of saying we're looking forward to Beta 3. If Stardock came out today and said it needed another week (Don't. Even. Think. About. It

Reply to Video: Fallen Enchantress Dev Diary 3 in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="joasoze" reply="9" id="3125898"]@myosin2p - Me too... Havent been this expectant since MOO III (and we all know how that turned out). This game will be GREAT! I stopped playing Skyrim because I have more fun with a beta....[/quote] Well, at least I'm not alone in checking these forums every morning before work and evening when I get off. Off topic, I stopped playing Skyrim because I have more fun with Skyward Sword, and the Wii in general.

Reply to FE BETA 3: April 12 in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="47" id="3126379"]It's going to be tight.[/quote] Tight, as in "this is soooo tight" or "I've got a bad feeling about this" Looking forward to it all the same. There's still two hours until tomorrow, so who knows what miracles of coding and compilation may occur :)

Reply to Other views on city snakes in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="108" id="3126441"]*personally* I would like to see multi-tile cities but kept in terms of "districts". I want to look at a city and be able to instantly tell how advanced it is in different areas even if it means the city is using 3 or 4 tiles.[/quote] That's how I normally lay my cities out. I put my workshop next to my lumber mill, my library next to my study, granary next to garden, etc. This would be

Reply to Game Development - Coding's not the problem... in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Planning is all. Planning is everything. I've just come off of a weekend of coding to what I thought had been an adequately detailed design, only to find out that significant questions had gone unanswered during requirements gathering. At least I can still use some of my utility classes. Planning is all. Planning is all. Planning is all. It's like some sort of gom jabar test or something :)

Reply to Who is the Fallen Enchantress? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

So far I've assumed its Cerse or one of her disciples. Just my conjecture. EDIT: Or however you spell her name :)