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Elemental Beta 1-G plans

February 4, 2010 2:08:51 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

The next public beta of Elemental adds Dyansties, Spells, and Quests.  I’m pleased to say that those features are in but they aren’t even slightly balanced or remotely polished yet.  Moreover, there are some blatant bugs (AI is threaded now and there are times that it isn’t triggering the semaphore) that we need to deal with.

So with that in mind, we’re going to go ahead and push Beta 1-G back.  Because next week is the launch of Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, our next window is February 18th.  It just doesn’t make sense to foist a beta on the beta group that has quite so things to address still.

Stay tuned.

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Reply #1 February 4, 2010 2:14:53 PM
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Damn it!

 

Looks nice. More features in on one beta sounds good! I guess that means more ME2 and TF2 this weekend!

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Reply #2 February 4, 2010 2:19:48 PM
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Oh well, such is life.  More videos and pictures would make us happy though!

 

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Reply #3 February 4, 2010 2:28:03 PM
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Lady Sarah Trog-wife ftw.

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Reply #4 February 4, 2010 2:35:18 PM
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You cannot say that you delay the beta and at the same time tease us with a video. No way. In the good side, we got a video (even if small). It's good to see a shaved Lady Sarah.

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Reply #5 February 4, 2010 2:36:56 PM
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Geez Louise, that sucks.  I know it happens, and perhaps in the long run it's even for the best, but with this latest setback, it'll have been two months since the last update.  That is very discouraging.

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Reply #6 February 4, 2010 2:42:08 PM
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I agree that it is better to get it right then to get it fast.

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Reply #7 February 4, 2010 3:02:15 PM
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well this sucks. as of nowi can't play elemental for more than 5 min before it crashes, so i real dont see why another unstable patch would make a diffreance. not like it will make the game run longer.

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Reply #8 February 4, 2010 3:23:14 PM
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I like the armor. Looks like there a bit of oddness around the knee, though.

 

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Reply #9 February 4, 2010 3:42:28 PM
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I like the armor, but the Lady Sara looks a bit too much like my English teacher for me to breed her with any trogs....

I'm assuming that since she's dressed for combat that old daughters-as-poitical-capital-only idea is more or less out thye window?

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Reply #10 February 4, 2010 3:45:59 PM
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More than other examples, this really shows that the chosen art style can be really successful. That looks great! 

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Reply #11 February 4, 2010 4:20:04 PM
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I just realized this: if Sarah is going to be an actual soverign name (as opposed to just a stand-in), spell it "Serra", "Serah", or something else slightly exotic and uncommon. Regular old American (or wherever, no time for the Google) Sarah just seems a tiny bit out of place in a fantasy game.

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Reply #12 February 4, 2010 4:57:10 PM
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scoutdog: Besides Faction names, all race data is filler at this point (including Sovereign names and most Sovereign Models).

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Reply #13 February 4, 2010 5:00:42 PM
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Shame... I'd gladly play around with the broken, broken genetics system.

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Reply #14 February 4, 2010 5:21:51 PM
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Feb 18th *marks calender*

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Reply #15 February 4, 2010 5:29:50 PM
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shame but understandable.

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Reply #16 February 4, 2010 5:30:17 PM
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Eh, no problem... i suppose lol just happy to see that video! a video of the genetics working would be pretty neat to see     

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Reply #17 February 4, 2010 5:39:06 PM
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Quoting BoogieBac,
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scoutdog: Besides Faction names, all race data is filler at this point (including Sovereign names and most Sovereign Models).
That's filler? It looks pretty good except for the one knee bit.

 

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Reply #18 February 4, 2010 5:38:36 PM
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at least you guys have the beta.i just preordered today and was hoping to get a key in the next few days

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Reply #19 February 4, 2010 5:41:41 PM
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Quoting Scoutdog,
reply 11
I just realized this: if Sarah is going to be an actual soverign name (as opposed to just a stand-in), spell it "Serra", "Serah", or something else slightly exotic and uncommon. Regular old American (or wherever, no time for the Google) Sarah just seems a tiny bit out of place in a fantasy game.

Same names and words in different languages exist without having similar meaning. Just saying. John is also known as "bathroom/toilet", and althought that's getting into slang I find it funny. Slang is "ginchy".

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Reply #20 February 4, 2010 5:42:45 PM
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Quoting BoogieBac,
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scoutdog: Besides Faction names, all race data is filler at this point (including Sovereign names and most Sovereign Models).

So no Lord Frogboy in the final game? Oh noes.

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Reply #21 February 4, 2010 6:07:14 PM
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@Vandenburg: Oh, he will be in the game, just not so blatantly.

 

@Scoutdog: Sarah, as a name, is about 3500 years old (Abraham's wife). As for the spelling, Sarah is the the best possible translation of the name from Hebrew (yes, the 'H' should be there, though it's pronounced 'sa-RAH').

My point is, the 'oldschool' name some times happen to be the common one.

And Serra is a character from the M:TG multiverse.

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Reply #22 February 4, 2010 6:08:59 PM
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Quoting Scoutdog,
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I'm assuming that since she's dressed for combat that old daughters-as-poitical-capital-only idea is more or less out thye window?

Well, you can have a female channeler at least anyway. I hope they did toss that idea. Maybe it fits with history better, but since this is a fantasy world it doesn't have to, and its just not something I think is a "fun" concept for a part of the player base.

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Reply #23 February 4, 2010 6:13:34 PM
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Quoting Wintersong,
reply 19

Quoting Scoutdog, reply 11I just realized this: if Sarah is going to be an actual soverign name (as opposed to just a stand-in), spell it "Serra", "Serah", or something else slightly exotic and uncommon. Regular old American (or wherever, no time for the Google) Sarah just seems a tiny bit out of place in a fantasy game.

Same names and words in different languages exist without having similar meaning. Just saying. John is also known as "bathroom/toilet", and althought that's getting into slang I find it funny. Slang is "ginchy".
@Scoutdog: Sarah, as a name, is about 3500 years old (Abraham's wife). As for the spelling, Sarah is the the best possible translation of the name from Hebrew (yes, the 'H' should be there, though it's pronounced 'sa-RAH').

My point is, the 'oldschool' name some times happen to be the common one.

And Serra is a character from the M:TG multiverse.
Regardless of where it comes from, I find it just too common and familiar for the world of Elemental.... but it likely won't be in the game anyways....

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Reply #24 February 4, 2010 6:23:25 PM
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Let's call her Haras. And we could have Lord Yobgorf The Wise.

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Reply #25 February 4, 2010 6:24:36 PM
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Quoting Scoutdog,
reply 23
Regardless of where it comes from, I find it just too common and familiar for the world of Elemental.... but it likely won't be in the game anyways....

 

Hey, Sarah or Serah is a hot name, they aren't 'common'!

 

Hair. Elemental needs lots of options for hair. Lots. Long, short, Emo, Bad and more.

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