With a bunch of new players joining in response to the October 31 deadline, and with 1.1 around the corner, I thought I'd update my link to make it more 'searchable' for new players. The guide includes overviews, instructions, strategies, tables, and almost anything you might want to know about Elemental. It is current for 1.09e and I will continue to update for the foreseeable future.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/954860-elemental-war-of-magic/faqs/61009
Comments, suggestions, corrections, opinions, and so on are all welcome. And any of the wiki or fan site projects are welcome to link to or use the information. I'm writing this because I'm old-school and prefer one big manual you can read straight through, but I know the kids these days like their wikis
Here is the current table of contents to give you an idea:
01.00 Introduction 01.01 Version History 01.02 About the Game 01.03 About the Guide02.00 The Basics 02.01 General Game Concepts 02.01.01 Your Sovereign 02.01.02 Champions 02.01.03 Cities 02.01.04 Prestige 02.01.05 Influence 02.01.06 Resource Tiles 02.01.07 Elemental Shards 02.01.08 Food, Housing & Gold 02.01.09 Caravans 02.01.10 Technology 02.01.11 Magic 02.01.12 Kingdom vs. Empire 02.01.13 Combat, world map 02.01.14 Combat, tactical 02.01.15 Neutral Factions 02.01.16 The Store & Equipment 02.01.17 Quests 02.01.18 Maps and Map Size 02.01.19 Victory Conditions 02.02 Game Controls and Interface 02.02.01 Keyboard Map 02.02.02 The User Interface 02.02.03 Unit Commands 02.03 Common "How do I..." Questions 02.03.01 Demolish a building 02.03.02 Remove something from a production queue 02.03.03 Raze a City 02.03.04 Find a Caravan 02.03.05 Remove groups of units from a city 02.03.06 Pick the right bonus when my city levels up?03.00 In-Depth 03.01 Sovereign Creation 03.02 Faction Creation 03.03 Dynasty System 03.04 City Placement 03.04 Resources 03.05 Diplomacy 03.06 Adventure/Domination 03.07 Kingdom vs. Empire breakdown04.00 Strategy 04.01 The Fundamentals 04.02 Game Start 04.03 the 'Bluff & Plunder' 04.04 Tips and Tricks05.00 Data 05.01 Tech Trees 05.02 Tech Rewards 05.03 Spell List (in progress) 05.04 Kingdom Buildings (in progress) 05.05 Empire Buildings (in progress) 05.06 Kingdom Equipment 05.06.01 Kingdom Weapons 05.06.02 Kingdom Armor 05.06.03 Kingdom Equipment 05.07 Empire Equipment 05.07.01 Empire Weapons 05.07.02 Empire Armor 05.07.03 Empire Equipment 05.08 Champion Abilities06.00 Glossary of Terms 06.01 FAQ & Game Glossary 06.02 Lore & Mythology Glossary07.00 Coming "Soon"08.00 Special ThanksEDIT: Oh and it was updated today, 10/29/10. Only large thing still missing at this point is a comprehensive spell list.
This is outstanding.
Going to sticky.
Thank you SO much! I'm looking forward to documenting all the changes in 1.1!
Great work.
Well done.
very well done!
Hurray!! You've been stickied...
@Dhraconus: you are one of the people in the special thanks section, your feedback has been very helpful!
Is it possible to have some dev input to help tune some of the finer points on the way certain game mechanics work ? Some items don't jump right out and explain themselves very well, like road master and the influence on the bard skill and charisma on making hero hiring cheaper.
@Glowing_Ember: You are the other person in the special thanks section
double post
Awwe shucks, i've only pointed out one or two minor things most of the work is yours.
Wow !!!!! I did not realize how much was going on in the game. I now understand why my games were crashing. I owe Brad an apology.
Freebird out.
I'm waiting on the beta update to stabilize before i play some more - but my first impressions of it are really good. I like it.
I will talk to Gyb about updating this when version 1.2 comes out, there have quite a few changes to the games that are not documented in the faq.
You have to wait for 1.30 feature stabilization and give it a huge update, without that, it's more of a historic document.
good job annyway.
Since the author hasn't been active in 2011 on this website, I don't expect it to be updated.
Looking back at my previous post I realize that I should apologize for necroing this... I didn't even check the date of the OP or the one on the last reply.
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