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I hope this gets update as more people answer. Thanks for this and taken, of course.

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Denryu

Join Date 07/2006

+93

Quoting Wahngrok,

reply 1

I hope this gets update as more people answer. Thanks for this and taken, of course.

I expect there will, at minimum be one update. I was surprised that we went over 50 responses in under 24 hours, the first survey from a week ago only had 53 responses total. But yes we have already had 5 more responses since I posted results, so I am sure there will be an update.

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Quoting Wintersong,

reply 25

Damn, so I did take it too late?

Well, good job anyways. Altough the former student of sociology here must complain about the first one: that kind of question is bad bad to force a single answer. I do many things while I wait!!! (and always add a N/A option)

He usually posts an update, go take it now!

I'm not surprised that auto-resolve is unpopular. It's something you typically want to use when a fight is a foregone conclusion, not on anything important. Of course, that's because in the past it hasn't been that great compared to a human. Maybe with the extra computing power available today that can improve. (I know AoW didn't actually run the combat simulation if you did auto-resolve, it used some fast calculations instead. The result was pretty inaccurate, but much more practical on big maps with lots of AI fighting each other on the computers of the day.)

It's unpopularity doesn't mean it shouldn't be there. It should be there. It just shouldn't be something forced on you.

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Yeah, a lot of us have quad cores and 8 gigs of ram....it would be great to pump that into AI algorythms.

Errr, that said I realise that MOST of us don't have uber systems like that. It would be a neat feature though if the AI could make use of uber hardware when it is present.

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Denryu

Join Date 07/2006

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1. How are you spending your time while waiting for E:WOM beta?
	answered question		58
	skipped question		4
		Response Percent	Response Count
Playing other turn based strategy games		29.3%	17
Playing real time strategy games		8.6%	5
Playing MMOs		10.3%	6
Playing some other computer game		27.6%	16
Internet/forums surfing		19.0%	11
Saying my final farewells to my family and friends		5.2%	3

2. Elemental: War of Magic will be a predominantly single player game. When playing multiplayer, how frequently do you think you would use the following modes of multiplayer, assuming they were all available?
	answered question					61
	skipped question					1
	I would not use this at all	I would rarely use this	I would use this often	I would use this predominantly	Rating Average	Response Count
Internet using StarDock Servers	13.1% (8)	29.5% (18)	32.8% (20)	24.6% (15)	1.69	61
LAN	30.0% (18)	38.3% (23)	23.3% (14)	8.3% (5)	1.10	60
Hot seat	45.8% (27)	33.9% (20)	11.9% (7)	8.5% (5)	0.83	59
Play by email	59.3% (35)	27.1% (16)	8.5% (5)	5.1% (3)	0.59	59

3. Tactical Combat: There have been several ideas regarding tactical combat: Complete autoresolve (AI runs both sides and determines casualties and outcome of tactical battles) Autoresolve with weighting based on battles you fought yourself, Autoresolve but with ability to script unit behavior (like Dominions), tactical real time battles, with AI running units, but player can give orders that over-ride the AI (units with no orders will do their best to be useful), or completely player controlled tactical battles (units will do nothing until ordered) Rate how strongly you like or dislike each concept. If you do not understand a concept (for instance do not know how Dominions works) please select the NA box. Also note that these are not exclusive, multiple options of these or other possibilities could be included.
	answered question							62
	skipped question							0
	Hate	Dislike	Neutral	Like	Love	N/A	Rating Average	Response Count
Complete autoresolve	19.4% (12)	29.0% (18)	27.4% (17)	17.7% (11)	6.5% (4)	0.0% (0)	-0.37	62
Autoresolve with weighting based on past performance	19.7% (12)	27.9% (17)	27.9% (17)	13.1% (8)	8.2% (5)	3.3% (2)	-0.39	61
Autoresolve with scripting behavior like Dominions	4.9% (3)	8.2% (5)	31.1% (19)	26.2% (16)	8.2% (5)	21.3% (13)	0.31	61
Tactical w/AI, player over-ride -units w/o orders act	6.7% (4)	6.7% (4)	16.7% (10)	31.7% (19)	36.7% (22)	1.7% (1)	0.86	60
Player only control -units w/o orders take no action	1.7% (1)	10.0% (6)	20.0% (12)	33.3% (20)	33.3% (20)	1.7% (1)	0.88	60

4. On this question, you will only be able to give one ranking to each choice. In other words you can only have one favorite, one least favorite and one of each choice in between. When a channeler dies, what should happen?
	answered question						61
	skipped question						1
	Least favorite	2nd least favorite	Middle favorite	2nd most favorite	Most Fave! The One!	Rating Average	Response Count
Game over.	18.0% (11)	13.1% (8)	19.7% (12)	9.8% (6)	39.3% (24)	3.39	61
"Spell of Return" - after x turns caster comes back	15.0% (9)	18.3% (11)	8.3% (5)	36.7% (22)	21.7% (13)	3.32	60
Dying Curse - channeler severely damages nearby enemies	20.3% (12)	33.9% (20)	25.4% (15)	18.6% (11)	1.7% (1)	2.47	59
Landwaster - channeler causes major global event	11.9% (7)	20.3% (12)	30.5% (18)	22.0% (13)	15.3% (9)	3.08	59
Other - Use comment box below. 50 char limit, no essays	25.6% (10)	7.7% (3)	20.5% (8)	12.8% (5)	33.3% (13)	3.21	39
Show repliesOther (please specify)							30

5. On question 4, for any of the options other than "Game Over" should the channeler have to make previous preparations in order to have the option available?
	answered question			61
	skipped question			1
	Yes they should have to prepare	No preparation should be necessary	Rating Average	Response Count
Spell of Return	77.0% (47)	23.0% (14)	0.77	61
Dying curse	60.7% (37)	39.3% (24)	0.61	61
Landwaster	65.6% (40)	34.4% (21)	0.66	61
Other	33.3% (14)	66.7% (28)	0.33	42

6. We don't really know much about how essence works in the game. That being said, at this point in time, which of the following describes how you feel essence should be dealt with? (Select all that apply) (This question may be repeated on a future survey as more information comes available)
	answered question		61
	skipped question		1
		Response Percent	Response Count
Essence is finite. Period. You get what you start with.		23.0%	14
Essence should very slowly recharge.		55.7%	34
Essence should quickly recharge.		1.6%	1
You can recoup essence, taking back a % from imbued stuff		44.3%	27
Essence should be gained from leveling your channeler.		62.3%	38
Essence should be allowed to go negative, risk burnout		19.7%	12
Essence should be allowed to go negative, risk death		21.3%	13
Essence should be available as quest reward		60.7%	37

7. What about elemental are you most anxious to hear about in upcoming Dev journals?
	answered question		60
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
Expected beta release date		15.0%	9
Magic System		45.0%	27
Mundane Tech Tree		10.0%	6
Will there be Bears?		3.3%	2
More details on essence		5.0%	3
More details on factions/backstory		8.3%	5
Screenshots		5.0%	3
Other (leave comment below)		8.3%	5
Show repliesComment here			21

Update @ 62 responses.

Formatting (relatively) fixed.

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psychoak

Join Date 07/2007

+225

I find myself disturbed to be holding so many majority opinions.

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Hehe, you aren't the rebel you thought you were....or maybe we are all rebels.

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psychoak

Join Date 07/2007

+225

I can think of three options.

You're not all idiots, meaning you're an above average subset of the species as a whole. Possible, but unlikely. More likely than if this were a different genre, but still...

You're not all idiots, meaning I'm wrong and people aren't idiots. Implausible, based on known information such as current and previous poltical choices, continual repetition of history in spite of an education on it, Sponge Bob, etcetera.

I'm an idiot of comparable stupidity to the average idiot. The logical choice.

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Denryu

Join Date 07/2006

+93

4th option; I design the polls to get what I want.

I was really surprised at how evenly split question 4 ended up. I mean, there is only 1/3 of a rating step between the top choice and the 4th faviorite. I was also surprised that "Dying curse" was the least popular choice, I expected it to be more popular than landwaster for sure. But if there were no surprises, it wouldn't be much fun, would it?

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I was also surprised that "Dying curse" was the least popular choice, I expected it to be more popular than landwaster for sure.

Well, I can't speak for the others, but to me a landwaster is a bit more logical than a death curse: you've poured you very life force into that land: when your life force goes away, so does most of the land.

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