I have been following Elemental since the beginning.  I even took part in the Beta for a short time when it became obviouse that my old Dell P4 machine was going to have a problem running the game well.  So, I have been waiting for patches and tweaks that would make the game more playable for my machine and they have been getting better.  I decided to hold off even further until 1.1 and then hopefully talk my wife into agreeing that we need a new computer.  I could not make the case I wanted this for a game so I tried other reasons...long and short of it is we never agreed so I have been patiently waiting.

Then BAM!  The PC CPU and motherboard overheated and died!  So, alas, I must get a new PC.  I quickly contacted one of my PC geek coworkers (I mean that with respect) and hired him to build me a new machine.  I will get it next week.  Now I will be able to play the game as it was intended. Thanks Elemental karma!!!