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No essence on city tiles anymore?

March 22, 2013 1:09:06 AM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

Did they get rid of essence? I see none on the map when placing settlements. Further confirmed by the fact I cant cast city enchants without a scrying pool first.

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Addice
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Reply #1 March 22, 2013 1:11:55 AM
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There are still areas with essences. You might have had some bad luck with the map generator. I founded a city earlier with 3 and my second one had 2.

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Reply #2 March 22, 2013 2:17:27 AM
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All my starting areas have had essence.  Before LH it was still possible to get a starting zone without any essence.  Stardock's solution is, rather than code in balanced starting zones, to hit Ctrl-N if you don't like your starting zone, generating a new game with the same setup but different map (assuming you're using a randomly generated map).

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emmagine
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Reply #3 March 22, 2013 9:09:41 AM
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Part of the problem is the cap on yield total.   A tile can only have a total of 9 resources. So you might find a 4/3/2, or a 3/3/3, or a 2/4/3, etc.   essence seems to be the first to sacrifice.  Gone are the days of clearing a stamp to find that one glorious city location with 4/5/3. Join me in asking them to put this cap in the XML so it can be modded!

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OliverFA_306
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Reply #4 March 22, 2013 9:40:22 AM
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Quoting emmagine,
reply 3

Part of the problem is the cap on yield total.   A tile can only have a total of 9 resources. So you might find a 4/3/2, or a 3/3/3, or a 2/4/3, etc.   essence seems to be the first to sacrifice.  Gone are the days of clearing a stamp to find that one glorious city location with 4/5/3. Join me in asking them to put this cap in the XML so it can be modded!

And where is that request so we can join?

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Reply #5 March 22, 2013 12:07:57 PM
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I think every starting tile should have always at least 1 Essence, because the player can use Ctrl-N, but the AI can not use it and has a disadvantage.

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emmagine
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Reply #6 March 22, 2013 12:12:58 PM
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I'll make a new One for LH

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Reply #7 March 22, 2013 12:23:21 PM
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Quoting emmagine,
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I'll make a new One for LH

I see it. Great!

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Reply #8 March 23, 2013 11:00:06 AM
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Quoting emmagine,
reply 3

Part of the problem is the cap on yield total.   A tile can only have a total of 9 resources. So you might find a 4/3/2, or a 3/3/3, or a 2/4/3, etc.   essence seems to be the first to sacrifice.  Gone are the days of clearing a stamp to find that one glorious city location with 4/5/3. Join me in asking them to put this cap in the XML so it can be modded!

 

Word.

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