Elemental Gem Nerf

[obz]

Wow... from 4 to 1?!

I admit 4 was was too many but 1 is useless now to be my front line wall of meat. It makes a huge difference in survivability.

Please consider upping it to 2.

[LeftPaw]

I'm still not sure what these gems do, some don't seem to give a very good explanation.

[CrankyOldDave]

When combat starts it USED to also spawn a friendly elemental that fights for the party for each gem equipped. New rule change makes it only 1 at a time. I'm not sure yet if I like the change, but it does even the playing field a bit. Some fights that should have been hard were WAY too easy.

[obz]

@Edrondol Yes, I had 4 equipped... 4 *did* make things easy. But with only 1, the monsters gain up and wipe him out. Two would be worth play testing ... And taking up a gem slot is fairly significant.

Or allow 1 as is and a 2nd if use by a Summoner. (who really should always be allowed one IMHO)

[obz]

Random thought - It would be nice if the game log was in its own window that you move and adjust the size of.... not over the gameplay window.

[Low Magic Studios]

Some discussions in the v0.85.09 Patch Notes announcement ;)


> matty 12 hours ago
Nooooo, my army of elemental gems got nerfed :(

>Low Magic Studios [developer] 6 hours ago
But you got more fair challenges now ;)

> matty 7 hours ago
Oh I agree elemental gems were completely OP, but it was fun while it lasted xD

>Low Magic Studios [developer] 6 hours ago
Agree ;) So we just temporarily disabled it for better game balance. But the elemental legion will be back in some way in future update. May be max 4 (types), or in the Easy game difficult, or with a summoner prestige class.



> Trajaedy 8 hours ago
"Only one elemental gem of your party can take effect"
Some changes are not as good as you think.
This has made a few boss fight very difficult (especially summoning ones) and made my mage nothing more than attack fodder (since you wont let me move him FROM THE FRONT LINE!!!)
How about changing it to one elemental gem of each type? Or even one elemental of each type (since I can summon them, that way 4 max elementals)


> Low Magic Studios [developer] 15 hours ago
We know an elemental army is great fun. But leading 6 elementals (and may summon more) to raid the poor monsters is definitely unfair ;) The solution you suggested may be a good choice, we'll consider it and adjust elementals again in future updates.

[Low Magic Studios]

Originally posted by obz:

Random thought - It would be nice if the game log was in its own window that you move and adjust the size of.... not over the gameplay window.

Thanks for the suggestion. Noted and will be considered.

[obz]

Thanks. :)