Welcome on board Soren! Thank you for Civ IV, it's the best. I'm looking forward to playing your new games. And please, be active on the forums

Froggy, what's your next move: will you hire Brian Reynolds? 

edit: what happened to my avatar? 

Welcome Soren and thanks from me too for the countless hours i ve spended on Civ IV. Best of luck and bring us more good games

Even if only 33% of your sales come from customers running 32-bit PC's, would you really want to lose 1/3rd of your business sales based on what your perception of the market should be and not what it actually is?

If they can make it happen then no reason not too do it.  Sales are sales and cutting out some sales because you think people need to upgrade is rather arrogant and you will end up losing out.  Look at World of Warcraft.  One reason that helped them was you didnt need a high end system to play it.  I had many friends that had low low end computers and played it fine, thus it added to Blizz's sales(though there were also many other reasons why WoW did so good, this is just one).  If Blizz would come along(and I actually think they did) up the requirements drastically they could lose out(and again I think they did do this in one expansion).  So if 32 bit can be added with a minimum of cost, why not?  Makes good business sense.  Bottom line is that they are a business and that means they need people from all over the spectrum to be buying their product.  If they can put out a high end and low end...good for them.  Im not a buisness guru but if it is minimal cost = some profit, I would think that would be a good thing right?  Cost vs profit?  All I know is im looking forward to this.

Also wondering will I have to buy this off Steam or whatnot or will i be able to purchase it directly from Stardock?  Im not turning this into a bash Steam thread, but with my schedule I like to just buy my stuff and then play it without having to worry about an internet connection.  I know you can put it into offline mode, but I like it where I dont have to worry about that.

Good points regarding the Huge maps.

I'm hoping it will let you run the game without Steam being connected, like the way it works for FE on Steam.  But it is possible if it is integrated that this will not be possible.  I've got my fingers crossed that it will be able to run without Steam involvement, but still require Steam for updates etc.

Devs, and Derek specifically, will the LH executable require Steam running, or will it be able to run separately like FE (and some other games) can do when bought from Steam?

welcome back to serious videogames Soren... it's about time you left Zynga

Just to verify- FE does work on Steam without needing Steam to be connected?  Doing that to me is exactly what I want.

for the folks saying that Brad is going to lose sales- he won't- the folks who have 32-bit machines can still play LH, just not the largest maps.

Yes, Large maps can still be a heap of fun (for the 32-bitters).  Huge maps would be better when you have more than 8 players though, and more players requires more memory anyway.

One of the other forum members reported that they had the Steam version of FE and it doesn't require Steam to be on to run.  But it is not certain whether this will be the same for LH.  Hopefully it will, and just need Steam to update.

Frogboy/Derek, will LH need the Steam executable running to run, or will it be like the Steam version of FE which doesn't?

Is there any chance you could implement some quick-n-dirty Hall Of Fame/High Score in the expansion? The score could be calculated in a similar way as in the Civilzation games (difficulty, holdings, units, buildings, money, research, victory date and land area could for instance be the basis of the calculation).

Ever since I first played Civ I the Hall of Fame has been among the only things that has increased the replay value for me, and the lack of it is what keeps me from truly enjoying Fallen Enchantress as much as I'd like to do.

I hope my voice goes through so this amazing game can become even better!

Regards

Ivar.

With the release of LH, what happens to FE? That is, can I toggle between FE and LH 'modes', or does FE become LH after purchase?

I may want to play FE after purchasing LH (I might prefer a certain play style one day and another play style at a different time); will I be able to do so, or will FE as I know it become non-existent after installation of LH?

It's my understanding that you will be able to toggle between the two. However, keep in mind that LH can only be purchased through Steam.

Actually you'll still be able to buy LH directly from Stardock, but no matter how you get it you'll get a Steam key that has to be used to play LH.

See quote below from Kael's LH FAQ's post: https://forums.elementalgame.com/439970 

Can I get Legendary Heroes on Steam?

Legendary Heroes is integrated with Steam.  So everyone that gets it will have it on Steam, no matter where they purchase it from (even if they purchase directly from Stardock).  Those players that will be receiving free copies will be receiving a steam key for the game.

That is great news. Thanks Borg999.

I would second that. Have some kind of continuity between games is always good, now i feel once I hit that "main menu" bottom hours of my efforts are just gone with the wind.

For now dude, just print out a screenshots of the victory score screen and keep in a nice little binder for souvenir!  

for doubters, you dont need steam being active to run it.

I think just to register it.

additionaly,

how hard would it be to be able to get maps as scenarios for future games FROM SAVEGAME!

I had some perfect maps randomly generated in a few games....