Elements: Soul of Fire

[Solo]

Just updated the link with the fixed trial version. I'm so silly, it was easy.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

 

[Zoltor]

Ok, well doesn't effect me now, but atleast It's fixed for other people who want to test out the game.

Wow this is cool, I found a secret area, with a random encounter system setup, and only one monster type can be encountered there.  Your version of metal slime type enemies huh(minus the high DEF aspect) ?

Damn, you have to kill then on turn 1 period or they "will" run.

How much HP do these suckers have anyway? I wonder what sweet rewards they give if you win(found a weakness, but don't want to spoil it, now if I can get lucky enough to kill one, however how much HP they have, It's a lot)?

 

[Solo]

Wow this is cool, I found a secret area, with a random encounter system setup, and only one monster type can be encountered there.  Your version of metal slime type enemies huh(minus the high DEF aspect) ?


Damn, you have to kill then on turn 1 period or they "will" run.


How much HP do these suckers have anyway? I wonder what sweet rewards they give if you win(found a weakness, but don't want to spoil it, now if I can get lucky enough to kill one, however how much HP they have, It's a lot)?

Spoiler

If you've just gotten there, you'll probably have to wait and come back later with more party members and better weapons. They have 3,000 HP. Once defeated, they drop items that can be traded for special potions in a certain town.

 

[Zoltor]

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If you've just gotten there, you'll probably have to wait and come back later with more party members and better weapons. They have 3,000 HP. Once defeated, they drop items that can be traded for special potions in a certain town.

Yea I think I'll have to come back lol, thanks

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Even with the fact Wink can work on them, seems like 50% of the time, with good luck, I'm only doing a total of 1k to them.  Good thing you told me how insane their HP is, because no joke, I would be spending days trying to get extra special lucky, thinking, how much more HP can they possibly have lol. Ok cool

Edit: Lol I swear I have never seen potion addicts as bad as the char in your game. Have any of the char ever hear of this amazing thing called a heal spell?

I guess atleast Gold Isn't hard to get though.

 

[Solo]

Edit: Lol I swear I have never seen potion addicts as bad as the char in your game. Have any of the char ever hear of this amazing thing called a heal spell?

You'll get those eventually.

Spoiler

I don't know where you are, but the character Ezra learns healing magic eventually, as do a few others.

 

[Zoltor]

You'll get those eventually.

Spoiler

I don't know where you are, but the character Ezra learns healing magic eventually, as do a few others.

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Oh Ezra learns them, thought he was a useless char, because he was turned into a kid, not to mention he Isn't a Rune holder as far as I know, not to mention I need to use Pica for every boss fight. What about the Princess, you know the water mage, does she learn any. Well sigh, looks like I might as well use the old man, seriously he's the only char I wasn't using lol

Ok thanks.

Edit: OMG, you're gonna get so much hate over the Fafnir fight, It's not funny, most end game bosses don't pose such a challenge(you have to go back to the good old NES, to find a challenge like that), but I love it. It took everything I had, but I beat it(oh sweet, Burning Beam, It's the most powerful spell out of all my char, a reward well worth the tribulations)

 

[phoenix_rossy]

Good to see people enjoying the game so

 

[Solo]

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Oh Ezra learns them, thought he was a useless char, because he was turned into a kid, not to mention he Isn't a Rune holder as far as I know, not to mention I need to use Pica for every boss fight. What about the Princess, you know the water mage, does she learn any. Well sigh, looks like I might as well use the old man, seriously he's the only char I wasn't using lol

Spoiler

Esther (the princess) learns Soothe (single-target healing) at Level 21, but that's all the healing she gets. Ezra is actually very useful once he levels up and gains his Light-Element magic, very effective against the prolific Demon-type enemies in the game, not to mention his healing.

Edit: OMG, you're gonna get so much hate over the Fafnir fight, It's not funny, most end game bosses don't pose such a challenge(you have to go back to the good old NES, to find a challenge like that), but I love it. It took everything I had, but I beat it(oh sweet, Burning Beam, It's the most powerful spell out of all my char, a reward well worth the tribulations)

Haha, glad you enjoyed it. Being the first Elemental Guardian that you fight, I had to make sure the battle with Fafnir was a cut above all that came before.

Good to see people enjoying the game so

Indeed

 

[Zoltor]

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Ok I guess I'll be using Ezra instead then, I have to farm for Gold anyway after that Fafnir fight, so that will give me time to lv him

A cut above you say, talk about a understatement, I'm just glad I found 10 Life Elixirs or even I wouldn't have won Even so, that was a epically awesome battle, makes me wish I took a video of the battle. I love hard battles, especially when your rewarded properly for winning.

Edit: That's weird, the game just crashed, couldn't find ME error during battle, against Helspawn. I fought them before without crashing, so maybe it was gonna use a different skill, other then Ebrace or something..

I just beat the demo(man that was a awesomely long demo), and bought the full version(why there's a delay for a digital order, that's being payed through Paypal, I have no idea).

 

[Solo]

A cut above you say, talk about a understatement, I'm just glad I found 10 Life Elixirs or even I wouldn't have won Even so, that was a epically awesome battle, makes me wish I took a video of the battle. I love hard battles, especially when your rewarded properly for winning.

I'm really, really happy that you liked it.

Edit: That's weird, the game just crashed, couldn't find ME error during battle, against Helspawn. I fought them before without crashing, so maybe it was gonna use a different skill, other then Ebrace or something..

Ah, geez. It seems I forgot to include the "kiss" sound effect in the trial version. It'd be really nice if the engine just simply didn't play missing music/sound effects, instead of all-out crashing... Thanks for telling me about this.

I just beat the demo(man that was a awesomely long demo), and bought the full version(why there's a delay for a digital order, that's being payed through Paypal, I have no idea).

I've heard delays mentioned before; I don't know why it is, but I'm sure it'll be fine.


And thank you so, so much!! I wanted the demo to start from the beginning, but I also wanted it to include some of the game's unique features (Party Ball, Land Behemoth, etc.). And obtaining the Element of Fire seemed like a nice climax. The "meanwhile" scene after the Seaside Cave was created specifically with the trial version in mind (I figured it'd make for a good cliffhanger).

 

[Zoltor]

I'm really, really happy that you liked it.

Ah, geez. It seems I forgot to include the "kiss" sound effect in the trial version. It'd be really nice if the engine just simply didn't play missing music/sound effects, instead of all-out crashing... Thanks for telling me about this.

I've heard delays mentioned before; I don't know why it is, but I'm sure it'll be fine.

And thank you so, so much!! I wanted the demo to start from the beginning, but I also wanted it to include some of the game's unique features (Party Ball, Land Behemoth, etc.). And obtaining the Element of Fire seemed like a nice climax. The "meanwhile" scene after the Seaside Cave was created specifically with the trial version in mind (I figured it'd make for a good cliffhanger).

Yep  The only thing is, now I have to do it again lol, it feels like I just beat Fafnir... wait a second, I did "just" beat him, well I hope I can pull it off again, with Pica surviving at the end, without too much of a hassle.

Yea, It's beyond stupid that the game would crash, just because the system couldn't pull a ME, all it is, is a ME for crying out loud, but what can you do.

I found the problem, evidently they have real people handling it, even for digital, paypal transactions(which is silly),  I got it right when the work day for the west coast started though, so no worries.

 

[Solo]

Yep  The only thing is, now I have to do it again lol, it feels like I just beat Fafnir... wait a second, I did "just" beat him, well I hope I can pull it off again, with Pica surviving at the end, without too much of a hassle.

Did you not save after beating Fafnir? Also, you know you can transfer your save file to the full version, right?

 

[Zoltor]

Did you not save after beating Fafnir? Also, you know you can transfer your save file to the full version, right?

Yes I did, hm let me check that, I didn't even look into the system folder, to see if you can remove the save file from one, to move to another.

Edit: How can you transfer the save from the trial version to the full version(I don't see a save file at all)?

 

[Solo]

Yes I did, hm let me check that, I didn't even look into the system folder, to see if you can remove the save file from one, to move to another.


Edit: How can you transfer the save from the trial version to the full version(I don't see a save file at all)?

The process is largely dependent on what operating system you're using. I'll PM you, and we'll discuss it there.

 

[phoenix_rossy]

I just beat the demo(man that was a awesomely long demo), and bought the full version(why there's a delay for a digital order, that's being payed through Paypal, I have no idea).

It depends on where you purchased the game from. I believe Solo has BMT processing his sales from the website, and they email you a download link after purchase, I believe. 

 

[Zoltor]

It depends on where you purchased the game from. I believe Solo has BMT processing his sales from the website, and they email you a download link after purchase, I believe. 

I figured out why, they proc the orders manually, It's not automated, and I placed the order in the middle of the night, so had to wait for the work day to start.

Edit: Found a minor bug(well a oversight anyway). You have a mimic in this game, who uses a Limbo type spell, which causes char to leave party. Well if you cast Shielding Crystal beforehand, and the mimic removes such a char from your party, after battle the removed char will still be under the effect of Shielding Crystal.

You should have that skill remove all positive effects, when it hits/succeeds in removing the char from battle.

 

[Solo]

Found a minor bug(well a oversight anyway). You have a mimic in this game, who uses a Limbo type spell, which causes char to leave party. Well if you cast Shielding Crystal beforehand, and the mimic removes such a char from your party, after battle the removed char will still be under the effect of Shielding Crystal.


You should have that skill remove all positive effects, when it hits/succeeds in removing the char from battle.

Yeah, I guess it is an oversight, but the state will wear off during or after the next battle (or if you stay at an inn or recovery point). I don't see it as a major issue... kind of a nice little loophole for the player, actually!


But in all seriousness, thanks for reporting this.

 

[Zoltor]

Yeah, I guess it is an oversight, but the state will wear off during or after the next battle (or if you stay at an inn or recovery point). I don't see it as a major issue... kind of a nice little loophole for the player, actually!

But in all seriousness, thanks for reporting this.

Yea it does.

Yea as issues go, It's probally not even worth reuploading the game, if that's the only problem, but yea np.

Edit: There's a rather annoying/almost game breaking design flaw later on in the game involving 1 map+a timed event

Spoiler

where the mine map is, and you have to flip a switch, that triggers a timed event. It's one thing to expect people to dodge the enemies on the map, inorder to get there in time, but also having random encounters on this map, makes it near impossible to get there in time, so you may need to rove the random encounters on this map. I'm gonna plat test it more to see if It's really really possible to beat at all, which I think it maybe possible to beat, but "just barely", and only if you don't get unlucky

 

[Solo]

Edit: There's a rather annoying/almost game breaking design flaw later on in the game involving 1 map+a timed event

Spoiler

where the mine map is, and you have to flip a switch, that triggers a timed event. It's one thing to expect people to dodge the enemies on the map, inorder to get there in time, but also having random encounters on this map, makes it near impossible to get there in time, so you may need to rove the random encounters on this map. I'm gonna plat test it more to see if It's really really possible to beat at all, which I think it maybe possible to beat, but "just barely", and only if you don't get unlucky

Hmm... I haven't had any complaints about this so far (many people from Amaranth and Aldorlea have already played the game), and as far as I know, the timer stops when you're in battle (as it's based on an event's "Wait" counter and not an actual timer). But even if not, there's leeway for maybe one or two battles, especially if you run from them.

 

[Zoltor]

Hmm... I haven't had any complaints about this so far (many people from Amaranth and Aldorlea have already played the game), and as far as I know, the timer stops when you're in battle (as it's based on an event's "Wait" counter and not an actual timer). But even if not, there's leeway for maybe one or two battles, especially if you run from them.

Oh ok, so I don't need to worry about fighting in battles at all then?

Ok, then don't worry about it, my bad, I was under the impression, the counter was ticking away while in battle.

Guess I just need to not slow down, in an attempt to dodge enemies lol, since the counter doesn't function in battle, I should just run straight there, and fight any enemy in my path.