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March 21st, 2008, 09:41 AM
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Re: Warriors of the Five Elements.
I've often wondered--what is the fifth element supposed to be? (after fire, water, air and earth...)
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March 21st, 2008, 09:42 AM
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Re: Warriors of the Five Elements.
it's Fire, Water, Air, Wood, and Metal.
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March 21st, 2008, 09:45 AM
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Re: Warriors of the Five Elements.
The fifth element would be Aether (perhaps astral in Dominions), if you believe Aristotle. Aether makes up the super lunar sphere (the moon and above), where all the celestial bodies rotate in perfect circles.
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March 21st, 2008, 09:52 AM
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Re: Warriors of the Five Elements.
Chinese Taoism: Fire, Water, Air, Wood, Metal are the basis of the universe.
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March 21st, 2008, 09:54 AM
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Re: Warriors of the Five Elements.
Hum yeah but aristotle was (probably still is) completly unknown in the eastern civilisation from which Tien'Chi is based.
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March 21st, 2008, 10:05 AM
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Re: Warriors of the Five Elements.
Yes, of course, silly of me. 
I just thought it fit better with astral as metal as such is not represented as an individual magic path in dominions. |
March 21st, 2008, 10:13 AM
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Re: Warriors of the Five Elements.
Ah, for a fifth Dominions element ? I think that it fits better that way :
- Fire : Fire,
- Water : Water,
- Air : Air,
- Wood : Nature,
- Metal : Earth.
However, for a 5th "European" element, I think astral would be better in addition to fire, air, earth and water.
This tries to sum things up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_element
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March 21st, 2008, 10:20 AM
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Re: Warriors of the Five Elements.
I've always been partial to Fluorine for some reason.
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March 21st, 2008, 10:39 AM
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Re: Warriors of the Five Elements.
In a MP game playing EA Tien Chi I centered most of my strategy around those guys.
Early game just recruit as many as you can, they take indies very easily.
Mid game, research battlefield damaging spells which your Wot5E are immune to such as foul vapours, wrathful skies etc and serpents blessing, storm warriors to make them 100% resistant. Few enemy armies can fight the Wot5E's while being posioned/lightning bolted etc...
When you add in all the other magic Tien Chi can throw around it can be a very fierce mid/late game nation but it needs a good start/luck early on.
Sadly, the host disappeared in that particular game so I never got to see how my strategy would have turned out, but I was in a good postion at the time.
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March 21st, 2008, 12:41 PM
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Re: Warriors of the Five Elements.
The fifth element would be Leeloo (Milla Jovovich ) from... "The Fifth Element" Willis & Co. A pretty lass indeed.
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