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 |returnTypes = int
 |readonly = true
-|usage = fetch an int containing all [[Shared/Defines/ElementTypes|type]]'s for the element, that is, the derived type along with all base types too.<br>To check if an element is of a derived type, use [[element.isType|element.isType]] with ELEMENT_* defines, because element.type will contain multiple ELEMENT_* define values.
+|usage = fetch an int containing all [[Shared/Defines/ElementTypes|type]]'s for the element, that is, the derived type along with all base types too.<br>To check if an element is of any one specific type, use [[element.isType|element.isType]] along with an ELEMENT_* define.<br>Even if the type is derived, mods etc may add a class that extends the game's most derived type, and thus [[element.isType|element.isType]] is still preferred.
 |returnInfo = an int containing the [[Shared/Defines/ElementTypes|type]]'s of the element
 }}