Favourite new 0.2 feature

[sparrowhawk]

I'm curious...

[merlin]

"A bird flies overhead" - What's that all about?

[Matija]

Multiple scenarios. New worlds open ...

[sparrowhawk]

Merlin said:

"A bird flies overhead" - What's that all about?

Just warning you to wear your helmet unless you want some conditioner in your hair

"Ambient text" ^TM is a patented technology bringing you realistic adpative-cognitive scenario-enhancements to your in-game experience.

Otherwise known as random text appears depending on your terrain type! ;D

[sparrowhawk]

I'm finding Impassable Mountains great fun

BTW - to whomever voted for a return to 0.1 - could you elaborate on what you do not like in 0.2? Otherwise there's not much that I can do to make it better for you

[Perun]

Jean-Yves said:

I'm finding Impassable Mountains great fun

BTW - to whomever voted for a return to 0.1 - could you elaborate on what you do not like in 0.2? Otherwise there's not much that I can do to make it better for you

Yep. Great stuff! Now the terrain is even more important. I like it very much, but was able to vote only for multiple scenarios.

[Natmus]

Jean-Yves said:

BTW - to whomever voted for a return to 0.1 - could you elaborate on what you do not like in 0.2? Otherwise there's not much that I can do to make it better for you

Surprise, surprise, I'm the one who voted for a return to 0.1.

There's a few things, mainly I feel that you are making the game less enjoyable to play with especially the redesigned energy system, where armies faster run out of energy, and much more slowly regain their energy. Making strongholds produce more and stronger stores only address part of the problem, armies caught away from a friendly stronghold are still marooned. Very realistic, I'm sure, but where's the fun in that?

The widespread abuse of the 'Rest' option annoy me a great deal, that shouldn't have been implemented in the obviosly shoddy manner it has been.

One-shot searches at liths and other features is in a way okay, but it is annoying when Bloods of Courage mean so much battlewise. In effect luck play a much larger part in the game, as you are unlikely to significantly improve most of your scared lords ever. Even killing an enemy lord doesn't happen that ften, does it? I wouldn't have minded if you had made it more difficult to get your lords boosted up where we like them to be, but in effect it has been made impossible. On this subject, did you ever consider my suggestion of making the less common features, like henges, the better bets to find stuff, and the more common features, henges, the less likely ones, and then forget all about the one-shot search?

Mainly it's the unworkable energy system I disagree with. I don't know what you hoped to accomplish with it, if you're satisfied with how it works out yourself, then pay me no mind, but what is the basic desire behind making it so?

If stores are supposed to be more realistic, then why does the same amount of stores restore the same energy to a lord if he is without an army or he has 2,500 riders? Just asking

And I have said this before, don't go to far away from the original LoM, especially not to make thing more realistic. Your first priority should always be the overall gameplay, not making insignificant details realistic. The game is supposed to be fun to play, not an exercise in ressoruce management, as The Bill said it so well.

Now back to my vacation, Denmark's still a tropic paradise ;D ;D ;D ;D

[merlin]

I must admit, I prefer the LOM style seeking. I like the fact that you can't just power up all your lords, and I would leave this aspect exactly as it is.

However, I agree, that after a number of games now, the energy system is causing me problems. During the first few days there are enough lakes etc to top you up, however it the later parts of the game your lords can easily become stranded.

In game 65 against Ringy, I chased him from Thimrath's keep to Korkith. Bringing in new armies from round the map all the time... slowly eating away at his army. Being a Targ he's always just out of reach enough to stop me hitting him full force.

Slowly my lords giving chase dropped off as they ran out of energy, and I have no realistic way of bumping them back up. Ringy finding refuge at Korkith with his dozen or so lords and soldier renforcements now makes that game pointless... I can't retreat quick enough and by the time I garrison some keeps around me and manage to generate stores, ringy will have crushed me... if the Resign button was working, I would resign.

[Matija]

I believe resign works, unless that changed with the newest version.

I, also, like the idea that not all lords get UC. Energy is a problem, but maybe more powerful stores will address it (you'll just have to build garrisons and take citadels when advancing into enemy territory)

And I made a suggestion that armies would be able to carry stores at the expense of movement, carrying capacity limited by army strength. This would also make use of scared lords, and enable the guerilla tactics of attacking enemy supplies.

[merlin]

Matija said:

I believe resign works, unless that changed with the newest version.

I, also, like the idea that not all lords get UC. Energy is a problem, but maybe more powerful stores will address it (you'll just have to build garrisons and take citadels when advancing into enemy territory)

And I made a suggestion that armies would be able to carry stores at the expense of movement, carrying capacity limited by army strength. This would also make use of scared lords, and enable the guerilla tactics of attacking enemy supplies.

The resign wasn't working last night... I was going to try it again today and then report it.

I think that maybe only shelter should probably regen at all the relevant locations... every night.

[Freiegeister]

Multiple scenarios!
I like the size of Sun's End. Makes for a good two player as there is room to move, but you can't run too far.
With one extra lord to balance Oberon, it would make a great Championship arena.

Reducing the ability to powerup Lords is great. Nothing worse than entering a battle where your opponent has a dozen identical lords, all pumped to the max. Different Lords need to have different personalities or strength or it becomes more an arcade game than strategy. Still think recruitment should be harder in some circumstances or even take longer.

I also love the rest ability. When you absolutely have to get somewhere, being able to rest for an hour before slogging on for another is great.