i like changes to magic system, looks promising and solving various problems reported in past beta

im looking forward to try it asap

also its very cool to have units(and champions) with special abilities, i loved very much that kind of things in kings bounty and if its going to be similar im very happy

Looking forward to trying the changes.    I especially like the flexibility of the race/faction/ideology component.  I think that will be a great replayability factor for me.

Excited to see the changes in the Magic system.   You didn't mention any UI changes for this specific build, but I assume there will be some improvements there as well?

As a junkie for anything random, I would love to see your original random map generator, and even to develop it more if possible.   Hope we get a chance to see it sometime.   Although I think the seed maps with random "stuff" is a great idea. 

Thanks for the update.

exciting

looking forward to release...

Some big changes coming, So we can look a tthe whole pice at least for a brief, cant wait to it

Fantastic i'm ready to start !!!!

Amazing! The tactical battle system that you described is precisely what I was hoping for! Thank you!

Just some questions, if you don't mind:

Will battlefields conform to the terrain type that the battle is initiated? Such as, mountains have huge "chasms" that prevent unit movement across some tiles?

Will some unit types have different active-type abilities available to them during the tactical combat phase? Obvious ones might include spell-casting, stealth, cleave attacks, etc.

And finally (a little unrelated to the tactical combat side, admittedly), will there be other caster units that have essence "pools" that can cast enchantments on other units? Or will there be a general "pool" of essence used by all casters that is capable of being drawn upon by different types of caster units? Or, will only the sovereign unit be able to cast spells?

Very good news !

But ... attack speed = action points ? How a sword with 2 AP could let my unit move 2 times ? With better gear you could move faster ? Isn't it totally counterintuitive ?

So a caster with a sword that has 2 AP would be able to cast more spells than bare-handed ?

Are we really going to see all casters with really fast weapons ? Wearing heavy armor will reduce attack speed. Ok, that's logic (not real but logic. In reality it's the training with the armor that would be important). So we won't see casters with heavy armors. But weapons should be like armor : never giving bonuses but only maluses.

Or just cut the AP in three categories : moving, casting, attacking. A weapon would add AP in attacking but not in moving or casting. Boots of speed would add AP to movement but not to attacks.

edit: nevermind

So far, everything is certainly sounding good. And as much as I was hoping for Tactical battles in this beta. If it's a matter of fixing them so that they all rock. Well that's fine.

As an aside, I think it would be neat to have some dungeon's be "Tactical Battle Maps" for groups to explore. With them conceivably having connected "Levels" With the ability for the player to spend several "Turns" in the dungeon, exploring each "Tactical Battle Map" they represent.

I think that would be seriously bad ass. And really give that dungeon crawl type experience.

But all the rest sounds good. And I'm looking to have the tech's all turned on. As it should feel much more like a real game. And really happy about the random maps. I was getting increasingly turned off by their lack of variable.

Interesting on the traits. I like that.

However, will there be any incentivization for Wisdom?

So, will you allow us to mod our own map generators?

I mean, fractal maps are pitiful if you want chokepoints or mountain ranges. Look at the Erebus mapscript in Civ IV /FfH2 for an example of a great random map perfectly suited to a fantasy game. There's no reason why a map can't be generated fast and be good.

im most excited for the custom sovereign and custom Empire/Kingdom. really develop a stragety

I'm assuming there's no cost if I take one of their cities? If I do that, do I have to demolish and convert it to my type of buildings?

If you raise your intelligence later, does essence go with it? Or is it still a seperate stat? Also as someone else mentioned, what does wisdom do now that mana regen is seperate?

Should it also be based on the intelligence of the target? ie: a high intelligence Sovereign's enchants are harder to dispel?

Quite a lot of changes, it looks interesting!