My first two games

(first impressions)

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So... I've been waiting for the biggest stuff to get fixed before jumping in... So here's a jumble of my first impressions.

  • Game can be INCREDIBLY fun. Yesterday, I should have studied but played from about 8PM to 2AM... DAMN YOU STARDOCK!! :S
  • It is obviously a labor of love. :inlove: Maybe too much of one...
  • All this fun is marred late game though where the game...
    • started to crash
    • did not update my children list
    • made one Fallen group with an already incredible military and a single military unit one-hit killing each of my soldiers one by one.
    • had a character with -3234545224 money that I could exploit to trade all he had to me. In one instance, this issue transferred to me
  • The interface has some good basics but is seriously lacking in many points.
    • Trading with caravans. I hate using TAB and always selecting my AUTOMATED traders
    • Feedback is difficult. YAY for city screen
    • Seeing all my units is difficult
    • Too many towns on ONE row is crazy, there should be more than one row with many lines
  • Balance issues I encountered
    • I barely met champions until late game
    • Gold can be hard at first
    • I had like 6 units types named "Archer" at the end of one of my games. Confusing.
    • Hard to mix different management types (economical, military, etc.)
    • Had an incredibly though monster on one island where I needed to bring all my army to defeat, so naturally I didn't build there.
    • Dragon or something late-game quest difficulty spike is INCREDIBLE
  • Y AI asked me to go to war against my ally X each FIVE turns or something. Vice-versa also applies.
  • AI can be very predictable and/or mess.
  • I'd like to be able to build weapons en masse to equip my heroes or equip my future soldiers(with a build decrease for them)
  • My creation Lady Sculla is there!!!!! :D :D:D Had her as another faction leader 2 times on 2.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

The dynasty list gets buggy after the great great grandchildren are born, sometimes sooner. The game isn't hard if you focus on buffing your sovereign through questing (essence potions/manuals/books) I at one time had a lvl 13 sovereign with 700 attack and 400 defense, it coul take down any dragon without breaking a sweat.

 

About crashes, yet they are highly annoying especially when jumping from workshop (map creation) to new game. I, like you love the game more-so than I loved Civ III and Civ IV, but it ties with Disciples II. :P

I wish ship building had more than just transports.. and caravans could have attack (why make an elite caravan then?!) I am also annoyed that the Spell of Making and The Forge of the Overlord don't do anything when only conquest is enabled.

As for recruitment, I mostly play on my own custom maps, and thus add NPCs to my maps. The game has soooo much potential and it kinda makes me sad that more thought wasn't put into it before release. I had a sense of sadness that comes from walking around Two Worlds I and realizing how great a game it could have been. I will still play it, but the damage to games reputation among gamers is already done.

Another thing is elementium is supposed to be a rare metal, yet legendary gear was nerfed in favor of Master Armor. Also, a claymore has more punch than the 12000 gildar sword (forget the name). Also, if you place the Kings Messenger quest on the map you have a leg up on your attack rating since that sword is equivalent to a claymore. WEIRD.

The extra Archers and Great Dukes you can delete by designing your units. Although you can't delete peasants for some weird reason, and if you upgrade them, the original peasant is still there.. :/

 

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

It got buggy after my first child.

The problem with questing with the sovereign is the slowness of all units. I can't cast a spell on a city unless I'm close to it and going back isn't an optiob.

Game just crashed now for no reason. It's why I said it's a labor of love. Brad admitted he was not impartial. I just wonder no one told him it wasn't ready. I've reloaded my game and now have a quest I cannot complete...

I'm not interested in customizing, I want the default units and map to be good. It's not hard to name archers. So many games have done it before...

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