The tile limit is removed - build away!

Update me!  Update me!

I was thinking.  I do that at times.  One of the big problems with this game is the balancing between single individual units, like Heroes, and multiple individual units like 12 man armies.  I think, the easiest way to do this would be to simply not have them "act" like multiple individuals in a unit.  Let the stack of twelve guys, Look like twelve guys, but attack like a single guy with 12 times the hit points.  So their attack and defense would be the same if it's one soldier or twelve, but the only real difference would be in the HP and the appearance.  I think if you made that change, balancing the attacks, hp, and damage of units, monsters, and heroes would be a lot easier.

Yay!

Now, if champions are harder to find, I am fine with that, but we really need a spouse option OR if we start with a male Sov, can Janusk be female? 

Really really awesome, alot of awesome changes here. Just a few questions...

What does best relationship mean? Could we get the nuts and bolts explanation of what exactly happens behind the scene please.

Sweet, but could we get an example of what Random Events are?

I would really like the ability to mod in increasing resource costs for improvements as well, ie materials.

One thing that would be great to have in v1.3 or 1.4 would be for the AI to use mounts, and to not just select the first mount from the list, but based on characteristics and stats of that mount.  This would be really neat and give modders great incentives to add new mount statistics to the game!

Best regards,
Steven.

Game needs more pie. Please add apple and cranberry pie.

frogboy, in my latest game (underway at turn 601) the ONLY faction that I had contact with that HAD ANY marryable offspring WAS a minor faction, all the major factions that I had contact with did NOT have any offspring over a 100 turn period, as they  could not help me in the game I then got pissed ORFF at them and then went on a rampage wiping out the factions that could NOT breed with mine (and I am playing a kingdom, so kill empires by default), so am almost the only faction left on two of the three continents in the custom map I am playing.

harpo

I take it these would be summoned in combat and only last at maximum until the end of combat?

Best regards,
Steven.

Yes!  A bunch of us have been arguing for this since v1.0.  How can you have a medieval game that doesn't implement some sort of dynastic succession?  It would make the game sooooo much more interesting and much more in keeping with its genre. Quite frankly, the lack of the ability of offspring to inherit the throne has been the single biggest factor in getting me to put the game down in frustration (this is the first time I checked in in quite a few months). 

This, of course, means that EWoM needs to ditch the default immortality of the sovs.  First off, the sovs aren't truly immortal anyway, as they can be killed.  They really are just long-lived, so this wouldn't be that big a change to begin with.  Second, immortality should be made into a super-spell.  In other words, the player should be given the choice as to whether he wants to stick with a single sov or not.  If he does, research immortality as one of those "game changing" spells.  If not, then the player can focus on producing a big brood of kings and queens in waiting, with each one offering a different set of traits that could change the entire faction's direction when he/she inherits the throne.

Other changes I can't wait for:

1) naval warfare:  I am glad to see harbors removed for now because they really had no purpose other than to build transports.  When they come back, they need to be able to build all sorts of ship types, including warships. 

2) Minor kingdoms need work:  again, glad to see that they are being pulled until they can get the love they need.

1.3 sounds like a step in the right direction, but I suspect 1.4 is where we need to be. 

How about, if there aren't dynasty connections of a Sovereign who got killed, that the remainder of the kingdom/empire turns into a minor faction?  (Also if there are two equal value dynasty connections, then the same thing could happen.)

What do people think?

Best regards,
Steven.

I don't mean to be a source of discontent, but I don't understand why they can't just add to the 1.3 running log a change to damage calculation during tactical combat to avoid the problem with having troops immune to attacks by having overly high defense ratings. Wouldn't it be very easy to do?

Oh, wow. I like this.