I like the economy I saw there. Outposts seem very well implemented too. But what about the rebels? I expected to see them biting their thumbs or something at the edge of town. 

Damn you kingdoms, killing my fallens!

Thanks for sharing.

True first world! Eat lots of meat, while people are starving.

I hope you need to set up a trade route to the outpost to really make it useful.  Setting up an outpost in the middle of nowhere and having it contribute in full measure to your economy without connecting it to your capital seems a little whack.

Otherwise, I like the concepts of the other base economy mechanics introduced so far.

LOL, good point.

Afaik iron and horses also count as global resources. Food is tricky though. But generally, I just think it makes more sense to defend the outpost than to defend the caravans carrying the goods to safety.

I didn't see any resource cost, maybe there is a maintenance cost. But other than that, it seems building an outpost requires a builder unit that is consumed. You can see one unit disappearing when he builds the outpost in the video.

@Heavenfall; that's a bit of a matter of taste then I guess. I don't like being able to build an outpost in the middle of nowhere and having it's resources 'magically' appear where needed, no matter how far away that is or what lies between.

Overall the game looks amazing, but it seems at least one glaring flaw has carried over from EWoM after all: technologies that make little sense. It doesn't really help the immersion factor that you have to learn a technology to recruit champions. Also it's wrong, because only players that focus on that technology tree can get them. It should instead be based on the perception that a hero has of the player: if he's powerful enough (be it with a focus on military, or magic, or economy, or whatever) then even a high level hero will be interested in joining.

I was baffled when this kind of technologies were introduced in EWoM and I am every bit as baffled now. It's a pity, so far there had been no evidence of this kind of thing being in FE and I was reasonably certain they were gone for good... 

I hope they will be removed in the Beta, since really it's the only thing that seems off to me of all the previews I've seen.

The UI looks so much better.

The WOM caravan system was terrible.  

However, there does need to be some sort of supply line mechanic to deal with outposts.  Not only does it make realistic sense but it makes gameplay sense. 

We shouldn't be able to plop outposts down anywhere we want and receive immediate benefit.  Think of having an open borders agreement with a neighboring kingdom.  I can travel through their kingdom and then drop an outpost in empty territory on the other side?  And I instantly get the benefits of that outpost's resources?  All without creating supply and/or dealing with the giant section of land between my civilization and my outpost that I don't own?