Had some trouble getting a game that I would enjoy going. World starts are still pretty sparce and many ctrl-N crashes. I am finding that, when I start, I like having two out of three of the following: 2 essence, adjacent forest, adjacent river. I like having my capital be a decent location.
- [Balance] Turn 2. Magnar is dead and that’s all I have to say about that. http://imageshack.us/a/img849/1566/game13magnardied.jpg
- [Tweak] Rivers seem to be taking a great deal more memory now. Problem only happens when I have multiple river tiles revealed. My computer is all crunchy for the first time ever with FE (E8400 @ 3GHz/3GHz, 3.25gig RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, WinXP sp3)
- [Balance] Despair is still completely BROKEN. 3HP/LVL is way too much for a ‘weak’ encounter.
Challenging is challenging. I've been trying to wriggle through without the inclusion of troops, and am finding it very difficult to do so. However, that said, there still is the balance concern of when to fit those troops in my queue. Pioneers are still the most important build. Resource improvements are still next. A few city improvents still after that. Without that infrustructure, it's difficult. I'm beginning to think a militia to help you out at the beginning of the game would help smooth game flow out.
Anyways. Done for tonight. Definately more to come...