Combat

I haven't played AoW, but I can tell you I like the combat in LH as is. Now I have played more complicated combats systems in both computer and board games and enjoyed them. However, the simplicity and elegance of the combat in LH keeps the game moving. There is enough to the combat system to make it fun without bogging down the overall game.

Now, in fairness, there are some who feel like you do and crave a more complex combat system in LH. I (and certainly others) don't share the view that adding complexity here will make LH a better game.

I played Age of Wonders a long time ago. It was fun. Legendary Heroes is also fun. I think it has enough tactical options to keep combat interesting, especially now they've added weapon special abilities, swarming, and there are endless possibilities with spells. It could be more complex but I'm not necessarily sure it would make it more fun. And there's plenty of other stuff to keep you interested, in terms of questing, building up characters, building up your empire, etc. etc. It took a long time to make the games workable, but there's nothing else quite like them in terms of the variety of gameplay.

Siege warfare is probably my biggest gripe with this game. I mean, you build walls, but don't see them on the battle field?

I tend to disagree; I'm only toward the end of my second game, but combat is already starting to get tedious.  I think adding some tactical complexity would improve replayability.  

Is there a shortage of avatars on this forum? There are at least 3 people with this "ghost-face" avatar.

Never mind, I just realized that this is the default avatar....LOL. I would prefer a blank default avatar like other forums.