Viaschivan

I don't like the current system either. Just ask yourself the following question, what would miss if those champions were not in the game? At least for my play style that wouldn't change much and I wouldn't miss them. I usually just place them in cities anyway or don't hire at all. My alternative would be the following get completely rid of champions wandering around. Then get an "adventure" research that enables a quest which you can use to find a bride. Altern

Sounds great!! I like the idea of a reduced number of buildings, lets see how it plays out.

[quote quoting="post"] But in this post apocalyptic world the mood is oddly cheerful. Adventurous upbeat music is playing. There are cute little inns scattered about the map with happy people in them, with enough gold in their pockets to send you off to do menial tasks like killing rats. This is a generic fantasy setting and not the gloomy post-apocalyptic Mad Max world I envisioned. I'd like to see more refugee camps and makeshift forts and less pretty buildings. [/quote]

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="6" id="2650990"]Whats the problem with Champions doing what is natural? aka Explore the world for "resources". They could be exploring to see possible threats, trying to recover ancient pieces from the past that could help them (direct use or trading it for something else) and other similar stuff. Staying home won't allow survivors to see incoming threats until it's too late, will prevent them to secure resources that could impr

Well then let me substitute "heroes" with "Unit Type: Champion". I should have used more game relating terminology. Nevertheless I would stick to the point that champions or normal npc's from my point of view are very much crowding the desolate land and basically saying hello to each other on a regular basis. This is not what I expected.

This beta is making a good impression. Still I'd like to add some thoughts concerning game play and feeling of the game. With the feeling of the game I refer to coherence of the game with the main background story and of course what I expect of this game. ;-) I only added ideas that I think are easy to program with features already in the game. However I could be wrong. :-) #1 - Availability of heroes First of all for a game that starts centuries after