The tile limit is removed - build away!

What's the status of 1.3?

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.

Updated.

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? 

Thanks for the update Frogboy. Sounds like 1.3 is going to be pretty major. Until a few days ago, I don't think any of us expected the economic tweaks.

I had an idea that I feel could be easy to implement. There could be an option to marry a civilian. A heroine is then created with poor stats (i'm thinking generally 6-8 in all categories). So this gives you the option to marry early but the quality of the mate is lower. Now I think offspring's stats are not derrived from parents any more but this would also be a consideration for the player. Do i delay getting offspring to have better offspring or do i get them now?

Looking forward to hearing more about 1.3. As FE is so far away, i always get more excited over 1.3

Thanks again Frogboy,

Jec

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.

I think this would be great too. =)  Frogboy, could you provide this option?

Best regards,
Steven.

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.

These are fantastic changes. :karma:

No one ever uses the flower. Poor flower. 

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

Interesting, could this mean;

01. You raze a city and you attract an assassin?

02. You build a library and attract a sage?

03. You build a beehive and you attract a farmer?

04. You marry Princess and her bodyguard joins your kingom?

05. You build an archery range and attract an expert archer?

06. You raze 4 cities and your attract a bandit chief?

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

Any thoughts on the pros and cons of adding tactical combat summoning spells to 1.3?

Tactical combat summoning spells that use existing creatures would be easy to implement and give those focused on magic more tactical combat options. The summoned creatures would vanish at the end of the tactical combat. 

Example: Summon Giant Spiders, Summon Wolves, Summon Dragon, etc.

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

Best regards,
Steven.

Correct, I see these as being tactical combat spells where the summoned creature would last at maximum until the end of combat.

In fact, I would like to see these summoned creature lasts a number of tactical combat turns equal to the summoner's level. A 4th level sovereign's tactical summoned creatures would last for 4 tactical combat turns. 

That said, the addition of tactical combat summoning spells also presents opportunities for other related spells;

01. Break Summons - Targeted tactical combat summoned creatures attacks a random target.

02. Dispel Summons (Summoning: Level 1) - Chance to dispel a tactical combat summoned creature

03. Command (Enchantment: Level 3) - Take control of a summoned tactical combat creature and direct it to attack a target of your choice

04. Circle of Protection (Summoning: Level 1) - Unit in the targeted tile receive a +5 dodge bonus vs summoned creatures. This spell lasts for 1 turn per caster level.

05. Freedom (Summoning: Level 5) - All tactical combat summoned creatures on the map are free of their controller. They attack the nearest unit. This differs from the Break Summons spell in that this spell affects "ALL" summoned creatures on the map, not just one and not just those of your enemy.

06. Greater Circle of Protection (Summoning: Level 3) - Units in a 3x3 tile square gain a +5 dodge bonus vs summoned creatures. This bonus affects only units standing in the targeted tiles. Units that move out of the targeted tiles lose this dodge bonus.

07. Greater Command (Enchantment: Level 5) - Chance to take  control of a summoned strategic or tactical creature.

Edwin I just want to say you have a hell of alot of good ideas.

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. 

You don't necessarily need to make sovereigns mortal in order to have a good dynasty system. Just remove their ability to respawn in their territory. What would be the point of life spans? Oh the sovereign that you designed and put all that hard work into just died for no reason, and was instantly replaced by a worse version.... How would that make the game better exactly?  It would also be weird if all your champions were immortal or even if they kept dying off. Yeah I got my champion to level 10, darn he died of old age... I would prefer a byzantine system where their were rivals for the throne, that would be much more interesting then a single instantaneous uncontested claimant. With marriages allowing other factions to make claims on others territory and a bunch of political dog fighting and backstabbing as a result. If sovereigns were always dying right and left randomly than it would be kinda stupid to marry off your children...

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.

Looking forward to this.  I'll be ready to give this game another go once this patch comes out.

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?

   YES!!

-Teal

Oh, wow. I like this.