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[Stworca]

There was a map creation tool in the first one, where at highest setting the map was 16 times the size of the biggest one in FE...

..and you could build cities anywhere, to no longer by screwed by RNG.

[Alkhemia]

There was a map creation tool in the first one, where at highest setting the map was 16 times the size of the biggest one in FE...

..and you could build cities anywhere, to no longer by screwed by RNG.

Oh, well then....

[Taricus]

There does happen to be nice spell for Erala though: Giant form. I think it's a rank five spell, but the damage Erala could end up doing thanks to that nice new sword of hers... O.O

Also, I do have to say thanks for making this LP, got me to get the game myself.

[Neonivek]

The only thing that stops me from buying the game is from just the knowledge that... game purchases tend not to work out for me, so getting it for cheaper may be the better idea.

[Mech#4]

Pardon my tardiness, spent all day yesterday out and was too tired so ner.

Do the update!

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I've read a little about the reasoning behind the map dlc. Apparently they're testing the waters as to whether such things are viable to do, but from what I gathered, the general opinion on their forums was similar to Stworca's reaction, especially given the game comes with a map generator.
The world map does look neat. Maps exist in the base game that are based on it but they're only sections of the entire continent.

[Neonivek]

I personally find the Map DLC to be a bit expencive... especially since there is only one map I'd be interested in.

That and I am rather hesitant to get ANY DLC that doesn't add anything new to the game.

To me the Map DLC tells me that the company is having financial troubles and are trying to get revenue anyway they can. Even while their current game needs more work.

[Stworca]

I wonder if Mech#4 told his hero'ette about the "Never Surrender" setting.

[Neonivek]

I am not surprised the enemy won't surrender until you basically only have their capital last and are standing right infront of their gates. It just seems to be the standard, especially since you are getting a free level 22 hero.

If I had to guess a possible reason why your army doesn't impress her. It is likely because the game doesn't seem to calculate your army's strength anywhere close to accurate... at the same time maybe they don't notice your armies.

It is always the weird thing with games and battle calculations in what they will and will not factor. Such as Medieval 2 and completely ignoring walls, castles, and defenses, where it is better to autoresolve if you are attacking and doing it for yourself if you are defending.

[Mech#4]

@Stworca: Huh, you appear to be right. I didn't think I had changed that setting but I must have when I was setting up the game.
I had played a game before this one where I had successfully made a computer sovereign a vassal and they were resolute right up to having one town left. Ah well...

@Neonivek: I have been playing through all the battles manually because, yes, the total war games have made me rather wary of auto-resolve, especially when it seems to decide that archers are perfect front line soldiers. I'm not sure how the game measures my military strength, or even if that is any different from my faction power score.

[Sheb]

The fact that you've just taken a couple cities guarded by army that had twice your attack and 4 time your defence tell me the game doesn't evaluate army power accurately.

[shadenight123]

Even the 'before' of fallen enchantress (elemental vanilla) had the same problem.
I mean...it must tell something when you have Defenders beating 'enemies' with an attack power of 89, right? I mean...
I think some more tinkering should be done on the diplomacy...but it's always an 'edgy' subject with the Ais...unless a game is heavily centered on it.

[Mech#4]

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@People wondering about attack/defence power levels:

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Let's play: Explain that stat! ::Yaaay::

In the above picture we'll be looking at the stats given for Lady Irane's army. We see that unit count is 4. This explains itself as they have 4 units.
Next is Attack which equals 133. You'll have to take my word for this as you don't have the benefit of scroll overs. Anyway, by scrolling over the unit pictures in the column to the right I can see this:
Lady Irane: Attack = 21.2
Lisbeth: Attack = 7.5
Spear Maidens: Attack = 64.2
Kingsward: Attack = 39.6
Added all together and we get 132.5 rounded up to 133 attack

Defense is the same:
Lady Irane: Defense = 161
Lisbeth: Defense = 42
Spear Maidens: Defense = 168
Kingsward: Defense = 77
Total = 448 defense.
NOTE: The numbers for the Spear maidens and Kingsward are x3 because there are 3 models within one unit. So one Spear maiden model has 21.4 attack and 56 defense.

So, while the attack and defense stats are accurate for the units in the army, they do not take into account magical damage (which is all etheral anyway as the spells don't really exist until they're cast) which is a major componant of my armies damage output. Kallus Hairto alone is able to deal ~70 fire damage with a single firedart while Alexan can deal 20 fire damage x number of enemies caught in the fireball.
Though I'm not sure why it's saying my army has 7 in it. It does have 7, but only if you count the 3 mages which it apparently doesn't do for the enemy otherwise they would have 8 units.

Anyway. Blah blah blah. Stuff and numbers. BORING!

[Neonivek]

It isn't even just magic it doesn't take into account.

There is dodge, extra attacks, criticals, and resistance. I means as far as heros are concerned you should completely ignore battle value.

Is battle value used for anything other then to give you the player an incredibly inaccurate way to measure strength?

Also Mech#4... BOOOO!! Getting our hopes up just to dash it!

[IronyOwl]

Just got around to reading this recently. Very nice.

Also inspired me to play Warlock some more, so that's nice also.

[Mech#4]

@Neonivek: To be honest I don't really pay much attention to the battle values when choosing to fight something. From my experience, trained units from the factions never get up to wild monster levels of difficulty, generally because they lack a lot of the more nasty abilities. Dragons are fearsome because they can breathe fire and knock all of your troops down, while our Brood of Calebethon (or something) are nasty because they have nice armour (once we research it) and do a bit more damage when they're injured.
It sounds a bit unfair to the game, but monsters are often the bigger threat then the other factions. Which makes sense since Elemental is so hostile to life, but so far I haven't seen Civilization IV style multiple stacks of armies, which for me is a tad disappointing but also means I'm not having to deal with constant waves of enemies and I don't like that much.

As for the last part, YEP! I love doing that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6gzOcTNKwE

Dateup!

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