I've been playing this literally the entire time since it's release and i'm still enjoying this! Also had some nice multi games which are really fun.
However there are indeed some issues.
- Archers: Like Dankmar already stated, archers are killing machines so more shields are a must.
- Magic: magic becomes too much of a normal weapon. It should be something you use strategically. As for now, i can just melt entire armies and dragon utopias with dragons + castle to the ground. The spells are ok. It's not the effect they have what bothers me, rather the amount of times you can use them. I have **** loads of mana and i don't even get to use half of them in a battle. I don't know how the amount of mana you have is calculated but it's too much. I would rather go for the amount of Intelligence you have X 10. Just like in the original game.
So if you have 6 intelligence, you have 60 mana points.
- Growing strong: becoming strong is really easy. Just buy some troops and go clear your first dungeons and soon you'll have an army of archers, loads of gold and lots of skill and you're ready to get some dragons. I also noticed that you start already with a considerable amount of skills. Perhaps let the player start even weaker then in vanilla? With all mains skills on 1? And if you are a mage you'll have 4 intelligence, and if you are a warrior you start with 4 strength. Something like that.
- Dungeons: I really feel like there are too many dungeons on the map. It's full with them. Instead of having a lot of them on the map already when you start, perhaps start with NO dungeons and on the end of every day 3 are added. And instead of being removed after 30 days, lower it to 20 days or so. Otherwise it's too filled.
- Sieges: I have this issue while defending a fortress town. When the battle starts, the enemy attacks my gate with all their cav and lords. But they get killed by archers. And the rest of their army just stays near their spawn. Just like in vanilla where they would wait for their siege tower to reach the walls. They just keep standing there getting killed by my archers. As soon as their reinforcements arrive, their newly-arrived cavalry immediately goes total Leeroy Jenkins and charge my gate and, obviously, die. Even if i break my own gate, they still don't charge.
I do hope these issues will get fixed in later versions. But even now, the mod still really nice.