The Grand Nova Aetas Survey
1) What feature ingame do you like mostly and why?
I like the kingdom management it just makes me feel so powerful but i wish it had
more depth instead of just talking to certain council members.
2) Which of places below haven't you seen yet? And how do you like these places?
- All town street scenes of of Swadia, Vaegirs and Sarranids -I love them, they are great (though the church or mosque dissapears sometimes)
- Temple of Minerva nope
- Great Aqueduct nope
- Drachenburg nope
- Beacons nope
- Uxkhal nope
- All 3 jungles nope
- All 4 New World special places nope
- Tower of Istmur nope
- Both ruins and restored ruins of Calrad Capital nope
- All 6 house interiors of both plain / desert cultures yep and they're great just wish they had a purpose
- All 7 thronerooms nope
- Both 2 caves nope
- All 5 temple places (church, shrine, synagogue) nope
- All 3 resource gathering places i wish they had more resources especially the quarry
- All 3 townhall scenes yep, they're great
- Grand Basilica of the Pope nope
3) How do you like the New World and its features? (bugs excluded)
It's a very cool aspect but at this point i don't find it occupying me i am usually held up in calradia (in war)
4) What do you think of overall balance between factions in Calradia? Who is the most powerful in
your game? And who is relatively quick defeated?
I think the balance is a problem, the rhodoks advance the quickest but the swadians are the most powerful, while the nords are defeated and everyone fights
the sarranids
5) Did the Turguhn Horde terrify you? And did they take atleast 7 towns/castles? Were they beaten quickly after appearing?
No, They popped up and occupied all of (Western i think) sarranids and khergits, no they just made peace and became like a benign empire
6) Tell us your opinion about the new animations. Do you like them?
Yes i love them!
7) How do you experience the grand texture overhaul? New textures and realistic colours?
Haven't really noticed it...Maybe i'm not using it.
Tell us about your experience with village management? What was hard and easy? Is it balanced?
Haven't managed a village.
9) And town management?
There wasn't any town management beyond the native game...
10) And kingdom management?
I love the kingdom management! it was pretty hard though because of how much money it cost, which brings up the
issue of balance. The Cost of the kindom is immense so i lost money pretty quick especially when i only controlled a castle. Also there is
no way to put money in right away which is a flaw.
11) Did you encounter problems with customising your own personal kingdom troops?
No i didn't know how to do it.
12) Did you read the introduction on the game and religion aspects in the beginning and
the stories about Drachenburg and Uxkhal? How do you like them?
No.
13) How do you find the building system? Using timber, tools, stone and marble?
It's quite nice i like it though it needs some adjustment i wish there was a way to make slaves gather stuff. (if there is i havent found it)
14) How can we improve religion ingame? How can be make it a big deal for the player?
Make it more impactful, Impact relations with lords. Have religous wars i can join. More MUSLIM nations because i feel so lonely with the weak sarranids
15) Tell us your ingame story. Which faction did you join? Your difficulties? And how did you earn money?
I started off in the north (which i didn't like) so i recruited some men as an escort down to sarranid territory. I built a farm after a few weeks
and gathered a good chunk of men. I earned money through my farm though i don't know why seeds are so hard to find. I eventually built my castle and my kingdom was born
I had a few lords defect to me (i have no idea why they just did) and i went to war with the sarranids. They were no match for my troops, i had sarranid troops, so i took Sharizt
and the surrounding lands. But then i executed one of their nobles and everyone is at war with me, so that game is ruined because i can't fight off everyone.
16) What's your general opinion about money ingame? Is it well balanced? Are there any exploits? Is it hard to get Florins?
It's hard to get early on, No especially with kingdoms, No. Yes very hard.
17) What about the social class/noble titles system? How quick did you grow from the Lower Class to Middle
and how quick from Middle to Higher? And how quick from Higher Class to Nobility?
Have you ever reached the highest title: Archduke? Or at which title are you generally stuck?
Very slowly i was still in the low class when i built my castle and was taken immediately to monarch.
1 Do you know what these small flags are above each banner?
nope.
19) How did these culture titles like Jarl, Tumetu-iin Noyan or Barone play a role in your imagination?
Not much i did award them to my vassals it didn't do anything not even change their relation. And more often than not it didn't work.
20) Have you ever tried using Influence Points? Does it work correctly? And how often do you use them?
I don't know how.
21) Tell us your story about renting/buying/selling/renting out residents? Your first resident and more.
i bought a shack. Thought i would be able to do something. Eventually i got all the residents including town palace. And i can't do anything except walk around in them
I was really hoping for a chest, But i rented them all out.
22) Have you resurrected the Calradic Empire and become Emperor yet? If so, have you every trained Legionnaires, Centurions, Velites and Equites?
No
23) How's your farming experience?
I like it though the seeds are hard to get, but the harvest is so worth it.
24) Tell us your story of starting as apprentice and joining the Guild in a town.
It was too expensive so i never chased it and talking to people was a little buggy, so i just forgot about it.
