Kreu2009
Sergeant
I played the game for 128 hours.
Thats quite a lot already. With many games it would be completely normal to move on now.
Taking a break is what im going to do. At least until the next update.
So here is my feedback. (Played the beta on highest difficulty.)
I think the game has a lot potential but right now it has some flaws. (I know its early access btw).
The reason why i need a break is because how repetitive the main gameplay loop is.
Its the exact same issue i had with warband.
You get soldiers you level them up by fighting, repeat. Thats it.
The problem is the fights are most of the time not challenging at all and they happen way to often.
To give an example here is my last gameplay session.
I was a vassal of Vlandia. My faction was already pretty strong. When we where suddenly at war with Batania, Sturgia and Khuzait i finally expected some intense moments.
All i did the entire war was defending my villages against an endless stream of attackers.
I defeated a lord, sold him and one day later he was back agains. I fought approximately 40 battles and not a single one was fun.
In all battles together i maybe lost 35 soldiers. Everytime i was just slaughtering some recruits.
So these are the problems:
1.To many battles. Lords "recover" to fast from a defeat. That basically forces you to execute them.
2. Battles are not challenging enough. Enemy soldiers are almost always low tier units even from the stronger factions.
3. Losing soldiers is to big of a problem. Even if i could get some challenging battles, I will most of the time avoid them, because i would have to go throug the grind of leveling troops up again. Doesn't mather how much money i already have there is no way around the grind.
4. No other ways to get mid or hight tier troops but by fighting.
5. Not enough to do besides fighting.
Some of these problems are "easy" to solve some not.
More side quests that challenge you with someting else than fighting, some rewarding you with mid tier troops would already help with point three, four and five.
Point one and two are more tricky because tweaking them could make faction snowballing worse.
But in the end i think a solution needs to be found.
Thats quite a lot already. With many games it would be completely normal to move on now.
Taking a break is what im going to do. At least until the next update.
So here is my feedback. (Played the beta on highest difficulty.)
I think the game has a lot potential but right now it has some flaws. (I know its early access btw).
The reason why i need a break is because how repetitive the main gameplay loop is.
Its the exact same issue i had with warband.
You get soldiers you level them up by fighting, repeat. Thats it.
The problem is the fights are most of the time not challenging at all and they happen way to often.
To give an example here is my last gameplay session.
I was a vassal of Vlandia. My faction was already pretty strong. When we where suddenly at war with Batania, Sturgia and Khuzait i finally expected some intense moments.
All i did the entire war was defending my villages against an endless stream of attackers.
I defeated a lord, sold him and one day later he was back agains. I fought approximately 40 battles and not a single one was fun.
In all battles together i maybe lost 35 soldiers. Everytime i was just slaughtering some recruits.
So these are the problems:
1.To many battles. Lords "recover" to fast from a defeat. That basically forces you to execute them.
2. Battles are not challenging enough. Enemy soldiers are almost always low tier units even from the stronger factions.
3. Losing soldiers is to big of a problem. Even if i could get some challenging battles, I will most of the time avoid them, because i would have to go throug the grind of leveling troops up again. Doesn't mather how much money i already have there is no way around the grind.
4. No other ways to get mid or hight tier troops but by fighting.
5. Not enough to do besides fighting.
Some of these problems are "easy" to solve some not.
More side quests that challenge you with someting else than fighting, some rewarding you with mid tier troops would already help with point three, four and five.
Point one and two are more tricky because tweaking them could make faction snowballing worse.
But in the end i think a solution needs to be found.