Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

[Martok]

Incidentally, it sounds like Stardock might actually have their next fantasy 4x out sometime in the next 2-3 years, which is sooner than I was anticipating.  (I was honestly certain we wouldn't see anything until at least 2025/2026.)  The source was from someone who can't say more than that because they're under an NDA, so I'm taking the info with a grain of salt for the time being, but here's hoping! 

[bob48]

Every time this game is on sale, I resolve to buy it, but somehow, I never do.

[Martok]

There is a big Stardock sale going on right now...   

[bob48]

Installing it now 

[bbmike]

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this one. 

[bob48]

I'm just looking at the tutorials at present - I like what I've seen thus far 

[thecommandtent]

So this past week, I made a few tweaks to my usual setup for when starting a new campaign.  Thus far, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much it's improved my enjoyment of this game. 


1.)  Toning down enemy strength.  After years of being stubborn about it, I swallowed my pride and decreased the strength of enemies all the way down to "Beginner".  (Note: this only affects creatures & peoples in the untamed wild-lands between the civilized nations that are beginning to (re)establish themselves -- it does not affect the army strength of the other Kingdoms & Empires.)  Doing so has made it much easier to level up my Sovereign and the Heroes he's recruited. 

Next campaign, I think I'm going to increase their difficulty to "Easy" (the setting in between Beginner and Normal) and see how that goes.  I may also increase the amount of enemies in the game, so that I can farm more of that sweet, sweet XP.   


2.)  Playing on smaller maps.  This is a fairly radical departure for me, as I typically prefer playing 4x games on the largest map sizes available.  Sure, it means the late/end-game tends to be tedious (since you're also usually having to manage a sprawling empire with tons of cities/colonies), but I love the "epic" feel of those big maps so much, that I generally consider it a fair trade-off.  Realistically, however, I often run out of steam on big maps before achieving full victory, which is obviously frustrating (particularly as I've gotten older). 

Given that, combined with the fact that I rarely shoot for a "total conquest" victory anyway, made me realize that perhaps a smaller map might actually be a better fit,  especially in FE:LH -- I prefer to win by completing either the Master Quest or the Spell of Making.  I'm currently playing on a Medium-sized map, and am definitely having a better experience so far.  Simply seeing how much smaller the world is has given me more patience & willingness to actually play the campaign through to the end.  Next time, I plan to try an even smaller map to see how that goes. 


3.)  Trying out different factions other than my usual favorites.  Prior to this week, I'd pretty much only played Kingdoms in my campaigns, with only the occasional tinkering around with Empires.  Now, however, I'm finally getting into the Empires in a big way, and damn are they fun!  Death magic is awesome.   

Playing as the Empire of Resoln in particular has been a blast thus far; their army roster includes lesser elementals and some of the giant spiders.  It's great to have some of these bastards on my side for a change. 

You are tempting me to redownload this on steam and give it another try....

[Martok]

I'm just looking at the tutorials at present - I like what I've seen thus far 

Cool!  Just give a holler if you have any questions.   

You are tempting me to redownload this on steam and give it another try....

DO IT!! 

[bob48]

 

[thecommandtent]

You are tempting me to redownload this on steam and give it another try....

DO IT!! 

....... DLing now...

Hopefully it runs on my laptop

[Martok]

Excellent.    Fingers crossed for you! 

[bob48]

Its proving to be be a very enjoyable game 

[bbmike]

Bob, are you playing the campaign or in sandbox mode?

[bob48]

I have just started a campaign, but I may leave it and go sandbox to get a bit more experience with the game first.

[bbmike]

No right answer, I was just curious. I've only ever played sandbox. In fact, if a game offers sandbox I'll always play that instead. I don't think I've ever played through ANY 4x game campaign.