First Week of Strat 4 - Feedback?

[Corsair831]

hahahaha teeth you need to apply for a tax rebate.

enjoy the paperwork buddy ;)

[CrazyCracka420]

I put up a bugtracker ticket...and posted on IRC a lot...there's still one MAJOR problem with strat...you can click on a fief across the map and see the information for it...please remove this and put it back to last strat where you need to be close to see the fief's information...I shouldn't be able to click on fiefs 150,000 meters away and find out exactly where to go to sell my goods for the best price, and then where to buy nearby...I hope this isn't intended, because that's just terrible.

[Teeth]

You put those goods on a market to be sold. Can't use them any more, obviously. You can buy it back by paying the tax, though. In theory, you should be able to buy it back and ask the fief owner for a tax refund.

The tax is 1% of a 1000 times 200, so 2000. Yeah, mmh.

[KingBread]

Changes add huge dynamics to the game. I love that fiefs need to be specialized. Trading seems much better than previously. Overall strat 4 seems great

[dodnet]

Fief management is really nice and fun (well if you own a fief ), I like that the random changes were removed.

Trading and making money/recruiting is much better than previous strat, where everyone was just sitting around in a place.

The website really needs some work:
Item/equipment management:
- I would like to see the specialized items (cheaper or better than -2) in a village on first sight: Either put them into an own tab or sort them to the front of each category. The latter would be better I think.
- Please make the item stats available on the strategus site - I have to switch between cRPG market and strat site to see the stats of an item which is really uncomfortable.

Info-Tab, items in villages:
- Please show at least the level of an item next to them, I currently have 2-3 different types of items laying around in a village from -2 to 0. To see which level they are I have to transfer them to me first.
- Sort the items sortable by item type (1h, 2h, polearm...)


But overall it looks quite promising. Much better than previous Strat!

[Thovex]

This strat 4 is a huuuuge improvement over strat 3, very very well done.


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[Miwiw]

This strat 4 is a huuuuge improvement over strat 4, very very well done.

Yes, listen to him. Strat 4 is better than Strat 4.

[dodnet]

Yes, listen to him. Strat 4 is better than Strat 4.

hahaahahahahaa 

[LordBerenger]

1 Love it so far! Much, much better than S3.

2 At first, I was hesitant about splitting NA and EU, but I've warmed up immensely. The game feels fresh and new again, on the NA side at least.

Big carebear alliances that'll devour any clan that doesn't join their big alliance doesn't seem fresh to me.

[Keshian]

A lot of the changes are an improvement.  Lot less micromanagement is good.  Big issue is with voting system for castles and cities.  I understand voting for villages.  But voting for an impregnable castle or city that no one can take for months (longer than it would be for a neutral castle or city) makes it unbalanced.  I wouldn't mind removing voting system altogether as neutral defenses were some of the most epic and enjoyable fights I remember - REMEMBER TEBANDRA!!!  They also made more fighting at the beginning instead of just a bunch of transfers of ownership for people who don't care about fiefs outside their territory or were randomly assigned (I think EU had more random assignments, so not just an NA thing).

I would like to see a system where transfers were for troops above 50 rather than 100 so your 0 upkee amount was not the same as your transfer amount, but you still have some limiting factor.  100 was just too high a setting especially with its dramatic impact on move speed.

[Jarlek]

I like the higher frequency of battles (and that even unprepared defenders still have some fight in them) and the higher amount of people moving on the map.

[CrazyCracka420]

I think the -50% starting bonus for trade is too much...at 15,000 meters you're still at -17% bonus

[Lt_Anders]

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After looking at what would be optimal trade routes, TKOV has the worst optimal route(s) unless they keep at least friendly with the center. Hosp has best route chances if they can get friends in just a few places. Remnant is square perfect for trade routes from their land, while choas is close in second. So basically, the EDGES need the middle otherwise trade money is going to be scarce quick.

SO I think this new minimum need be 15km distance is perfect. Optimal is 35-45km depending on how fast you wish to return/the terrain conditions.

Strat Is way better for NA side as wars need to be fought over key points(IE the middle) and the middle factions can garner LOTS of influence with factions if they can keep safe trade routes. Now there are routes along the edges, and TKOV and HOSP can make best use of this, while KUTT and FCC get the best usage of the inner fiefs.

I prefer strat now. Way more interesting. Needs the Nerf to large empires so that small clans and randoms can put actual pressure on large empires.

[MarktpLatz]

Actually the only thing I can complain about is the appearance
Movement lines in Chrome still terribly bugged and no pictures for Faraway fiefs.
Everything else -> Great!

[Dach]

Love pretty much all the thing.

2 specific point though:

Free peaseant gear is too strong, it's better than the gear people can buy right now, that's stupid. I'm not even sure it's a good thing to only have defenders get free gear.

Also I know people didn't like the crafting thing in village, but I feel we miss something to do in village for people that don't have the time to manage moving their character on the map all the time. It doesn't need to be a good bonus but at least give me more option!