I'm enjoying this game very much, especially the fact that there is much in the area that you're in that is just too strong to tackle right away.. Well, of course you can always try, which is so exciting! I dived right into Impossible level (Mage) at my first game, and it's just plain fun to see how deep you can get into an area full of way too strong enemies.
But here's what I miss:
- Battle replay saving! To relive your sheer genious when you DO tackle that ridiculously strong army would be so nice. And to share it of course. Perhaps put them online on fan sites, elections of replay of the day / week etc. You could get a community going...
- Style bonuses: It would be great to see some influence on character development through your battle tactics style. For instance:
- Do you fight efficiently? E.g. High kills vs. losses ratio, or damage dealt vs. damage taken ratio
- What is your main damage dealer: Magic casting / magic scrolls / rage / melee / ranged?
- Are you an odds breaker? Do you often battle stronger armies (and emerge victorious)
- Are you a FAST killer? Charge into battle and finish it in 1 or 2 turns?
- Are you an enhancer, using many support spells and abilities?
- Are you a 'populist' or an 'elitist'? (using armies of low or high level creatures)
I can imagine different 'style' bars being filled up by such behaviour, and when full, granting you special bonuses, like one-time-use special abilities you can use in those extra hard battles, such as:
- 'Charge!': All units + 1 movement in the first turn (because you have trained killing the enemy FAST)
- 'Luck': Selecting a 'lucky' unit, which gets a chance to evade attacking this battle (because you have battled so many stronger opponents)
- 'Fast reading': Use two scrolls in one round (because you have read so many in previous battles).
- 'Power to the people': Morale bonus for low level units for this battle (because you used low level creatures so often)
- 'Bow, maggots!': Morale penalty for enemy low level creatures (because you mostly used superior, high level units)
There are many ways to implement this, I could go on and on
Oh and, I would like online battling with a ladder system. A bit like warcraft 3, where you gain levels as you win battles, getting more experience against higher levels.
Well, that's my 2 cents!
What do you think?