Disatisfied with Random system

[vicheron]

My problem with the game is that it's too random. A shop can either have no items or it can have three super powerful artifacts. Why can't it just have between 1 to 3 items, worth a total of at least 50,000 gold and at most 80,000 gold?

[jake21]

My current problem is my level 23 warrior (on hard) is having a heck of the time. His leadership is 15K (kind of low) and he is about to turn level 24 and won't be getting more leadership (I leveled but then loaded an older save).

The problem is I'm not quite strong enough to advance the story line or kill the few remaining critters left and there isn't much i can do to improve my strength at this point so it is unlikely i will finish (all that is left are the dragons in elven/undead land and rescuing the queen's soul.

[Juha76]

Random troops,items,monsters and spells make this game bit special. I don`t think i would play it again after i finnish it, if there was no random stuff. On my warrior, i had no royal snakes, but on my mage, i have tons of them. They are everywhere. This just makes game so much better. For me at least.

[Zhuangzi]

The randomness really adds to the replayability. In my third game I have found items I have never seen before (Banner of True Faith, and a demon headgear thing that you pay $10,000 to upgrade). Plus, a complete absence of Griffins this time. It's amazing! So I use something else instead. There will be Griffins from the Griffin king but I haven't got to that quest yet.

Plus there is randomness in the distribution of spells. I was very happy to find Ice Snake in Freedom Isles, but I can't see Hypnosis or Phantom anywhere.

[Sandsai]

Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

The randomness really adds to the replayability. In my third game I have found items I have never seen before (Banner of True Faith, and a demon headgear thing that you pay $10,000 to upgrade). Plus, a complete absence of Griffins this time. It's amazing! So I use something else instead. There will be Griffins from the Griffin king but I haven't got to that quest yet.

Plus there is randomness in the distribution of spells. I was very happy to find Ice Snake in Freedom Isles, but I can't see Hypnosis or Phantom anywhere.

I believe hypnosis is gained from the pendant of iron will, a low artifact that gives +2 int, looks like a sideways number 8 pendant. Have to fight pretty low level gremlins for a scroll but well worth it. I am also having problems finding phantom image. With my warrior, however, I had phantom image at the Mage Academy and then almost every where else. Go figure...