My Let's Play, Featuring Bugs and Normal Difficulty Being Too Difficult?

 *Still processing as of 2200 EST*

First things first, you'll see two enemies enter and remain in the same tile during combat. That's been happening since Fallen Enchantress.

Then you'll see me use the Forest Claiming spell that ends up creating a briar bush on top of an enemy army, thus making it impossible to attack.

Then you'll see me flounder a bit as the difficulty feels a bit over the top. I was fine in Beta 3 and now I got my ASS HANDED TO ME in Beta 4.

That's partially because of my bad luck with the Forest Claiming spell, but overall it felt like there were far too many armies coming at me. Plus, there were some insanely tough armies just outside my starting town. That's not fun.

Also, the new quest screens are great, but there are some grammatical/spelling errors there *The Imperial Remnant referred to me as an outside, instead of an outsider) and the text box is far too small for the screen, especially when I'm having to scroll down on most quests. That text box, and the text, could do with being a bit bigger, don't you think?

I'll keep playing and adding bug reports here.

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Oh, and a crash to desktop, too.

Video is up and running in 1080p!

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Good report.  I'll be doing some balance tuning this weekend.  There's a ton of new systems in that are really a challenge to get the right pacing in.

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Thanks, Brad! Don't tell Paul this, but SK is my favorite between it and GC3. Sort of feels blasphemous considering how many hours I sunk in to GC2, but Sorcerer King feels refreshingly different.

 

Dont get me wrong, I like a bit of difficulty. Don't "nerf" it too hard. I'd much rather be challenged than steamroll.

Also, the new enchantment system has a great deal of pontential!! Super excited to see how it's finally implemented!