Recent content by Simn

Hi, I don't like the current FF screen because I keep failing to retain overview of what's going on with all these different points, and the horizontal scrolling along with the huge heads doesn't help much. I'd love to have an overview screen, summarizing all five point bars and focussing on...

This isn't even true, at least not for my version, see attachments. Screen 1: REF before declaration. Screen 2: REF units in the New World after declaration. Screen 3: REF after declaration.

The pedia is misleading regarding the strength attribute. Every human unit (that's basically everything but ships and siege weapons) has zero strength, assumingly because it is related to the unit itself. A Veteran Soldier who doesn't have the soldier job doesn't have any strength, same with the...

Isn't that why everyone came? ;) Gold is represented by treasures, so that should be okay. At the moment, the different resources aren't exactly different as the supply/demand mechanic doesn't seem to have much influence. I never found myself thinking "Wow, coats are expensive at the moment...

I think the cross problem in the endgame is tied to the REF balancing and time limit problems. Crosses could actually be pretty useful after independence, being converted into bells or hammers. With the current Zergrush WoI, it's hard to run any preachers after declaring though, because you need...

You mentioned sacrificing a town, but you didn't really emphasize the effect. With your cannons gaining +100% attack against settlements, they turn out to be the strongest land unit you can achieve. Thus sacrificing your eastmost town, then retaking it with a bunch of cannons and repeating the...

Being not too fond of war in build simulations in general, I approved that at first. By now I'm starting to dislike the missing tactics possibilities due to limited unit variation. The hard-implemented outnumbering during the War of Independence yearns for some way to be offsetted by decent...

It does not. The whole point is that - even at easy mode - you'll get your ass handed to you by the homeland's REF (Really Exaggerated Forces) if you start generating bells too soon. That and the fact that you don't even know what you're doing wrong (unless you're reading an internet forum about...