I think minimap needs at most 2-3 alert types, not more. Otherwise it turns into a glittering fireworks display.
1. being beacon placed by you and/or allies (duration limited to e.g. 5sec)
2. military conflicts (not sure how to detect and display this one yet)
3. something else?
I agree with Krom, we should show beacons from allies on the minimap, and units/buildings that are being attacked (most games use a flashing effect to make it obvious, e.g. a flashing red X)
I'd say a beacon, military conflicts, and a general one for stuff that needs your attention. Just one sign for all the things your buildings need. If it comes together with a message, it should be clear enough, and even if it doesn't, you can still see it pretty easily if it's just on the map.
So many Towers really destroy the game.
Same with market
Abuse market like this
for example
1 market exchange gold
2 market exchange iron
3 market exchange coal
4 market exchange stone
for weapons and food
Really great work.
I'm glad you appreciate the work Lewin and Krom did so much. Be sure to do some more of this really awesome commentary. I'm sure they'll like it.
I still don't approve of building "towers walls" making it impassible for militia to even walk/storm in at the enemy, but I do appreciate that the accuracy of towers had been decreased. But that the attack value is decreased as well is still nagging me. About the marketplace, at first I did not really like it that much. But it's actually a great addition to the K&M experience. If you had been too reckless with resources while playing online the marketplace can always back you up and prevents you from being stuck, e.g. running out of gold in early game. Besides, you can exchange gold, iron ore, gold ore, etc. for weapons and/or food, but you do forget that these actions aren't very beneficial at all. For all of the above goods are limited and exhaustible and therefore would it be very foolish to focus on trading these away, for it would only lead to your demise. The marketplace is very good in early game though, e.g. when you severely lack wood => buy trunks/planks on the market.
Uhuh. I agree. If these goods can't be exhausted, the map isn't very balanced.\
Maybe catapults will come in place here? What if we add catapults that are affective against buildings, but are weak against troops? (e.g. they take time to reload, they don't account for unit movement and their rocks will fly slowly).
Sounds like fun.
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I think it that would be good, but then the catapult got have recruits in it, and it must use stone imo.
I don't think that would be very balanced. If you don't make it too overpowered, you shouldn't have to make it use stones. It costs a lot, and if the benefits aren't too big, there's no need to let serfs cross the maps with stones, vulnerable for any enemy unit coming by, just to let the catapult do one extra shot. If the loading times are long enough, and it doesn't do too much damage, I don't think it's necessary to let it use stones.
I don't know about the recruits, though. I would be okay if it'd take one recruit to deploy one catapult, but I don't know if it's really necessary. You could also just let it require more resources.
