Posted April 10, 2025
This game is awesome, even in current unfinished state. I can't wait for the finished product!
I don't know what features are being planned for the final release, but here's my priority list:
1. CASTLE BUILDER! Even if it's just purely cosmetic. I want to design and build an awesome looking castle.
2. CASTLE DEFENCE. Currently, the towers are supposed to let archers shoot out of them, but this doesn't work. Hopefully, castle siege mechanics are in the works. I want to be able to garrison troops on the walls and towers, and walls + gates should do something useful. This leads to my next point:
3. CASTLE SIEGES. I want to build trebuchets that can destroy the walls. I want solders storming the walls with ladders and knocking down the gates with a battering ram. I want to send raiding parties to steal supplies and burn down villages. This leads to my next point:
4. ENEMY SETTLEMENTS. Right now, the enemy doesn't even have a village. They should have a village, and that village should have a castle, and I should be able to besiege that castle and either starve them out or storm the castle. If the enemy doesn't have a castle, then I either need to destroy all their troops or occupy their territory with superior army size for 90 days. If they manage to field a bigger army, then count down resets, thus incentivizing me to attack rather than sit and wait.
5. QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS. This is a catch-all for UI improvements, tutorials, bug fixes and things that make it easier to manage a village and the logistics.
So to summarize, I think CASTLES should be the NUMBER ONE priority. Everything else is secondary. Additional perks for settlement upgrades etc are nice and all... but nothing would make the game more awesome than CASTLES.
I don't know what features are being planned for the final release, but here's my priority list:
1. CASTLE BUILDER! Even if it's just purely cosmetic. I want to design and build an awesome looking castle.
2. CASTLE DEFENCE. Currently, the towers are supposed to let archers shoot out of them, but this doesn't work. Hopefully, castle siege mechanics are in the works. I want to be able to garrison troops on the walls and towers, and walls + gates should do something useful. This leads to my next point:
3. CASTLE SIEGES. I want to build trebuchets that can destroy the walls. I want solders storming the walls with ladders and knocking down the gates with a battering ram. I want to send raiding parties to steal supplies and burn down villages. This leads to my next point:
4. ENEMY SETTLEMENTS. Right now, the enemy doesn't even have a village. They should have a village, and that village should have a castle, and I should be able to besiege that castle and either starve them out or storm the castle. If the enemy doesn't have a castle, then I either need to destroy all their troops or occupy their territory with superior army size for 90 days. If they manage to field a bigger army, then count down resets, thus incentivizing me to attack rather than sit and wait.
5. QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS. This is a catch-all for UI improvements, tutorials, bug fixes and things that make it easier to manage a village and the logistics.
So to summarize, I think CASTLES should be the NUMBER ONE priority. Everything else is secondary. Additional perks for settlement upgrades etc are nice and all... but nothing would make the game more awesome than CASTLES.