Logic Artists posted a new dev diary entry revealing upcoming improvements for the legion battle system. As said in the last Twitch stream, this will not be included in the next patch but later.
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Expeditions: Rome - Dev Diary #18 - Battle Improvements
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The legion battles are a bit odd. Through the first 2 Acts, I don't think I have ever come close to losing a battle. Even when I've picked a commander with less experience and fewer specialities, choosing stratagems simply because I haven't used them before, winning has still been quite easy.
The only real challenge to it, has been reaching that "1200" limit, where the enemy army doesn't retreat but is instead completely destroyed.
Lol, I kind of wish they had done it like this instead:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/centurion-defender-of-rome/screenshots/gameShotId,41473/
If my memory is correct, in that old game the battles were decently challenging.
The only real challenge to it, has been reaching that "1200" limit, where the enemy army doesn't retreat but is instead completely destroyed.
Lol, I kind of wish they had done it like this instead:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/centurion-defender-of-rome/screenshots/gameShotId,41473/
If my memory is correct, in that old game the battles were decently challenging.
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Yes, and the dilemma - should we chase them or celebrate and regain some morale?
My difficulty in act 1 was keeping the army experience, which first increased but went back to zero no matter what stratagems were used. In act 2 it doesn't seem to be a problem anymore.I'm happy with the idea of a simple battle system instead of something more complex with moving pieces and so on, but I'm glad they intend to clarify the system because it was confusing.
I hope they'll clarify the tactical combat at some point, crafting items feels like groping in the dark with all the parameters. For example, the base damage shown on the weapons is meaningless, yet it's used in the comparison.
Yes, and the dilemma - should we chase them or celebrate and regain some morale?
I'm happy with the idea of a simple battle system instead of something more complex with moving pieces and so on, but I'm glad they intend to clarify the system because it was confusing.
I hope they'll clarify the tactical combat at some point, crafting items feels like groping in the dark with all the parameters. For example, the base damage shown on the weapons is meaningless, yet it's used in the comparison.
With the "morale issue", I worked my legion up to around 90-110 morale and then I just tried to keep it somewhat steady at that level. Not really sure if that level is ideal or not but it certainly seems to work.
I have no issues with a simple legion-combat system either, as long as it's entertaining.
I feel kind of curious what that "Abstract Roman Game" would have been like. Or alternatively, if they had resolved it with something similar to "Gwent" from TW3. That might have been fun as well.
Crafting and inventory management could certainly do with some improvements.
I'm not even sure if it's possible to check what some resource like "naphta" or "weighted blades" are useful for, unless you're already at your camp in the crafting interface. Although, it's possible that I just missed where to look for that info.
Anyway, I'm really eager to see what changes they manage to fit into this big patch.
I didn't find that either, I think it's just meant to work the other way by telling us what is required from what we want to craft. I bought a few blades guessing it would be useful but it's not usual to proceed like this in games.
Logic Artists like to let the players find out a few things on their own, which is nice... in general.
Someone will surely write a guide eventually.
Since there is not much to buy in the game and money is easy to come by, you should always buy everything that is on offer (especially anything equipment). So far there was nothing useless.