DeletedUser7370
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I would actually like to see the whole research system be much more sandbox style. Let players decide which direction they need to research next with only minimal milestone requirements. Keep the province requirement for each level of Advanced Scouts, but most other things should be any 1 of a list of other researches unlocks the new level for this category with the prior level of that specific thing being required. What I mean by that is Superior D manufactory requires Advanced D manufactory has been researched and Superior D, E, and F manufactories would require one of Superior Main Hall, Advanced Scouts 3, or Advanced Barracks; whereas Superior G, H, and I manufactories would have a different list of other requirements but G, H, and I manufactories at any level would never depend on A, B, C, D, E, or F manufactory researches. Another example would be unit promotions require the previous level for that unit and a specific level of the appropriate building, so a player might skip the training grounds and all associated units without it effecting the ability to research all the barracks units to maximum or could choose to never promote sword dancers without it affecting progression of treants. Things like City Expansion ## and Squad Size ## should only depend on having researched the previous number, they should have a small progression on KP costs, and have a sensible progression on the goods, supplies, and coins costs; those cost progressions would be enough to restrict how far a player might be able to run ahead with expansions. Nearly all the research dependencies could be eliminated and control could still be retained through the costs of goods, supplies, and coins; for example Advanced Scouts could have all research requirements beyond the previous level removed and players would still have to develop a large amount of city infrastructure to complete the provinces required for each level.Yes they give you some Treants but as you said once they are gone you are screwed until you get the Treant research at the end of Ch2 . If you aren't totally disenchanted with the battle system by then and have the available resources you might build some (although it will take some time to build sufficient number) and try again. But I fear that many are like me and have abandoned that part of the game by then. If you have given up on battle because of this issue in the early part of the game try again later on (late chapter 3 to early chapter 4) and you may find some success.
I think it would serve everyone better (the players & INNO) if something more than a few starter Treants were used as a solution. Change the opposing troops to balance against what the player can build or switch the Treants with the Training Grounds and Cerburus tech. You really don't need a new building and another light melee unit at this point. You need the heavy melee unit to balance out battles.
If it was changed that way then we might see some unique cities instead of everything being mostly the same with how it is arranged as the only major difference. Of course it would be an entirely different game.
With the current system province battles seem to require switching to negotiating after a little bit and continuing until unit promotions are in. Tournament battles are best done with fighting for the first few provinces because the costs for catering are not scaled in the same was as the battle costs. However the first province can be very bad for fighting because of the treant, golem, etc. unit size. If your tournament squad size is 9 and the battle calls for those large units you lose half your squad on the limit and that almost guarantees loss of the battles.