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5 has some nice improvements/bug fixes. One thing that still bugs me that I never mentioned. In the trade turn I expect the “Finish” button in response to a trade offer to prevent further offers from that color AI in that round, and “Reject” to deny that offer but allow other offers. Both buttons behave as “Reject” it’s quite annoying having to reject half a dozen or more trade offers from the same color AI each turn in late game.

I have a question. For Kings of Conquest. I understand the idea of only restraining direct production of a unit type when one of that unit type is already present on the particular square, but why don’t the computers also have to follow this rule? Similarly it seems like the “fog of war” “feature” would only harm humans while the computers are immune to such visual penalties, unless of course it is somehow built into the coding to stop them from “seeing” it also. Regardless, it would be nice if the owner could at least see his own “fogged” unit (or whatever it is that happens to be “fogged”). I have to say though, the game is absolutely great and I can’t understand how it could possibly receive anything less than four from someone who actually played it. I personally liked the diving right into combat and figuring it out, but I bet the game’s rating would significantly improve if you included a tutorial, some sort of campaign, etc. It has one of the best replay values of any game on the site, and though similar to risk, it is a unique game in its own right.

hey man, sorry it took so long to say this, but i dont read my whispers so i didnt see what you wrote to me, i want to apologize for what i said, i said it in anger and i didnt mean it. I understand that its hard making games and i thank you for making the games that youve made so far, honestly i love every one of them and you are one of my favorite game makers.So sorry for being a hater and i look forward to playing your games :D

yepp i thought it were to much to control, didn’t leave any fun. I believe you found it funny and that’s totally ok! People have different tastes and approaches, that is part of the beauty of mankind.
So I really don’t understand why you actually would take your time (away from playing), come up with something catchy and not so nice and then write that on my profile?!? If you can’t take critics, maybe you shouldn’t post your games on a public site.
I just told you why I didn’t like the game, and then it is up to you to make changes or ignore that -nothing more.

The quick start works fine don’t change it. I had misunderstood a comment you made and not tried it. You said it used the same map and i thought that meant it would use the same map it generated last time and not regenerate when I tested it it generated a new map. Player creation when not quick starting could use default and remembered settings 12 clicks to set up 4 players is alot.

I just duped my king and lost my horse. I used my horse to pick up the king and a weapon from the territory it was in moved to a territory adjacent to the one i was attacking dropped the king and then attacked. After the battle I had a king where i dropped it and a king in the captured territory but no horse in the captured territory. I also captured a battleship in the fight. I normally do not dupe kings when doing that move but I’ve seen the AI do it before I’m wondering if the captured battleship is the key.

IMO right now the biggest change the game would benefit from is streamlining the interface. Right now it takes too much clicking especially starting a game the players screen should start with a default set of players and the players and map screens should remember your last settings and use them as default next game. When generating maps filling in lakes could be an automatic step instead of waiting for a click and something should be done to make map generation more efficient if the number of tiles in the grid can’t be increased maybe reduce the number of tiles used by each territory for medium/large maps. During game play have the game automatically move on when you can’t do anything like development if you can’t build anything. A fast mode would also be nice where resources are distributed instantly each turn battle results take less time and the AI is more instant in many of it’s actions. Making the war room always available would also be good I don’t know how many times I’ve partially done an action then had to back out of it to check forces or stockpiles. Better would be separate direct always available buttons for those 2 actions. A more streamlined interface would be a convenience for repeat players and might get more people that try it to play through. As a separate thought having in game tips that during a normal game that can be toggled from the the war room or pregame config(a saved setting so you don’t have to turn them off every time) might help ease new players into the game.

So I played KoC2. Now that I can understand what is happening (The tutorial was very helpful, and extremely useful) I can see why you say that it’s a deep strategy game. Now, I guess you could say that I like it. There are just a couple of things though (please don’t kill me for giving constructive criticism) I had to frequently remind myself what the resources were called when I saw something like this: I 3 C 2 T 4 G 7. I got a little confused which was which. Also, if it is of no use to upgrade your portal beyond level 10, then why make it seem in the tutorial that you can? Anyway, I hope that this feedback helps.

Kings of Conquest has a lot of promise but needs to have several things improved. I am not a programer but am a fan of games like yours. These are my suggestions would improve the game
-A display that showes each players recources, magic, territories, and cities at all times
-A display in each territory that shows it’s force count
-On the buttons to conjure and create show what each costs
-If the player doesn’t have the resources to create something have that button dim instead of just not being there.
-A list of each stage in the order with the current one highlighted or with a pointer on it.
-During trading it would be nice if the menu didn’t reset if an offer is rejected
I understand that doing these kind of things will take a while and I don’t think the game needs outstanding graphics. In order to play the game competently the player has to remember what resources are required build everything and what each player’s resources are. While some people are going to make the effort most are not and will play for a few minutes, give it a bad rating and move on.
I look forward to future updates