Leveling up yourself and your heroes seems to make the game easier, but isn't needed to win any of them. I'd like to see (hopefully in a Protector V) maps where leveling is needed to finish some maps. I'd also like to see maps where having hard hitting units isn't simply the best way to go.
Maps where money is tight, making cheaper units a good option. Maps where the spawn have high armor and a lot of time before exiting; making poison better.
Then add in scouting information about the map itself, showing a tiny picture, and giving some general comments about strengths and weaknesses of the area. Are you going to need a unit with range 3? Is melee extra strong for some reason? Do all the creatures seem to have some resistance to magic? What level range of hero/general combination is suggested?
Since melee can't hit fliers there need to be more maps where melee is really worth it despite the few waves of fliers, or more maps without any fliers.
Sorry for the vagueness. I had been playing for a while after starting the new game before I tried to save. I had tried refreshing the browser, with no change to the status of the continue and save as buttons. The strangeness occurred after I closed the browser and tried 'Continue' after reopening it.
Okay, the autosave didn't work as well as I thought. It started by showing the correct ship in the correct station, but when I attempted to move my ship disappeared, and I got back the first ship and was at the starting station when I hit 'M' I still have all my character skills, weapons and engines, and the stats along the bottom of the screen are listed as they were, but I'm flying at the starting speed again. I also have the Save As and Continue options available again.
I was playing and can no longer save my game. I had hit new game a few times to start over without saving, now when I bring up the options window Save As and Continue are dimmed and don't do anything when I click on them. The Option button (in the upper right corner of the main window) won't close the options window either, but 'O' does. Luckily the autosave lets me come back so long as I don't start a new game again.
I love the free-form game. I do have to say that starting with a cobra is kind of annoying though, you have nothing remotely equal to upgrade to for a long while, but I think that's just a bug. I do wish there was a way to build a small fleet of ships and store them somewhere when I'm flying the small ones.
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