Awesome game, Would love to see a third one, I'd like the ability to choose wheather to fight alongside your troops or just command them, RTS style, Just as a change as the usual combat system did get quite repetative after a bit.
As for the town leaders, try to get the Thanatos Rune (I think that's what it was called :S) The more armor enemies have the more damage your weapon deals to them, really helped me with the Badge!
whatever you guys do, dont click the take a course online when you get the computer, he takes a flash game designer course and yells at you for ruining his social life then suicides