for those having the second town's population disappear, I had the same issue. Once I beat the Gate quest there and reloaded (after saving in 1st town) 3 or 4 times, the people in the second village reapeared.
very glad they finally made another game like Hands. I like the skill tree's (even if the concept has been done to death and ranger/wander and mage seem to have been majorly gimped), but this one drags its butt on my comp like a dog with a bad case of worms. turned graphics down and sounds off, doesnt help much. I need a better comp :(
4/5 sofar, subject to change im hoping higher...
Ranger, Work, Training.Construction until item, Stablehand, Night Guard, Dragon Tamer (shouldnt need to bother with the last at this point).Study Combat to 3 and Theology to 3 (this will max defence and enemies will miss most of the time). Always trade up items and rest in the forrest holiday when you can afford it, alwasy trade up items when able.
still not workin, now even after selling off the sneezing; borders, shipyards and airports still closing down one right after another, on day 37....this just isnt workin. Gonna try again l8r
Following tip-started madagascar entire population infected by day 28. Day 32 desease finally escapes madagascar to n. america and e. europe, same time, cuba closes borders....mucho lamo!
wow, went back to level 5 just to build some easy xp, 2 minutes into the battle the comp spawns 9 clerics and a half dozen archers at once....think there's still some bugs need worked out on this one...
Ditekuz, you are mistaken. Comp will spawn highend units with greater allacrity longer into the battle without ever takign anyn damage-though this may not be the case in every stage, it is so in evey one i have check it on.
tried the hobbit spam bit that some have been suggesting lately, just to see if it'd work, as i suspected it did not. hobbit rush meets wall of arrows, didnt even damage enemy catle.
HeXraY. I dont have any issue with the difficulty, as there is little in that regard on this game in the series, but unlike the others, u have to buy the ability to upgrade and unlock units to buy in the battle and the amount of mana it takes to do so, especially in latter levels takes a long freaking time, the slow trickle of enemy units doesnt help in that regard either. Example: I played through and beat (all skills maxed, defeated The End) EW1 with about 3 hours of play; In this game I have not played a level that has taken at least near an hour to beat, just because the mana charge and inbattle upgrades.
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