Generals disscusion

Most of us here are Android players, no surprise as to why there aren't instant replies.

All the hype,yet,we still don't know whether this game is p2w or what?
I say keep your wallet in a safe place,until we know better.😁

Here is what I think of it. As Android user I still don't have the game and thus can misjudge some things, but I think we have a game here very similar to WC4 in many respects.

1. Farming will be difficult at least at the start. We all remember WC4 daily Invasions. Before we could unlock wonders rewards for those invasions and daily missions were laughable.

2. It is one step towards p2w game, but with some patience it will be possible to advance through the game without spending real many. Some ideas are very dubious. Generals' skills can be upgraded only up to lvl 4 and you need to buy things to reach lvl 5. I understand that the main aim of ET (as of every other company) is the profit, but I am sure there are many ways to achieve this without putting ftp players down. Skills of generals are the principle feature of the game, and to make a dividing line between those who are willing to pay and other players in this respect is a mistake, in my opinion.

3. Some things deteriorated from WC4 and EW6. We don't have famous generals' missions, or famous battles (like we have in Domination and Challenge modes in WC4 and EW6 respectively). Maybe, they will add a new content in the future, as it was the case in other games.
The number of skills is reduced to 4, thus making our choice of generals very limited. Again, we have tons of useless generals.

4. There are many new features, though, and some of them seem to be interesting. So, this game is definitely worth playing despite some questionable decisions.

1. In EW4 and EW6 the player can decide the pace of his progress. It is difficult, yes, but players have the whole process under control. In EW5 rewards for daily missions were quite good and with a little effort it was possible to reach a decent amount per day. In WC4, though, daily missions were the only one repeatable way to get medals. And you can do nothing about it, even if your interest is high. In comparison to WC4 GCR don't have such missions like "wipe out" etc and anything similar to Domination battles. That makes players' options more limited.

2. Please
Do you remember Napoleonic code and similar items in EW6? If those items worked properly it could be a gold mine, because many players with great pleasure would spend real money to save their time. No-one likes farming and additional means to avoid it is a good decision.
Another option is the number and quality of IAP generals. As you perfectly know yourself some of IAPs were hardly better than an average general in Academy. In my opinion it was a very dubious decision. Those who are willing to spend must have best generals for their money. If in EW6 IAP generals were: Blucher, Napoleon, Nelson, Suvorov (with Intercept instead of Inspiration and Counterattack instead of Mountain fighting) and Wellington (with aura instead of any of his skill) - it could boost their income without changing anything in the game itself. So my proposal is to make profit by making IAPs better and not by making the rest of generals worse

3. I mean the difference between generals is too great (and too obvious, to say the truth). As you remember in EW5 the third of generals had a chance to be in someone's final lineup. Even bronze (grey in EW5) generals had a chance. Jhansi, for example. Did it make them faceless? I don't think so. I like when there are many ways to success, not the only (and obvious) one.

1. Well, we are both still in the darkness to some extent, and you were right by saying that it is early to judge.
But I simply can't understand why so reliable decisions like "famous generals' missions" or "Empire/Domination/Challenge missions" were abandoned in GCR.

In EW5 there were other interesting skills as well, Plunder (and the analogues one), for example, or Braveness. Give it to a weak general and he is not weak anymore. It doesn't make him great by itself, but he has a chance...

2. And what if this item is not questionable, but a quite reliable one? Let's say 10-15% of success. And you can simply replay some interesting previous missions or easy conquests using it? Would you reject to buy it? I think they underestimate the potential of such items.

I'm happy that IAPs are strong now my criticism was that they have talents others don't have. It is unfair to some extent. Blucher was the best general in EW6 without having unique exclusive skills. But again it is still early to judge because some other talents can be not so bad after all.

3. Yes, I agree. EW5 approach was unique in some sense, but, again, it could be used in other games as well. Just give some decent skills to second and third tier generals and they could be potentially usable. Variety and different combinations of skills can be very interesting. For example, give to Philip Forest fighting (instead of useless Maneuver) and he could become an interesting candidate right away. Simply because there are too many cavalry generals with Plain fighting and a combination of Philip's skills is suddenly a very potent one. And it doesn't disturb the balance in the slightest, I think...

Well, let's find out, then