I miss the old popup box: "and your hero brings 2 allies..."

[Itangast]

I miss the old popup box: "and your hero brings 2 allies..."

I would be great if you could add a info box about attached allies.

Is there a price prompted while accpeting a hero? I cant remeber if there is - perhaps this should be added too

[KGB]

Itangast,

The pop up window for a new hero does include the price. It also mentions the number of allies the hero comes with (from 1-5). That information is in small lettering at the top of the pop up box. I overlooked it for a long time myself.

So perhaps it should be in larger/bolder font.

What I do wish is that it showed which allies the hero was bringing so I could reject heroes bringing allies I didn't want. At the moment I can only reject heroes with 1 ally.

KGB

[piranha]

I've been looking for that too and I haven't even found it .

Will fix that for beta 3.

[SnotlinG]

The hero doesnt mention what kind of allies he/she brings on purpose

But maybe I should change this in case people thinks it would make more sense?
For me I think its a bit fun that you dont know exactly what you get for the money

[KGB]

SnotlinG,

DLR showed the allies that came with the hero. Warlords 1/2 didn't.

So it's really just a preference. I don't mind either way.

I just wanted to be able to reject those hero offers that come with the crappy Elemental when that hero is a LONG way from the front line and it would take forever to move them there. At least the other allies all fly/move fast enough to be useful. The poor Elemental (mostly due to it's 12 movement) is only good if it comes early when there are neutrals nearby or on a front line city.

KGB

[Itangast]

My mistake.... I didnt read the popup dialog that well...

Btw... waited 37 turns for my new hero in the game "Retribution"... a bit too long if you ask me as it definatly had effect on the outcome of the game, whats the mathematical chance of needing to wait 37 turns?

yes had sufficient gold at least since turn 5+......

[kenc80]

i like that the player does not know how many allies come.

[MrBofa]

I think that KenC80 is a grumpy old man....well this Friday is his 30th B-day or I could say it's the 10th anniversary of your 20th B-day. LOL

[KGB]

One thing I would like to see added to the text at the top is how much gold you currently have.

Right now it only says how much gold the hero costs. I am in a lot of games (15+) and I forget sometimes which game is which and so I am never sure if buying the hero will leave me with no gold especially in the mid to late game when upkeep/income costs are getting close to being equal.

So maybe it could say "A hero with 2 allies offers to join you for 1500 gold. You have 2000 gold with an income of 500 and an upkeep of 400".

KGB

[Moonknight]

On this note...

One thing I would like to see added to the text at the top is how much gold you currently have.

Right now it only says how much gold the hero costs. I am in a lot of games (15+) and I forget sometimes which game is which and so I am never sure if buying the hero will leave me with no gold especially in the mid to late game when upkeep/income costs are getting close to being equal.

So maybe it could say "A hero with 2 allies offers to join you for 1500 gold. You have 2000 gold with an income of 500 and an upkeep of 400".

KGB

I have double digit games going on as well, and they seem to blend together sometimes. It would be nice if on turns where a hero offers to join you, that you have the chance to survey the map and your cities to remember what is actually going on in the game. Especially when it's been a couple days since you've last played your turn!

I've only been on here for a week and there has already been a couple of instances where I purchased my third hero on like the 4th turn in a game, but then realized I was trying to save up money to produce a Pegasus or Griffon in a city.

Not a big deal, just some food for thought...