^ Whoever wrote that summary did a terrible job.
I like the transparency part of diplomacy. Anything that gives me more information... or better yet, anything that's going to give me more strategic options I'm all for. I like the fact your army keeps their "Traditions". This is obviously a quality of life choice. It doesn't make sense that an army would get obliterated and retain their traits, but at the same time it's frustrating to lose all your talents when your army dies.
I don't know, I mean I'm appreciative that we get some new info, but it's really hard to say how a lot of the systems work without seeing the real game. Economy, recruiting, diplomacy; they all factor into one another. Like it's cool to know that merc are going to be more costly (as they should be); but how is that relative to the economy that we don't really know much about?
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