Eeeeh feedback for open beta here?

[Ranika]

I played the Aedui and some things seemed weird :

I had no kids and then no new general for 5 hours of game (i'd say 30 or 40 game turns.) Have i done something wrong with the scripts ?

The aedui general bodyguard unit does not stand its ground against a leuce epos unit. This is more about game balance than bugs though.

Game balance again : i appreciate the hard style of gameplay but i think the aedui are really a bit too hard when it comes to economy.

The game has a good stability.

About children; no, this is absolutely normal if you are not expanding much. The Aedui almost (or maybe not at all) never have children (they were a kind of republic with elected magistrates; there were no 'royal families', but rather a collection of magistrates and high ranking kings who made up the republic, and their retainers, not their family). The Aedui need to rely on 'man of the hour' for the most part, and something else I think.

Also, I don't believe any faction is 'too hard' when it comes to the economy. You just have to realize how they actually worked the economy. Celts didn't keep big standing armies around; most people didn't. It's too expensive. Disband every unit that you are not using to attack or defend with. Excess units should be culled to save money. You cannot afford many large armies or navies. That's the idea; that's really how they worked. The economy is supposed to be difficult. That was always one of the greatest problems of any kingdom or empire; keeping the treasury in the black.