A lot of very cool stuff here. Just amazing. I will be very impressed if you get it all done.

This would blow my mind. 2 little things though. It would be great if it scaled and the bandits got tougher over time, and if it was moddable. So modders could change the units that spawn.

I have said this before but it's not specifically mentioned so I will say it again just to be safe. Please make the AI specialize cities better and build most of its troops out of its more advanced fortresses, not out of the villages it just settled. The lack of fortress buffs and city enchantments on its units makes them very easy to kill.

Thanks again Frogboy, you have obviously been really paying attention to us forum users.

posting now so i can edit later and dont get lost in the pages.  want to ask a couple questions.  thanks ahead of time

Now tell Derek to stop being a slacker and post his list

For new tactical spells, how about Dispel?  You would decide whether it would include strategic spells cast before the battle.  But for balance purposes, probably it would remove both negative and positive spells and effects on one unit only, else it might be too strong.  Or you could have a fairly expensive global tactical spell that removes all positive and negative spells and effects from all allies and enemies, possibly even including strategic spells that affect combat.

Super excited to see this list. Those ALL look like great and well needed upgrades. 

Any chance we could see something like Heavenfall's needed unitstats (think that is correct term/name, on iPad now, so going from memory, if I was on a PC I'd look it up) added permanently?

Spawned Bandit numbers/strength should be linked to the size of the city and should overcome the city defenders if the player does not put in some extra.

I totally agree that no XP for heroes with higher level then bandits.

I also think same as bandits no XP for heroes with higher level then newly spawned monsters.

[ For new tactical spells, how about Dispel?  You would decide whether it would include strategic spells cast before the battle.  But for balance purposes, probably it would remove both negative and positive spells and effects on one unit only, else it might be too strong.  Or you could have a fairly expensive global tactical spell that removes all positive and negative spells and effects from all allies and enemies, possibly even including strategic spells that affect combat. ]

Second this also.

Leaders should all have unique abilities not selectable by levellling up or selecting race,  and they should be different for all. Minor things really not game changing but making them stand apart from each other.

This is fantastic news, thanks for the hard work, we're all looking forward to v1.7!

And if I may be a broken record player and just say... please fix the Dead AI too! They really need some love (not just a new background for Morrigan...)

Included in this, are you planning on making additional city tiles in order for cities to take to the landscape around? That would be very interesting.

#8 @ https://forums.elementalgame.com/452034/page/1/

REALLY looking forward to these changes.

I figured it out....you just love getting Karma.

about the Master Quest, if a player has it's victory condition disabled, the Pit of Despair wildland should not generate into the random map, imo. Also, even if it is selected, it would be VERY cool if you needed to 'unlock' the three gates which results in the 'casting' of the Pit of Despair to rise out of the ground (like Curgeon's Volcano). (kinda brings new meaning to why it's called a 'pit') 

If you can get all that done on that time frame that would be impressive.  Very cool regardless, looking forward to 1.7 and beyond.

Sounds interesting but won't that throw out the balance of trained units vs monsters and other individuals units?  (trained units will be even better than they are now?)

Awesome.

Can you *please* try and keep this generic enough that it works for other terrain spells (Corruption etc) including modded ones.

An interesting thought. Specialized castings for specific AI. Allowing the modders to play with that code for other possibilities would be fantastic.

(as you all can see from my many posts....this is a VERY exciting thread for me.)

On this topic I think Meditation is too good. I always get all my mana from it and never bother upgrading my shards. Once you have a few cities with 2-3 essence you get all the mana you need. Putting it down to +1 mana instead of +1 per essence would work.