Might and Magic Kingdoms
Our joint attempt to play Astro Empires seems to have crumbled, so I'm proposing an alternative game that has many advantages over Astro Empires, but also a large disadvantage.
For some basic info: the game is based on the Heroes of Might and Magic franchise. You start by choosing type of kingdom, like Castle, Inferno (demons), Necropolis (undead), and Tower (wizard). Each has its advantages and disadvantages when it comes to troop strength, magic, and economic buildings. You also get a hero, which level up and could be assigned a decent amount of abilities. You can get more of each over time, but it's progressively more expensive. Once in the game, you do a tutorial that explains most aspects of the game and rewards you for each step. Each city has land surrounding, which include mines and wilderness. You have to kill monsters in both, while the former also give you a constant source of gold and other resources. Assuming you're able to get a decent amount of money/resources, you can build dwellings for higher-level creatures (and upgrade each level) as well as other speciality buildings.
There are 2 types of worlds in the game. One is P vs P, which is basically what we had in Astro Empires. After a week or so, you can attack other players and they can attack you. The other option is cooperative play, where monster dens appear on the map, and the NPC heroes from those dens attack your cities. They're quite a feat to defeat. You can also build similar dens within your city walls, and descend down many levels, getting good rewards in the process.
Given everything above, I think this game is more fun to play, while also being less tedious (every unit has a maintenance cost once you cross a certain threshold, which means you can't build too many). It's also not really feasible to control more than half a dozen castles, so you don't have to worry about looking after 9 planets. Another positive is that you get "legacy points" each time the world ends, giving you some extra stuff in the next world. The negative part of this game is the ability to "buy" things that make you stronger, therefore giving you a competitive advantage. Those things are separate from a ~$5 monthly fee that provides advantages similar to those in Astro Empires (you don't have to pay that fee, but then you get smaller queues, etc.).
So I have two questions:
1. Does anyone else want to play this game? I played it before for a month and it didn't get boring. I was outmatched by the NPC monster dens though, and it became too much of a hassle to fight off the monsters. This won't be a problem if there's many of us.
2. If you do want to play, would you prefer a P vs P mode, or P vs. E (can't be attacked by other players, but can be by NPCs)? The former might make better use of a guild, but the latter would reduce the disadvantages from not buying extra stuff, and would allow you to take breaks without worrying about getting your castles destroyed.
If you do play this game, please start on the Swiss server, the Zombie Assembly 3.
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Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
