South Guard 6a. Tidings Good and Ill

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Kaiserdrache
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Re: South Guard 6a. Tidings Good and Ill

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(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?

Normal, 1.10.

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)

2

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?

Crystal clear.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?

Clear, but boring.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?

None.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)

2, haven't met a more boring scenario so far.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?

Give me a reason to fight! Suggestion: Let the naga guard a treasure of 200 gold pieces. And at the end of the scenario let me choose wether I want to fight the dark adept or wether I want him to follow me for the price of 200 gold pieces (fitting, isn't it...).
SBak
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Re: South Guard 6a. Tidings Good and Ill

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(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
mainly easy but also medium 1.8.5 and 1.10.5

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)
This is all over the place. On a sliding scale 8 if you're a newbie, 9.9 if you're a newbie trying to involve Sir Gerrick in dealing with the monsters, 8 if you're more experienced but still trying to involve Sir Gerrick in dealing with the monsters, 5 if you keep Sir Gerrick away from everything except the Dark Adept, 4 if you have a Druid and a Hero, 3 if you have at least a Druid and a Sorceress and 1 if you have two levelled Elvish Sorceresses with a Druid and keep Sir Gerrick out of the way of the enemy.

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Very clear.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
This was weird, rather like a vivid bad dream, a hallucination, and on its own would have probably inspired enough material for the concept album of a late 1960's psychedelic rock band.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
Dealing with Sir Gerrick, who couldn't move very fast, needed an extra turn to get into any sort of position to attack anything, was hopeless with the Saurians, got poisoned by the Scorpions, didn't really hurt the Ogre. When the Dark Adept rushed to meet him, even getting into a good position and not giving him the chill wave, Sir Gerrick couldn't kill him and an Elvish unit had to step in and finish the DA off.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
About a 5, but 9 if you replace the music with extracts from Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
Sir Gerrick... please... anything... just anything.
Linthar
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Re: South Guard 6a. Tidings Good and Ill

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(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
Soldier (aka the highest difficulty) 1.10.7

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)
6.

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
It was rather boring filler. It makes sense plotwise for the characters to send warning back, but in most stories that would be the kind of thing that usually happens off camera, turning it into a level just felt like someone realized that their campaign wasn't going to have the desired number of levels and looked for ways to stretch it out. Also the whole we have to destroy these naga or they will ambush Deoran and Ethiliel was laughable. The whole 3 naga may have been a real threat to the small band of level 1 elves I had, but would have been no match for the army of level 2 units that would be travelling back with Deoran. As such Gerrick ended up taking a major risk that could have prevented his warning from ever being received in order to take care of an enemy that would barely rate as a speedbump to the main force. Not exactly smart decision making.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
The start of the scenario suggested that I could recall some of my elves but at the cost of removing them from the recall list of the next scenario. I played this campaign apparently 7 years ago, and I remembered vaguely that the next scenario was quite rough so I went with a bunch of new recruits. This turned out to be a poor decision as the scenario was a nasty gauntlet with plenty of dangerous enemies, effectively zero villages to heal in, and a tight time limit. Four of my five recruits did not survive. The only reason I didn't rate it as harder then a 6, was that I beat it on the first try and I finished with my leader, the level 2 elf I was given, and my remaining recruit also leveled up to level 2 still in fairly good condition, so while harsh I still won by a decent margin.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
4. It may be a reasonably difficult scenario, but it is not a very memorable one for some reason. If I had to guess its probably because everything in the level feels kind of disconnected from each other. You are basically going from one small skirmish to another, while most Wesnoth scenarios have you thinking about your objectives on a much larger scale then just kill whatever is immediately in front of you.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
The scenario definitely feels like it can use some improvement but I'm not sure exactly what form that would take.
kiss
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Re: South Guard 6a. Tidings Good and Ill

Post by kiss »

A short one this time 18 turns.
Only one village, ennemies are unkown and I can figure out how many moves needed to reach the goal.

Strategy: recall best units and run away!

(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
Civilian (beginner) 1.10.7

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10) 2
This time I think only to run, run, run ... and notice Deoran was here only at the end!
With Deoran, one more recall turn it may be easiest and perhaps only 1.

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
This is a nice thing to change leader.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
Frightened! It make me lose my nerves ... only 1 HP at the end!

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
10

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
Nothing.
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shadow12
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Re: South Guard 6a. Tidings Good and Ill

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(1) What difficulty level and version of Wesnoth have you played the scenario on? Soldier, Wesnoth 1.10.5, iPad ver 1.0.4
Starting gold 100. Ended on turn 18/18. No Carry Over gold from this scenario.

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10) 4

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear. The Note says, "Unrecalled units will be available for Deoran."
Meaning that units you recall here cannot be recalled ever again.
For that reason, I did not recall anyone. Instead I recruited 5 new units: 4 fighters and a shaman. I lost one fighter, but leveled up the other 2.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario? Clear and interesting.
Its believable to me that they could encounter different types of enemies going through this valley. Like in life, there is not always an easy explanation for encountering diverse adversaries. Sometimes life unexpectedly throws a Troll and a nasty Queen Naga in your path.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
Getting to the signpost before the turns ran out.
(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10) 8, short but sweet
(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun? can't think of any.
(8) Was there any event that caused you to lose the game and forced you to reload or restart the scenario? yes, reloaded when the game ended before I got to the goal.
Sometimes life unexpectedly throws a Troll or a nasty Queen Naga in your path.
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Britannicus
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Re: South Guard 6a. Tidings Good and Ill

Post by Britannicus »

(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?

Version 12.1, Challenging.

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)

3. I didn't recall anything, just recruited 3-4 fighters and a shaman, then went North in a tight bunch, carefully using the heal and terrain advantages. Piece of cake!

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?

Perfectly clear.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?

6, pretty decent.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?

Rotating my troops and surviving the Nagas' night attack.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)

8, I love scenarios where your troops don't carry over and you can go all-out.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?

Maybe lose the Ogre and add some more Nagas or some Saurians instead?
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Re: South Guard 6a. Tidings Good and Ill

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(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?

Version 1.14.0, Soldier (Normal)

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)

5, mostly because of the scorpion at the beginning, because I didn't have a Druid.

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?

Perfectly clear.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?

6, I liked that the Dark Adept said 'sacrilege' xD

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?

Dealing with the naga.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)

6, It wasn't bad, it wasn't great.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?

I have no idea.
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LordWolfDan
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Re: South Guard 6a. Tidings Good and Ill

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(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?

- 1.14.5, Beginner

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)

- 2

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?

- Just move to the north and kill some monsters

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?

- Dull, just run-of-a-mill scenario

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?

- Trying to find a village to heal a poisoned unit

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)

- 2

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?

- Maybe making this scenario into cutscene instead
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