Heir to the Throne Update (Current Focus: S1)

[LienRag]

Thus I propose we open up the Siege of Elensefar with Konrad's pre-spawned unit explaining to him how if he finds himself lacking in manpower or gold it might be worth replaying prior scenarios for better performance. Just a thought.

Problem is, there's really no in-character possible explanation for that.
May be a general tip somewhere though (there are tips that are officially meta, not in-world, so it should be possible).

[LienRag]

Don't provide more challenge in the first genuine scenario people will play when starting the game, some after, some without the tutorial.

The first scenario is laughably easy if you send Konrad through Chantal's territory (which the orcs avoid) and quite hard otherwise.
Maybe remove the Chantal protection (and find another reason for her to survive) on hard on hint that it can be used on easy ?

I agree that the first level shouldn't be that hard on easy and intermediate level, but there's no reason to not make it a real challenge on hard (anyone playing on hard expects that losing is a possible result).

BTW how did things evolve since this message was posted ? It's been a while that I played that campaign but AFAIK it was still after 2015.

[LienRag]

- Orcs now clear the forest as they advance towards the elves. They get less defense on flat, but increased movement, making the player have to think about unit placement as turns go on and they move more easily.

Story-wise, only Pillagers should do this (with their torches).
Although like someone noted, including one-off mechanisms in the first scenario of the main campaign of Wesnoth (so one that many beginners will play) is not necessarily a good idea.