There is now a real need for a good quality in game combat sim........
If the new skill for Generals gets implimented all game guides will again need to be updated/expanded. However this time there is going to be so many different variables that it will be almost imposible to develope good guides that manage to cover all the possible combinations.
We will be left with guides that are tailored to the guide creators own skills that they have on their generals and most people will use them with fingers crossed that their skilled generals will be able to kill camps.
For those who regularly use a combat sims this will not be an issue, but for people who just use guides (probably around 80%-90% of players) they may well loose interest in the game if they can not find guides that match their generals.
A new way to play adventures will need to be developed i.e. guides that just show placements for blocks & attacks and combat sims that are easy to use and quick to calculate attacks based on players own generals. Thus each player will be able to place their generals according to their chosen guide and then will, with the click of a few buttons !!!!, be able to work out the attacks (hopefully they will remember to save the attacks in their own personal file for use next time).
My favorite sim atm is the new one developed by Fexno this allows you to save the generals you use and also give best attacks sim-ed by other players. Fexno has said he will be updating it with the new skills for generals.
Whilst I am very gratefull to all the combat sim developers out there now might be the time for BB to have a rethink.
A good combat sim is critical to the games survival and BB should seriously concider developing an ingame combat sim which, hopefully, will include the following features:-
- Fast best attack calculation for both least losses and longest duration (i.e. attacks & blocks)
- Ability to save a players own generals & their skills - no need to enter details each time
- Best attacks as already sim-ed by others - for lazy people like me who rely on others to do all the work
- Ability to save a the attacks for a whole adventure (ie an individual customised attack list for an adventure) - wouldn't it be great if one click would load up your general!!!!!