Congrats on a great beta start. It really is a solid game already! Expectations are enormous now, release should be a killer game!!

If you're talking about CanardPC, the atmosphere went from "low expectations" to cautiously optimistic, or even enthusiasm.

So far, it's a terrific beta 1. It will require quite a few balance passes (I've already started tinkering with XML) - btw, you were wrong about mods being disabled. The core XMLs are. And it's a good thing to have mod enabled because we can actually tinker around and give you educated balance feedback after experimenting.

Anyway, you once said that someone who didn't like War of Magic wouldn't like Fallen Enchantress. I think you were completely wrong, and that's a good thing.

Congratulations.

WHERE'S MY FREAKING CANCER, YOU LIAR? I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

FE is really better then wom, but still i miss dynasties

Indeed the praise is well deserved. FE is turning out GREAT. As a Veteran of WoM though I do have a few small complaints I hope will be addressed before the release build. Here are my suggestions.

1. Put the Dynasty System BACK IN, please. The Dynasty System was one of the best things about WoM. It made WoM stand out and it's absence is definitely missed by many I think in FE. It could use a few tweaks from it's iteration in WoM. It shouldn't be used as a General Factory. I think being able to get married and have children and then to use those children either as Generals or as bargaining chips for diplomacy should DEFINITELY be included in FE.

2. There are some graphical errors that appear in the FOW that are very distracting. It makes the lights in the FOW look pretty bad. These should be hidden if possible until the player actually reaches that spot on the map.

3. Intelligence should grant Some Kind of Damage bonus for mage characters. Basing almost all the damage off of just how many shards you control and maybe a magical weapon isn't enough. By mid game and into late game warrior characters are far more powerful than mages in terms of damage. Of course I'm not saying mages should necessarily able to do as much damage as a warrior with a melee weapon, but there is a definite gap and spell damage should be increased slightly IMO. Intel should grant at least a small damage bonus for spells cast by the mage.

4. (this is probably a bug) I notice a city only gets bonuses from the one tile it's founded on and not from any of the other tiles that you put buildings on. I would assume that all the tiles used that are built on should provide their bonuses to the city.

Congrats are WELL Deserved for FE so far. I played it until 5 o'clock this morning, slept for a little over 4 hours, and now I'm about to start playing again. FE is infinitely more fun than WoM and if you weren't already giving it to me I'd gladly shell out a good $30 or $40 bucks for it. It's really fun. Well done all around to Derek and all the team that made this happen.

Off to a great start fellas!

ty will try it right now

I only played the Tutorial yesterday and boy what A difference from the first game.

I'm in love., Can't wait for 4pm so I can play some more!!

In that state, FE is much more enjoyable than WoM ever was.

Ever.

And I'm in since the first first beta.

The only thing I miss is a "silly" splash screen at start

This train is moving in the right direction now. Very much enjoy the way the world feels more alive !!

I never played WoM. Could I see this "silly" splash screen?

I also miss the 8-bit intro from WOM's beta. There was just something.. about it. But anywho, thus far I'm enjoying the game greatly. The world as Frogboy has said is very, very much aggro to my presence. I escorted a noble back to her estate, and in so doing earned myself about an extra 10 turns in trying to Metal Gear Solid -don't wake daddy- my way back to my home city. Required a reload or two.. Huh? What was that? Attack of the giant spider army and/or giant fire elemental!

There is one thing I'd like to mention though, and that is FE seems to have retained an oldie but goldie from WOM, and that is unit selection via shift/ctrl clicking to group your champions. If you hold shift or ctrl to group 'em, the mouse lags as you drag it from one portrait to the other. Oh and not a bug, but still just as vicious.. Yithril and Kraxis, upon discovering me didn't even say hello. Just goodbye. With large armies. My body, was not ready.

So in summary.. no Stardock, thank you.

This is a beta?  I honestly think this beta is better than many of the recent "final" games I have purchased.  I am having great fun thus far and no crashes.  Just the fact you have a tutorial WITH video...wow...well done so far!