played

But if u had a food resource at spawn or something like that it would just be a normal scenario und ragnarök. Right now it feels special compared to the normal Northgard gameplay. Its time consuming, but its fun :)

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it just use bad design to waste a l o t of time
even raven can end in 804

well as I mentioned I struggled against the first enemy when I was just about to clear the first food tile. However when I built an army and killed that one, I got two food tiles without any contest (which were enough to win the game and be stuck on max food (with two silos already). Afterwards I was able to sustain 12 warband upgraded with bear relic maiden and bear. At that point it was easy. AI was struggling, had low villagers, barely an army. I just had to scout everything and bother around with some neutrals but it just took some time and wasnt challenging from then on. So maybe yeah but later boosts? Cause the start was freaking hard and if it would get even harder I wouldnt be sure if the mod is still enjoyable :)

Glad you liked it! Do you think the AI need more boosts?

nice mode, I really enjoyed it! I played with bear which was helpful to slow down the food drain during winter a bit better :) took me until year 808 january to win this. This was my first try and I havent tried out any other clans. Had a really hard time during the first years but it was a fun and refreshing experience!
AI struggles hard cause they dont try to clear the farms on their own. However they fight each other and when I cleared my first farm one AI came onto it with a huge army. Wasnt possible to win at that point so I was struggling for some more months :D

I haven't been given much feedback on which clans are hardest and where needs attention. I have played my own map but it took me a few tries to really "get it" and be successful. I went through a few winters panic buying food to stay alive and a few periods of starvation before I was able to capture a farm.

Do you have specific feedback on what needs balancing?

yes
this mod still need a lot of balance & change
but seems this mod has been abandoned
or the author didn't think that's a problem

Gona have a very bad game with the rules, always sick if grow pop large.

Wolf and Goat seems to be good picks.
Raven can merc but against humans these raids do nohting

i recommend every clan have a food resource at townhall or near
or villager & healer produces 50% less food
except deer sheep & raven , other clan are difficult to keep food
that make other clan can only have 6 pop & proboble impossible to get farm

Do you recommend I make changes so sheep produce less? It sounds like I should have them produce 10% of their normal food.

I am also still coming up with ways to make the AI more difficult. Might need to just increase their difficulty.

12sheep+full upgrade produce 25*6food/month
it easy enough to keep 15 pops
already play with this two clan

Also, you must capture the enemy townhall to get the food bonus. Simply decolonizing their tile will not get you food. It will be lost!

The sheepfold has reduced food production, so that might not be as easy.

Have you tried it? I can certainly try those strategies!

interesting mod
proboble too easy for raven
just rush raven relic & find AI base
send giant to a weak AI & upgarde townhall & port
reach 500 fame & keep sending mercenaries
sheep clan is the second
just keep 6 population & rush sheep relic
keep send pops to dead & get sheep from relic
until you have 9 sheep