Never has a franchise alienated a customer base so intensely.

This.

To this end, this DLC would become more appealing if all of the sovereigns added something to the custom sovereign builder.

Nevertheless, some do...so there is some new variation.

I am going to hold off on purchase though until I am confident through these forums that the AI can play all the new leaders properly. (here's looking at you Undead )

Yep, holding off this as well, since I don't know if the AIs can play these sovereigns properly. Chances are since they're based on the original 10 factions, they should be fine, since the changes aren't as drastic as those introduced by the Dead World DLC.

That said, it'd be a really good idea to fix the Dead AI and allow it to play the race as designed...

Why do you say they are bugged?

Barry, for starters, the fire woman's flames disappear when you equip her with ANYTHING. Second, when you meet them in a game, they don't represent their respective faction, but rather a made up one as a custom sovereign would. Not to mention that they're all, save the three with unique leader traits, boring and no different than what could be created with the sovereign creator.

WTF?

In all honesty there are better player made mods out there and this DLC does add little to the game in terms of traits and objects for those who enjoy custom leaders.

I've got some enjoyment out of it but it is awfully simple and little for £4. On the whole I'm still happy to have bought it because I fealt getting Fallen Enchantress and FE:LH free because of the Elemental debacle was rather generous so I want to show my support. I would suggest though they make theis the last DLC for FE and focus all efforts on GalCiv3.

I don't think the small resource allocated to making DLC for FE:LH is going to be able to produce good value for money DLC and long term it will only alienate customers.

I agree it does seem as though most of our opinions and advice have fallen on deaf ears, even though we were asked for them.  Personally, I frequent these forums and the game much less as a result.

Agreed. I'm over it. 

GalCiv will be the last thing I purchase from them blindly until I see a change here. Hate to say it, but it kinda feels like SD is falling back to the EWOM days. 

Ouch.

We can see from the journal post on the economics of FE: HL that allocating more than one resource doesn’t make financial sense and what can be produced by a single FTE in a short period of time without altering the game code is going to be rather limited.

As I say I feel I’ve now paid back Stardocks over generosity in making up for Elemental and won’t be buying any more DLC unless it really seems to have significantly more content I noticed the new leader back stories don’t have voice over either.

I may play with modding FE a bit myself (something I’ve not yet got around too) see if I can produce some more interesting content. But in any case I’m more interested in GC3 now having loved GC2 so much.

I’d be interested in seeing a response from Startdock on the reception this DLC has gotten.

Unfortuntely, this is how it's worked in the tech industry for a while. Small incremental improvements are released over time to justify selling new "improved" products - to milk it for as long as possible - and marketing is used to convince consumers that they need the latest incremental release.

The biggest known abuser of this strategy is Kalipso Media, the makers of Tropico 4. The initial release of the game included all of the DLC's and feature updates that they planned to release. Then over time, they would announce a "new" DLC, and when a customer paid for it, the DLC content was unlocked. It was discovered by a modder who stumbled accross it when looking through the code, but they continued to deny it.

At this point I would appreciate an official Stardock response... might be usefull.

It's not just this one DLC, the overall enthusiasm has shifted to a noticeable downward trend since the Dead DLC.

For the first two DLC's, the general attitude was "this isn't everything I was hoping for, but I want to supprt SD"

Then after the loot pack DLC, fewer people expressed that sentiment, and started seriously questioning the value they were receiving, and a few decided to take a wait and see approach to purchasing other DLC's.

At the release of the Dead DLC, despite some early reported bugs, there were still strong defenders of the DLC business model. After more issues were discovered, (such as the AI's inability to play the Dead), the numbers of people supporting DLC's decreased further.

After this last DLC, many of those who still held onto hope have lost faith, and are holding onto their wallets.