Well, I think I need to play a bit more, but the staring monsters killed many towns within 5-6 turns after being founded. One game I lost my Hero on the first turn when we was attacked by a monster immediately. That was interesting considering I have them turned to the lowest setting.
Weeeeeeeeeee!
I don't have any issues with Elemental. I Pre-Ordered it and enjoyed it from the start. It had a few issues (Like Crashing) and the AI needed some work, but the game was always fun. It's current rev. is a good game. 18 years ago I was going through the same issues with "Master of Magic", The AI was terrible, it kept crashing, and patches needed to be ordered by mail, but the game was ambitious and fun. I look forward to FE and thank the developers for tackling this difficult
I'm hoping the next rev comes out soon. The game seems interesting, but crashes too quickly to get anywhere.