These are not the droids you're looking for...

I am sure the devs will fix the monsters being too strong, but the number of places you can build a city will probably be limited. Both of these can be fixed with mods, I would assume.

The only thing that probably requires specific developer attention would be the open borders thing, which is an issue others have complained about. It can be annoying but if all the other problems get fixed it can be overlooked, I am sure you agree.

If you aren't having fun, you can try playing on a different setting, or you can wait till it gets patched I guess. Beta is for testing, not for early access, so your feedback is valuable. 

The game isnt finished. The AI of the monsters will be adjusted many times before release. You are far to eager to draw conclusions in my opinion. Either get more relaxed, or wait with playing until release and then see if you like it.

One cannot moan about a game design for being a poor player.

If you have only started playing since the latest patch 0.913 Shaky, then it will seem bad.  The game is good, it's the patch that's bad.  So don't give up on the game just yet.

I am also finding the early game (expansion and consolidation) very difficult with roaming super-monsters. I want them to be in the game, just not so much in the early game.

Drakes, shrill lords and slags are the most difficult, but even a fire elemental can be difficult sometimes.

thats not the point

fertility is too much an issue, you DO NEED more cities while its a dice roll to have an area appropriate where to build

its bad, in fact 60 70% of the starting locations are nto playable at high lvl  because the surroundings are too bad

not talking about the fact i WANT to build just to stop the ai annoying me with tons of cities

he pointed out a great issue imo

First off thanks to all those who posted constructive posts and didnt flame me.  I posted when I was massively frustrated coming off another early game loss.  To those who say I’m not a good player you’re right on the money! Hence why I play the game on easy mode to ensure I am better at learning the game mechanics from build queues to fort expansion and which techs to build etc.  However being destroyed by super monsters early game due to idiotic situations like the A.I deciding to attack them near my cities so they rampage towards me does not really say the game mode is easy, its also a put off when you find it extremely hard to expand quickly getting stomped into the ground while the computer seems to have no problem with that at all.  People also learn what the computer players do by emulating them to some degree.

Anyway as far as the game is going, I do like the direction its headed and I think  its an improvement over the last game.  I personally don’t like how forts can be built any place anywhere, and believe it should be limited to 2 per city which would make resource grabbing much more strategic (personally don’t like forts but that’s me).  I did enjoy the fact that you needed a food resource from the last game to enable you to build a city (created a much more cut and dry form yes you can build here or no you cant) as currently I find it pot luck on where you can build other cities.  By the time you go to expand the computer has already expanded their or you have super monsters to contend with which prevents you.

I wont actually quit the game (frustrating as it may be, it still is enjoyable), however I may wait until another patch or a few more patches come out before attempting it again.  I do have high hopes for this game and I believe the Devs are going in the right direction but it does need to cater for the newb players like myself.  Currently easy mode does not seem easy, and for new players and newb players that can be game breaking.

I know for others that post here, living and breathing this game on the hardest difficulty is a cake walk and its great you can compete at a high level.  Im just not that good and probably wont be up to the pro level like some.

Again sorry for posting such a negative comment on the forums and not really explaining myself, I hope that this clarifies some points.

The real issue is whether the monster AI is treating players and enemy AI's the same, and if it does, whether the AI can handle that.

I dont see this need for restart at the beginning due to starting position. There is usually a 4/3 spot and worst case 4/2. Both will work.

I take earth 2 and tremor them or anything that I can't beat easily until I put together enough spearmen to poke them to death. I only do that when I absolutely have to though (due to mana costs), usually I just stay clear of them until I can handle it.

Refering to the "... may they die, and burn in Hell, forever ..."  Knights of Asok  ...  

Yes, but sometimes  they  just won't stay clear of  me  !

( Honestly: I  LIKE  the game ... this is really just a Good-Natured Rant .           )