The inspiration for this game, Master of Magic was notoriously hard in the beginning, and you had to wait many turns before building/summoning enough troops to take over a node since your magic had a 50% fizzle rate when fighting on a node.  Patience and planning were key to winning MoM, and I suspect that it will be true of the final version of FE as well.  I have started approx 20  games of the FE Beta under .912, .913 and .914 and my only real complaint has been echoed by many here, that the MOBS don't go after the AI players as they do the human player.

That is absolutely unfair assertion. There is a plenty of bad design in the game, plenty of balance issues, and plenty of bugs. Being in the beta stage, some of it can be ironed out, but programming a competent AI is no small feat (and probably impossible, but a competent-looking AI would be better than what we have).

There are very strangely designed minigames like citybuilding, which contribute little gameplay enjoyment.

I am trying to stop posting anything negative, but I must support the opening poster and also comment that these forums are unfriendly, possibly downright mean.

The guy explained his situation, and several posts I read bash him for it.  I wrote one a few days ago, same thing happened.

What we all want is an enjoyable game, but enjoyable is subjective.  It doesn't mean that we have to be rude to one another is our subjective views don't mesh.

Honestly, people, I used to come here a lot.  It has turned into a pretty mean place.

This is by far the most civilized forum. If you can't handle what is said here, you might want to stop using the internet. 

That does not mean that we cannot disagree or tell someone their expectations are ridiculous. Such things happen in life. One of the things that veteran beta testers began with was a very low expectation of the game, given recent history of the title. Newer testers might have jumped in thinking this game was going to be something else and are now disappointed. Nothing really to be done about it, though most complaints seem to be about things that are still in development and thus irrelevant concerns IMHO. They will be fixed at some point. Why worry about when?

Both of these are civilized?  They are rude.  If your opening comment is the best you can come up with, you need lessons in etiquette, but that is up to you to decide.  I don't tell others what to do.

There is a difference between being mean and being rude. It might be rude to tell you to grow some thicker skin, but the point I am making is that the internet is chalk full of trolls and putrid vitriol. Internet etiquette is quite base if we are being honest. The fact is I see alot of people complaining about stuff that just plain unreasonable to ask of a beta. If I seem rude it is because I feel the need to get the point across about what is useful and what is silly when giving feedback on the forum. People seem to often miss the point that we are beta testers, not customers of a completed game that the devs are custom fitting to each player's whims. I am sure no one looked at the Eiffel tower when it was half done and said they expected more. It is equally illogical to do it here. Especially if your complaints are easily modded away. 

For that matter, rudeness is often a more efficient form of communication. One can be civilized and yet rude. Especially when we are all using the written word. Meaning is a difficult thing to convey without being in the same room with each other. You should probably try to read a playful tone into my hyperbolic suggestion about not using the internet anymore. I am very rarely saying such things with a serious tone.