variety in early recruitable troops!

[Zhuangzi]

As said above, I think the problem is that the first four islands really take a lot of grinding to get through, and you are basically locked into using Vikings during that time. I'm really looking forward to getting back to adventuring around Arlania, something you could never do in AP/CW. But yes, slow start and lots of grinding. I suspect that new players wouldn't mind as much, being new to the whole thing, for but us veterans it's a bit on the boring side...