how do i download this mod?

Ya, it's almost ready. I am just doing a quick play test to make sure nothing goes horribly wrong. 

1.0 is up. I will start updating my google docs to give a better feel of the core concepts of the mod. One thing people might enjoy is my focus on really impossible wildland bosses. I want to make defeating them part of the endgame. Be it a path to victory or to gain new powers. Many of the wonders I will be adding are going to come from defeating bosses.

why does it need to be placed in game folder?

Correct. I happen to be using the .981 tech tree configuration. I will be moving to a unique design I am working on.

There are some mod bugs that Frogboy has yet to squash. This is how we do it until then.

Good call. I am currently working on updating the documentation. I am going to be setting up a wiki like Hf has. The man is a beast.

You might notice that I made all those weaknesses extremely painful. They are more like an "ironman mode" within themselves. Go ahead, try and game the system. I dare you.  [e digicons]*_*[/e]

The only thing I think is a shame is that most of the weaknesses doesn't open up  to another playstyle, which is why I like normal weaknesses, they usually just shut down a few specific play-styles.

Your weaknesses, I just ignore.

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

That is outdated info. I used to give Archsummoners more points so they would get more spellbooks. But then I decided to just give them the spellbooks outright and make the trait cost more.

[Edit] Changed some of the Sov info to be current. I am working on a full and up to date change list right now.

So you never tried taking Foolish so you could afford Necromonger? +10 initiative, but can't resist spells makes for a much more interesting play style change than slightly more expensive heroes. Those weaknesses are real weaknesses, but the bonuses you get from extra points definitely make up for it. I look at the vanilla game and just see excuses to give the player an extra point. Most of them do not hurt enough IMO.

You mean a trade off for choosing them?

I could do that. It's hard to give the player exactly what they want for a given penalty. Do I give the fool more crit as dumb luck? Does the clumsy Sov get a bonus to spell mastery when below 50% Hp? It seemed easier to just use the point system so the player chooses their trade. If people want a set trade off though, I can add that to my change list.

But right now I am focusing on the strategic and tactical depth. As far as I am concerned there needs to be a ton of work done to the midgame and endgame to keep people playing. And I want Wildlands to be something the player and AI are forced to destroy. Might even make Spell of Making require at least one trophy.

Sean - BTW, have the utmost respect for guys like you and HF.

Now that sappy stuff is out of the way, what difficulty do you recommend to start off with, both world and faction AI? This ain't my first rodeo, but I ain't no Tuidjy.

[Edit] So, yeah, I loaded up an insane world map, with expert faction AI, dense monsters (like I usually do), and Sean's horde of mites stack is there to throw a housewarming party on turn 1. There's another one right over there to crash my party too. Time to dust off the old noggin'.

World difficulty should not go above challenging unless you have a deathwish. Harder and Chuck Norris are the best difficulties for the faction AI. I don't generally play the other ones. Giving the AI any other advantage than a slight economy boost will pretty much make it impossible to win. 

1.0.002 is up. I missed some changes to things when I updated last time. Abilities now cost half as much. Units with no traits or equipment now cost almost nothing. You should be able to pump out a ton of weakling units to help fight the mite hordes now. I also did a slight rebalance to the difficulties. You can no longer win on ridiculous or insane.