Hi Player! I've played through that mission many, many times and never seen the royal guard go down on turn 1--I'm surprised to hear that that happened for you. That definitely shouldn't have occurred. (The Royal Guard has 10% pierce resistance and 10% slash resistance baked in at level 1, by the way, so it's not actually possible for him to spawn with no armor.)

Can you provide me more details? What difficulty are you playing on? (If you have a save file or a log you can send my way, that would be even better. See: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/1267210/discussions/1/3485249057147466383/)

As for offense being greater than defense, can you give me more details about what you'd like to see changed? Do you feel that certain attacks deal too much damage; do you dislike that the game pushes you to accomplish objectives quickly instead of turtling; or is it something else?

This is my experience re: the Witness Protection mission. I've only played it once, on Brutal difficulty. I succeeded at keeping the guard alive, but it felt tense. The guard was about one attack away from dying at the beginning of my turns several times before I eventually stabilized. That felt kind of appropriate given I was playing on Brutal, though it might have felt rough if I went into it without a healer. Not sure I could think of a good way to save him if, say, I was relying on bandages for healing that run.

I consider deployment as turn 0, so would be turn 2 death for majority of people, the mission main problem is that his AI insist on attacking which leads to counterattack and showing his back when he should just spam shield bash and stay still.
The offence thing, is that spearman (sentinel and pikeman) and golem tank evo are just bad compared to axeman, swordsman, and offence evo.
I also have two questions, Malatose(?) told me she would stay in touch, yet one week later I still can't do any investigation (I got the documents, saved mr suicide and saved the blacksmith). The second question is why I can't select "sniper" for archer evolution? Only bowmaster is available.

Sent you a email "arena bug"

Thanks for the feedback! I personally think the Sentinel is underrated; being able to attract enemy attention and then block damage with Defensive Stance has a lot of utility, but I can definitely see the argument on the Megalith--I'll think about how to make that promotion option more competitive.

Re: the investigation, you've just come to the end of what I've put into the game; I'm in the process of writing and designing the stuff that comes next. 🙂

Originally posted by Player:

Sent you a email "arena bug"

Thank you! I've gotten it fixed for the next hotfix.

In addition to sniper problem, my avalanche got backtoss rather than 4 tiles throw.

Originally posted by Player:

In addition to sniper problem, my avalanche got backtoss rather than 4 tiles throw.

Hey Player, please email me with the log file and I'll take a look!

Originally posted by Player:

only 12 recruitment slots, get even worse if you help the flying turds.

What happens if you help the striking Spriggans? I did as I was hired to do and broke up the strike... 1,000 coins, but now Spriggans will never join me. I'm frustrated that I didn't grab one beforehand, flying units with access to a basic 0 Energy attack sound really useful.

Originally posted by Koankitsune:

What happens if you help the striking Spriggans?

I could tell you, but experimenting and finding out how things play with different choices is half the fun! 😉

But if you really do want to be spoiled: you won't get money, but spriggats will become more likely to show up at the recruiter, making it easier for you to get one.