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Ulm Reborn and Vaettiheim both come highly recommended as balanced LA nations. Take a look in the mods and maps subforum.

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Put me down for (in this order) :

miclan, marignon, rlyeh.

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If you like CBM, take a look in the CBM mods thread for CBM balanced (or in a balance process, anyway) versions of some nations.

Any mod made by me is intended to be balanced and I absolutely listen to feedback, so I think most of them are pretty close by now.

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I'm in:
C'tis, Argatha, Ulm

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I'm not a fan of CBM and wouldn't consider it a "small mod" mentioned as a possibility in the initial post here.

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Depends what he meant by small. It's small in terms of download size, compared with nations.

I only mention mods because he said "maybe one or two small mods" and this is an all LA nations game, which might make the inclusion of an LA mod nation or two interesting, as well as allowing for another player or two if there are no more slots.

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I read "small" to mean "not significantly game-changing," which would rule out CBM.

LP should tell us what he meant by "small." http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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Well... I was thinking of worthy heroes as good, and CBM as bad. I do think including a mod nation might be okay, though, since it doesn't change the fundamental mechanics for everyone, and the game manual is still usable.

I'm willing to be flexible. And while CBM is something to consider, I'm not ready to switch over to it. In the future, when I've got no other mods going, and I've got enough basics under my belt to start worrying about balance and other game changes... There are somethings I find attractive about CBM, but I'm not ready for it, as I found out in Veturi (oddly enough, my most successful game to date, where I'm among the last two players left alive). When I make the switch, it will probably be wholesale.

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Cool, let me know if you need a hand setting up a mod nation or anything.

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Yeah, I'd encourage including balanced mod nations, particularly the lovely Ulm Reborn and Vaettiheim. It'd be good if they started to be used in ordinary MP games, since they're certainly interesting and balanced enough to merit it.