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Not to start yet another CB flame war, but there are also plenty of veteran players who are of the opposite persuasion, including me.


I nominate Finland as we seem to have a nice bridgehead there already!

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Apologies - based on recent posts I thought it was widely accepted as an improvement. *searches for forum CB flamewars*

Finland sounds fine. Iceland has EVE and Turkey has Mountnblade.

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I don't think anyone ever said all veteran players like the mod. However, I don't know of any veteran players that call it _less_ balanced and a lot that do prefer it.

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It's useful to have around and I mine it for rules occasionally. I like the things CB does with pretenders and scales. Generally I like additive mods more than subtractive ones.

I think the key thing is that many veteran players get attached to a ruleset and don't like having to play under a different one. (Gandalf Parker is an exception. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif)

-Max

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No, I dont think thats the key thing. I know of many veterans who actually constantly seek new games with different rules and situations in order to expose themselves to new challenges. The reason why CB is favored is because it tries to give (at least) niche roles to every unit, spell, etc, instead of just accepting that some units are useless and others dominant.

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My 2 cents on an upcoming patch:

First of all, thanks IW! I had thought that the most recent patch might be the last and that you might be moving on to your next game. This will be a treat http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

As for suggestions, two things pop to mind:

- Increase the Global Spell limit (or make it a game setting), for huge games.

- Fix the Dome Stacking Bug


wait did they fix dome stacking in the last patch? I havent tested it...

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Dome stacking is gone (at least the most abusive air dome kind).

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I will play the CB mod. In fact I am playing it right now in one MP game. It's good, but I prefer vanilla. I think the game should be played as most new players would play it, without mods.

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I fail to see how CB makes all spells and units equally useful, to be honest. Still no use for vyvern, giant eagle and bog beast, etc etc.

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This is always debatable, but I've used wyverns, for instance, to great effect in CB. Try MA Man and use dragon master and you can get a very large force early game. I have used and seen used:

Summon animals
Summon Bane
Summon Sea Dogs
Prison of Fire
Bind Bone Fiends
Harm
Summon Sea lions
... etc.

And that's just the spells.