May 20th, 2004, 01:12 AM
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Re: Wish List
The use of Devils for Abysia in the stance of AI is not a balance issue at all, but an AI issue.
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I did solicit opinions and thoughts, yours are noted, clearly we are at a point of disagreement. However, you did not address my remark regarding the AI and Abyssia. From my own eperiences I have yet to see an AI Abyssia rampaging with large numbers of devils, devils being your proposed substitute for cavalry. Even playing Abyssia I have yet to get a powerful blood magic economy, but perhaps this is more a function of my inexperience with playing this nation and blood magic in general.
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I feel this may be your inexperience with the nation. Blood and the economy around it are a more subtle aspect than some of the more visible gem economy. Abysia has a somewhat difficult decision in the fact that their troops are so expensive while blood does take a portion of economy, but this is true with almost any blood nation. Abysia just happens to be the one it is most visible because of the high caliber of their troops making them expensive.
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The only problem with independent archers or any independents for that matter and Abyssia is the heat generation. If you do not micromanage, or if you are careless you will end up roasting your own independents, this is particularly frustrating with blood slaves.
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This is true of quite a few nations (I.E. Incompatability and having to micromanage in order to be successful). I don't feel balance should be considered for the "careless" or those particular reasons. Dom2 is not idiot friendly in any of it's game mechanics, why change it so that it is with one nation which will in turn make it extremely powerful.
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