[Norfleet]

I wouldn't say MOM had balance issues: There wasn't any multiplayer, and as such, it's hard to say anything is balanced or unbalanced. By that analogy, everyone would agree that Ashen Empire is way overpowered, because it steamrolls over the AI every time. Of course, Dom2 has multiplayer, and the overwhelming AI dominance of AE simply doesn't appear against humans who have any idea how to play.

Dominions 2 does a much better job overall than MOM, though: Master of Magic had a fair number of thoroughly useless spells and items, whereas in Dominions, everything does SOMETHING useful for somebody.