Re: Burden of Time
So basically, there's too sides to this debate:
1) Burden of Time is one of those insanely powerful spells that can wipe out whole armies and empires in a dreadfully short amount of time, and has lost people games all by itself.
2) There are many things you can do to get rid of it.
It seems to me that both of these are good points, but neither really cancels out the other. I fall on the 'Burden of Time is too nasty' side of the debate, because although there are many ways to be ready for it, it is easily possible to lose JUST because of that one spell if you're not prepared. Maybe you have the research to get to level 5 enchantment in time - or maybe you're not playing a high-research game and you don't. Particularly if your wizards are dying off and your pretender is being crippled with wounds.
I just don't feel that any one spell should be so nasty that you *have* to be ready for it. One of the strengths of this game is that you can play it in all sorts of ways tailored to your individual style. Something that is so overbearing that you *have* to make sure Dispell is handy (and that's a considerable resource investment, greatly changing your style) is too much.
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