[Duncanish]

I agree that any "must-have" in a strategy game takes away the strategy, and so I agree with nerfing lifedrain items, or making them more expensive. I think a good nerf would be to cap the maximum hitpoints at 100%, so you couldn't go over your maximum. As I understand it, lifedrain lets you go over your maximum hitpoints, which seems incredibly powerful to me.

It's not a "must-have." At least, not in the every-single-player-must-use-it-or-they-will-fail-miserably-and-die-a-lonely-person sense. It's a must-have for a single type of strategy, namely, a Super Combatant (hell, it isn't even a must-have then, but still). Saying something should be nerfed because most everyone gives it to their SC just makes me think, "Why?" Clams should be nerfed because all Clamhording strategies are based on clams. All Rainbow mages should be nerfed, since every RM strategy needs one. Undeads should be nerfed, since two Ermor themes use those almost completely, which means they're obviously overpowered, or else why would they use them?