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quantum_mechani said:

This seems a very odd way of looking at it, I can't think of a single spell that has ever been nerfed that is not still a useful part of any magic aresenal. The role of troops has been increased since dominions2, but ignoring magic is hardly a remotly viable strategy in 99% of games.

Other than Divine Bless, Smite, site searching spells, a little constuction for magic items and mages to do research the majority of nations already effectively ignore magic for the first 20 - 30 turns of the game.

Virtually all magic has very little influence on battles, with the sole exception of divine bless/bless for the first 20 - 30 turns. The average length of a MP game of Dom3 is 60 - 90 turns before a winner is declared, so for a 1/3 of the game magic has little or no influence on the game.

In Dom3 what do most players complain about? What threads attract the most debate? The answer is unfair blesses on certain nations sacreds, how unfair a elephant/mammoth rush is on nations like Ulm. With magic being so weak in the early part of the game, a strong bless nation or elephant/mammoth rush can only be stopped by a strong bless of your own, a awake pretender or stong/lucky diplomacy.

Magic needs boosting, especially battlefield magic and especially low level battlefield magic. Increasing AOE or number of effects or precision on certain spells would help game balance alot, especially early game balance.

From Dom2 to Dom3 quickness got nerfed, so the number of spells you could cast on a battlefield effectively got halfed. A big nerf to magic. At the same time army sizes increased from Dom2 to Dom3, so a spell with 1 effect killed 1 unit out of 50 strong army in Dom2 now kills 1 unit out of a 80 strong army. Another weakening of how effective magic is.

Alot of magic, especially battlefield magic needs a little strenghening, especially early on.